Merge main into releases/v4

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Products:
 
 Environments:
 
-- **Dotcom** - Impacts CodeQL workflows on `github.com`.
+- **Dotcom** - Impacts CodeQL workflows on `github.com` and/or GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency.
 - **GHES** - Impacts CodeQL workflows on GitHub Enterprise Server.
 - **Testing/None** - This change does not impact any CodeQL workflows in production.
 

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

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download all artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       - name: Check expected artifacts exist
         run: |
           LANGUAGES="cpp csharp go java javascript python"

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

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download all artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       - name: Check expected artifacts exist
         run: |
           VERSIONS="stable-v2.20.3 default linked nightly-latest"

.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
           token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: Generate token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2.2.0
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2.2.1
         id: app-token
         with:
           app-id: ${{ vars.AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}

.github/workflows/rollback-release.yml

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate token
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2.2.0
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2.2.1
         id: app-token
         with:
           app-id: ${{ vars.AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}

.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # needed to create pull request
     steps:
     - name: Generate token
-      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2.2.0
+      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2.2.1
       id: app-token
       with:
         app-id: ${{ vars.AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 See the [releases page](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) for the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs.
 
+## 4.31.9 - 16 Dec 2025
+
+No user facing changes.
+
 ## 4.31.8 - 11 Dec 2025
 
 - Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.23.8. [#3354](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/3354)