diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index ab68cf74ee..53c94b78f5 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -146550,7 +146550,7 @@ async function sendStatusReport(statusReport) {
     );
   }
 }
-async function createInitWithConfigStatusReport(config, initStatusReport, configFile, totalCacheSize, overlayBaseDatabaseStats, dependencyCachingResults) {
+async function createInitWithConfigStatusReport(config, initStatusReport, configFileInput, totalCacheSize, overlayBaseDatabaseStats, dependencyCachingResults) {
   const languages = config.languages.join(",");
   const paths = (config.originalUserInput.paths || []).join(",");
   const pathsIgnore = (config.originalUserInput["paths-ignore"] || []).join(
@@ -146576,7 +146576,7 @@ async function createInitWithConfigStatusReport(config, initStatusReport, config
   }
   return {
     ...initStatusReport,
-    config_file: configFile ?? "",
+    config_file: configFileInput?.value ?? "",
     disable_default_queries: disableDefaultQueries,
     paths,
     paths_ignore: pathsIgnore,
@@ -147996,13 +147996,20 @@ var stringProperty = {
   validate: isString2,
   parse: parseStringRepositoryProperty
 };
+function isNonEmptyString(value) {
+  return isString2(value) && value.trim().length > 0;
+}
+var nonEmptyStringProperty = {
+  ...stringProperty,
+  validate: isNonEmptyString
+};
 var booleanProperty = {
   // The value from the API should come as a string, which we then parse into a boolean.
   validate: isString2,
   parse: parseBooleanRepositoryProperty
 };
 var repositoryPropertyParsers = {
-  ["github-codeql-config-file" /* CONFIG_FILE */]: stringProperty,
+  ["github-codeql-config-file" /* CONFIG_FILE */]: nonEmptyStringProperty,
   ["github-codeql-disable-overlay" /* DISABLE_OVERLAY */]: booleanProperty,
   ["github-codeql-extra-queries" /* EXTRA_QUERIES */]: stringProperty,
   ["github-codeql-file-coverage-on-prs" /* FILE_COVERAGE_ON_PRS */]: booleanProperty,
@@ -148423,6 +148430,50 @@ function parseUserConfig(logger, pathInput, contents, validateConfig) {
   }
 }
 
+// src/config/inputs.ts
+async function getComputedInput(action, repositoryProperties, name, options) {
+  const input = action.actions.getOptionalInput(name);
+  const propertyValue = repositoryProperties[options.repositoryPropertyName];
+  if (options.repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled && options.allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue && propertyValue?.startsWith("!")) {
+    action.logger.info(
+      `Using ${name} input from repository property (enforced): ${propertyValue}`
+    );
+    return {
+      // Drop the '!' from the value.
+      value: propertyValue.substring(1),
+      source: "repository-property" /* RepositoryProperty */
+    };
+  }
+  if (input !== void 0) {
+    action.logger.info(`Using ${name} input from workflow: ${input}`);
+    return { value: input, source: "workflow" /* Workflow */ };
+  }
+  if (options.repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled && propertyValue !== void 0) {
+    action.logger.info(
+      `Using ${name} input from repository property: ${propertyValue}`
+    );
+    return {
+      value: propertyValue,
+      source: "repository-property" /* RepositoryProperty */
+    };
+  } else if (propertyValue !== void 0) {
+    action.logger.info(
+      `Ignoring ${name} input from repository property, because the corresponding feature flag is disabled.`
+    );
+  }
+  return void 0;
+}
+async function getToolsInput(action, repositoryProperties) {
+  const allowRepositoryProperty = await action.features.getValue(
+    "tools_repository_property" /* ToolsRepositoryProperty */
+  );
+  return getComputedInput(action, repositoryProperties, "tools" /* Tools */, {
+    repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled: allowRepositoryProperty,
+    allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue: true,
+    repositoryPropertyName: "github-codeql-tools" /* TOOLS */
+  });
+}
+
 // src/config/remote-file.ts
 var DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = ".github/codeql-action.yaml";
 var DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_REF = "main";
@@ -148496,33 +148547,15 @@ async function parseRemoteFileAddress(actionState, configFile) {
 // src/config/file.ts
 var LOCAL_PATH_PREFIX = "./";
 var REMOTE_PATH_PREFIX = "remote=";
-async function getConfigFileInput({
-  logger,
-  actions,
-  features
-}, repositoryProperties) {
-  const input = actions.getOptionalInput("config-file");
-  if (input !== void 0) {
-    logger.info(`Using configuration file input from workflow: ${input}`);
-    return input;
-  }
-  const propertyValue = repositoryProperties["github-codeql-config-file" /* CONFIG_FILE */];
-  if (propertyValue !== void 0 && propertyValue.trim().length > 0) {
-    const useRepositoryProperty = await features.getValue(
-      "config_file_repository_property" /* ConfigFileRepositoryProperty */
-    );
-    if (useRepositoryProperty) {
-      logger.info(
-        `Using configuration file input from repository property: ${propertyValue}`
-      );
-      return propertyValue;
-    } else {
-      logger.info(
-        "Ignoring configuration file input from repository property, because the corresponding feature flag is disabled."
-      );
-    }
-  }
-  return void 0;
+async function getConfigFileInput(action, repositoryProperties) {
+  const useRepositoryProperty = await action.features.getValue(
+    "config_file_repository_property" /* ConfigFileRepositoryProperty */
+  );
+  return getComputedInput(action, repositoryProperties, "config-file" /* ConfigFile */, {
+    repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled: useRepositoryProperty,
+    allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue: false,
+    repositoryPropertyName: "github-codeql-config-file" /* CONFIG_FILE */
+  });
 }
 async function getRemoteConfig(actionState, configFile, apiDetails) {
   const address = await parseRemoteFileAddress(actionState, configFile);
@@ -160347,40 +160380,6 @@ var core21 = __toESM(require_core());
 var io7 = __toESM(require_io());
 var semver10 = __toESM(require_semver2());
 
