Add workflow_run_attempt data to status report (#1640)

Author: angelapwen

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-No user facing changes.
+- Include the value of the `GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT` environment variable in the telemetry sent to GitHub. [#1640](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/1640)
 
 ## 2.2.11 - 06 Apr 2023
 

lib/actions-util.js

@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ export type ActionStatus =
 export interface StatusReportBase {
   /** ID of the workflow run containing the action run. */
   workflow_run_id: number;
+  /** Attempt number of the run containing the action run. */
+  workflow_run_attempt: number;
   /** Workflow name. Converted to analysis_name further down the pipeline.. */
   workflow_name: string;
   /** Job name from the workflow. */
@@ -410,6 +412,11 @@ export async function createStatusReportBase(
   if (workflowRunIDStr) {
     workflowRunID = parseInt(workflowRunIDStr, 10);
   }
+  const workflowRunAttemptStr = process.env["GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT"];
+  let workflowRunAttempt = -1;
+  if (workflowRunAttemptStr) {
+    workflowRunAttempt = parseInt(workflowRunAttemptStr, 10);
+  }
   const workflowName = process.env["GITHUB_WORKFLOW"] || "";
   const jobName = process.env["GITHUB_JOB"] || "";
   const analysis_key = await getAnalysisKey();
@@ -437,6 +444,7 @@ export async function createStatusReportBase(
 
   const statusReport: StatusReportBase = {
     workflow_run_id: workflowRunID,
+    workflow_run_attempt: workflowRunAttempt,
     workflow_name: workflowName,
     job_name: jobName,
     analysis_key,

lib/actions-util.js.map

@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@ export function assertNever(value: never): never {
  * knowing what version of CodeQL we're running.
  */
 export function initializeEnvironment(version: string) {
-  core.exportVariable(EnvVar.VERSION, version);
-  core.exportVariable(EnvVar.FEATURE_SARIF_COMBINE, "true");
-  core.exportVariable(EnvVar.FEATURE_WILL_UPLOAD, "true");
+  core.exportVariable(String(EnvVar.VERSION), version);
+  core.exportVariable(String(EnvVar.FEATURE_SARIF_COMBINE), "true");
+  core.exportVariable(String(EnvVar.FEATURE_WILL_UPLOAD), "true");
 }
 
 /**