[jatmn]

Summary

Each check now runs only when a PR touches what it validates, and CodeQL analyzes only the languages a PR touches. On main, in the merge queue and in the release flow, the full suite still runs on the whole workspace.

Motivation & context

PR CI felt like it took about an hour. I measured it before changing anything:

• PR Checks: median 8.5 min from start to finish over the last 87 runs (p90 9.1, max 15.3). Jobs wait almost no time for a runner. Summed across jobs, each push uses about 55–60 runner-minutes, which is likely where the "hour" figure comes from.
• CodeQL default setup (the dynamic PR #N / Push on main runs) is the longest check on most PRs. Analyze (swift) autobuilds macos-app/ on a macOS runner in 11–14 min on every PR, even though only 4 of the last ~280 commits touched macos-app/. On main its autobuild hung for 55 min, and that CodeQL run took 67 min. Analyze (rust) takes about 10 min.
• Before this change every PR ran every job on the whole workspace: Docker build, cargo audit, release build, Windows tests, all crates' tests, and so on. That happened even for docs-only changes or a change to a single crate.

No issue was filed for this; it was reported directly by a maintainer.

Kind of change

• Tests / CI

What changed

• scripts/ci-surfaces.sh (new) maps the files a PR changes to the CI surfaces they affect. It derives the crate graph from crates/*/Cargo.toml path dependencies, so a new crate needs no script edit. Each job runs only for the paths in its row, so a path no row lists (docs, README, infra/, other workflows) runs no PR Checks job. Within the Rust jobs, a change it can't attribute to specific crates widens to the whole workspace rather than narrowing:

  Surface	Runs on a PR when it touches
  fmt+clippy, MSRV, test (stable/beta), build --release	crates/**, bootstrap-peers.json (compiled into gitlawb-node), root Cargo.toml/Cargo.lock, .cargo/, toolchain/fmt/clippy config
  test / build --release crate scope	touched crates plus transitive reverse deps; bootstrap-peers.json counts as touching gitlawb-node, which embeds it with include_str! (gitlawb-core means all crates; icaptcha-client means icaptcha-client + gl). Root manifest/lock/.cargo changes, toolchain/fmt/clippy config, or an unknown crate dir mean --workspace (other jobs still follow their own rows)
  test (windows)	when the affected set includes gl or git-remote-gitlawb (only those two are tested)
  Docker smoke	Dockerfile, .dockerignore, bootstrap-peers.json, root/crate Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock, .cargo/
  cargo audit	Cargo.lock, .cargo/audit.toml
  core dependency purity	root manifest/lock, crates/gitlawb-core/Cargo.toml, allowlist, its script
  release versioning	root/crate Cargo.toml, release-please config/manifest, its script
  release tag validation	scripts/resolve-release-tag.sh, its test
  CodeQL actions / js-ts / rust / swift	.github/workflows, npm/ or *.js/ts, the Rust surface, macos-app/ or *.swift
  everything, whole workspace	pr-checks.yml, codeql.yml, or ci-surfaces.sh (any other workflow edit runs only CodeQL actions)

• pr-checks.yml: a new changed surfaces job. Each job now has needs: changes plus an if:, and the test, release-build and Windows jobs receive the scoped -p list. Non-pull_request events call --all. Blocking and non-blocking status is unchanged. If the changed surfaces job fails, the run is red, not silently skipped.
• codeql.yml (new): an advanced-setup CodeQL workflow with the same per-language scoping. It runs every language on push to main, every Monday, and on manual dispatch. Categories are /language:<lang>, matching default setup, so existing alerts carry over. A 30-min timeout caps a hung Swift autobuild.
• scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh (new): fixture test pinning a must-not-skip case per row, crate fan-out/widening, --all, quoted names and rejection of newline-delimited input. PR Checks runs it before mapping, so a broken mapper turns the run red.
• AGENTS.md: the CI bullet said every job runs on every PR. It now describes the scoping.

