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fix(ci): codeql-action v4.38.1 -> v4.38.0 SHA pin + dependabot hold (estate-wide startup_failure) - #828

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Estate-wide incident: github/codeql-action v4.38.1 fails GitHub workflow startup on every repo that took it — CodeQL/Hypatia runs die with startup_failure, zero jobs dispatched, no error text in any API surface. The evidence chain (full detail: nexia-list#100):

repo ref status
nexia-list @v4.38.1 tag (via dependabot #94) 🔴 startup_failure → fixed by rollback #100 (merged)
hypatia @1c5b675 (4.38.1 SHA) 🔴
vexometer @v4.38.1 🔴 (since Sep-21)
rsr-template-repo @1c5b675 🔴
affinescript / boj-server / deed-ecosystem ≤ v4.38.0 ✅ green

The v4.38.1 tag exists (peels to 1c5b675) and byte-identical workflow content runs under a fresh path — so the failure is the version value itself at GitHub's start-validation layer, not content, permissions (probes with security-events start fine), or the default-setup conflict.

Changes here

  • codeql-reusable.yml, hypatia-scan-reusable.yml: codeql-action/* re-pinned 1c5b675 (v4.38.1) → b96794f0 (v4.38.0 commit; wrong # v3 comments corrected to # v4.38.0).
  • actions.lock: re-keyed to the v4.38.0 SHA entries (dependabot bumped the reusable pins without regenerating the lock).
  • dependabot.yml: full hold on github/codeql-action — scoped versions: ignores do NOT hold for this bot path (nexia-list#101 re-raised the bump in SHA form within an hour, copying the inline warning comment verbatim while swapping the SHA).

Follow-ups

Consumer rollbacks shipped in the same batch: nexia-list (merged ✅), hypatia, vexometer, rsr-template-repo, metadatastician/burble (each with the same dependabot hold). Reconsider the hold when upstream clears v4.38.1 or a newer release verifies green on one canary repo.

v4.38.1 (tag AND commit SHA 1c5b675) fails GitHub workflow-startup
validation estate-wide: codeql/hypatia runs die with startup_failure,
zero jobs, no API error text. Full investigation + evidence chain:
nexia-list#100. Rollback to the v4.38.0 commit
b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 (matches green deed-ecosystem;
satisfies repo SHA-pin policy), actions.lock re-keyed where present.

Dependabot held at v4.38.0 unconditionally: versions-scoped ignores were
bypassed downstream (nexia-list#101 re-raised the bump in SHA form,
copying the inline warning comment while swapping the SHA).

Canonical fix at origin: hyperpolymath/standards#973. Batch-mates:
nexia-list#100 (merged), hypatia, vexometer, rsr-template-repo, burble.
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hyperpolymath merged commit cb6b21c into main Sep 22, 2026
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