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This PR releases codeql-coding-standards version 2.59.0.

@knewbury01 knewbury01 marked this pull request as ready for review May 6, 2026 18:22
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@knewbury01 knewbury01 merged commit 51a8c0b into rc/2.59.0 May 6, 2026
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Pull request overview

This PR finalizes the 2.59.0 release for github/codeql-coding-standards by moving pack metadata and release documentation from 2.59.0-dev to 2.59.0.

Changes:

  • Update the user manual to reference the 2.59.0 release (and update several versioned artifact references).
  • Bump version: in all affected C/C++ CodeQL qlpack.yml files from 2.59.0-dev to 2.59.0.
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docs/user_manual.md Updates release/version references in the published user manual.
cpp/report/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/misra/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/misra/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/common/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/common/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/cert/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/cert/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/autosar/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
cpp/autosar/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
c/misra/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
c/misra/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
c/common/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
c/common/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.
c/cert/test/qlpack.yml Test pack version bump to 2.59.0.
c/cert/src/qlpack.yml Pack version bump to 2.59.0.

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Comment thread docs/user_manual.md
Comment on lines 44 to +48
- `coding-standards-codeql-packs-2.37.0-dev.zip`: CodeQL packs that can be used with GitHub Code Scanning or the CodeQL CLI as documented in the section _Operating manual_.
- `code-scanning-cpp-query-pack-2.59.0-dev.zip`: Legacy packaging for the queries and scripts to be used with GitHub Code Scanning or the CodeQL CLI as documented in the section _Operating manual_.
- `supported_rules_list_2.59.0-dev.csv`: A Comma Separated File (CSV) containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
- `supported_rules_list_2.59.0-dev.md`: A Markdown formatted file with a table containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
- `user_manual_2.59.0-dev.md`: This user manual.
- `code-scanning-cpp-query-pack-2.59.0.zip`: Legacy packaging for the queries and scripts to be used with GitHub Code Scanning or the CodeQL CLI as documented in the section _Operating manual_.
- `supported_rules_list_2.59.0.csv`: A Comma Separated File (CSV) containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
- `supported_rules_list_2.59.0.md`: A Markdown formatted file with a table containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
- `user_manual_2.59.0.md`: This user manual.
Comment thread docs/user_manual.md
| | False positives | More output. Results are reported which are not violations of the guidelines. | All reported results must be reviewed. | Report false positive issues via the CodeQL Coding Standards [bug tracker](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards/issues). |
| | False negatives | Less output. Violations of the guidelines are not reported. | Other validation and verification processes during software development should be used to complement the analysis performed by CodeQL Coding Standards. | Report false negative issues via the CodeQL Coding Standards [bug tracker](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards/issues). |
| | Modifying coding standard suite | More or less output. If queries are added to the query set more result can be reported. If queries are removed less results might be reported. | All queries supported by the CodeQL Coding Standards are listed in the release artifacts `supported_rules_list_2.59.0-dev.csv` where VERSION is replaced with the used release. The rules in the resulting Sarif file must be cross-referenced with the expected rules in this list to determine the validity of the used CodeQL suite. | Ensure that the CodeQL Coding Standards are not modified in ways that are not documented as supported modifications. |
| | Modifying coding standard suite | More or less output. If queries are added to the query set more result can be reported. If queries are removed less results might be reported. | All queries supported by the CodeQL Coding Standards are listed in the release artifacts `supported_rules_list_2.59.0.csv` where VERSION is replaced with the used release. The rules in the resulting Sarif file must be cross-referenced with the expected rules in this list to determine the validity of the used CodeQL suite. | Ensure that the CodeQL Coding Standards are not modified in ways that are not documented as supported modifications. |
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