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codeql-action/src/feature-flags.ts

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import * as fs from "fs";
import * as path from "path";
import * as semver from "semver";
import { getApiClient } from "./api-client";
import { CodeQL } from "./codeql";
import * as defaults from "./defaults.json";
import { Logger } from "./logging";
import { RepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
import * as util from "./util";
const DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE_FLAG_PREFIX = "default_codeql_version_";
const DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE_FLAG_SUFFIX = "_enabled";
export type CodeQLDefaultVersionInfo =
| {
cliVersion: string;
toolsFeatureFlagsValid?: boolean;
variant: util.GitHubVariant.DOTCOM;
}
| {
cliVersion: string;
tagName: string;
variant:
| util.GitHubVariant.GHAE
| util.GitHubVariant.GHES
| util.GitHubVariant.GHE_DOTCOM;
};
export interface FeatureEnablement {
/** Gets the default version of the CodeQL tools. */
getDefaultCliVersion(
variant: util.GitHubVariant
): Promise<CodeQLDefaultVersionInfo>;
getValue(feature: Feature, codeql?: CodeQL): Promise<boolean>;
}
export enum Feature {
CliConfigFileEnabled = "cli_config_file_enabled",
DisableKotlinAnalysisEnabled = "disable_kotlin_analysis_enabled",
ExportCodeScanningConfigEnabled = "export_code_scanning_config_enabled",
ExportDiagnosticsEnabled = "export_diagnostics_enabled",
MlPoweredQueriesEnabled = "ml_powered_queries_enabled",
UploadFailedSarifEnabled = "upload_failed_sarif_enabled",
DisablePythonDependencyInstallation = "disable_python_dependency_installation_enabled",
}
export const featureConfig: Record<
Feature,
{ envVar: string; minimumVersion: string | undefined; defaultValue: boolean }
> = {
[Feature.DisableKotlinAnalysisEnabled]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_DISABLE_KOTLIN_ANALYSIS",
minimumVersion: undefined,
defaultValue: false,
},
[Feature.CliConfigFileEnabled]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_PASS_CONFIG_TO_CLI",
minimumVersion: "2.11.6",
defaultValue: true,
},
[Feature.ExportCodeScanningConfigEnabled]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_ACTION_EXPORT_CODE_SCANNING_CONFIG",
minimumVersion: "2.12.3",
defaultValue: true,
},
[Feature.ExportDiagnosticsEnabled]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_ACTION_EXPORT_DIAGNOSTICS",
minimumVersion: "2.12.4",
defaultValue: true,
},
[Feature.MlPoweredQueriesEnabled]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_ML_POWERED_QUERIES",
minimumVersion: "2.7.5",
defaultValue: false,
},
[Feature.UploadFailedSarifEnabled]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_ACTION_UPLOAD_FAILED_SARIF",
minimumVersion: "2.11.3",
defaultValue: true,
},
[Feature.DisablePythonDependencyInstallation]: {
envVar: "CODEQL_ACTION_DISABLE_PYTHON_DEPENDENCY_INSTALLATION",
// Although the python extractor only started supporting not extracting installed
// dependencies in 2.13.1, the init-action can still benefit from not installing
// dependencies no matter what codeql version we are using, so therefore the
// minimumVersion is set to 'undefined'. This means that with an old CodeQL version,
// packages available with current python3 installation might get extracted.
minimumVersion: undefined,
defaultValue: false,
},
};
/**
* A response from the GitHub API that contains feature flag enablement information for the CodeQL
* Action.
*
* It maps feature flags to whether they are enabled or not.
*/
type GitHubFeatureFlagsApiResponse = Partial<Record<Feature, boolean>>;
export const FEATURE_FLAGS_FILE_NAME = "cached-feature-flags.json";
/**
* Determines the enablement status of a number of features.
* If feature enablement is not able to be determined locally, a request to the
* GitHub API is made to determine the enablement status.
*/
export class Features implements FeatureEnablement {
private gitHubFeatureFlags: GitHubFeatureFlags;
constructor(
gitHubVersion: util.GitHubVersion,
repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo,
tempDir: string,
private readonly logger: Logger
) {
this.gitHubFeatureFlags = new GitHubFeatureFlags(
gitHubVersion,
repositoryNwo,
path.join(tempDir, FEATURE_FLAGS_FILE_NAME),
logger
);
}
async getDefaultCliVersion(
variant: util.GitHubVariant
): Promise<CodeQLDefaultVersionInfo> {
return await this.gitHubFeatureFlags.getDefaultCliVersion(variant);
}
/**
*
* @param feature The feature to check.
* @param codeql An optional CodeQL object. If provided, and a `minimumVersion` is specified for the
* feature, the version of the CodeQL CLI will be checked against the minimum version.
