From 6a9f7e7fc3ed89bafa53a68079075ba34a2043f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael B. Gale" <mbg@github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:50:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Log if returning early from `recordOverlayStatus` due to no
 languages

---
 lib/entry-points.js            | 7 ++++++-
 src/init-action-post-helper.ts | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 600323420..8424aef54 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -187034,7 +187034,12 @@ function isConclusiveJobStatus(jobStatus) {
   }
 }
 async function recordOverlayStatus(codeql, config, features, jobStatus, env, logger2) {
-  if (config.overlayDatabaseMode !== "overlay-base" /* OverlayBase */ || env.getOptional("CODEQL_ACTION_ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY" /* ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY */) === "true" || !await features.getValue("overlay_analysis_status_save" /* OverlayAnalysisStatusSave */) || config.languages === void 0) {
+  if (config.overlayDatabaseMode !== "overlay-base" /* OverlayBase */ || env.getOptional("CODEQL_ACTION_ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY" /* ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY */) === "true" || !await features.getValue("overlay_analysis_status_save" /* OverlayAnalysisStatusSave */)) {
+    return;
+  } else if (config.languages === void 0) {
+    logger2.debug(
+      "Not recording overlay status, because the configuration contains no 'languages'."
+    );
     return;
   }
   if (!isConclusiveJobStatus(jobStatus) && !didCodeQlReportError(env)) {
diff --git a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
index e9ebf93a3..b6aeb5bd3 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
@@ -471,10 +471,14 @@ async function recordOverlayStatus(
   if (
     config.overlayDatabaseMode !== OverlayDatabaseMode.OverlayBase ||
     env.getOptional(EnvVar.ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY) === "true" ||
-    !(await features.getValue(Feature.OverlayAnalysisStatusSave)) ||
-    config.languages === undefined
+    !(await features.getValue(Feature.OverlayAnalysisStatusSave))
   ) {
     return;
+  } else if (config.languages === undefined) {
+    logger.debug(
+      "Not recording overlay status, because the configuration contains no 'languages'.",
+    );
+    return;
   }
 
   // Only record a failure when the job outcome tells us something about the analysis. A cancelled