threads defaults to CODEQL_THREADS env var

init/action.yml

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ inputs:
       (which for GitHub-hosted runners is 2 for Linux and Windows and 3 for macOS).
       This input also sets the number of threads that can later be used by the "analyze" action.
     required: false
+    default: "${{ env.CODEQL_THREADS }}"
   debug:
     description: >-
       Enable debugging mode.

src/init-action.ts

@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ async function run() {
     );
     core.exportVariable(
       "CODEQL_THREADS",
-      process.env["CODEQL_THREADS"] ||
-        getThreadsFlagValue(getOptionalInput("threads"), logger).toString(),
+      getThreadsFlagValue(getOptionalInput("threads"), logger).toString(),
     );
 
     // Disable Kotlin extractor if feature flag set