The new GitHub Issues – April 28th update

We continue to iterate and address your feedback for GitHub projects (beta) and in this week's Changelog we are including improvements to our settings and insights features.

⚙️ Create and delete fields from the Settings page

Previously, you could only create and delete fields from the Table view, but with today's update, you'll be able to add and delete fields directly from the Settings page.

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Group by custom fields for time-based charts (alpha)

Project insights now supports the ability to Group by custom fields for time-based charts, giving you the power to analyze trends over time for the fields you care about most.

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✨ Bug fixes & improvements

Other changes include:

  • Bug fix to resolve drop-down arrow illogically persisting after grouping by a field then sorting by a different field.

Code scanning: deprecation of CodeQL Action v1

On March 30, 2022, we released CodeQL Action v2, which runs on the Node.js 16 runtime. The CodeQL Action v1 will be deprecated at the same time as GHES 3.3, which is currently scheduled for January 2023.

How does this affect me?

Users of GitHub.com, GitHub AE, and GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 (and later)

All users of GitHub code scanning (which by default uses the CodeQL analysis engine) on GitHub Actions on the following platforms should update their workflow files:

  • GitHub.com (including open source repositories, users of GitHub Teams and GitHub Enterprise Cloud)
  • GitHub AE
  • GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.5 and later

Users of the above-mentioned platforms should update their CodeQL workflow file(s) to refer to the new v2 version of the CodeQL Action.

Users of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4 (and older)

Users of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4 (and older) are not recommended to update their configuration to use the v2 version of the CodeQL Action:

  • GHES 3.3 (and older) does not support running Actions using the Node 16 runtime and is therefore unable to run the v2 version of the CodeQL Action. Please upgrade to a newer version of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to changing your CodeQL Action workflow files.
  • While GHES 3.4 does support Node 16 Actions, it does not ship with v2 of the CodeQL Action. Users who want to migrate to v2 on GHES 3.4 should request that their system administrator enables GitHub Connect to download v2 onto GHES before updating their workflow files.

The upcoming release of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 will ship with v2 of the CodeQL Action included.

Exactly what do I need to change?

To upgrade to the CodeQL Action v2, open your CodeQL workflow file(s) in the .github directory of your repository and look for references to:

  • github/codeql-action/init@v1
  • github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
  • github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
  • github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v1

These entries need to be replaced with their v2 equivalents:

  • github/codeql-action/init@v2
  • github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
  • github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
  • github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2

Can I use Dependabot to help me with this upgrade?

Yes, you can! For more details on how to configure Dependabot to automatically upgrade your Actions dependencies, please see this page.

What happens in January 2023?

In January 2023, the CodeQL Action v1 will be officially deprecated (at the same time as the GHES 3.3 deprecation). At that point, no new updates will be made to v1, which means that new CodeQL analysis capabilities will only be available to users of v2. We will keep a close eye on the migration progress across GitHub. If many workflow files still refer to v1 of the CodeQL Action we might consider scheduling one or more brownout moments later in the year to increase awareness.

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