diff --git a/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4f71322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: "SparkEngine CodeQL Config"
+
+# Exclude third-party libraries from code scanning analysis.
+# These are vendored dependencies we don't maintain — alerts in them
+# are noise and should not block PRs.
+paths-ignore:
+  - "ThirdParty"
+  - "ThirdParty/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index e1e56522..c2e5c371 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       contents: read
 
+      # required for Copilot Autofix to propose pull request suggestions
+      pull-requests: write
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -81,10 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
-        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
-        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
-        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
-
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
         # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
         # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality