diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 30df46a5b..e6beeaf6d 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -21656,8 +21656,8 @@ var require_core = __commonJS({
     exports2.warning = warning14;
     exports2.notice = notice;
     exports2.info = info8;
-    exports2.startGroup = startGroup4;
-    exports2.endGroup = endGroup4;
+    exports2.startGroup = startGroup3;
+    exports2.endGroup = endGroup3;
     exports2.group = group;
     exports2.saveState = saveState3;
     exports2.getState = getState3;
@@ -21755,20 +21755,20 @@ Support boolean input list: \`true | True | TRUE | false | False | FALSE\``);
     function info8(message) {
       process.stdout.write(message + os7.EOL);
     }
-    function startGroup4(name) {
+    function startGroup3(name) {
       (0, command_1.issue)("group", name);
     }
-    function endGroup4() {
+    function endGroup3() {
       (0, command_1.issue)("endgroup");
     }
     function group(name, fn) {
       return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        startGroup4(name);
+        startGroup3(name);
         let result;
         try {
           result = yield fn();
         } finally {
-          endGroup4();
+          endGroup3();
         }
         return result;
       });
@@ -100013,7 +100013,7 @@ var require_package = __commonJS({
   "node_modules/@actions/cache/package.json"(exports2, module2) {
     module2.exports = {
       name: "@actions/cache",
-      version: "5.2.0",
+      version: "5.3.0",
       preview: true,
       description: "Actions cache lib",
       keywords: [
@@ -100050,22 +100050,22 @@ var require_package = __commonJS({
         url: "https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues"
       },
       dependencies: {
-        "@actions/core": "^2.0.0",
+        "@actions/core": "^2.0.3",
         "@actions/exec": "^2.0.0",
         "@actions/glob": "^0.5.1",
-        "@protobuf-ts/runtime-rpc": "^2.11.1",
         "@actions/http-client": "^3.0.2",
         "@actions/io": "^2.0.0",
         "@azure/abort-controller": "^1.1.0",
-        "@azure/core-rest-pipeline": "^1.22.0",
-        "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.29.1",
+        "@azure/core-rest-pipeline": "^1.25.0",
+        "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.34.0",
+        "@protobuf-ts/runtime-rpc": "^2.11.1",
         semver: "^6.3.1"
       },
       devDependencies: {
-        "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
-        "@types/semver": "^6.0.0",
-        "@protobuf-ts/plugin": "^2.9.4",
-        typescript: "^5.2.2"
+        "@protobuf-ts/plugin": "^2.11.1",
+        "@types/node": "^24.13.6",
+        "@types/semver": "^6.2.7",
+        typescript: "^5.9.3"
       },
       overrides: {
         "uri-js": "npm:uri-js-replace@^1.0.1",
@@ -105592,6 +105592,7 @@ var require_tar = __commonJS({
     exports2.listTar = listTar;
     exports2.extractTar = extractTar3;
     exports2.createTar = createTar;
+    var core29 = __importStar2(require_core());
     var exec_1 = require_exec();
     var io9 = __importStar2(require_io());
     var fs_1 = require("fs");
@@ -105644,7 +105645,7 @@ var require_tar = __commonJS({
             args.push("--posix", "-cf", BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? tarFile : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"), "--exclude", BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? tarFile : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"), "-P", "-C", workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"), "--files-from", constants_1.ManifestFilename);
             break;
           case "extract":
-            args.push("-xf", BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? tarFile : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"), "-P", "-C", workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"));
+            args.push("-xf", BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? tarFile : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"), "-P", "-C", BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? quoteAbsolutePath(workingDirectory) : workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"));
             break;
           case "list":
             args.push("-tf", BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? tarFile : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/"), "-P");
@@ -105675,16 +105676,19 @@ var require_tar = __commonJS({
         } else {
           args = [[...tarArgs].join(" "), [...compressionArgs].join(" ")];
         }
-        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD) {
-          return args;
-        }
-        return [args.join(" ")];
+        return {
+          commands: BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? args : [args.join(" ")],
+          requiresTempDirectory: BSD_TAR_ZSTD && type !== "create"
+        };
       });
     }
     function getWorkingDirectory() {
       var _a6;
       return (_a6 = process.env["GITHUB_WORKSPACE"]) !== null && _a6 !== void 0 ? _a6 : process.cwd();
     }
+    function quoteAbsolutePath(filePath) {
+      return `"${path30.resolve(filePath).replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/")}"`;
+    }
     function getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath) {
       return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD && compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip && IS_WINDOWS;
@@ -105693,17 +105697,13 @@ var require_tar = __commonJS({
             return BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? [
               "zstd -d --long=30 --force -o",
               constants_1.TarFilename,
-              archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/")
+              quoteAbsolutePath(archivePath)
             ] : [
               "--use-compress-program",
               IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : "unzstd --long=30"
             ];
           case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-            return BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? [
-              "zstd -d --force -o",
-              constants_1.TarFilename,
-              archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path30.sep}`, "g"), "/")
-            ] : ["--use-compress-program", IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : "unzstd"];
+            return BSD_TAR_ZSTD ? ["zstd -d --force -o", constants_1.TarFilename, quoteAbsolutePath(archivePath)] : ["--use-compress-program", IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : "unzstd"];
           default:
             return ["-z"];
         }
@@ -105748,24 +105748,39 @@ var require_tar = __commonJS({
         }
       });
     }
+    function execReadCommands(archivePath, compressionMethod, type) {
+      return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const { commands, requiresTempDirectory } = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, type, archivePath);
+        const tempDirectory = requiresTempDirectory ? yield utils.createTempDirectory() : void 0;
+        try {
+          yield execCommands(commands, tempDirectory);
+        } finally {
+          if (tempDirectory) {
+            try {
+              yield io9.rmRF(tempDirectory);
+            } catch (error3) {
+              core29.debug(`Failed to delete temporary tar directory: ${error3}`);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
     function listTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
       return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, "list", archivePath);
-        yield execCommands(commands);
+        yield execReadCommands(archivePath, compressionMethod, "list");
       });
     }
     function extractTar3(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
       return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
         yield io9.mkdirP(workingDirectory);
-        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, "extract", archivePath);
-        yield execCommands(commands);
+        yield execReadCommands(archivePath, compressionMethod, "extract");
       });
     }
     function createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, compressionMethod) {
       return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         (0, fs_1.writeFileSync)(path30.join(archiveFolder, constants_1.ManifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join("\n"));
-        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, "create");
+        const { commands } = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, "create");
         yield execCommands(commands, archiveFolder);
       });
     }
@@ -107346,6 +107361,12 @@ var require_follow_redirects = __commonJS({
     RedirectableRequest.prototype._sanitizeOptions = function(options) {
       if (!options.headers) {
         options.headers = {};
+      } else if (Array.isArray(options.headers)) {
+        var headerList = options.headers;
+        options.headers = {};
+        for (var i = 0; i < headerList.length; i += 2) {
+          options.headers[headerList[i]] = headerList[i + 1];
+        }
       }
       if (!isArray2(options.sensitiveHeaders)) {
         options.sensitiveHeaders = [];
@@ -107620,7 +107641,7 @@ var require_follow_redirects = __commonJS({
       return URL2 && value instanceof URL2;
     }
     function escapeRegex(regex) {
-      return regex.replace(/[\]\\/()*+?.$]/g, "\\$&");
+      return regex.replace(/[[\]\\/()*+?.^$|]/g, "\\$&");
     }
     module2.exports = wrap({ http, https: https3 });
     module2.exports.wrap = wrap;
@@ -145651,22 +145672,22 @@ Support boolean input list: \`true | True | TRUE | false | False | FALSE\``);
       process.stdout.write(message + os7.EOL);
     }
     exports2.info = info8;
-    function startGroup4(name) {
+    function startGroup3(name) {
       (0, command_1.issue)("group", name);
     }
-    exports2.startGroup = startGroup4;
-    function endGroup4() {
+    exports2.startGroup = startGroup3;
+    function endGroup3() {
       (0, command_1.issue)("endgroup");
     }
-    exports2.endGroup = endGroup4;
+    exports2.endGroup = endGroup3;
     function group(name, fn) {
       return __awaiter2(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        startGroup4(name);
+        startGroup3(name);
         let result;
         try {
           result = yield fn();
         } finally {
-          endGroup4();
+          endGroup3();
         }
         return result;
       });
@@ -166063,6 +166084,11 @@ var toolrunner = __toESM(require_toolrunner());
 var github = __toESM(require_github());
 var io2 = __toESM(require_io());
 
