Add integration test

Also:

- Update changelog
- Fix comments in check_python script

.github/workflows/python312-windows.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Test that the workaround for python 3.12 on windows works
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, releases/v2]
+  pull_request:
+    # Run checks on reopened draft PRs to support triggering PR checks on draft PRs that were opened
+    # by other workflows.
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
+  schedule:
+    # Weekly on Monday.
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  test-setup-python-scripts:
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.12
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Prepare test
+      uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-test
+      with:
+        version: default
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: ./../init
+      with:
+        tools: latest
+        languages: python
+
+    - name: Analyze
+      uses: ./../action/analyze
+      with:
+        upload-database: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ See the [releases page](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) for th
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-No user facing changes.
+- Add a workaround python 3.12, which is not supported in CodeQL CLI version 2.14.6 or earlier. If you are running an analysis on windows and using python 3.12 or later, the CodeQL Action will switch to running python 3.11.
 
 ## 2.22.0 - 06 Oct 2023
 

python-setup/check_python12.ps1

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 # If we are running greater than or equal to python 3.12, change py to run version 3.11
 Write-Host "Checking python version"
 if ((py -3 -c "import sys; print(0 if sys.version_info >= (3, 12) else 1)") -eq "0") {
-  Write-Host "Python 3.12+ detected, setting PY_PYTHON3=3.11"
+  Write-Host "python 3.12+ detected, setting PY_PYTHON3=3.11"
   # First make sure we have python 3.11 installed
   py -3.11 -c "import imp"
   if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
-    Write-Host "Python 3.11 detected, using this version instead of 3.12+."
+    Write-Host "python 3.11 detected, using this version instead of 3.12+."
     Write-Output "PY_PYTHON3=3.11" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
   } else {
-    Write-Host "FAILURE: Python 3.12+ is not supported. Please install Python 3.11."
+    Write-Host "FAILURE: Python 3.12+ is not supported, and Python 3.11 could not be detected on the system. Please install Python 3.11."
     exit 1
   }
 } else {
-  Write-Host "Python 3.12+ not detected, not making any changes."
+  Write-Host "python 3.12+ not detected, not making any changes."
 }