Fix location links being displayed for query results with empty file:/// URI

extensions/ql-vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
 - Remove support for CodeQL CLI versions older than 2.22.4. [#4344](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/4344)
+- Fix location links being displayed for query results with empty `file:///` URI [#4357](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/4357)
 
 ## 1.17.7 - 5 December 2025
 

extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/bqrs-utils.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { isUrlValueResolvable } from "./raw-result-types";
  * as a link.
  */
 export function isEmptyPath(uriStr: string) {
-  return !uriStr || uriStr === "file:/";
+  return !uriStr || uriStr === "file:/" || uriStr === "file:///";
 }
 
 export function tryGetRemoteLocation(

extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/common/bqrs-raw-results-mapper.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../../src/common/bqrs-raw-results-mapper";
 import type {
   BqrsResultSetSchema,
+  BqrsWholeFileLocation,
   DecodedBqrsChunk,
 } from "../../../src/common/bqrs-cli-types";
 import { ColumnKind } from "../../../src/common/raw-result-types";
@@ -319,4 +320,18 @@ describe("mapUrlValue", () => {
       });
     }
   });
+
+  it("should return undefined for empty file uri", () => {
+    for (const fileUri of ["file:/", "file:///"]) {
+      const loc = {
+        uri: fileUri,
+        startLine: 0,
+        startColumn: 0,
+        endLine: 0,
+        endColumn: 0,
+      } as BqrsWholeFileLocation;
+      const urlValue = mapUrlValue(loc);
+      expect(urlValue).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
 });

extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/language-support/contextual/file-range-from-uri.test.ts

@@ -46,18 +46,20 @@ describe("fileRangeFromURI", () => {
   });
 
   it("should return undefined when value is an empty uri", () => {
-    expect(
-      fileRangeFromURI(
-        {
-          uri: "file:/",
-          startLine: 1,
-          startColumn: 2,
-          endLine: 3,
-          endColumn: 4,
-        } as BqrsLineColumnLocation,
-        createMockDatabaseItem(),
-      ),
-    ).toBeUndefined();
+    for (const fileUri of ["file:/", "file:///"]) {
+      expect(
+        fileRangeFromURI(
+          {
+            uri: fileUri,
+            startLine: 1,
+            startColumn: 2,
+            endLine: 3,
+            endColumn: 4,
+          } as BqrsLineColumnLocation,
+          createMockDatabaseItem(),
+        ),
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    }
   });
 
   it("should return a range for a WholeFileLocation", () => {