Alerts are repeatedly opened and closed by unrelated commits.

[eli-schwartz]

Here is an example alert. https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/11218/checks?check_run_id=10309314938

Fixed alerts

Unused local variable (unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219)

This points to the following code: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/891b4ffe3372c840322f5586430dcba34acf6d53/unittests/baseplatformtests.py#L219-L219

... but the commit in question doesn't modify that code, and it certainly doesn't fix that.

Now, if I go look at the history of this alert....

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First detected in commit
Nov 25, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
Merge mesonbuild/meson@f52936a into mesonbuild/meson@11fe8f1
86a6b42
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11108/merge
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11108/merge
Nov 25, 2022
CodeQL #8: Commit 86a6b42b
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11108/merge
Nov 25, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
Merge mesonbuild/meson@f52936a into mesonbuild/meson@11fe8f1
86a6b42
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11108/merge
Nov 25, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
Merge mesonbuild/meson@b1f4110 into mesonbuild/meson@11fe8f1
977e61e
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11108/merge
Appeared in branch master
Nov 25, 2022
Commit f64e5cee
Fixed in branch master
Nov 25, 2022
@ jpakkane
Prepare release 0.61.0.
9e1f207
Reappeared in branch master
Nov 25, 2022
@ jpakkane
Prepare the 0.62.0 release.
fb67adf
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:208 on branch master
Fixed in branch master
Nov 25, 2022
@ jpakkane
Finalize the release.
9c6dab2
Reappeared in branch master
Nov 28, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
@ dcbaker
Add github's CodeQL scanner to CI.
5022fd3
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch master
Nov 28, 2022
@ jpakkane
Don't ignore documentation-related flags for D compilers
23fcea1
Reappeared in branch master
Nov 28, 2022
@ smallwood-d
@ duckflyer
@ jpakkane
Fix crash when toolchain is missing
d32ee58
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11115/merge
Nov 28, 2022
CodeQL #19: Commit 38594dcd
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11115/merge
Nov 29, 2022
@ obilaniu
Merge mesonbuild/meson@68da84f into mesonbuild/meson@1a6a014
87ec9c6
Fixed in branch master
Nov 29, 2022
@ obilaniu
@ eli-schwartz
CUDA: Update minimum driver version table to include CUDA 11.8
6190b64
Appeared in branch refs/pull/9865/merge
Nov 29, 2022
CodeQL #29: Commit f12cd573
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11117/merge
Nov 30, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
Merge mesonbuild/meson@67da2ad into mesonbuild/meson@e8727fc
ae66d91
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11119/merge
Nov 30, 2022
@ fooishbar
Merge mesonbuild/meson@3393c81 into mesonbuild/meson@e8727fc
3fb025b
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11119/merge
Nov 30, 2022
@ fooishbar
Merge mesonbuild/meson@1b98549 into mesonbuild/meson@e8727fc
237b096
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11119/merge
Reappeared in branch master
Nov 30, 2022
@ dcbaker
@ eli-schwartz
pylint: enable simplifiable-if-statement
67da2ad
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11119/merge
Nov 30, 2022
@ fooishbar
Merge mesonbuild/meson@aaebb1f into mesonbuild/meson@67da2ad
7f38298
Fixed in branch master
Nov 30, 2022
@ fooishbar
@ dcbaker
tests: Write out LD_LIBRARY_PATH for built shared libraries
a0514a7
Reappeared in branch master
Nov 30, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
docs: clarify that prog.full_path has potentially valid uses
dcc50b9
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch master
Nov 30, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
docs: clarify prog.full_path even more
fae24d8
Reappeared in branch master
Nov 30, 2022
@ sashashura
@ eli-schwartz
build: harden workflow permissions
9074ad9
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11126/merge
Dec 1, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@617c3f6 into mesonbuild/meson@9074ad9
a96c6ef
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11126/merge
Dec 1, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@62dceec into mesonbuild/meson@9074ad9
3d33ea9
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11126/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 1, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@d804624 into mesonbuild/meson@9074ad9
89a806e
Fixed in branch master
Dec 5, 2022
@ mchampanis
@ eli-schwartz
dependencies: only print not_found_message once
f194413
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 5, 2022
@ fanf2
@ eli-schwartz
docs: change old SourceForge link to GitHub
8a72558
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch master
Dec 5, 2022
@ wally-mageia
@ eli-schwartz
Use meson setup [options] in meson RPM macro
99dfc98
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 5, 2022
@ dcbaker
@ eli-schwartz
modules/rust: Add support for string include_directories
bb87528
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Dec 5, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@12c91af into mesonbuild/meson@bb87528
