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+name: CodeQL
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # every day at midnight
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language:
+          - python
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        with:
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2