+// src/config/action-config.ts
+function hasConfigKey(config, key) {
+  return config[key] !== void 0;
+}
+
 // src/environment.ts
 var core = __toESM(require_core());
 function getRequiredEnvVar(env, paramName) {
@@ -168107,7 +168133,7 @@ function readBlockScalar(state, parentIndent, props) {
         state.position = linePosition + column;
         throwError(state, "tab characters must not be used in indentation");
       }
-      if (column < maxLeadingIndent) {
+      if (column >= parentIndent && column < maxLeadingIndent) {
         state.position = linePosition + column;
         throwError(state, "bad indentation of a mapping entry");
       }
@@ -168317,13 +168343,16 @@ function readBlockMapping(state, nodeIndent, flowIndent, props) {
           ch = state.input.charCodeAt(++state.position);
           if (!isWsOrEolOrEnd(ch)) throwError(state, "a whitespace character is expected after the key-value separator within a block mapping");
           if (!mappingOpened) {
-            restoreState(state, beforeKey);
-            addMappingEvent(state, beforeKey.position, props.anchorStart, props.anchorEnd, props.tagStart, props.tagEnd, COLLECTION_STYLE.BLOCK);
+            state.events.splice(beforeKey.eventsLength, 0, {
+              type: EVENT_ID.MAPPING,
+              start: beforeKey.position,
+              anchorStart: props.anchorStart,
+              anchorEnd: props.anchorEnd,
+              tagStart: props.tagStart,
+              tagEnd: props.tagEnd,
+              style: COLLECTION_STYLE.BLOCK
+            });
             mappingOpened = true;
-            parseNode(state, flowIndent, CONTEXT_FLOW_OUT, false, true);
-            ch = state.input.charCodeAt(state.position);
-            while (isWhiteSpace(ch)) ch = state.input.charCodeAt(++state.position);
-            state.position++;
           }
           detected = true;
           atExplicitKey = false;
@@ -170172,27 +170201,33 @@ function getWorkflowEvent(env = getEnv()) {
     );
   }
 }
-async function printDebugLogs(config) {
+async function printDebugLogs(logger2, config) {
+  if (!hasConfigKey(config, "languages") || !hasConfigKey(config, "dbLocation")) {
+    logger2.debug(
+      `Not printing debug logs, because the configuration does not include the 'languages' or 'dbLocation' fields.`
+    );
+    return;
+  }
   for (const language of config.languages) {
     const databaseDirectory = getCodeQLDatabasePath(config, language);
     const logsDirectory = path2.join(databaseDirectory, "log");
     if (!doesDirectoryExist(logsDirectory)) {
-      core4.info(`Directory ${logsDirectory} does not exist.`);
+      logger2.info(`Directory ${logsDirectory} does not exist.`);
       continue;
     }
     const walkLogFiles = (dir) => {
       const entries = fs2.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
       if (entries.length === 0) {
-        core4.info(`No debug logs found at directory ${logsDirectory}.`);
+        logger2.info(`No debug logs found at directory ${logsDirectory}.`);
       }
       for (const entry of entries) {
         if (entry.isFile()) {
           const absolutePath = path2.resolve(dir, entry.name);
-          core4.startGroup(
+          logger2.startGroup(
             `CodeQL Debug Logs - ${language} - ${entry.name} from file at path ${absolutePath}`
           );
-          process.stdout.write(fs2.readFileSync(absolutePath));
-          core4.endGroup();
+          logger2.info(fs2.readFileSync(absolutePath, "utf-8"));
+          logger2.endGroup();
         } else if (entry.isDirectory()) {
           walkLogFiles(path2.resolve(dir, entry.name));
         }
@@ -171381,9 +171416,14 @@ function getAddressString(address) {
 }
 
 // src/status-report.ts
+var ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES = {
+  ["finish" /* Analyze */]: "analyze",
+  ["init-post" /* InitPost */]: "init post"
+};
 function getDisplayActionName(actionName) {
-  if (actionName === "finish" /* Analyze */) {
-    return "analyze";
+  const displayName = ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES[actionName];
+  if (displayName !== void 0) {
+    return displayName;
   }
   return actionName;
 }
@@ -175033,20 +175073,47 @@ function getLocalConfig(logger2, configFile, validateConfig) {
 function getPathToParsedConfigFile(tempDir) {
   return path11.join(tempDir, "config");
 }
-async function saveConfig(config, logger2) {
+function getPathToFailedConfigFile(tempDir) {
+  return path11.join(tempDir, "failed-config");
+}
+function saveConfigFile(logger2, configFilePath, config) {
   const configString = JSON.stringify(config);
-  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(config.tempDir);
-  fs10.mkdirSync(path11.dirname(configFile), { recursive: true });
-  fs10.writeFileSync(configFile, configString, "utf8");
+  fs10.mkdirSync(path11.dirname(configFilePath), { recursive: true });
+  fs10.writeFileSync(configFilePath, configString, "utf8");
   logger2.debug("Saved config:");
   logger2.debug(configString);
 }
-async function getConfig(tempDir, logger2) {
-  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(tempDir);
-  if (!fs10.existsSync(configFile)) {
+async function saveConfig(config, logger2) {
+  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(config.tempDir);
+  saveConfigFile(logger2, configFile, config);
+}
+function saveAbortedInitConfig(action, config) {
+  if (action.name !== "init" /* Init */) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Internal error: 'saveAbortedInitConfig' should only be called by '${"init" /* Init */}', but was called by '${action.name}'.`
+    );
+  }
+  const failedConfig = {
+    version: config.version,
+    tempDir: config.tempDir,
+    codeQLCmd: config.codeQLCmd,
+    debugMode: config.debugMode,
+    gitHubVersion: config.gitHubVersion,
+    languages: config.languages,
+    analysisKinds: config.analysisKinds
+  };
+  action.logger.debug(`Saving config for failed init step.`);
+  saveConfigFile(
+    action.logger,
+    getPathToFailedConfigFile(config.tempDir),
+    failedConfig
+  );
+}
+function readConfigFile(logger2, configFilePath) {
+  if (!fs10.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
     return void 0;
   }
-  const configString = fs10.readFileSync(configFile, "utf8");
+  const configString = fs10.readFileSync(configFilePath, "utf8");
   logger2.debug("Loaded config:");
   logger2.debug(configString);
   const config = JSON.parse(configString);
@@ -175067,6 +175134,18 @@ async function getConfig(tempDir, logger2) {
   }
   return config;
 }
+async function getConfig(tempDir, logger2) {
+  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(tempDir);
+  return readConfigFile(logger2, configFile);
+}
+function getAbortedInitConfig(action, tempDir) {
+  if (action.name !== "init-post" /* InitPost */) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Internal error: 'getAbortedInitConfig' should only be called by '${"init-post" /* InitPost */}', but was called by '${action.name}'.`
+    );
+  }
+  return readConfigFile(action.logger, getPathToFailedConfigFile(tempDir));
+}
 async function generateRegistries(registriesInput, tempDir, logger2) {
   const registries = parseRegistries(registriesInput);
   let registriesAuthTokens;
@@ -186494,6 +186573,15 @@ async function run3(actionState) {
     }
     await checkInstallPython311(config.languages, codeql);
   } catch (unwrappedError) {
+    if (config !== void 0) {
+      try {
+        saveAbortedInitConfig(actionState, config);
+      } catch (configSaveError) {
+        logger2.warning(
+          `Unable to save configuration for '${"init-post" /* InitPost */}' step: ${getErrorMessage(configSaveError)}`
+        );
+      }
+    }
     const error3 = wrapError(unwrappedError);
     core19.setFailed(error3.message);
     const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(
@@ -186922,14 +187010,14 @@ async function uploadFailureInfo(uploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts, printDebugLog
       );
     }
   }
-  if (config.debugMode) {
+  if (config.debugMode && hasConfigKey(config, "dbLocation")) {
     logger2.info(
       "Debug mode is on. Uploading available database bundles and logs as Actions debugging artifacts..."
     );
     await uploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts(codeql, config, logger2);
-    await printDebugLogs2(config);
+    await printDebugLogs2(logger2, config);
   }
-  if (isSelfHostedRunner()) {
+  if (isSelfHostedRunner() && config.dbLocation) {
     try {
       fs30.rmSync(config.dbLocation, {
         recursive: true,
@@ -186944,6 +187032,10 @@ async function uploadFailureInfo(uploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts, printDebugLog
         `Failed to clean up database cluster directory ${config.dbLocation}. Details: ${e}`
       );
     }
+  } else if (config.dbLocation === void 0) {
+    logger2.debug(
+      "Skipping cleanup of database cluster directory since the configuration does not include a database path."
+    );
   } else {
     logger2.debug(
       "Skipping cleanup of database cluster directory since we are running on a GitHub-hosted runner which will be automatically cleaned up."
@@ -186967,6 +187059,11 @@ 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 */)) {
     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)) {
     logger2.info(
@@ -187069,15 +187166,19 @@ async function removeUploadedSarif(uploadFailedSarifResult, logger2) {
 }
 