633906f
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 6, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@bb2a68a into mesonbuild/meson@d0054f2
93ecaac
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 6, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@ef11b6c into mesonbuild/meson@d0054f2
df25978
Fixed in branch master
Dec 6, 2022
@ szanni
@ xclaesse
docs: Add missing import to the windows module example.
cee7ecd
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11125/merge
Dec 6, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@9e36923 into mesonbuild/meson@bcd50e7
4a7a122
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11125/merge
Dec 6, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@4d36128 into mesonbuild/meson@bcd50e7
4b95d05
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11125/merge
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Dec 6, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@7c00535 into mesonbuild/meson@bcd50e7
ac70545
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Dec 6, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@d0a5eaa into mesonbuild/meson@bcd50e7
94fde44
Appeared in branch refs/pull/10990/merge
Dec 7, 2022
CodeQL #107: Commit b4efe3e5
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Dec 7, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@3a56afd into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
6968b65
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 7, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@068d5e1 into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
df48ed4
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 7, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@dd7c9e2 into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
5230edf
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 7, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@24197c5 into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
f81e38a
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:220 on branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 7, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@ce27775 into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
22eb334
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11147/merge
Dec 8, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@f427aef into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
2a937f8
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 9, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@1485747 into mesonbuild/meson@d490636
b8d265b
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:220 on branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 9, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
@ jpakkane
python module: don't overwrite and destroy the .pc dependency name
7b2c47e
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11150/merge
Dec 9, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@d63c0ba into mesonbuild/meson@2ec3fe7
05f2eca
Fixed in branch master
Dec 9, 2022
@ xclaesse
@ jpakkane
doc: Add date in release notes
17c0a7f
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11071/merge
Dec 9, 2022
CodeQL #139: Commit 20f15461
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11127/merge
Dec 10, 2022
@ amyspark
Merge mesonbuild/meson@5de6a09 into mesonbuild/meson@17c0a7f
bd07c59
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11071/merge
Dec 10, 2022
@ tristan957
Merge mesonbuild/meson@679721e into mesonbuild/meson@17c0a7f
b3e39cb
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 10, 2022
@ jpakkane
Merge pull request mesonbuild/meson#11024 from dcbaker/submit/bindgen-dependencies
dbb33aa
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch master
Dec 10, 2022
@ obilaniu
@ jpakkane
CUDA: Update compute-capability limits logic for CUDA 12.
255f335
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11144/merge
Dec 11, 2022
@ philj56
Merge mesonbuild/meson@53fa268 into mesonbuild/meson@255f335
8b5814e
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11071/merge
Dec 11, 2022
@ tristan957
Merge mesonbuild/meson@dfea023 into mesonbuild/meson@5bea2ca
6cac840
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11071/merge
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11159/merge
Dec 11, 2022
CodeQL #158: Commit 30b9ec0b
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11147/merge
Dec 12, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@69dafc0 into mesonbuild/meson@b249470
79018af
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11147/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11151/merge
Dec 13, 2022
@ brad0
Merge mesonbuild/meson@7d452aa into mesonbuild/meson@b249470
6696531
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11135/merge
Dec 14, 2022
CodeQL #174: Commit 5c4fa472
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11174/merge
Dec 14, 2022
CodeQL #176: Commit 8ad6105e
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11135/merge
Dec 14, 2022
@ bonktree
Merge mesonbuild/meson@96f0eca into mesonbuild/meson@dd25b88
6b93707
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11179/merge
Dec 14, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@66b6671 into mesonbuild/meson@dd25b88
55511a0
