'init' action doesn't seem to retry on socket exceptions and network hiccups
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Since Dec 16, 2025.
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Description
Using github/codeql-action/init@v4 in our CodeQL Advanced workflow like this:
- name: Initialize CodeQL
uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
with:
languages: ruby
build-mode: none
config-file: ./.github/codeql.yml
# ./.github/codeql.yml
paths-ignore:
- path/to/file1.rb
- path/to/file2.rb
I randomly received the following error today (December 16), which by the look of it was using tag v4.31.8 released on December 12:
/usr/bin/tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.35
Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
Found gnu tar version 1.35.
Did not find CodeQL tools version 2.23.8 in the toolcache.
Using CodeQL CLI version 2.23.8 sourced from https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases/download/codeql-bundle-v2.23.8/codeql-bundle-linux64.tar.zst .
Downloading CodeQL tools from https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases/download/codeql-bundle-v2.23.8/codeql-bundle-linux64.tar.zst . This may take a while.
Streaming the extraction of the CodeQL bundle.
node:events:486
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: socket hang up
at TLSSocket.socketOnEnd (node:_http_client:598:25)
at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:520:35)
at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1701:12)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21)
Emitted 'error' event on Writable instance at:
at eventHandlers.<computed> (/home/runner/work/_actions/github/codeql-action/v4/lib/init-action.js:81114:28)
at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:508:28)
at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:107:11)
at TLSSocket.socketOnEnd (node:_http_client:598:5)
at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:520:35)
at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1701:12)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21) {
code: 'ECONNRESET'
}
Node.js v24.10.0
A manual retry fixed the issue, but it would be great if the task itself could retry on retriable failures and network hiccups like ECONNRESET 👆
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