Some coverage now runs later rather than on every PR:

• cargo audit: an advisory published against an unchanged Cargo.lock is now caught by the push-to-main run, main-red-alert and the weekly Scheduled Audit, instead of turning every open PR red (as happened before fix(deps): resolve cargo audit failures on main #514/fix(deps): bump aws-smithy-json to 0.62.7 (GHSA-8ffr-xgwf-xj56) #516).
• Docker smoke: a source-only Rust change is still compiled by build --release (stable) and MSRV (1.91, the image's toolchain). The Docker job itself still runs on every push to main.

How a reviewer can verify

# Each crate compiles standalone, so -p scoping can't hit feature-unification gaps
for p in gitlawb-core icaptcha-client gitlawb-attest git-remote-gitlawb gl gitlawb-node; do
  cargo check --locked -p $p --all-targets || echo "FAIL $p"; done
# Surface mapping (input is NUL-terminated, as `git diff -z` emits it)
scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh                      # pinned cases, also run in CI
printf 'crates/gl/src/main.rs\0docs/x.md\0' | scripts/ci-surfaces.sh
printf 'crates/gitlawb-core/src/lib.rs\0' | scripts/ci-surfaces.sh
printf 'README.md\0' | scripts/ci-surfaces.sh    # nothing runs
scripts/ci-surfaces.sh --all
actionlint .github/workflows/pr-checks.yml .github/workflows/codeql.yml
shellcheck scripts/ci-surfaces.sh scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh

All of the above pass locally on 888c4fd (37a0f60 changes only docs/comments; mapper output is byte-identical), and actionlint 1.7.7 is clean. 91adb5c changes only the mapper's bootstrap-peers.json row (now rust=true, -p gitlawb-node, plus its existing Docker trigger) and the script header; every other probe above is byte-identical. I also checked the diff step against a simulated test-merge commit on a base that had moved: HEAD^1..HEAD returns exactly the PR's files. e3aee00 feeds the mapper git diff -z output (read with read -r -d ''), so a path git would C-quote (non-ASCII, tab, quote, newline) still maps; newline-delimited input is rejected. Output for the last 43 commit ranges is byte-identical to the old pipeline. It also adds scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh, run in the changed surfaces job on every event; it fails 86 checks against the 91adb5c mapper and passes on e3aee00. This PR edits pr-checks.yml, so its own PR Checks run is the full suite.

Before you request review

• Scope is one logical change; no unrelated churn
• No Rust source changed; every crate passes cargo check --all-targets standalone
• Commit titles use Conventional Commits

Notes for reviewers

Important

Maintainer action is needed before merge. Turn off CodeQL default setup (Settings → Code security → Code scanning → CodeQL analysis → switch to Advanced or disable). GitHub rejects advanced-setup uploads while default setup is on, so this PR's CodeQL workflow analyze steps will fail until it is switched. If you'd rather keep default setup, drop codeql.yml and the matching cases in ci-surfaces.sh. The PR Checks scoping does not depend on it.

• A PR that skips a CodeQL language may show a "configuration not found" note on the CodeQL check for that language. That note is informational.
• Not changed: release.yml, the scheduled audit, triage/stale, main-red-alert, caching, test code.
• Out of scope, possible follow-ups: Docker layer caching for the smoke build (~8 min cold every time). The repo's Actions cache is at 17 GB against the 10 GB budget (each PR saves ~7 GB of rust-cache), which causes evictions and cold builds.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Pull request checks now focus on the affected areas and packages, while workspace-wide changes and main-branch or merge-queue runs trigger broader checks.
  • Code security analysis now targets languages changed in a pull request; scheduled, manual, and main-branch runs analyze all supported languages.
• Documentation
  • Updated contributor guidance to explain which changes trigger checks and recommend running the full Rust test suite locally.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds changed-path selection for pull-request checks and CodeQL analysis. It scopes Rust and Windows checks to selected packages, gates other checks by CI surface, and selects CodeQL languages based on changed paths.

