Bazel: Update Rust toolchain to nightly/2026-01-22 and rules_rust to 0.68.1.codeql.1

[redsun82]

Summary

Update the Rust nightly toolchain from nightly/2025-08-01 to nightly/2026-01-22 (rustc 1.95.0-nightly), and rules_rust from 0.66.0 to 0.68.1.codeql.1.

rules_rust patch

The new Rust nightly changed how stdlib metadata is distributed: .rlib files now contain only a ~440-byte metadata stub, with full metadata in separate .rmeta files. rules_rust's stdlib glob in repository_utils.bzl doesn't include *.rmeta, causing:

error[E0786]: found invalid metadata files for crate `core`
= note: only metadata stub found for rlib dependency `core`

This is patched via a custom registry entry (0.68.1.codeql.1) that adds *.rmeta to the stdlib glob.
Upstream bug: bazelbuild/rules_rust#3859

Changes

• MODULE.bazel: rules_rust0.66.0 → 0.68.1.codeql.1, RUST_VERSIONnightly/2025-08-01 → nightly/2026-01-22, updated sha256s
• rust/ql/test/rust-toolchain.toml: stable channel 1.90 → 1.93
• rust/extractor/src/nightly-toolchain/rust-toolchain.toml: nightly-2025-06-01 → nightly-2026-01-22
• misc/bazel/registry/modules/rules_rust/: new 0.68.1.codeql.1 registry entry with include_rmeta_in_stdlib.patch

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Updates the Bazel Rust toolchain and rules_rust dependency to align the repo with a newer Rust nightly, including a local rules_rust registry override to handle Rust’s new .rmeta stdlib metadata distribution.

Changes:

• Bump Bazel rules_rust to 0.68.1.codeql.1 and Rust nightly toolchain to nightly/2026-01-22, including updated toolchain sha256s.
• Update the Rust stable toolchain used by Rust QL extractor tests from 1.90 to 1.93.
• Add an in-repo Bazel module registry entry for rules_rust@0.68.1.codeql.1 that patches stdlib globs to include *.rmeta.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 7 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
MODULE.bazel	Updates rules_rust dep, Rust nightly version, and toolchain sha256s.
rust/ql/test/rust-toolchain.toml	Bumps stable Rust channel used in Rust extractor QL tests.
rust/extractor/src/nightly-toolchain/rust-toolchain.toml	Bumps extractor nightly rustup toolchain date.
misc/bazel/registry/modules/rules_rust/metadata.json	Adds registry metadata for the custom rules_rust module entry.
misc/bazel/registry/modules/rules_rust/0.68.1.codeql.1/source.json	Points at upstream rules_rust-0.68.1 tarball and applies the local patch.
misc/bazel/registry/modules/rules_rust/0.68.1.codeql.1/patches/include_rmeta_in_stdlib.patch	Extends stdlib glob to include *.rmeta to avoid invalid metadata errors.
misc/bazel/registry/modules/rules_rust/0.68.1.codeql.1/MODULE.bazel	Defines the module metadata/deps for the custom rules_rust version.

[paldepind]

Thanks! LGTM, there are some CI failures but they seem to only be some expected files that need updating.

[redsun82]

@paldepind there are also some extraction failures (e.g. rust/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-825 plus others) in the test runs, it's not just test expectation changes: could you take it from here?

[redsun82]

@paldepind ah wait, the test errors and changes are from the changes to the rust-toolchain files used in testing. That can be done as follow-up (I'll leave that to you). Reverting the rust-toolchain.toml changes here should have a green CI 👍

[paldepind]

I see. Yes, I'll take a look at it.

[redsun82]

@paldepind ah, there were some test changes. Nothing too scary as it seems to me.

[paldepind]

LGTM! No changes to the expected files after reverting the version change in rust/ql/test/rust-toolchain.toml.

Thanks for doing this 🙏