-// src/config/inputs.ts
-async function getToolsInput(action, repositoryProperties) {
-  const name = "tools" /* Tools */;
-  const input = action.actions.getOptionalInput(name);
-  const propertyValue = repositoryProperties["github-codeql-tools" /* TOOLS */];
-  const allowRepositoryProperty = await action.features.getValue(
-    "tools_repository_property" /* ToolsRepositoryProperty */
-  );
-  if (allowRepositoryProperty && propertyValue?.startsWith("!")) {
-    action.logger.info(
-      `Using ${name} input from repository property (enforced): ${propertyValue}`
-    );
-    return {
-      // Drop the '!' from the value.
-      value: propertyValue.substring(1),
-      source: "repository-property" /* RepositoryProperty */
-    };
-  }
-  if (input !== void 0) {
-    action.logger.info(`Using ${name} input from workflow: ${input}`);
-    return { value: input, source: "workflow" /* Workflow */ };
-  }
-  if (allowRepositoryProperty && propertyValue !== void 0) {
-    action.logger.info(
-      `Using ${name} input from repository property: ${propertyValue}`
-    );
-    return {
-      value: propertyValue,
-      source: "repository-property" /* RepositoryProperty */
-    };
-  }
-  return void 0;
-}
-
 // src/workflow.ts
 var fs27 = __toESM(require("fs"));
 var path23 = __toESM(require("path"));
@@ -160671,7 +160670,7 @@ async function sendStartingStatusReport(startedAt, config, logger) {
     await sendStatusReport(statusReportBase);
   }
 }
-async function sendCompletedStatusReport2(startedAt, config, configFile, toolsInput, toolsDownloadStatusReport, toolsFeatureFlagsValid, toolsSource, toolsVersion, overlayBaseDatabaseStats, dependencyCachingResults, logger, error3) {
+async function sendCompletedStatusReport2(startedAt, config, configFileInput, toolsInput, toolsDownloadStatusReport, toolsFeatureFlagsValid, toolsSource, toolsVersion, overlayBaseDatabaseStats, dependencyCachingResults, logger, error3) {
   const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(
     "init" /* Init */,
     getActionsStatus(error3),
@@ -160696,6 +160695,9 @@ async function sendCompletedStatusReport2(startedAt, config, configFile, toolsIn
   if (toolsInput !== void 0) {
     initStatusReport.computed_inputs.tools = toolsInput;
   }
+  if (configFileInput !== void 0) {
+    initStatusReport.computed_inputs["config-file"] = configFileInput;
+  }
   const initToolsDownloadFields = {};
   if (toolsDownloadStatusReport?.downloadDurationMs !== void 0) {
     initToolsDownloadFields.tools_download_duration_ms = toolsDownloadStatusReport.downloadDurationMs;
@@ -160707,7 +160709,7 @@ async function sendCompletedStatusReport2(startedAt, config, configFile, toolsIn
     const initWithConfigStatusReport = await createInitWithConfigStatusReport(
       config,
       initStatusReport,
-      configFile,
+      configFileInput,
       Math.round(
         await getTotalCacheSize(Object.values(config.trapCaches), logger)
       ),
@@ -160727,7 +160729,7 @@ async function run3(actionState) {
   const logger = actionState.logger;
   let apiDetails;
   let config;
-  let configFile;
+  let configFileInput;
   let codeql;
   let features;
   let sourceRoot;
@@ -160765,7 +160767,7 @@ async function run3(actionState) {
     core21.exportVariable("JOB_RUN_UUID" /* JOB_RUN_UUID */, jobRunUuid);
     core21.exportVariable("CODEQL_ACTION_INIT_HAS_RUN" /* INIT_ACTION_HAS_RUN */, "true");
     const actionStateWithFeatures = { ...actionState, features };
-    configFile = await getConfigFileInput(
+    configFileInput = await getConfigFileInput(
       actionStateWithFeatures,
       repositoryProperties
     );
@@ -160846,7 +160848,7 @@ async function run3(actionState) {
       packsInput: getOptionalInput("packs"),
       buildModeInput: getOptionalInput("build-mode"),
       ramInput: getOptionalInput("ram"),
-      configFile,
+      configFile: configFileInput?.value,
       dbLocation: getOptionalInput("db-location"),
       configInput: getOptionalInput("config"),
       dependencyCachingEnabled: getDependencyCachingEnabled(),
@@ -161133,7 +161135,7 @@ exec ${goBinaryPath} "$@"`
   await sendCompletedStatusReport2(
     startedAt,
     config,
-    configFile,
+    configFileInput,
     toolsInput,
     toolsDownloadStatusReport,
     toolsFeatureFlagsValid,
diff --git a/src/config/file.test.ts b/src/config/file.test.ts
index 22e2f795f8..0659937ad3 100644
--- a/src/config/file.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/file.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from "../testing-utils";
 
