github · henrymercer · Aug 5, 2025 · Aug 4, 2025 · Aug 4, 2025 · Aug 5, 2025
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ See the [releases page](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) for th
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-No user facing changes.
+- The `cleanup-level` input to the `analyze` Action is now deprecated. The CodeQL Action has not written intermediate results to the database since version 2.2.5, so this option now has little to no practical use. [#2998](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/2998)
 
 ## 3.29.5 - 29 Jul 2025
 

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ inputs:
     # If changing this, make sure to update workflow.ts accordingly.
     default: "always"
   cleanup-level:
-    description: "Level of cleanup to perform on CodeQL databases at the end of the analyze step. This should either be 'none' to skip cleanup, or be a valid argument for the --cache-cleanup flag of the CodeQL CLI command 'codeql database cleanup' as documented at https://codeql.github.com/docs/codeql-cli/manual/database-cleanup"
+    description: >-
+      DEPRECATED. This option is ignored since, for performance reasons, the CodeQL Action no longer saves
+      intermediate results during evaluation.
     required: false
-    default: "brutal"
   ram:
     description: >-
       The amount of memory in MB that can be used by CodeQL for database finalization and query execution.