 // src/init-action-post.ts
-async function run4(startedAt) {
-  const logger2 = getActionsLogger();
+async function run4(action) {
+  const logger2 = action.logger;
   let config;
   let uploadFailedSarifResult;
   let dependencyCachingUsage;
   try {
     const jobStatus2 = getOptionalInput("job-status");
     restoreInputs(logger2);
-    config = await getConfig(getTemporaryDirectory(), logger2);
+    const tmpDir = getTemporaryDirectory();
+    config = await getConfig(tmpDir, logger2);
+    if (config === void 0) {
+      config = getAbortedInitConfig(action, tmpDir);
+    }
     const gitHubVersion = config?.gitHubVersion ?? await getGitHubVersion();
     checkGitHubVersionInRange(gitHubVersion, logger2);
     const repositoryNwo = getRepositoryNwo();
@@ -187101,10 +187202,10 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
         repositoryNwo,
         features,
         jobStatus2,
-        getEnv(),
+        action.env,
         logger2
       );
-      if (await isAnalyzingDefaultBranch() && config.dependencyCachingEnabled !== "none" /* None */) {
+      if (await isAnalyzingDefaultBranch() && hasConfigKey(config, "dependencyCachingEnabled") && config.dependencyCachingEnabled !== "none" /* None */) {
         dependencyCachingUsage = await getDependencyCacheUsage(logger2);
       }
     }
@@ -187112,9 +187213,9 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
     const error3 = wrapApiConfigurationError(wrapError(unwrappedError));
     core20.setFailed(error3.message);
     const statusReportBase2 = await createStatusReportBase(
-      "init-post" /* InitPost */,
+      action.name,
       getActionsStatus(error3),
-      startedAt,
+      action.startedAt,
       config,
       await checkDiskUsage(logger2),
       logger2,
@@ -187126,12 +187227,12 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
     }
     return;
   }
-  const jobStatus = getFinalJobStatus(config);
+  const jobStatus = getFinalJobStatus(action, config);
   logger2.info(`CodeQL job status was ${getJobStatusDisplayName(jobStatus)}.`);
   const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(
-    "init-post" /* InitPost */,
+    action.name,
     "success",
-    startedAt,
+    action.startedAt,
     config,
     await checkDiskUsage(logger2),
     logger2
@@ -187148,25 +187249,25 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
     logger2.info("Status report sent for init-post step.");
   }
 }
-function getFinalJobStatus(config) {
-  const existingJobStatus = getJobStatusFromEnvironment();
+function getFinalJobStatus(action, config) {
+  const existingJobStatus = getJobStatusFromEnvironment(action.env);
   if (existingJobStatus !== void 0) {
     return existingJobStatus;
   }
   let jobStatus;
-  if (process.env["CODEQL_ACTION_ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY" /* ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY */] === "true") {
-    exportEnvVar("CODEQL_ACTION_JOB_STATUS" /* JOB_STATUS */, "JOB_STATUS_SUCCESS" /* SuccessStatus */);
+  if (action.env.getOptional("CODEQL_ACTION_ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY" /* ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY */) === "true") {
+    action.env.export("CODEQL_ACTION_JOB_STATUS" /* JOB_STATUS */, "JOB_STATUS_SUCCESS" /* SuccessStatus */);
     jobStatus = "JOB_STATUS_SUCCESS" /* SuccessStatus */;
   } else if (config !== void 0) {
     jobStatus = "JOB_STATUS_CONFIGURATION_ERROR" /* ConfigErrorStatus */;
   } else {
     jobStatus = "JOB_STATUS_UNKNOWN" /* UnknownStatus */;
   }
-  exportEnvVar("CODEQL_ACTION_JOB_STATUS" /* JOB_STATUS */, jobStatus);
+  action.env.export("CODEQL_ACTION_JOB_STATUS" /* JOB_STATUS */, jobStatus);
   return jobStatus;
 }
-function getJobStatusFromEnvironment() {
-  const jobStatusFromEnvironment = process.env["CODEQL_ACTION_JOB_STATUS" /* JOB_STATUS */];
+function getJobStatusFromEnvironment(env) {
+  const jobStatusFromEnvironment = env.getOptional("CODEQL_ACTION_JOB_STATUS" /* JOB_STATUS */);
   if (jobStatusFromEnvironment !== void 0) {
     if (Object.values(JobStatus).includes(jobStatusFromEnvironment)) {
       return jobStatusFromEnvironment;
@@ -187175,20 +187276,12 @@ function getJobStatusFromEnvironment() {
   }
   return void 0;
 }
+var initPost = {
+  name: "init-post" /* InitPost */,
+  run: run4
+};
 async function runWrapper5() {
-  const startedAt = /* @__PURE__ */ new Date();
-  const logger2 = getActionsLogger();
-  try {
-    await run4(startedAt);
-  } catch (error3) {
-    core20.setFailed(`init post action failed: ${wrapError(error3).message}`);
-    await sendUnhandledErrorStatusReport(
-      "init-post" /* InitPost */,
-      startedAt,
-      error3,
-      logger2
-    );
-  }
+  return await runInActions(initPost);
 }
 
