`@kind` metadata property not recognized by cli `database analyze`

[cppHusky]

Description of the issue

In http-handlers.ql I have specified @kind problem metadata property:

/**
 * @name Finds functions that look like HTTP route handlers based on parameter names.
 * @description ...
 * @id js/http-handlers
 * @kind problem
 * @tags etherpad 1
 * @problem.severity recommendation
 */

import javascript

/**
 * A function with `req` and `res` parameters, and hence most likely an
 * HTTP route handler.
 */
class LikelyRouteHandler extends DataFlow::FunctionNode {
  DataFlow::ParameterNode req;
  DataFlow::ParameterNode res;

  LikelyRouteHandler() {
    req = getParameter(0) and req.getName() = "req" and
    res = getParameter(1) and res.getName() = "res"
  }
}

// Find HTTP route handlers, using the heuristic of looking for parameters
// named `req` and `res`.
from LikelyRouteHandler l
select l

However, when I use codeql database analyze, it shows that

$ codeql database analyze ethdb/ http-handlers.ql --format=csv --output=./
Running queries.
[1/1] No need to rerun /home/cpphusky/Downloads/etherpad-lite-revision-1.6.2/http-handlers.ql.
Shutting down query evaluator.
Interpreting results.
A fatal error occurred: Could not process query metadata for /home/cpphusky/Downloads/etherpad-lite-revision-1.6.2/ethdb/results/my-queries/http-handlers.bqrs.
Error was: Cannot process query metadata for a query without the '@kind' metadata property. To learn more, see https://codeql.github.com/docs/writing-codeql-queries/metadata-for-codeql-queries/ [NO_KIND_SPECIFIED]

I've read the documentation but unable to find what's wrong with my ql. Can anyone help with me?

[aibaars]

At a glance the metadata of your query looks fine. Make sure to re-run the query, I believe there is a --rerun flag. The No need to rerun phrase in the log suggests the query was not run, so perhaps the metadata in the bqrs (query results) file is still the old data.

Also the select statement should select a code element and a message, so it should be something like l, "a message" .

[cppHusky]

At a glance the metadata of your query looks fine. Make sure to re-run the query, I believe there is a --rerun flag. The No need to rerun phrase in the log suggests the query was not run, so perhaps the metadata in the bqrs (query results) file is still the old data.

Also the select statement should select a code element and a message, so it should be something like l, "a message" .

With a --rerun flag it works. Thanks a lot.