Create codacy.yml

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Introduced an automated security scan to help ensure our platform remains robust and secure. The process runs on every update and through a weekly evaluation, proactively identifying potential vulnerabilities. This improvement reinforces our commitment to delivering a reliable and safe user experience. These automated checks help maintain high standards of security and performance.

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Walkthrough

A new GitHub Actions workflow has been added to automate security scanning using Codacy. Triggered on pushes, pull requests to the main branch, and a scheduled trigger every Thursday, the workflow checks out the repository code, runs the Codacy Analysis CLI to produce a SARIF report, and uploads the report for GitHub Advanced Security integration.

Changes

File(s)	Change Summary
.github/workflows/codacy.yml	Added a new workflow that runs on push, pull request, and scheduled events; it checks out the code, executes Codacy Analysis CLI, and uploads the SARIF file using the CodeQL action.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant Trigger as Trigger (Push/PR/Schedule)
    participant Checkout as Checkout Action
    participant Analyzer as Codacy Analysis CLI
    participant Uploader as SARIF Uploader
    participant GitHubSec as GitHub Advanced Security

    Trigger->>Checkout: Start workflow execution
    Checkout->>Analyzer: Provide repository code
    Analyzer->>Uploader: Generate and pass SARIF report
    Uploader->>GitHubSec: Upload SARIF for code scanning

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Poem

Oh, I'm a bunny on a scanning spree,
Hopping through code with the greatest glee.
With Codacy and workflows so fine,
I leap through lines as they intertwine.
Security checks in a rhythmic dance,
My code-hopping tale, a joyful prance! 🐇

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.github/workflows/codacy.yml (8)

1-13: Documentation and Workflow Context
The header comments clearly explain that the workflow uses third-party actions and provide links to the relevant documentation. This is useful for context and transparency.

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14-15: Workflow Naming
The workflow is aptly named "Codacy Security Scan," which aligns well with its purpose.

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16-24: Trigger Configuration
The triggers are correctly set: the workflow runs on pushes and pull requests to the main branch, as well as on a scheduled basis every Thursday at 09:19 UTC. This meets the PR objectives and ensures regular security scanning.

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25-27: Repository-Level Permissions
Defining contents: read at the root level enforces the principle of least privilege at the workflow level. This is a good security practice.

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28-35: Job Definition and Job-Level Permissions
The job codacy-security-scan is configured with the necessary permissions (contents: read, security-events: write, actions: read) and uses the standard ubuntu-latest environment. This setup is clear and appropriately scoped for its tasks.

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36-40: Checkout Step
The step that checks out the repository (actions/checkout@v4) is implemented correctly, ensuring that the code is available for analysis.

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41-56: Codacy Analysis CLI Step
The step "Run Codacy Analysis CLI" is well configured:

• It uses a specific commit hash (d840f886c4bd4edc059706d09c6a1586111c540b) for reproducibility. Consider whether a version tag might be preferable for future maintainability if stable releases are available.
• All inputs—such as the project token, verbosity, output file, and SARIF format—are clearly set.
• The gh-code-scanning-compat and max-allowed-issues settings ensure that the analysis results integrate properly with GitHub Advanced Security without failing the workflow due to issue counts.

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57-62: SARIF Upload Step
The final step correctly uploads the generated SARIF file using github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3. Verify that the path to the SARIF file (results.sarif) is accurate relative to the working directory of the runner.

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[github-advanced-security]

This pull request sets up GitHub code scanning for this repository. Once the scans have completed and the checks have passed, the analysis results for this pull request branch will appear on this overview. Once you merge this pull request, the 'Security' tab will show more code scanning analysis results (for example, for the default branch). Depending on your configuration and choice of analysis tool, future pull requests will be annotated with code scanning analysis results. For more information about GitHub code scanning, check out the documentation.

[github-advanced-security]

This pull request sets up GitHub code scanning for this repository. Once the scans have completed and the checks have passed, the analysis results for this pull request branch will appear on this overview. Once you merge this pull request, the 'Security' tab will show more code scanning analysis results (for example, for the default branch). Depending on your configuration and choice of analysis tool, future pull requests will be annotated with code scanning analysis results. For more information about GitHub code scanning, check out the documentation.