 // src/resolve-environment-action.ts
@@ -188562,7 +188655,7 @@ tmp/lib/tmp.js:
    *)
 
 js-yaml/dist/js-yaml.mjs:
-  (*! js-yaml 5.4.2 https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml @license MIT *)
+  (*! js-yaml 5.4.3 https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml @license MIT *)
 
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d5b4a5c4d..42ba4bf1c 100644
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+      "version": "17.13.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/globals/-/globals-17.13.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RwMTC61u7hrG3ZJMkZQOK4JLJrKS8QtoTii63EmWvFXHqycY9FObBJQCbsLxSO8kjKhWE5kV1GC+Vb1g3RI0Zg==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
@@ -7136,9 +7121,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/js-yaml": {
-      "version": "5.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-5.4.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-m+aqu+LwO1O6sIopafj8HUVl5aawITwZQe/yHpMCKjaWBaA/d07B/QdMb3529REftiU+RMMHL3Vlsw3hON7vWg==",
+      "version": "5.4.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-5.4.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yzzNtgczwgoVHNigCyKTXcQJU4Y8t/ikU4UxXW0BvrLfHTGWZhsNcOT2s/a7vn81/4KqVnNmHjaUEPlvWnNwVw==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "github",
@@ -7494,9 +7479,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/mdast-util-from-markdown": {
-      "version": "2.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdast-util-from-markdown/-/mdast-util-from-markdown-2.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-W4mAWTvSlKvf8L6J+VN9yLSqQ9AOAAvHuoDAmPkz4dHf553m5gVj2ejadHJhoJmcmxEnOv6Pa8XJhpxE93kb8Q==",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdast-util-from-markdown/-/mdast-util-from-markdown-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KRLgmPaP2H1ul2bpoJkOS+9pAcDAAj9Nu1mqLnh8NLeJG5tlvj42TH80PIGBpROWlRXLk0lDrWNuZCFy/tsB4A==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/mdast": "^4.0.0",
@@ -9996,16 +9981,16 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/typescript-eslint": {
-      "version": "8.70.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript-eslint/-/typescript-eslint-8.70.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-AcWG7KDjZ2THNXsgwttMaGmzVi0VFRlFYfqFHYQRbDpF3owuYbuiL8c7UUrd2k8s3PoSfIQrWfrGXfcElrWLYA==",
+      "version": "8.71.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript-eslint/-/typescript-eslint-8.71.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oiNVPC3/NbV1FpaHU07l8O6ynqG9v4PAiW2WvTrAmZdR0f2HI/gE668ElMLCK7Xbsu5k2fK5C4fXNiq05j7/nQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "8.70.1",
-        "@typescript-eslint/parser": "8.70.1",
-        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "8.70.1",
-        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "8.70.1"
+        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "8.71.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/parser": "8.71.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "8.71.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "8.71.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": "^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0"
@@ -10500,10 +10485,10 @@
         "@actions/core": "^2.0.3",
         "@actions/github": "^8.0.1",
         "@octokit/core": "^7.0.8",
-        "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": ">=15.0.0",
+        "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": ">=16.0.0",
         "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^18.0.0",
         "lite-matter": "^0.1.2",
-        "mdast-util-from-markdown": "^2.0.3",
+        "mdast-util-from-markdown": "^2.1.0",
         "semver": "^7.8.5",
         "yaml": "^2.9.1"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 513f4b528..755d561f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/artifact": "^5.0.3",
     "@actions/artifact-legacy": "npm:@actions/artifact@^1.1.2",
-    "@actions/cache": "^5.2.0",
+    "@actions/cache": "^5.3.0",
     "@actions/core": "^2.0.3",
     "@actions/exec": "^2.0.0",
     "@actions/github": "^8.0.1",
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
     "@actions/io": "^2.0.0",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^3.0.1",
     "@octokit/core": "^7.0.8",
-    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^15.0.0",
+    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^16.0.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^18.0.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^8.1.1",
     "archiver": "^8.0.0",
-    "follow-redirects": "^1.16.0",
+    "follow-redirects": "^1.16.1",
     "get-folder-size": "^5.0.0",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.6",
-    "js-yaml": "^5.4.2",
+    "js-yaml": "^5.4.3",
     "jsonschema": "1.5.0",
     "long": "^5.3.2",
     "node-forge": "^1.4.0",
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
     "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^4.4.5",
     "eslint-plugin-github": "^6.1.2",
     "eslint-plugin-import-x": "^4.17.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^65.0.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^65.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-no-async-foreach": "^0.1.1",
     "glob": "^13.0.6",
-    "globals": "^17.12.0",
+    "globals": "^17.13.0",
     "nock": "^14.0.17",
     "sinon": "^22.1.0",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3",
-    "typescript-eslint": "^8.70.1"
+    "typescript-eslint": "^8.71.1"
   },
   "overrides": {
     "@actions/tool-cache": {
diff --git a/pr-checks/package.json b/pr-checks/package.json
index 3d6b3d07e..3f20d119d 100644
--- a/pr-checks/package.json
+++ b/pr-checks/package.json
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
     "@actions/core": "^2.0.3",
     "@actions/github": "^8.0.1",
     "@octokit/core": "^7.0.8",
-    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": ">=15.0.0",
+    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": ">=16.0.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^18.0.0",
     "lite-matter": "^0.1.2",
-    "mdast-util-from-markdown": "^2.0.3",
+    "mdast-util-from-markdown": "^2.1.0",
     "semver": "^7.8.5",
     "yaml": "^2.9.1"
   },
diff --git a/src/action-common.test.ts b/src/action-common.test.ts
index fc2e0a9aa..449300a8d 100644
--- a/src/action-common.test.ts
+++ b/src/action-common.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ import { getErrorMessage } from "./util";
 
 setupTests(test);
 
+for (const [key, displayName] of Object.entries(
+  statusReport.ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES,
+)) {
+  test(`getDisplayActionName - '${displayName}' instead of '${key}'`, (t) => {
+    t.is(statusReport.getDisplayActionName(key as ActionName), displayName);
+  });
+}
+
+test("getDisplayActionName - returns action name", (t) => {
+  for (const actionName of Object.values(ActionName)) {
+    if (statusReport.ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES[actionName]) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    t.is(statusReport.getDisplayActionName(actionName), actionName);
+  }
+});
+
 interface RunInActionsTestOpts {
   runFn?: () => Promise<any>;
   expectedErrorMessage?: string;
diff --git a/src/actions-util.test.ts b/src/actions-util.test.ts
index 3940cf755..17cf96a4a 100644
--- a/src/actions-util.test.ts
+++ b/src/actions-util.test.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import {
   isAnalyzingPullRequest,
   isDefaultSetup,
   isDynamicWorkflow,
+  printDebugLogs,
 } from "./actions-util";
 import { computeAutomationID } from "./api-client";
 import { EnvVar } from "./environment";
 import { getRunnerLogger } from "./logging";
-import { setupTests } from "./testing-utils";
-import { initializeEnvironment } from "./util";
+import { RecordingLogger, setupTests } from "./testing-utils";
+import { initializeEnvironment, withTmpDir } from "./util";
 
 setupTests(test);
 
@@ -100,6 +101,21 @@ test("computeAutomationID()", async (t) => {
   );
 });
 
