Run runner-images check on the GitHub-hosted runner images with linked

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.github/workflows/__runner-images.yml

@@ -54,8 +54,30 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
+            version: linked
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+            version: linked
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+            version: linked
           - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            version: nightly-latest
+            version: linked
+          - os: ubuntu-26.04
+            version: linked
+          - os: ubuntu-26.04-arm
+            version: linked
+          - os: windows-2022
+            version: linked
+          - os: windows-2025
+            version: linked
+          - os: macos-15-large
+            version: linked
+          - os: macos-15-xlarge
+            version: linked
+          - os: macos-26-large
+            version: linked
+          - os: macos-26-xlarge
+            version: linked
     name: Runner images
     if: github.triggering_actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     permissions:
@@ -102,5 +124,5 @@ jobs:
             echo "Found database for $lang"
           done
     env:
-      LANGUAGES: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby
+      LANGUAGES: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos') && ',swift' || '' }}
       CODEQL_ACTION_TEST_MODE: true

pr-checks/checks/runner-images.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,49 @@
 name: "Runner images"
-description: "An end-to-end integration test running on a Linux Arm64 runner, checking that the native linux-arm64 CodeQL bundle is downloaded and can analyze interpreted and compiled code"
+description: "An end-to-end integration test checking that CodeQL can analyze interpreted and compiled code on the GitHub-hosted runner images"
+# This check runs on each image listed in
+# https://github.com/actions/runner-images#available-images, except for:
+# - `ubuntu-slim`, which is intended for lightweight jobs rather than builds like this one.
+# - `windows-11-arm`, since CodeQL doesn't support Windows on Arm64.
+# - `xcode-27`, a preview image that the `unsupported-macos` check runs on.
 operatingSystems:
+  # The Ubuntu 22.04 images have brownouts from 23 March 2027 and are retired on 17 April 2027, so
+  # remove them before the brownouts start.
+  # See https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/14254.
+  - os: ubuntu
+    runner-image: ubuntu-22.04
+  - os: ubuntu
+    runner-image: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+  - os: ubuntu
+    runner-image: ubuntu-24.04
   - os: ubuntu
     runner-image: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-# The native linux-arm64 CodeQL bundle is only available in recent CLI releases, so we restrict this
-# check to `nightly-latest`, which is guaranteed to ship it. Older stable versions do not have an
-# arm64 asset, and `prepare-test` would resolve an x64 bundle URL for them on this runner.
+  - os: ubuntu
+    runner-image: ubuntu-26.04
+  - os: ubuntu
+    runner-image: ubuntu-26.04-arm
+  - os: windows
+    runner-image: windows-2022
+  - os: windows
+    runner-image: windows-2025
+  # Use larger runners for macOS to keep these jobs off the critical path.
+  - os: macos
+    runner-image: macos-15-large
+  - os: macos
+    runner-image: macos-15-xlarge
+  - os: macos
+    runner-image: macos-26-large
+  - os: macos
+    runner-image: macos-26-xlarge
+# Other PR checks cover the supported CodeQL versions, so this check only tests the linked version.
+# Linux Arm64 bundles are only available for CodeQL 2.27.0 and later, so older stable versions
+# can't run on the Arm64 images.
 versions:
-  - nightly-latest
+  - linked
 installGo: true
 installDotNet: true
-# The set of languages CodeQL supports on this platform, excluding Swift (macOS only).
+# The languages to build and analyze. CodeQL only supports Swift on macOS.
 env:
-  LANGUAGES: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby
+  LANGUAGES: "cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos') && ',swift' || '' }}"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with: