Overlay: Check database metadata for overlayBaseSpecifier

Author: kaspersv

lib/analyze-action.js

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ interface DownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseTestCase {
   hasBaseDatabaseOidsFile: boolean;
   tryGetFolderBytesSucceeds: boolean;
   codeQLVersion: string;
+  resolveDatabaseOutput?: { [key: string]: string | [string] };
 }
 
 const defaultDownloadTestCase: DownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseTestCase = {
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ const defaultDownloadTestCase: DownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseTestCase = {
   hasBaseDatabaseOidsFile: true,
   tryGetFolderBytesSucceeds: true,
   codeQLVersion: "2.20.5",
+  resolveDatabaseOutput: { overlayBaseSpecifier: "20250626:XXX" },
 };
 
 const testDownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache = test.macro({
@@ -163,9 +165,16 @@ const testDownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache = test.macro({
         .resolves(testCase.tryGetFolderBytesSucceeds ? 1024 * 1024 : undefined);
       stubs.push(tryGetFolderBytesStub);
 
+      const codeql = mockCodeQLVersion(testCase.codeQLVersion);
+
+      const resolveDatabaseStub = sinon
+        .stub(codeql, "resolveDatabase")
+        .resolves(testCase.resolveDatabaseOutput);
+      stubs.push(resolveDatabaseStub);
+
       try {
         const result = await downloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache(
-          mockCodeQLVersion(testCase.codeQLVersion),
+          codeql,
           config,
           logger,
         );
@@ -255,6 +264,15 @@ test(
   false,
 );
 
+test(
+  testDownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache,
+  "returns undefined when downloaded database doesn't have an overlayBaseSpecifier",
+  {
+    resolveDatabaseOutput: {},
+  },
+  false,
+);
+
 test(
   testDownloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache,
   "returns undefined when filesystem error occurs",

lib/init-action.js

@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ const MAX_CACHE_OPERATION_MS = 600_000;
  * @param warningPrefix Prefix for the check failure warning message
  * @returns True if the verification succeeded, false otherwise
  */
-function checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
+async function checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
+  codeql: CodeQL,
   config: Config,
   logger: Logger,
   warningPrefix: string,
-): boolean {
+): Promise<boolean> {
   // An overlay-base database should contain the base database OIDs file.
   const baseDatabaseOidsFilePath = getBaseDatabaseOidsFilePath(config);
   if (!fs.existsSync(baseDatabaseOidsFilePath)) {
@@ -189,6 +190,16 @@ function checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
     );
     return false;
   }
+
+  const resolveDatabaseOutput = await codeql.resolveDatabase(config);
+  if (
+    resolveDatabaseOutput === undefined ||
+    !("overlayBaseSpecifier" in resolveDatabaseOutput)
+  ) {
+    logger.info(`${warningPrefix}: no overlayBaseSpecifier defined`);
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -232,7 +243,8 @@ export async function cleanupAndUploadOverlayBaseDatabaseToCache(
     return false;
   }
 
-  const databaseIsValid = checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
+  const databaseIsValid = await checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
+    codeql,
     config,
     logger,
     "Abort uploading overlay-base database to cache",
@@ -415,7 +427,8 @@ export async function downloadOverlayBaseDatabaseFromCache(
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const databaseIsValid = checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
+  const databaseIsValid = await checkOverlayBaseDatabase(
+    codeql,
     config,
     logger,
     "Downloaded overlay-base database is invalid",