+test("printDebugLogs - doesn't throw when config doesn't have needed properties", async (t) => {
+  const logger = new RecordingLogger();
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(printDebugLogs(logger, {}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(printDebugLogs(logger, { languages: [] }));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(printDebugLogs(logger, { dbLocation: "nowhere" }));
+});
+
+test("printDebugLogs - doesn't throw when language db doesn't exist", async (t) =>
+  withTmpDir(async (tmpDir) => {
+    const logger = new RecordingLogger();
+    await t.notThrowsAsync(
+      printDebugLogs(logger, { dbLocation: tmpDir, languages: ["javascript"] }),
+    );
+  }));
+
 test.serial("getPullRequestBranches() with pull request context", (t) => {
   withMockedContext(
     {
diff --git a/src/actions-util.ts b/src/actions-util.ts
index 04e78eec3..6db7146d1 100644
--- a/src/actions-util.ts
+++ b/src/actions-util.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as toolrunner from "@actions/exec/lib/toolrunner";
 import * as github from "@actions/github";
 import * as io from "@actions/io";
 
-import type { Config } from "./config-utils";
+import { hasConfigKey, type Config } from "./config/action-config";
 import { Env, EnvVar, ActionsEnvVars, ReadOnlyEnv } from "./environment";
 import { Logger } from "./logging";
 import {
@@ -131,28 +131,38 @@ export function getWorkflowEvent(env: Env = getEnv()): any {
   }
 }
 
-export async function printDebugLogs(config: Config) {
+export async function printDebugLogs(logger: Logger, config: Partial<Config>) {
+  if (
+    !hasConfigKey(config, "languages") ||
+    !hasConfigKey(config, "dbLocation")
+  ) {
+    logger.debug(
+      `Not printing debug logs, because the configuration does not include the 'languages' or 'dbLocation' fields.`,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
   for (const language of config.languages) {
     const databaseDirectory = getCodeQLDatabasePath(config, language);
     const logsDirectory = path.join(databaseDirectory, "log");
     if (!doesDirectoryExist(logsDirectory)) {
-      core.info(`Directory ${logsDirectory} does not exist.`);
+      logger.info(`Directory ${logsDirectory} does not exist.`);
       continue; // Skip this language database.
     }
 
     const walkLogFiles = (dir: string) => {
       const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
       if (entries.length === 0) {
-        core.info(`No debug logs found at directory ${logsDirectory}.`);
+        logger.info(`No debug logs found at directory ${logsDirectory}.`);
       }
       for (const entry of entries) {
         if (entry.isFile()) {
           const absolutePath = path.resolve(dir, entry.name);
-          core.startGroup(
+          logger.startGroup(
             `CodeQL Debug Logs - ${language} - ${entry.name} from file at path ${absolutePath}`,
           );
-          process.stdout.write(fs.readFileSync(absolutePath));
-          core.endGroup();
+          logger.info(fs.readFileSync(absolutePath, "utf-8"));
+          logger.endGroup();
         } else if (entry.isDirectory()) {
           walkLogFiles(path.resolve(dir, entry.name));
         }
diff --git a/src/analyze.ts b/src/analyze.ts
index 4eeb447e1..4d5fd5354 100644
--- a/src/analyze.ts
+++ b/src/analyze.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getTemporaryDirectory } from "./actions-util";
 import * as analyses from "./analyses";
 import { setupCppAutobuild } from "./autobuild";
 import { type CodeQL } from "./codeql";
+import type { ActionConfig } from "./config/action-config";
 import { defaultSuites } from "./config/db-config";
 import * as configUtils from "./config-utils";
 import {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ async function shouldExtractLanguage(
 }
 
 export function dbIsFinalized(
-  config: configUtils.Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
   language: Language,
   logger: Logger,
 ) {
diff --git a/src/codeql.ts b/src/codeql.ts
index 8913224fa..68273d27b 100644
--- a/src/codeql.ts
+++ b/src/codeql.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import * as api from "./api-client";
 import * as outputCache from "./cli/output-cache";
 import type { VersionInfo } from "./cli/types";
 import { CliError, wrapCliConfigurationError } from "./cli-errors";
+import type { ActionConfig } from "./config/action-config";
 import { appendExtraQueryExclusions, type Config } from "./config-utils";
 import { DocUrl } from "./doc-url";
 import { EnvVar, getEnv, exportEnvVar } from "./environment";
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ export interface CodeQL {
   diagnosticsExport(
     sarifFile: string,
     automationDetailsId: string | undefined,
-    config: Config,
+    config: ActionConfig<"tempDir">,
   ): Promise<void>;
   /** Get the location of an extractor for the specified language. */
   resolveExtractor(language: Language): Promise<string>;
@@ -913,7 +914,7 @@ async function getCodeQLForCmd(
     async diagnosticsExport(
       sarifFile: string,
       automationDetailsId: string | undefined,
-      config: Config,
+      config: ActionConfig<"tempDir">,
     ): Promise<void> {
       const args = [
         "diagnostics",
@@ -1237,7 +1238,9 @@ export async function getTrapCachingExtractorConfigArgsForLang(
  *
  * This will not exist if the configuration is being parsed in the Action.
  */
-function getGeneratedCodeScanningConfigPath(config: Config): string {
+function getGeneratedCodeScanningConfigPath(
+  config: ActionConfig<"tempDir">,
+): string {
   return path.resolve(config.tempDir, "user-config.yaml");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config-utils.ts b/src/config-utils.ts
index f1ec30b2c..e0b005db7 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ import {
 import * as api from "./api-client";
 import { getCachingKind } from "./caching-utils";
 import { type CodeQL } from "./codeql";
-import { type Config } from "./config/action-config";
+import {
+  type AbortedInitConfig,
+  type ActionConfig,
+  type Config,
+} from "./config/action-config";
 import {
   calculateAugmentation,
   ExcludeQueryFilter,
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ import {
 import { OverlayDatabaseMode } from "./overlay/overlay-database-mode";
 import { shouldSkipOverlayAnalysis } from "./overlay/status";
 import { RepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
+import { ActionName } from "./status-report";
 import { ToolsFeature } from "./tools-features";
 import { downloadTrapCaches } from "./trap-caching";
 import {
@@ -1379,31 +1384,86 @@ export function getPathToParsedConfigFile(tempDir: string): string {
   return path.join(tempDir, "config");
 }
 
+function getPathToFailedConfigFile(tempDir: string): string {
+  return path.join(tempDir, "failed-config");
+}
+
 /**
- * Store the given config to the path returned from getPathToParsedConfigFile.
+ * Writes {@link config} to {@link configFilePath}.
+ *
+ * This function is not intended to be called, other than by
+ * {@link saveConfig} and {@link saveAbortedInitConfig} below.
  */
-export async function saveConfig(config: Config, logger: Logger) {
+function saveConfigFile(
+  logger: Logger,
+  configFilePath: string,
+  config: Partial<Config>,
+) {
   const configString = JSON.stringify(config);
-  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(config.tempDir);
-  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(configFile), { recursive: true });
-  fs.writeFileSync(configFile, configString, "utf8");
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(configFilePath), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(configFilePath, configString, "utf8");
   logger.debug("Saved config:");
   logger.debug(configString);
 }
 