 import { getConfigFileInput, getRemoteConfig } from "./file";
+import { InputSource } from "./inputs";
 
 setupTests(test);
 
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ test("getConfigFileInput returns input value", async (t) => {
         .returns(testInput);
     })
     .withArgs(repositoryProperties)
-    .logs(t, "Using configuration file input from workflow")
-    .passes(t.is, testInput);
+    .logs(t, "Using config-file input from workflow")
+    .passes(t.deepEqual, { value: testInput, source: InputSource.Workflow });
 });
 
 test("getConfigFileInput returns repository property value", async (t) => {
@@ -50,16 +51,11 @@ test("getConfigFileInput returns repository property value", async (t) => {
   await callee(getConfigFileInput)
     .withFeatures([Feature.ConfigFileRepositoryProperty])
     .withArgs(repositoryProperties)
-    .logs(t, "Using configuration file input from repository property")
-    .passes(t.is, repositoryProperties[RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE]);
-});
-
-test("getConfigFileInput ignores empty repository property value", async (t) => {
-  // Since the repository property value is an empty/whitespace string, we should ignore it.
-  await callee(getConfigFileInput)
-    .withFeatures([Feature.ConfigFileRepositoryProperty])
-    .withArgs({ [RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE]: "   " })
-    .passes(t.is, undefined);
+    .logs(t, "Using config-file input from repository property")
+    .passes(t.deepEqual, {
+      value: repositoryProperties[RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE],
+      source: InputSource.RepositoryProperty,
+    });
 });
 
