Address ubuntu-26.04-related CI failures

.github/actions/prepare-test/action.yml

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ inputs:
     required: true
   use-all-platform-bundle:
     description: "If true, we output a tools URL with codeql-bundle.tar.gz file rather than platform-specific URL"
-    default: 'false'
+    default: "false"
     required: false
   setup-kotlin:
     description: "If true, we setup kotlin"
-    default: 'true'
+    default: "true"
     required: true
 outputs:
   tools-url:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ runs:
           exit 1
         fi
 
-    - uses: fwilhe2/setup-kotlin@9c245a6425255f5e98ba1ce6c15d31fce7eca9da
+    - uses: fwilhe2/setup-kotlin@b325539ca8f6e1d9ee04efed06f49bdbf5426dbb # v2.1
       if: ${{ inputs.setup-kotlin == 'true' }}
       with:
-        version: 1.8.21
+        version: 2.1.20

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     directories:
       - "/.github/workflows"
-      - "/.github/actions"
+      - "/.github/actions/*/"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
     cooldown:

.github/workflows/debug-artifacts-failure-safe.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ env:
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - releases/v*
+      - main
+      - releases/v*
   pull_request:
   merge_group:
     types: [checks_requested]
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
+    - cron: "0 5 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-        - stable-v2.20.7
-        - default
-        - linked
-        - nightly-latest
+          - stable-v2.20.7
+          - default
+          - linked
+          - nightly-latest
     name: Upload debug artifacts after failure in analyze
     continue-on-error: true
     env:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       # We currently need `security-events: read` to access feature flags.
       security-events: read
     timeout-minutes: 45
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ case(matrix.version == 'stable-v2.20.7', 'ubuntu-24.04', 'ubuntu-latest') }}
     steps:
       - name: Dump GitHub event
         run: cat "${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          dotnet-version: '9.x'
+          dotnet-version: "9.x"
       - name: Assert best-effort artifact scan completed
         uses: ./../action/.github/actions/verify-debug-artifact-scan-completed
       - uses: ./../action/init

.github/workflows/debug-artifacts-safe.yml

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ env:
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - releases/v*
+      - main
+      - releases/v*
   pull_request:
   merge_group:
     types: [checks_requested]
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
+    - cron: "0 5 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-        - stable-v2.20.7
-        - default
-        - linked
-        - nightly-latest
+          - stable-v2.20.7
+          - default
+          - linked
+          - nightly-latest
     name: Upload debug artifacts
     env:
       CODEQL_ACTION_TEST_MODE: true
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       # We currently need `security-events: read` to access feature flags.
       security-events: read
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ case(matrix.version == 'stable-v2.20.7', 'ubuntu-24.04', 'ubuntu-latest') }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          dotnet-version: '9.x'
+          dotnet-version: "9.x"
       - name: Assert best-effort artifact scan completed
         uses: ./../action/.github/actions/verify-debug-artifact-scan-completed
       - uses: ./../action/init

pr-checks/sync.ts

@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ interface LanguageSetup {
 /** Describes partial mappings from built-in languages to their specific setup information. */
 type LanguageSetups = Partial<Record<BuiltInLanguage, LanguageSetup>>;
 
+// A type representing version identifiers.
+type Version =
+  | "default"
+  | "linked"
+  | "nightly-latest"
+  // This is an approximation, but sufficient validation for our needs here.
+  | `stable-v${number}.${number}.${number}`;
+
 // The default set of CodeQL Bundle versions to use for the PR checks.
 const defaultTestVersions = [
   // The oldest supported CodeQL version. If bumping, update `CODEQL_MINIMUM_VERSION` in `codeql.ts`
@@ -159,7 +167,10 @@ const defaultTestVersions = [
   "linked",
   // A nightly build directly from the our private repo, built in the last 24 hours.
   "nightly-latest",
-];
+] as const satisfies Version[];
+
+/** A type representing the default test versions. */
+type DefaultTestVersion = (typeof defaultTestVersions)[number];
 
 /** The default versions we use for languages / frameworks, if not specified as a workflow input. */
 const defaultLanguageVersions = {
@@ -442,10 +453,23 @@ function generateJobMatrix(
           : [operatingSystemConfig["runner-image"]];
 
       for (const runnerImage of runnerImagesForOs) {
-        matrix.push({
-          os: runnerImage,
-          version,
-        });
+        // stable-v2.20.7 requires an older version of Java than the default on `ubuntu-latest`.
+        // We could install that older version on the newer runners, or use the older runner.
+        // We do the latter here. This can be removed once we stop supporting `v2.20.7`.
+        // Since this is typed as `DefaultTestVersion`, it will become an error once `stable-v2.20.7`
+        // is removed from `defaultTestVersions`.
+        const requiresOlderRunnerImage: DefaultTestVersion = "stable-v2.20.7";
+        if (
+          runnerImage === "ubuntu-latest" &&
+          version === requiresOlderRunnerImage
+        ) {
+          matrix.push({ os: "ubuntu-24.04", version });
+        } else {
+          matrix.push({
+            os: runnerImage,
+            version,
+          });
+        }
       }
     }
   }