 /**
- * Get the config that has been saved to the given temp dir.
- * If the config could not be found then returns undefined.
+ * Store the given config to the path returned from getPathToParsedConfigFile.
  */
-export async function getConfig(
-  tempDir: string,
+export async function saveConfig(config: Config, logger: Logger) {
+  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(config.tempDir);
+  saveConfigFile(logger, configFile, config);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Store parts of {@link config} as a failed configuration file.
+ *
+ * The file will only contain parts of {@link config} that are relevant to
+ * the `init-post` step in the workflow.
+ */
+export function saveAbortedInitConfig(
+  action: ActionState<["Base", "Logger"]>,
+  config: Config,
+) {
+  // Should only be called by init.
+  if (action.name !== ActionName.Init) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Internal error: 'saveAbortedInitConfig' should only be called by '${ActionName.Init}', but was called by '${action.name}'.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Create a copy of the input `Config` that only contains the keys we want.
+  const failedConfig: AbortedInitConfig = {
+    version: config.version,
+    tempDir: config.tempDir,
+    codeQLCmd: config.codeQLCmd,
+    debugMode: config.debugMode,
+    gitHubVersion: config.gitHubVersion,
+    languages: config.languages,
+    analysisKinds: config.analysisKinds,
+  };
+
+  action.logger.debug(`Saving config for failed init step.`);
+  saveConfigFile(
+    action.logger,
+    getPathToFailedConfigFile(config.tempDir),
+    failedConfig,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attempts to read a {@link Config} from {@link configFilePath}.
+ *
+ * This function is not intended to be called, other than by
+ * {@link getConfig} and {@link getAbortedInitConfig} below.
+ */
+function readConfigFile(
   logger: Logger,
-): Promise<Config | undefined> {
-  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(tempDir);
-  if (!fs.existsSync(configFile)) {
+  configFilePath: string,
+): Config | undefined {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const configString = fs.readFileSync(configFile, "utf8");
+  const configString = fs.readFileSync(configFilePath, "utf8");
   logger.debug("Loaded config:");
   logger.debug(configString);
 
@@ -1428,6 +1488,38 @@ export async function getConfig(
   return config as Config;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the config that has been saved to the given temp dir.
+ * If the config could not be found then returns undefined.
+ */
+export async function getConfig(
+  tempDir: string,
+  logger: Logger,
+): Promise<Config | undefined> {
+  const configFile = getPathToParsedConfigFile(tempDir);
+  return readConfigFile(logger, configFile);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Loads a {@link AbortedInitConfig} from a failed `init` step if it exists.
+ *
+ * The result will only contain parts of a {@link Config} that are relevant to
+ * the `init-post` step in the workflow.
+ */
+export function getAbortedInitConfig(
+  action: ActionState<["Base", "Logger"]>,
+  tempDir: string,
+): AbortedInitConfig | undefined {
+  // Only intended to be called by the `init-post` action.
+  if (action.name !== ActionName.InitPost) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Internal error: 'getAbortedInitConfig' should only be called by '${ActionName.InitPost}', but was called by '${action.name}'.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return readConfigFile(action.logger, getPathToFailedConfigFile(tempDir));
+}
+
 /**
  * Generate a `qlconfig.yml` file from the `registries` input.
  * This file is used by the CodeQL CLI to list the registries to use for each
@@ -1618,21 +1710,27 @@ export function appendExtraQueryExclusions(
 /**
  * Returns `true` if Code Scanning analysis is enabled, or `false` if not.
  */
-export function isCodeScanningEnabled(config: Config): boolean {
+export function isCodeScanningEnabled(
+  config: ActionConfig<"analysisKinds">,
+): boolean {
   return config.analysisKinds.includes(AnalysisKind.CodeScanning);
 }
 
 /**
  * Returns `true` if Code Quality analysis is enabled, or `false` if not.
  */
-export function isCodeQualityEnabled(config: Config): boolean {
+export function isCodeQualityEnabled(
+  config: ActionConfig<"analysisKinds">,
+): boolean {
   return config.analysisKinds.includes(AnalysisKind.CodeQuality);
 }
 
 /**
  * Returns `true` if Code Scanning Risk Assessment analysis is enabled, or `false` if not.
  */
-export function isRiskAssessmentEnabled(config: Config): boolean {
+export function isRiskAssessmentEnabled(
+  config: ActionConfig<"analysisKinds">,
+): boolean {
   return config.analysisKinds.includes(AnalysisKind.RiskAssessment);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/action-config.ts b/src/config/action-config.ts
index de6882e77..10f315028 100644
--- a/src/config/action-config.ts
+++ b/src/config/action-config.ts
@@ -126,3 +126,38 @@ export interface Config {
    */
   enableFileCoverageInformation: boolean;
 }
+
+/** Properties available in `Config`. */
+export type ActionConfigProperties = keyof Config;
+
+/**
+ * The CodeQL Action configuration state that is persisted
+ * between steps of the CodeQL Action in a CodeQL workflow.
+ *
+ * By default, this is equivalent to `Config`. By explicitly
+ * providing required property names for `T` this can be restricted
+ * to requiring only those. For example, in `ActionConfig<"codeQLCmd">`
+ * all properties except `codeqlCmd` are optional.
+ */
+export type ActionConfig<
+  T extends ActionConfigProperties = ActionConfigProperties,
+> = Partial<Config> & Pick<Config, T>;
+
+/** Helper function to check whether `config` has `key` to narrow the type of `config`. */
+export function hasConfigKey<Key extends ActionConfigProperties>(
+  config: Partial<Config>,
+  key: Key,
+): config is ActionConfig<Key> {
+  return config[key] !== undefined;
+}
+
+/** A minimal configuration that we can make available even when `init` aborts. */
+export type AbortedInitConfig = ActionConfig<
+  | "version"
+  | "tempDir"
+  | "gitHubVersion"
+  | "debugMode"
+  | "languages"
+  | "analysisKinds"
+  | "codeQLCmd"
+>;
diff --git a/src/debug-artifacts.ts b/src/debug-artifacts.ts
index 70c9a0ebd..56497f14e 100644
--- a/src/debug-artifacts.ts
+++ b/src/debug-artifacts.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { getOptionalInput, getTemporaryDirectory } from "./actions-util";
 import { dbIsFinalized } from "./analyze";
 import { scanArtifactsForTokens } from "./artifact-scanner";
 import { type CodeQL } from "./codeql";
-import { Config } from "./config-utils";
+import type { ActionConfig } from "./config/action-config";
 import { EnvVar, exportEnvVar } from "./environment";
 import * as json from "./json";
 import { Language } from "./languages";
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export async function uploadCombinedSarifArtifacts(
  * @return The path to that debug artifact, or undefined if an error occurs.
  */
 function tryPrepareSarifDebugArtifact(
-  config: Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
   language: Language,
   logger: Logger,
 ): string | undefined {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function tryPrepareSarifDebugArtifact(
  */
 async function tryBundleDatabase(
   codeql: CodeQL,
-  config: Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
   language: Language,
   logger: Logger,
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ async function tryBundleDatabase(
   }
 }
 
+/** The minimal configuration needed for `tryUploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts`. */
+export type UploadDebugArtifactsConfig = ActionConfig<
+  "languages" | "gitHubVersion" | "dbLocation" | "debugArtifactName"
+>;
+
 /**
  * Attempt to upload all available debug artifacts.
  *
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ async function tryBundleDatabase(
  */
 export async function tryUploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts(
   codeql: CodeQL,
-  config: Config,
+  config: UploadDebugArtifactsConfig,
   logger: Logger,
 ) {
   const filesToUpload: string[] = [];
@@ -353,7 +358,7 @@ export async function getArtifactUploaderClient(
  * all files in the database folder and return the path.
  */
 async function createPartialDatabaseBundle(
-  config: Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
   language: Language,
 ): Promise<string> {
   const databasePath = getCodeQLDatabasePath(config, language);
@@ -394,7 +399,7 @@ async function createPartialDatabaseBundle(
  */
 async function createDatabaseBundleCli(
   codeql: CodeQL,
-  config: Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
   language: Language,
 ): Promise<string> {
   const databaseBundlePath = await bundleDb(
diff --git a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
index 93ee391aa..b6aeb5bd3 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import * as actionsUtil from "./actions-util";
 import { CodeScanning, RiskAssessment } from "./analyses";
 import { getApiClient, getGitHubVersion } from "./api-client";
 import { CodeQL, getCodeQL } from "./codeql";
+import {
+  hasConfigKey,
+  type AbortedInitConfig,
+  type ActionConfig,
+} from "./config/action-config";
 import {
   Config,
   isCodeScanningEnabled,
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   getArtifactSuffix,
   getArtifactUploaderClient,
   sanitizeArtifactName,
+  type UploadDebugArtifactsConfig,
 } from "./debug-artifacts";
 import * as dependencyCaching from "./dependency-caching";
 import { EnvVar, ReadOnlyEnv } from "./environment";
@@ -86,6 +92,11 @@ interface FailedSarifInfo {
   checkoutPath: string;
 }
 