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11179/merge
Dec 14, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@a4a38da into mesonbuild/meson@dd25b88
c0dbedb
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11179/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11174/merge
Dec 14, 2022
@ bgilbert
Merge mesonbuild/meson@35e230e into mesonbuild/meson@dd25b88
8740802
Appeared in branch refs/pull/10582/merge
Dec 14, 2022
CodeQL #185: Commit b60712a2
Fixed in branch refs/pull/10582/merge
Dec 14, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@0ff70e7 into mesonbuild/meson@dd25b88
b894bd8
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 14, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
docs: clarify the semantics of the required: kwarg everywhere
57f91bb
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11175/merge
Dec 14, 2022
@ Akaricchi
Merge mesonbuild/meson@4814a39 into mesonbuild/meson@57f91bb
93a22c4
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/10582/merge
Dec 15, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@445fa1b into mesonbuild/meson@57f91bb
2a1aed0
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/10582/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/10582/merge
Dec 15, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@2922f89 into mesonbuild/meson@57f91bb
f1c9a65
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11179/merge
Dec 15, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@58340a7 into mesonbuild/meson@57f91bb
3f1bde8
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11181/merge
Dec 15, 2022
CodeQL #195: Commit a6aacab9
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11181/merge
Dec 15, 2022
@ tristan957
Merge mesonbuild/meson@6ed5c8c into mesonbuild/meson@57f91bb
2ae5f2d
Fixed in branch master
Dec 15, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
delay importing ctypes unless it is actually used
2ef94a7
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11181/merge
Dec 15, 2022
@ tristan957
Merge mesonbuild/meson@fb6fda3 into mesonbuild/meson@2ef94a7
9d120a5
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11181/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11181/merge
Dec 15, 2022
@ tristan957
Merge mesonbuild/meson@71cddeb into mesonbuild/meson@2ef94a7
0d604df
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 16, 2022
@ jpakkane
Merge pull request mesonbuild/meson#11174 from bgilbert/jar-manifest
27bd499
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Dec 16, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@1b2216c into mesonbuild/meson@27bd499
25aeed2
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Dec 16, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@1725e62 into mesonbuild/meson@27bd499
68d9795
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/10714/merge
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11188/merge
Dec 18, 2022
CodeQL #217: Commit 536499f1
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11188/merge
Dec 18, 2022
@ nirbheek
Merge mesonbuild/meson@9fc425c into mesonbuild/meson@9c1b6a9
cfd48d6
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11197/merge
Dec 19, 2022
@ bonzini
Merge mesonbuild/meson@3428692 into mesonbuild/meson@9c1b6a9
14d36c1
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11198/merge
Dec 19, 2022
CodeQL #226: Commit 3bb01a78
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11198/merge
Dec 19, 2022
@ bonzini
Merge mesonbuild/meson@d43d9c4 into mesonbuild/meson@9c1b6a9
8d3dfb0
Fixed in branch master
Dec 19, 2022
@ amitdo
@ eli-schwartz
Users.md: Add PostgreSQL
2e54f77
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11201/merge
Dec 21, 2022
CodeQL #235: Commit 99cbc837
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11203/merge
Dec 21, 2022
@ xclaesse
Merge mesonbuild/meson@8f935e9 into mesonbuild/meson@2e54f77
d746d6d
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 21, 2022
@ xclaesse
@ eli-schwartz
doc: Add missing include_directories kwarg to compiler.preprocess()
a0b37a7
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11207/merge
Dec 21, 2022
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@5ceed3f into mesonbuild/meson@99713ae
8108f68
Fixed in branch master
Dec 21, 2022
@ bonzini
@ dcbaker
add more testcases for prebuilt objects
b38bf09
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 23, 2022
@ jpakkane
Bump version number for new development.
8e2355e
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch master
Dec 24, 2022
@ dcbaker
interpreter: use static_lib's already calculated pic value
2fd5bd9
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11213/merge
Dec 25, 2022
@ bluca
Merge mesonbuild/meson@b3ee443 into mesonbuild/meson@2fd5bd9
0cd3b90
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11213/merge
Dec 25, 2022
@ bluca
Merge mesonbuild/meson@3385acc into mesonbuild/meson@2fd5bd9
16465e7
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11213/merge
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11213/merge
Dec 26, 2022
@ bluca
Merge mesonbuild/meson@f0f1701 into mesonbuild/meson@2fd5bd9
6563bdc
Reappeared in branch master
Dec 26, 2022
@ eli-schwartz
dependencies: better logging of pkg-config call outputs
891b4ff
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11164/merge
Dec 26, 2022
CodeQL #267: Commit 42758023

