PR checks: Rename cached to default

pr-checks/checks/init-with-registries.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: "Packaging: Download using registries"
 description: "Checks that specifying a registries block and associated auth works as expected"
 versions: [
     # This feature is not compatible with older CLIs
-    "cached",
+    "default",
     "latest",
     "nightly-latest",
 ]

pr-checks/checks/javascript-source-root.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Custom source root"
 description: "Checks that the argument specifying a non-default source root works"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 steps:
   - name: Move codeql-action

pr-checks/checks/packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Packaging: Config and input passed to the CLI"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using a combination of a config file and input to the Action works"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
 
 env:
   CODEQL_PASS_CONFIG_TO_CLI: true

pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Packaging: Config and input"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using a combination of a config file and input to the Action works"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:

pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Packaging: Config file"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using only a config file works"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:

pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Packaging: Action input"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using the input to the Action works"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:

pr-checks/checks/rubocop-multi-language.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: "RuboCop multi-language"
 description: "Tests using RuboCop to analyze a multi-language repository and then using the CodeQL Action to upload the resulting SARIF"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 # This check doesn't use CodeQL, so the `version` matrix variable is unused.
-versions: ["cached"]
+versions: ["default"]
 steps:
   - name: Set up Ruby
     uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1

pr-checks/checks/ruby.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Ruby analysis"
 description: "Tests creation of a Ruby database"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"]
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"]
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init

pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: "Split workflow"
 description: "Tests a split-up workflow in which we first build a database and later analyze it"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:

pr-checks/checks/submit-sarif-failure.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Submit SARIF after failure
 description: Check that a SARIF file is submitted for the workflow run if it fails
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"]
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"]
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 
 env:

pr-checks/checks/swift-custom-build.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "Swift analysis using a custom build command"
 description: "Tests creation of a Swift database using custom build"
-versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"]
+versions: ["latest", "default", "nightly-latest"]
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 env:
   DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE: "false"

pr-checks/sync.py

@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ defaultTestVersions = [
     "stable-20221211",
     # The last CodeQL release in the 2.12 series: 2.12.7.
     "stable-20230418",
-    # The version of CodeQL currently in the toolcache. Typically either the latest release or the one before.
-    "cached",
-    # The latest release of CodeQL.
+    # The default version of CodeQL for Dotcom, as determined by feature flags.
+    "default",
+    # The version of CodeQL shipped with the Action in `defaults.json`. During the release process
+    # for a new CodeQL release, there will be a period of time during which this will be newer than
+    # the default version on Dotcom.
     "latest",
     # A nightly build directly from the our private repo, built in the last 24 hours.
     "nightly-latest"