+/** The minimal Action configuration required to prepare and upload a failed SARIF. */
+export type FailedSarifConfig = ActionConfig<
+  "codeQLCmd" | "tempDir" | "analysisKinds" | "languages"
+>;
+
 /**
  * Tries to prepare a SARIF file that contains information about a failed analysis.
  *
@@ -94,7 +105,7 @@ interface FailedSarifInfo {
 async function prepareFailedSarif(
   logger: Logger,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
-  config: Config,
+  config: FailedSarifConfig,
 ): Promise<Result<FailedSarifInfo, UploadFailedSarifResult>> {
   if (!config.codeQLCmd) {
     return new Failure({
@@ -160,7 +171,7 @@ async function prepareFailedSarif(
 async function generateFailedSarif(
   logger: Logger,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
-  config: Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"codeQLCmd" | "tempDir">,
   category: string | undefined,
   checkoutPath: string,
   sarifFile?: string,
@@ -192,7 +203,7 @@ async function generateFailedSarif(
  * category for the workflow.
  */
 async function maybeUploadFailedSarif(
-  config: Config,
+  config: FailedSarifConfig,
   repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
   logger: Logger,
@@ -227,7 +238,7 @@ async function maybeUploadFailedSarif(
 
 /** Uploads a failed SARIF file as workflow artifact, if it can be generated. */
 async function maybeUploadFailedSarifArtifact(
-  config: Config,
+  config: FailedSarifConfig,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
   logger: Logger,
 ): Promise<UploadFailedSarifResult> {
@@ -267,7 +278,7 @@ async function maybeUploadFailedSarifArtifact(
  * @returns The results of uploading the SARIF file for the failure.
  */
 export async function tryUploadSarifIfRunFailed(
-  config: Config,
+  config: FailedSarifConfig,
   repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
   logger: Logger,
@@ -324,12 +335,12 @@ export async function tryUploadSarifIfRunFailed(
 export async function uploadFailureInfo(
   uploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts: (
     codeql: CodeQL,
-    config: Config,
+    config: UploadDebugArtifactsConfig,
     logger: Logger,
   ) => Promise<void>,
-  printDebugLogs: (config: Config) => Promise<void>,
+  printDebugLogs: (logger: Logger, config: Partial<Config>) => Promise<void>,
   codeql: CodeQL,
-  config: Config,
+  config: Config | AbortedInitConfig,
   repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
   jobStatus: string | undefined,
@@ -376,15 +387,15 @@ export async function uploadFailureInfo(
   }
 
   // Upload appropriate Actions artifacts for debugging
-  if (config.debugMode) {
+  if (config.debugMode && hasConfigKey(config, "dbLocation")) {
     logger.info(
       "Debug mode is on. Uploading available database bundles and logs as Actions debugging artifacts...",
     );
     await uploadAllAvailableDebugArtifacts(codeql, config, logger);
-    await printDebugLogs(config);
+    await printDebugLogs(logger, config);
   }
 
-  if (actionsUtil.isSelfHostedRunner()) {
+  if (actionsUtil.isSelfHostedRunner() && config.dbLocation) {
     try {
       fs.rmSync(config.dbLocation, {
         recursive: true,
@@ -399,6 +410,10 @@ export async function uploadFailureInfo(
         `Failed to clean up database cluster directory ${config.dbLocation}. Details: ${e}`,
       );
     }
+  } else if (config.dbLocation === undefined) {
+    logger.debug(
+      "Skipping cleanup of database cluster directory since the configuration does not include a database path.",
+    );
   } else {
     logger.debug(
       "Skipping cleanup of database cluster directory since we are running on a GitHub-hosted " +
@@ -447,7 +462,7 @@ function isConclusiveJobStatus(jobStatus: string | undefined): boolean {
  */
 async function recordOverlayStatus(
   codeql: CodeQL,
-  config: Config,
+  config: Partial<Config>,
   features: FeatureEnablement,
   jobStatus: string | undefined,
   env: ReadOnlyEnv,
@@ -459,6 +474,11 @@ async function recordOverlayStatus(
     !(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
diff --git a/src/init-action-post.ts b/src/init-action-post.ts
index a81c27810..689cfd465 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import * as core from "@actions/core";
 
+import { runInActions, type Action, type ActionState } from "./action-common";
 import {
   restoreInputs,
   getOptionalInput,
@@ -15,22 +16,25 @@ import {
 import { getGitHubVersion, wrapApiConfigurationError } from "./api-client";
 import { CachingKind } from "./caching-utils";
 import { getCodeQL } from "./codeql";
-import { type Config, getConfig } from "./config-utils";
+import {
+  hasConfigKey,
+  type AbortedInitConfig,
+  type Config,
+} from "./config/action-config";
+import { getAbortedInitConfig, getConfig } from "./config-utils";
 import * as debugArtifacts from "./debug-artifacts";
 import {
   DependencyCachingUsageReport,
   getDependencyCacheUsage,
 } from "./dependency-caching";
-import { EnvVar, getEnv, exportEnvVar } from "./environment";
+import { EnvVar, type ReadOnlyEnv } from "./environment";
 import { initFeatures } from "./feature-flags";
 import * as gitUtils from "./git-utils";
 import * as initActionPostHelper from "./init-action-post-helper";
-import { getActionsLogger } from "./logging";
 import { getRepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
 import {
   StatusReportBase,
   sendStatusReport,
-  sendUnhandledErrorStatusReport,
   createStatusReportBase,
   getActionsStatus,
   ActionName,
@@ -45,16 +49,17 @@ interface InitPostStatusReport
     initActionPostHelper.JobStatusReport,
     initActionPostHelper.DependencyCachingUsageReport {}
 
-async function run(startedAt: Date) {
+async function run(action: ActionState<["Base", "Logger", "Env"]>) {
   // To capture errors appropriately, keep as much code within the try-catch as
   // possible, and only use safe functions outside.
+  const logger = action.logger;
 
-  const logger = getActionsLogger();
-  let config: Config | undefined;
+  let config: Config | AbortedInitConfig | undefined;
   let uploadFailedSarifResult:
     | initActionPostHelper.UploadFailedSarifResult
     | undefined;
   let dependencyCachingUsage: DependencyCachingUsageReport | undefined;
+
   try {
     // Read the job status before restoring inputs, since it is provided by the Actions runtime
     // environment for this step and would otherwise be overwritten by the value that the `init`
@@ -64,7 +69,15 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
     // Restore inputs from `init` Action.
     restoreInputs(logger);
 
-    config = await getConfig(getTemporaryDirectory(), logger);
+    const tmpDir = getTemporaryDirectory();
+    config = await getConfig(tmpDir, logger);
+
+    // If we weren't able to read the normal configuration file, the `init` step failed before it could write it.
+    // Try to load the "failed" configuration file instead which may have been written by the `init` step
+    // with a minimal configuration for this post-action.
+    if (config === undefined) {
+      config = getAbortedInitConfig(action, tmpDir);
+    }
 
     const gitHubVersion = config?.gitHubVersion ?? (await getGitHubVersion());
     checkGitHubVersionInRange(gitHubVersion, logger);
@@ -92,7 +105,7 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
         repositoryNwo,
         features,
         jobStatus,
-        getEnv(),
+        action.env,
         logger,
       );
 
