Release preparation for version 2.26.0

python/ql/lib/CHANGELOG.md

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+## 7.2.0
+
+### Deprecated APIs
+
+* The `Function.getAReturnValueFlowNode()` predicate has been deprecated. Bind a `Return` node explicitly instead — `exists(Return ret | ret.getScope() = f and n.getNode() = ret.getValue())`. This is a preparatory step towards migrating the dataflow library off the legacy CFG; it has no semantic effect.
+* The `AstNode.getAFlowNode()` predicate has been deprecated. Use `ControlFlowNode.getNode()` from the other direction instead: replace `e.getAFlowNode() = n` with `n.getNode() = e`. This is a preparatory step towards migrating the dataflow library off the legacy CFG; it has no semantic effect.
+
+### Minor Analysis Improvements
+
+* Python type tracking now follows values stored in instance attributes such as `self.attr` across instance methods, including across a class hierarchy (for example, a value stored on `self.attr` in a base class and read in a subclass, or vice versa). As a result, analysis is more likely to recognize user-defined objects that are stored on `self` and used later in other methods, which may produce additional results.
+* Simplified the internal predicates that detect `@staticmethod`, `@classmethod` and `@property` decorators to match the decorator's AST `Name` directly, rather than going through the CFG and requiring the name to resolve globally. Code that shadows these three builtin decorators at the module-scope will now be classified by the decorator name alone; in practice, shadowing these names is extremely rare and the call-graph results are unchanged.
+* Python taint tracking is now more precise for values flowing through container contents, such as list, set, tuple, and dictionary elements. This may remove some false positive alerts.
+
 ## 7.1.2
 
 ### Minor Analysis Improvements

python/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-05-19-deprecate-getAFlowNode.md

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-category: deprecated
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-* The `AstNode.getAFlowNode()` predicate has been deprecated. Use `ControlFlowNode.getNode()` from the other direction instead: replace `e.getAFlowNode() = n` with `n.getNode() = e`. This is a preparatory step towards migrating the dataflow library off the legacy CFG; it has no semantic effect.
-

python/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-05-28-remove-imprecise-containter-steps.md

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-category: minorAnalysis
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-* Python taint tracking is now more precise for values flowing through container contents, such as list, set, tuple, and dictionary elements. This may remove some false positive alerts.

python/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-06-01-decorator-predicate-simplification.md

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----
-category: minorAnalysis
----
-* Simplified the internal predicates that detect `@staticmethod`, `@classmethod` and `@property` decorators to match the decorator's AST `Name` directly, rather than going through the CFG and requiring the name to resolve globally. Code that shadows these three builtin decorators at the module-scope will now be classified by the decorator name alone; in practice, shadowing these names is extremely rare and the call-graph results are unchanged.

python/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-06-01-deprecate-getAReturnValueFlowNode.md

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----
-category: deprecated
----
-* The `Function.getAReturnValueFlowNode()` predicate has been deprecated. Bind a `Return` node explicitly instead — `exists(Return ret | ret.getScope() = f and n.getNode() = ret.getValue())`. This is a preparatory step towards migrating the dataflow library off the legacy CFG; it has no semantic effect.

python/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-06-11-fix-type-tracking-instance-attributes.md

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----
-category: minorAnalysis
----
-* Python type tracking now follows values stored in instance attributes such as `self.attr` across instance methods, including across a class hierarchy (for example, a value stored on `self.attr` in a base class and read in a subclass, or vice versa). As a result, analysis is more likely to recognize user-defined objects that are stored on `self` and used later in other methods, which may produce additional results.

python/ql/lib/change-notes/released/7.2.0.md

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+## 7.2.0
+
+### Deprecated APIs
+
+* The `Function.getAReturnValueFlowNode()` predicate has been deprecated. Bind a `Return` node explicitly instead — `exists(Return ret | ret.getScope() = f and n.getNode() = ret.getValue())`. This is a preparatory step towards migrating the dataflow library off the legacy CFG; it has no semantic effect.
+* The `AstNode.getAFlowNode()` predicate has been deprecated. Use `ControlFlowNode.getNode()` from the other direction instead: replace `e.getAFlowNode() = n` with `n.getNode() = e`. This is a preparatory step towards migrating the dataflow library off the legacy CFG; it has no semantic effect.
+
+### Minor Analysis Improvements
+
+* Python type tracking now follows values stored in instance attributes such as `self.attr` across instance methods, including across a class hierarchy (for example, a value stored on `self.attr` in a base class and read in a subclass, or vice versa). As a result, analysis is more likely to recognize user-defined objects that are stored on `self` and used later in other methods, which may produce additional results.
+* Simplified the internal predicates that detect `@staticmethod`, `@classmethod` and `@property` decorators to match the decorator's AST `Name` directly, rather than going through the CFG and requiring the name to resolve globally. Code that shadows these three builtin decorators at the module-scope will now be classified by the decorator name alone; in practice, shadowing these names is extremely rare and the call-graph results are unchanged.
+* Python taint tracking is now more precise for values flowing through container contents, such as list, set, tuple, and dictionary elements. This may remove some false positive alerts.

python/ql/lib/codeql-pack.release.yml

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 ---
-lastReleaseVersion: 7.1.2
+lastReleaseVersion: 7.2.0

python/ql/lib/qlpack.yml

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 name: codeql/python-all
-version: 7.1.3-dev
+version: 7.2.0
 groups: python
 dbscheme: semmlecode.python.dbscheme
 extractor: python

python/ql/src/CHANGELOG.md

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+## 1.8.5
+
+### Minor Analysis Improvements
+
+* The `py/modification-of-locals` query no longer flags modifications of a `locals()` dictionary that has been passed out of the scope in which `locals()` was called (for example, by passing it to another function or storing it in an instance attribute). In such cases the dictionary is used as an ordinary mapping and modifying it is meaningful, so these were false positives. The "modification has no effect" claim only applies within the scope that called `locals()`, which is now the only case reported.
+
 ## 1.8.4
 
 No user-facing changes.

python/ql/src/change-notes/released/1.8.5.md

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-category: minorAnalysis
----
+## 1.8.5
+
+### Minor Analysis Improvements
+
 * The `py/modification-of-locals` query no longer flags modifications of a `locals()` dictionary that has been passed out of the scope in which `locals()` was called (for example, by passing it to another function or storing it in an instance attribute). In such cases the dictionary is used as an ordinary mapping and modifying it is meaningful, so these were false positives. The "modification has no effect" claim only applies within the scope that called `locals()`, which is now the only case reported.

python/ql/src/codeql-pack.release.yml

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 ---
-lastReleaseVersion: 1.8.4
+lastReleaseVersion: 1.8.5

python/ql/src/qlpack.yml

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 name: codeql/python-queries
-version: 1.8.5-dev
+version: 1.8.5
 groups:
   - python
   - queries