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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'maint-*'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'maint-*'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+
+permissions:  # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-repo
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    permissions:
+      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: ['go']
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+      with:
+        egress-policy: audit
+
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@45c373516f557556c15d420e3f5e0aa3d64366bc # v3.31.9
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@45c373516f557556c15d420e3f5e0aa3d64366bc # v3.31.9
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@45c373516f557556c15d420e3f5e0aa3d64366bc # v3.31.9
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