@@ -102,6 +115,7 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
       // and where caching may not be enabled.
       if (
         (await gitUtils.isAnalyzingDefaultBranch()) &&
+        hasConfigKey(config, "dependencyCachingEnabled") &&
         config.dependencyCachingEnabled !== CachingKind.None
       ) {
         dependencyCachingUsage = await getDependencyCacheUsage(logger);
@@ -112,9 +126,9 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
     core.setFailed(error.message);
 
     const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(
-      ActionName.InitPost,
+      action.name,
       getActionsStatus(error),
-      startedAt,
+      action.startedAt,
       config,
       await checkDiskUsage(logger),
       logger,
@@ -126,13 +140,13 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
     }
     return;
   }
-  const jobStatus = getFinalJobStatus(config);
+  const jobStatus = getFinalJobStatus(action, config);
   logger.info(`CodeQL job status was ${getJobStatusDisplayName(jobStatus)}.`);
 
   const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(
-    ActionName.InitPost,
+    action.name,
     "success",
-    startedAt,
+    action.startedAt,
     config,
     await checkDiskUsage(logger),
     logger,
@@ -157,16 +171,21 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
  * Otherwise, we determine the job status based on whether the analyze step
  * completed successfully and whether we have a valid CodeQL config.
  */
-function getFinalJobStatus(config: Config | undefined): JobStatus {
-  const existingJobStatus = getJobStatusFromEnvironment();
+function getFinalJobStatus(
+  action: ActionState<["Env"]>,
+  config: Partial<Config> | undefined,
+): JobStatus {
+  const existingJobStatus = getJobStatusFromEnvironment(action.env);
   if (existingJobStatus !== undefined) {
     return existingJobStatus;
   }
 
   let jobStatus: JobStatus;
 
-  if (process.env[EnvVar.ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY] === "true") {
-    exportEnvVar(EnvVar.JOB_STATUS, JobStatus.SuccessStatus);
+  if (
+    action.env.getOptional(EnvVar.ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY) === "true"
+  ) {
+    action.env.export(EnvVar.JOB_STATUS, JobStatus.SuccessStatus);
     jobStatus = JobStatus.SuccessStatus;
   } else if (config !== undefined) {
     // - We have computed a CodeQL config
@@ -191,7 +210,7 @@ function getFinalJobStatus(config: Config | undefined): JobStatus {
 
   // This shouldn't be necessary, but in the odd case that we run more than one
   // `init` post step, ensure the job status is consistent between them.
-  exportEnvVar(EnvVar.JOB_STATUS, jobStatus);
+  action.env.export(EnvVar.JOB_STATUS, jobStatus);
   return jobStatus;
 }
 
@@ -200,8 +219,8 @@ function getFinalJobStatus(config: Config | undefined): JobStatus {
  *
  * If the job status is invalid, return `UnknownStatus`.
  */
-function getJobStatusFromEnvironment(): JobStatus | undefined {
-  const jobStatusFromEnvironment = process.env[EnvVar.JOB_STATUS];
+function getJobStatusFromEnvironment(env: ReadOnlyEnv): JobStatus | undefined {
+  const jobStatusFromEnvironment = env.getOptional(EnvVar.JOB_STATUS);
 
   if (jobStatusFromEnvironment !== undefined) {
     // Validate the job status from the environment. If it is invalid, return unknown.
@@ -216,18 +235,11 @@ function getJobStatusFromEnvironment(): JobStatus | undefined {
   return undefined;
 }
 
+const initPost: Action = {
+  name: ActionName.InitPost,
+  run,
+};
+
 export async function runWrapper() {
-  const startedAt = new Date();
-  const logger = getActionsLogger();
-  try {
-    await run(startedAt);
-  } catch (error) {
-    core.setFailed(`init post action failed: ${wrapError(error).message}`);
-    await sendUnhandledErrorStatusReport(
-      ActionName.InitPost,
-      startedAt,
-      error,
-      logger,
-    );
-  }
+  return await runInActions(initPost);
 }
diff --git a/src/init-action.ts b/src/init-action.ts
index 8723044da..5376763b5 100644
--- a/src/init-action.ts
+++ b/src/init-action.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,18 @@ async function run(
 
     await checkInstallPython311(config.languages, codeql);
   } catch (unwrappedError) {
+    // If we have initialised the Action state, then try to save a subset of it for use by the `init-post` action
+    // so that it can try to create and upload additional diagnostic information.
+    if (config !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        configUtils.saveAbortedInitConfig(actionState, config);
+      } catch (configSaveError) {
+        logger.warning(
+          `Unable to save configuration for '${ActionName.InitPost}' step: ${getErrorMessage(configSaveError)}`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     const error = wrapError(unwrappedError);
     core.setFailed(error.message);
     const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(
diff --git a/src/status-report.ts b/src/status-report.ts
index ae21beb30..fc45e82d6 100644
--- a/src/status-report.ts
+++ b/src/status-report.ts
@@ -61,13 +61,21 @@ export enum ActionName {
   UploadSarif = "upload-sarif",
 }
 
+/** A partial mapping from `ActionName` to names for actions whose display name is not the `ActionName` value. */
+export const ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES: Partial<Record<ActionName, string>> = {
+  [ActionName.Analyze]: "analyze",
+  [ActionName.InitPost]: "init post",
+};
+
 /**
- * Maps an `ActionName` to its display name. Usually that is the same, except
- * for `ActionName.Analyze` where it is `"analyze"` instead of `"finish"`.
+ * Maps an {@link ActionName} to its display name. Usually that is the same, except
+ * for actions which have a different display name in {@link ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES}.
  */
 export function getDisplayActionName(actionName: ActionName): string {
-  if (actionName === ActionName.Analyze) {
-    return "analyze";
+  const displayName = ACTION_DISPLAY_NAMES[actionName];
+
+  if (displayName !== undefined) {
+    return displayName;
   }
   return actionName;
 }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 0b10e0f04..c7bd9e8d3 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as semver from "semver";
 
 import * as apiCompatibility from "./api-compatibility.json";
 import type { CodeQL } from "./codeql";
+import type { ActionConfig } from "./config/action-config";
 import type { Pack } from "./config/db-config";
 import type { Config } from "./config-utils";
 import {
@@ -450,7 +451,10 @@ export function getThreadsFlag(
 /**
  * Get the path where the CodeQL database for the given language lives.
  */
-export function getCodeQLDatabasePath(config: Config, language: Language) {
+export function getCodeQLDatabasePath(
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
+  language: Language,
+) {
   return path.resolve(config.dbLocation, language);
 }
 
@@ -644,7 +648,9 @@ export async function codeQlVersionAtLeast(
   return semver.gte((await codeql.getVersion()).version, requiredVersion);
 }
 
-export function getBaseDatabaseOidsFilePath(config: Config): string {
+export function getBaseDatabaseOidsFilePath(
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
+): string {
   return path.join(config.dbLocation, BASE_DATABASE_OIDS_FILE_NAME);
 }
 
@@ -656,7 +662,7 @@ export function getBaseDatabaseOidsFilePath(config: Config): string {
  * given `includeDiagnostics` value.
  */
 export async function bundleDb(
-  config: Config,
+  config: ActionConfig<"dbLocation">,
   language: Language,
   codeql: CodeQL,
   dbName: string,