Which feature highlights issues in specific locations of your code?

• A. Alert Queries
• B. Path Queries
• C. Variant Analysis
• D. QL Packs

Answer: (A)

Finding issues at exact spots in the code hinges on producing results that are tied to a concrete file and line number. Alert Queries in CodeQL are built to generate alerts that include precise locations—file path, line, and often a snippet of the surrounding code—so developers can jump directly to the exact spot and understand why that line is flagged. This makes alerts highly actionable, since each finding points to a specific place to investigate.

Path Queries, by contrast, are used to examine how data or control flows along a sequence of steps; they’re more about tracing relationships across multiple locations and may not single out one precise line as the primary focus. Variant Analysis is about running queries across many repositories to compare results, not about pinpointing code locations. QL Packs are simply a way to package and share CodeQL queries.

So highlighting issues at specific locations best fits Alert Queries because they are designed to surface and present findings anchored to exact code positions.