github/codeql-coding-standards
This repository contains CodeQL queries and libraries which support various Coding Standards.
Is github/codeql-coding-standards beginner-friendly?
The maintainers of github/codeql-coding-standards usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.
- Stars
- 227
- Forks
- 82
- Open beginner issues
- 2
- Indexed issues
- 116
- Avg merge
- 6d 7h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 9
- Dominant language
- CodeQL
- License
- MIT
- Last GitHub push
- Sep 14, 2026
- Latest indexed
- Sep 16, 2026
- Contributing guide
- Contributing guide
- Code of conduct
- Code of conduct
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How to contribute to github/codeql-coding-standards
- Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
- Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
- Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
- Pick one of the 2 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative false-positive Impact-Medium Standard-CERT-C
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1200 ·
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`RULE-0-0-1`: "unreachable statement" false positives due to over-pruning of the control-flow graphOpenfalse positive/false negative
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1190 ·
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1175 ·
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false positive/false negative Stardard-MISRA-C++
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1172 ·
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false positive/false negative Stardard-MISRA-C++
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1165 ·
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1164 ·
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Difficulty-Low Impact-Medium Stardard-MISRA-C++
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1161 ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Stardard-MISRA-C++
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1160 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Stardard-MISRA-C++
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1159 ·
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1158 ·
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1157 ·
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1156 ·
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false positive/false negative
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1155 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative false-negative Impact-Low
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1122 ·
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Difficulty-High false positive/false negative Impact-Medium
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1079 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative false-negative Impact-Low
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1078 ·
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false positive/false negative
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#1047 ·
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Difficulty-Medium Impact-Low Stardard-MISRA-C++ task
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#957 ·
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#918 ·
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add support for MSVCOpen
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#912 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Medium
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#889 ·
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Difficulty-Medium Impact-Low Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#877 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Low
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#875 ·
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Flag duplicate code identifiers as invalidMay be free again @lcartey claimed this 566 days ago, and no pull request is open. Openenhancement
github/codeql-coding-standards#861 · 1 assignee ·
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Difficulty-Low enhancement Impact-Low
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#848 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative false-negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#840 ·
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Difficulty-Low enhancement Impact-Low Standard-AUTOSAR Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#839 ·
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Difficulty-Low enhancement false positive/false negative false-negative Impact-Low Standard-AUTOSAR Standard-MISRA-C Stardard-MISRA-C++
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#838 ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative false-positive Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#829 · 1 comment ·
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`A15-4-4`: Query incorrectly alerts functions that raise/can raise exceptionsMay be free again @rak3-sh claimed this 642 days ago, and no pull request is open. OpenDifficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Low
github/codeql-coding-standards#824 · 1 assignee ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative false-negative Impact-Low Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#821 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Low
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#812 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Medium
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#811 ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Low user-report
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#806 · 2 comments ·
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`CON34-C`: Implementation seems to check incorrect aspects of thread storage duration objectsPossibly taken A pull request linked to this issue is open or already merged. Openfalse positive/false negative Standard-CERT-C
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#801 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty-High false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#798 ·
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Difficulty-High false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#793 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Low Standard-CERT-C
github/codeql-coding-standards#780 · 1 assignee ·
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Difficulty-High false positive/false negative Impact-Low Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#775 ·
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false positive/false negative Standard-AUTOSAR
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#772 ·
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enhancement Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#767 ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#754 · 2 comments ·
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`A0-1-1`: initialization of constexpr used as NTTP is detected as useless assignmentPossibly taken @lcartey claimed this 617 days ago. OpenDifficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
github/codeql-coding-standards#728 · 1 assignee ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Low Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#721 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Low Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#709 · 2 comments ·
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enhancement Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#700 ·
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`A1-1-2`: does not understand -Wno-* flagsPossibly taken @MichaelRFairhurst claimed this 738 days ago. OpenDifficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR
github/codeql-coding-standards#689 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-MISRA-C
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#671 ·
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Difficulty-Medium false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#662 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty-Low false positive/false negative Impact-Medium Standard-AUTOSAR user-report
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
github/codeql-coding-standards#645 · 3 comments ·
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