* If the version is less than the minimum version, the feature will be considered
* disabled. If not provided, and a `minimumVersion` is specified for the feature, the
* this function will throw.
* @returns true if the feature is enabled, false otherwise.
*
* @throws if a `minimumVersion` is specified for the feature, and `codeql` is not provided.
*/
async getValue(feature: Feature, codeql?: CodeQL): Promise<boolean> {
if (!codeql && featureConfig[feature].minimumVersion) {
throw new Error(
`Internal error: A minimum version is specified for feature ${feature}, but no instance of CodeQL was provided.`
);
}
const envVar = (
process.env[featureConfig[feature].envVar] || ""
).toLocaleLowerCase();
// Do not use this feature if user explicitly disables it via an environment variable.
if (envVar === "false") {
this.logger.debug(
`Feature ${feature} is disabled via the environment variable ${featureConfig[feature].envVar}.`
);
return false;
}
// Never use this feature if the CLI version explicitly can't support it.
const minimumVersion = featureConfig[feature].minimumVersion;
if (codeql && minimumVersion) {
if (!(await util.codeQlVersionAbove(codeql, minimumVersion))) {
this.logger.debug(
`Feature ${feature} is disabled because the CodeQL CLI version is older than the minimum ` +
`version ${minimumVersion}.`
);
return false;
} else {
this.logger.debug(
`CodeQL CLI version ${await codeql.getVersion()} is newer than the minimum ` +
`version ${minimumVersion} for feature ${feature}.`
);
}
}
// Use this feature if user explicitly enables it via an environment variable.
if (envVar === "true") {
this.logger.debug(
`Feature ${feature} is enabled via the environment variable ${featureConfig[feature].envVar}.`
);
return true;
}
// Ask the GitHub API if the feature is enabled.
const apiValue = await this.gitHubFeatureFlags.getValue(feature);
if (apiValue !== undefined) {
this.logger.debug(
`Feature ${feature} is ${
apiValue ? "enabled" : "disabled"
} via the GitHub API.`
);
return apiValue;
}
const defaultValue = featureConfig[feature].defaultValue;
this.logger.debug(
`Feature ${feature} is ${
defaultValue ? "enabled" : "disabled"
} due to its default value.`
);
return defaultValue;
}
}
class GitHubFeatureFlags {
private cachedApiResponse: GitHubFeatureFlagsApiResponse | undefined;
// We cache whether the feature flags were accessed or not in order to accurately report whether flags were
// incorrectly configured vs. inaccessible in our telemetry.
private hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags: boolean;
constructor(
private readonly gitHubVersion: util.GitHubVersion,
private readonly repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo,
private readonly featureFlagsFile: string,
private readonly logger: Logger
) {
this.hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags = false; // Not accessed by default.
}
private getCliVersionFromFeatureFlag(f: string): string | undefined {
if (
!f.startsWith(DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE_FLAG_PREFIX) ||
!f.endsWith(DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE_FLAG_SUFFIX)
) {
return undefined;
}
const version = f
.substring(
DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE_FLAG_PREFIX.length,
f.length - DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE_FLAG_SUFFIX.length
)
.replace(/_/g, ".");
if (!semver.valid(version)) {
this.logger.warning(
`Ignoring feature flag ${f} as it does not specify a valid CodeQL version.`
);
return undefined;
}
return version;
}
async getDefaultCliVersion(
variant: util.GitHubVariant
): Promise<CodeQLDefaultVersionInfo> {
if (variant === util.GitHubVariant.DOTCOM) {
const defaultDotComCliVersion = await this.getDefaultDotcomCliVersion();
return {
cliVersion: defaultDotComCliVersion.version,
toolsFeatureFlagsValid: this.hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags
? defaultDotComCliVersion.toolsFeatureFlagsValid
: undefined,
variant,
};
}
return {
cliVersion: defaults.cliVersion,
tagName: defaults.bundleVersion,
variant,
};
}
async getDefaultDotcomCliVersion(): Promise<{
version: string;
toolsFeatureFlagsValid: boolean | undefined;
}> {
const response = await this.getAllFeatures();
const enabledFeatureFlagCliVersions = Object.entries(response)
.map(([f, isEnabled]) =>
isEnabled ? this.getCliVersionFromFeatureFlag(f) : undefined
)
.filter((f) => f !== undefined)
.map((f) => f as string);
if (enabledFeatureFlagCliVersions.length === 0) {
// We expect at least one default CLI version to be enabled on Dotcom at any time. However if
// the feature flags are misconfigured, rather than crashing, we fall back to the CLI version
// shipped with the Action in defaults.json. This has the effect of immediately rolling out
// new CLI versions to all users running the latest Action.
