| * {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} advanced setup for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}: update the `analyze` step to limit the number of paths to a maximum of one or zero. | |
| ```yaml | |
| - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis | |
| uses: {% data reusables.actions.action-codeql-action-analyze %} | |
| env: | |
| CODEQL_ACTION_EXTRA_OPTIONS: '{"database":{"interpret-results":["--max-paths", 1]}}' | |
| ``` | |
| * {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql_cli %} `database analyze`: update the database analysis command to include the `--max-paths=1` flag. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/code-security/codeql-cli/codeql-cli-manual/database-analyze#--max-pathsmaxpaths). | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > The `max-paths` setting affects the results of all dataflow queries. | |