[adityasharad]

Thanks for the detailed report, and for your patience -- we have limited support coverage during this holiday period, and I'm just catching up with this particular issue.

I had a brief look at the data from recent code scanning runs on your repo. I suspect the problem you observed occurred during the rollout of CodeQL 2.11.4 in the tool cache in the default Actions runner image. Some runs on this repo obtained CodeQL 2.11.3, and some runs obtained CodeQL 2.11.4, which in turn can lead to the spurious opening and closing of alerts due to differences in analysis between those versions.

We are aware of this problem in general, and it is a high-priority item for us to fix at the start of the new year, ensuring that your alerts are stable even when a new CodeQL version is being rolled out. Until then please accept my apologies for the inconvenience -- we know how disruptive it can be to have your alerts close and reopen in this way.

As a temporary workaround, you can set tools: latest in the with: section of the codeql-action/init@v2 step in your workflow, which will bypass the cache and always download the latest version of CodeQL. This will give you more consistency in the CodeQL version being used across workflow runs, at the cost of an extra ~1min in each run. (If it is inconvenient to modify the workflow, we can temporarily enable the same behaviour for you on the GitHub server side. Let us know if you prefer that.)

Please let us know in case you are still observing the problem with the above workaround. I'll leave this issue open until we have completed and rolled out the fix I mentioned so that you can avoid the workaround.

[eli-schwartz]

Thanks for the advice. I've just deployed this change in mesonbuild/meson@334d213 and I'll report back.

[eli-schwartz]

I still see this issue, see for example https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/runs/10493109542

The matching analyze job: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/actions/runs/3859141415/jobs/6578397228#step:3:12

Fixed in branch master
Jan 4, 2023
@ andy5995
@ eli-schwartz
Users.md: add slapt-get
25e73b6
Reappeared in branch master
Jan 8, 2023
@ eli-schwartz
@ xclaesse
avoid detecting masm as a MSVC-like compiler for detecting showincludes
b9b27d3
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11243/merge
Jan 9, 2023
@ jackwil1
Merge mesonbuild/meson@e787f9e into mesonbuild/meson@cb20486
7ec4236
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11268/merge
Jan 9, 2023
CodeQL #348: Commit 31cf1102
Fixed in branch refs/pull/11268/merge
Jan 9, 2023
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@e966d48 into mesonbuild/meson@ded5770
b5ff4f8
Reappeared in branch refs/pull/11268/merge
Jan 9, 2023
@ dcbaker
Merge mesonbuild/meson@e04c3a0 into mesonbuild/meson@ded5770
d73cdfb
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch refs/pull/11268/merge
Fixed in branch master
Jan 10, 2023
@ dcbaker
modules: fully type the Qt* modules
6ed6c8c
Reappeared in branch master
Jan 10, 2023
@ dcbaker
@ eli-schwartz
docs: Add ld64.lld to linker reference table
8655287
unittests/baseplatformtests.py:219 on branch master
Appeared in branch refs/pull/11273/merge
Jan 10, 2023
CodeQL #360: Commit cad75877