//
// A drawback of this approach relates to the small number of users that run old versions of
// the Action on Dotcom. As a result of this approach, if we misconfigure the feature flags
// then these users will experience some alert churn. This is because the CLI version in the
// defaults.json shipped with an old version of the Action is likely older than the CLI
// version that would have been specified by the feature flags before they were misconfigured.
this.logger.warning(
"Feature flags do not specify a default CLI version. Falling back to the CLI version " +
`shipped with the Action. This is ${defaults.cliVersion}.`
);
return {
version: defaults.cliVersion,
toolsFeatureFlagsValid: this.hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags
? false
: undefined,
};
}
const maxCliVersion = enabledFeatureFlagCliVersions.reduce(
(maxVersion, currentVersion) =>
currentVersion > maxVersion ? currentVersion : maxVersion,
enabledFeatureFlagCliVersions[0]
);
this.logger.debug(
`Derived default CLI version of ${maxCliVersion} from feature flags.`
);
return { version: maxCliVersion, toolsFeatureFlagsValid: true };
}
async getValue(feature: Feature): Promise<boolean | undefined> {
const response = await this.getAllFeatures();
if (response === undefined) {
this.logger.debug(`No feature flags API response for ${feature}.`);
return undefined;
}
const features = response[feature];
if (features === undefined) {
this.logger.debug(`Feature '${feature}' undefined in API response.`);
return undefined;
}
return !!features;
}
private async getAllFeatures(): Promise<GitHubFeatureFlagsApiResponse> {
// if we have an in memory cache, use that
if (this.cachedApiResponse !== undefined) {
return this.cachedApiResponse;
}
// if a previous step has written a feature flags file to disk, use that
const fileFlags = await this.readLocalFlags();
if (fileFlags !== undefined) {
this.cachedApiResponse = fileFlags;
return fileFlags;
}
// if not, request flags from the server
let remoteFlags = await this.loadApiResponse();
if (remoteFlags === undefined) {
remoteFlags = {};
}
// cache the response in memory
this.cachedApiResponse = remoteFlags;
// and cache them to disk so future workflow steps can use them
await this.writeLocalFlags(remoteFlags);
return remoteFlags;
}
private async readLocalFlags(): Promise<
GitHubFeatureFlagsApiResponse | undefined
> {
try {
if (fs.existsSync(this.featureFlagsFile)) {
this.logger.debug(
`Loading feature flags from ${this.featureFlagsFile}`
);
return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(this.featureFlagsFile, "utf8"));
}
} catch (e) {
this.logger.warning(
`Error reading cached feature flags file ${this.featureFlagsFile}: ${e}. Requesting from GitHub instead.`
);
}
return undefined;
}
private async writeLocalFlags(
flags: GitHubFeatureFlagsApiResponse
): Promise<void> {
try {
this.logger.debug(`Writing feature flags to ${this.featureFlagsFile}`);
fs.writeFileSync(this.featureFlagsFile, JSON.stringify(flags));
} catch (e) {
this.logger.warning(
`Error writing cached feature flags file ${this.featureFlagsFile}: ${e}.`
);
}
}
private async loadApiResponse(): Promise<GitHubFeatureFlagsApiResponse> {
// Do nothing when not running against github.com
if (this.gitHubVersion.type !== util.GitHubVariant.DOTCOM) {
this.logger.debug(
"Not running against github.com. Disabling all toggleable features."
);
this.hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags = false;
return {};
}
try {
const response = await getApiClient().request(
"GET /repos/:owner/:repo/code-scanning/codeql-action/features",
{
owner: this.repositoryNwo.owner,
repo: this.repositoryNwo.repo,
}
);
const remoteFlags = response.data;
this.logger.debug(
"Loaded the following default values for the feature flags from the Code Scanning API: " +
`${JSON.stringify(remoteFlags)}`
);
this.hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags = true;
return remoteFlags;
} catch (e) {
if (util.isHTTPError(e) && e.status === 403) {
this.logger.warning(
"This run of the CodeQL Action does not have permission to access Code Scanning API endpoints. " +
"As a result, it will not be opted into any experimental features. " +
"This could be because the Action is running on a pull request from a fork. If not, " +
`please ensure the Action has the 'security-events: write' permission. Details: ${e}`
);
this.hasAccessedRemoteFeatureFlags = false;
return {};
} else {
// Some features, such as `ml_powered_queries_enabled` affect the produced alerts.
// Considering these features disabled in the event of a transient error could
// therefore lead to alert churn. As a result, we crash if we cannot determine the value of
// the feature.
throw new Error(
`Encountered an error while trying to determine feature enablement: ${e}`
);
}
}
}
}