Debugging CodeQL code scanning made easier by retaining diagnostic artifacts in Actions

It's now easier to debug problems with CodeQL code scanning: an optional flag in the Actions workflow file will trigger diagnostic data to be uploaded as an artifact to your Actions run. To do this, you can modify the init step of your Actions workflow:

- name: Initialize CodeQL
  uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
  with:
    debug: true

The data will be uploaded as an Actions artifact named debug-artifacts, attached to the workflow run. Such artifacts contain CodeQL logs, CodeQL databases, and the SARIF files that were produced.

These artifacts will help you when you're debugging problems with CodeQL code scanning. When contacting GitHub support, they might ask for this data too.

Learn more about Troubleshooting the CodeQL workflow.

Preview the Markdown rendering of gists

You can now preview renderings of Markdown files that you edit in GitHub Gist.

It has long been possible to preview the Markdown rendering of file edits or comments on GitHub. But these Markdown previews weren't available for gist files. Now, when creating or editing a gist file with the Markdown (.md) file extension, a Preview or Preview changes tab will display a Markdown rendering of the file contents. This lets you easily switch between the source view and Markdown view of the file.

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For more information about gists, visit Editing and sharing content with gists. Get started by creating a secret gist, or a public gist for sharing, at gist.github.com.

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GitHub Enterprise Cloud self-service compliance reports for 2021 are now available

GitHub Enterprise Cloud administrators can now download and view the latest GitHub SOC 1, Type 2 and SOC 2, Type 2 compliance reports for 2021. These reports can be found under the Compliance settings tab of their enterprise account: https://github.com/enterprises/"your-enterprise"/settings/compliance.

For organizations, these reports can be found under the Organization Security settings tab of their organization: https://github.com/organizations/"your-org"/settings/security.

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