Changes: PR CI Selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Changed-path surface and package selection scripts/ci-surfaces.sh, AGENTS.md	The script maps changed paths to CI surfaces and affected Rust packages and dependents. It emits Windows package and CodeQL language selections. The guide describes the selection rules and recommends a local workspace test command.
PR check gating and package scope .github/workflows/pr-checks.yml	The workflow gates checks using the selected surfaces. Rust and Windows test commands use selected package lists; Rust test and release-build jobs use selected Rust packages.

CodeQL Analysis

Layer / File(s)	Summary
CodeQL triggers, selection, and analysis .github/workflows/codeql.yml	The workflow defines its triggers and permissions, selects languages for analysis, and runs a matrix job for selected languages.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubActions
  participant ciSurfaces as ci-surfaces.sh
  participant PrCheckJobs
  participant Cargo
  GitHubActions->>ciSurfaces: changed paths
  ciSurfaces->>GitHubActions: surface and package outputs
  GitHubActions->>PrCheckJobs: selected surfaces and package lists
  PrCheckJobs->>Cargo: selected Rust packages

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Merge Risk: Low · up to 91adb

Merge-queue commits and some non-ASCII path changes can miss CodeQL analysis before merge. Address these gaps before relying on the new scoped checks; the reported upload failures also need operational resolution.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: scoping PR checks and CodeQL to the surfaces touched by each pull request.
Description check		The description is complete and focused. It explains the motivation, affected workflows and script, verification steps, test status, scope, and the required maintainer action for CodeQL default setup.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)

Finishing Touches

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[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

The CodeQL migration requires a maintainer to disable repository-level default setup and confirm successful advanced-setup uploads for all four languages, neither of which can be verified from this snapshot.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

This PR reduces unnecessary CI work by running PR checks and CodeQL analysis only for affected surfaces, while preserving full coverage on main and other configured non-PR events.

Changes:

• Adds a shared path mapper that selects checks, CodeQL languages, and affected Rust crates plus their transitive dependents.
• Gates PR Checks jobs and scopes test/build commands to affected packages.
• Adds an advanced CodeQL workflow with language filtering and a 30-minute analysis timeout. Maintainers must disable default setup before merge.

File	Description
scripts/​ci-surfaces.sh	Maps changed paths to CI checks, Rust packages, and CodeQL languages.
AGENTS.md	Documents CI scoping and full-workspace verification expectations.
.github/​workflows/​pr-checks.yml	Adds surface detection, conditional jobs, and scoped package commands.
.github/​workflows/​codeql.yml	Adds language-scoped PR analysis and full scans on main, schedules, and manual runs.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/codeql.yml:
- Line 20: Add the merge_group trigger alongside push in the CodeQL workflow so
merge-queue commits are analyzed. Preserve the existing non-PR path that selects
all languages.
- Line 55: Update the changed-path handling in the CodeQL workflow and PR Checks
to emit NUL-delimited paths and pass them to selectors as literal filenames,
preserving non-ASCII characters. Ensure each selector reads the NUL-delimited
input instead of parsing newline-delimited, Git-quoted output from the current
`git diff --name-only --no-renames HEAD^1 HEAD` command.

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[beardthelion]

The scoping design is sound and the mapper is right on everything I ran it against. Two asks before this merges, both about the mapper being the only thing that decides which checks run.

Findings

• [P2] Feed the mapper NUL-delimited paths so a quoted filename cannot skip every job.
  scripts/ci-surfaces.sh:36
  git prints a path containing non-ASCII, tab or double-quote characters in quotes, so the line starts with " and matches no case. On git 2.43.0 defaults, crates/gl/src/é.rs arrives as "crates/gl/src/\303\251.rs" and the mapper returns rust=false with an empty package list; tab and quote names do the same, while plain and space names map correctly. A PR whose only Rust change is such a file runs no Rust job. The feed is git diff --name-only --no-renames HEAD^1 HEAD in pr-checks.yml:70 and codeql.yml:55. Switch both to git diff -z --name-only --no-renames and read with read -r -d '' in the mapper. I ran that change: é, tab, quote and newline names all map correctly, empty input still maps to nothing, and --all is unchanged. core.quotePath=false alone only fixes the non-ASCII case. No tracked path needs quoting today, so nothing breaks yet.

