Merge pull request #3236 from github/mergeback/v4.31.0-to-main-4e94bd11

Mergeback v4.31.0 refs/heads/releases/v4 into main

Author: mbg

CHANGELOG.md

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+No user facing changes.
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+## 4.31.0 - 24 Oct 2025
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 - Bump minimum CodeQL bundle version to 2.17.6. [#3223](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/3223)
 - When SARIF files are uploaded by the `analyze` or `upload-sarif` actions, the CodeQL Action automatically performs post-processing steps to prepare the data for the upload. Previously, these post-processing steps were only performed before an upload took place. We are now changing this so that the post-processing steps will always be performed, even when the SARIF files are not uploaded. This does not change anything for the `upload-sarif` action. For `analyze`, this may affect Advanced Setup for CodeQL users who specify a value other than `always` for the `upload` input. [#3222](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/3222)