Fix CodeQL alert #7: add explicit permissions to syncToDevOps workflow#1234
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[WIP] Fix code scanning alert #7
Fix CodeQL alert #7: add explicit permissions to syncToDevOps workflow
Jul 22, 2026
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The
syncToDevOps.ymlworkflow had no explicitpermissionsblock, leaving theGITHUB_TOKENscoped to repo defaults — a violation of least privilege flagged by CodeQL (actions/missing-workflow-permissions).Changes
.github/workflows/syncToDevOps.yml: Addedpermissions: {}at the workflow levelThis workflow only syncs GitHub issue events to Azure DevOps via an ADO PAT; it never calls the GitHub API, so no token scopes are required.