• [P2] Add a fixture test for the mapper and run it from CI.
  scripts/ci-surfaces.sh:1
  Nothing in the diff exercises the mapper, and this PR cannot: its own edits map to --all, so the narrowing path first runs on a later PR. scripts/test-resolve-release-tag.sh is the in-tree precedent, run from pr-checks.yml, and CONTRIBUTING.md asks for tests on new behavior. Pin at least one must-not-skip case per row: a gitlawb-core change fans out to all six crates, an unknown crate dir widens to --workspace, bootstrap-peers.json gives -p gitlawb-node plus Docker, Cargo.lock sets audit, a docs-only change maps to nothing, and the quoted-path case from the first finding. List the test in the all=true row so editing it runs it.

[jatmn]

@beardthelion thanks, both are addressed in e3aee00.

[P2] NUL-delimited paths. Done as you described. pr-checks.yml and codeql.yml write git diff -z --name-only --no-renames HEAD^1 HEAD to a file. They log it with tr '\0' '\n' so the run log stays readable, and pass the NUL stream to the mapper. The mapper reads it with read -r -d ''. It also fails closed: input that is not NUL-terminated (for example, a plain git diff --name-only piped by mistake) exits 2, and the run turns red instead of silently mapping to nothing. Output is byte-identical to the old pipeline for the last 43 commit ranges (40 on main plus this PR's three).

[P2] Fixture test. Added scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh, following the test-resolve-release-tag.sh shape. It pins:

• one must-not-skip trigger per row
• gitlawb-core fanning out to all six crates (asserted as a superset, so adding a crate doesn't break it)
• an unknown crate dir widening to --workspace
• bootstrap-peers.json giving -p gitlawb-node plus Docker
• Cargo.lock setting audit
• docs-only and empty input mapping to nothing
• the three wiring files and --all mapping to everything
• é, tab, quote and newline names, plus Café.swift
• rejection of newline-delimited input

It fails 86 checks against the 91adb5c mapper and passes on e3aee00.

One deviation from your ask: I didn't put the test in the all=true row. Instead it runs as the first step of the changed surfaces job on every event, before the mapper is used, so editing it already runs it. A test-only edit can't change any job's gating, so widening every job for it would only cost runner time. If the test fails, that job fails and the run is red. Happy to add it to the row if you'd still prefer that.

Separate from your review: this PR's CodeQL analyze jobs still fail with "advanced configurations cannot be processed when the default setup is enabled". That needs the repo-admin step in the PR description (switch CodeQL default setup off).

[beardthelion]

Approving at e3aee00. Both asks from my last round landed.

Quoted names: both workflows now write git diff -z --name-only --no-renames to a file and feed the mapper from it, and the mapper reads NUL-terminated paths and rejects input that is not. I ran the real feed against it: é, tab, double-quote and newline names each map to the right crates (for example the é path to -p gl, the tab name in gitlawb-core to all six crates), README maps to nothing, and the old plain --name-only feed now exits 2 instead of silently skipping.

Test: scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh passes and runs in the changes job on every PR. I broke the mapper one line at a time to check it bites: reading by newline, dropping the unterminated-input check, an unknown crate no longer widening, dropping the bootstrap-peers.json mapping, taking codeql.yml out of the wiring row, removing the gitlawb-core fan-out, and never setting the Windows flag each fail it with the matching message. Moving a consumer to workspace = true dependencies, which the mapper's path-dependency parsing would not see, also turns it red.

Two notes, neither blocking. scripts/test-ci-surfaces.sh is not in the all=true row in ci-surfaces.sh, which is harmless because the test runs unconditionally. And the four Analyze checks from the new codeql.yml stay red until CodeQL default setup is switched off in repo settings, which still has to happen before this merges.

[jatmn]

@kevincodex1 this is ready for your merge, you will need to do manual steps in admin panel before this can be merged.