[Windows, Ubuntu, MacOS] CodeQL bundle will contain only platform-specific binaries on 2025-06-30

[paveliak]

Breaking changes

CodeQL bundle will contain only platform-specific binaries (i.e. Linux binaries in Ubuntu image, etc.). Specifically:

• codeql-bundle-osx64.tar.gz for MacOS
• codeql-bundle-linux64.tar.gz for Ubuntu
• codeql-bundle-win64.tar.gz for Windows

Presently each OS image has codeql-bundle.tar.gz universal bundle installed.

Target date

Image deployment will start on 2025-06-30 and will take 2-3 days

The motivation for the changes

We are looking for the ways to reduce the image size

Possible impact

We do not expect any. In some rare use cases users may see errors when trying to execute a missing binary.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Mitigation ways

Manually install full CodeQL bundle codeql-bundle.tar.gz

[vidyasagarnimmagaddi]

Activity under PR: #12443