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Ensure a failed CodeQL compilation causes the test check status to fail #712

Closed lcartey closed 1 month ago

lcartey commented 2 months ago

Description

PR #690 was merged last week despite having CodeQL compilation issues. This PR ensures the Validate test results job reports failure in the case that a dependent matrix job fails to execute (e.g. due to a CodeQL compilation error). Previously it reported "skipped", which was sufficient for the status check on the PR to pass and to allow it to be merged.

This is achieved by ensuring the Validate test results job is always run, and then checking if the run-test-suites job failed to complete, and aborting early if it did.

To test that the new approach works, I introduced a compilation failure in commit https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards/pull/712/commits/1651c1f30dda8df6f2e8553174b7e89fa1087886. This actions job shows the new approach correctly

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Rules with added or modified queries

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