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+name: "CodeQL check"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [develop, release/*]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [develop]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '34 02 * * 2'
+
+jobs:
+  code-ql-analyze:
+    name: Analyze with CodeQL
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: ["javascript"]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+        with:
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1