 test("getConfigFileInput ignores repository property value when FF is off", async (t) => {
@@ -67,10 +63,10 @@ test("getConfigFileInput ignores repository property value when FF is off", asyn
   await callee(getConfigFileInput)
     .withFeatures([])
     .withArgs(repositoryProperties)
-    .notLogs(t, "Using configuration file input from repository property")
+    .notLogs(t, "Using config-file input from repository property")
     .logs(
       t,
-      "Ignoring configuration file input from repository property, because the corresponding feature flag is disabled.",
+      "Ignoring config-file input from repository property, because the corresponding feature flag is disabled.",
     )
     .passes(t.is, undefined);
 });
diff --git a/src/config/file.ts b/src/config/file.ts
index 8cb7bc3a11..5cb9d1993b 100644
--- a/src/config/file.ts
+++ b/src/config/file.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { ConfigurationError } from "../util";
 
 import { parseUserConfig, UserConfig } from "./db-config";
+import { getComputedInput, InputName, type ComputedInput } from "./inputs";
 import { parseRemoteFileAddress } from "./remote-file";
 
 /**
@@ -28,42 +29,19 @@ export const REMOTE_PATH_PREFIX = "remote=";
  * Gets the value that is configured for the configuration file, if any.
  */
 export async function getConfigFileInput(
-  {
-    logger,
-    actions,
-    features,
-  }: ActionState<["Logger", "Actions", "FeatureFlags"]>,
+  action: ActionState<["Logger", "Actions", "FeatureFlags"]>,
   repositoryProperties: Partial<RepositoryProperties>,
-): Promise<string | undefined> {
-  const input = actions.getOptionalInput("config-file");
-
-  if (input !== undefined) {
-    logger.info(`Using configuration file input from workflow: ${input}`);
-    return input;
-  }
-
-  const propertyValue =
-    repositoryProperties[RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE];
-
-  if (propertyValue !== undefined && propertyValue.trim().length > 0) {
-    // Only use the repository property value if the FF is enabled.
-    const useRepositoryProperty = await features.getValue(
-      Feature.ConfigFileRepositoryProperty,
-    );
-
-    if (useRepositoryProperty) {
-      logger.info(
-        `Using configuration file input from repository property: ${propertyValue}`,
-      );
-      return propertyValue;
-    } else {
-      logger.info(
-        "Ignoring configuration file input from repository property, because the corresponding feature flag is disabled.",
-      );
-    }
-  }
+): Promise<ComputedInput | undefined> {
+  // Only use the repository property value if the FF is enabled.
+  const useRepositoryProperty = await action.features.getValue(
+    Feature.ConfigFileRepositoryProperty,
+  );
 
-  return undefined;
+  return getComputedInput(action, repositoryProperties, InputName.ConfigFile, {
+    repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled: useRepositoryProperty,
+    allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue: false,
+    repositoryPropertyName: RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE,
+  });
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/config/inputs.ts b/src/config/inputs.ts
index 32a8dfd6f6..d027e2a42e 100644
--- a/src/config/inputs.ts
+++ b/src/config/inputs.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import { Feature } from "../feature-flags";
 import {
   RepositoryProperties,
   RepositoryPropertyName,
+  StringRepositoryPropertyNames,
 } from "../feature-flags/properties";
 
 /** Enumerates input names. */
 export enum InputName {
+  ConfigFile = "config-file",
   Tools = "tools",
 }
 
@@ -28,26 +30,50 @@ export type ComputedInput = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Gets the computed `tools` input. This comes from either the workflow or
+ * Represents options for how to compute an input.
+ */
+export interface ComputedInputOptions {
+  /**
+   * Whether the FF for the repository property (if any) is enabled.
+   */
+  repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The name of the repository property to try and get the input value from.
+   */
+  repositoryPropertyName: StringRepositoryPropertyNames;
+  /**
+   * Whether the repository property value may start with `!` to take precedence
+   * over any input value provided in the workflow file.
+   */
+  allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the computed input for `name`. This comes from either the workflow or
  * the repository property.
  *
  * @param action The Action state.
  * @param repositoryProperties The values of known repository properties.
+ * @param name The name of the input to compute.
+ * @param options Options for how to compute the input value.
+ *
  * @returns The computed input or `undefined` if there is no input.
  */
-export async function getToolsInput(
+export async function getComputedInput(
   action: ActionState<["Logger", "Actions", "FeatureFlags"]>,
-  repositoryProperties: Partial<RepositoryProperties>,
+  repositoryProperties: RepositoryProperties,
+  name: InputName,
+  options: ComputedInputOptions,
 ): Promise<ComputedInput | undefined> {
-  const name = InputName.Tools;
   const input = action.actions.getOptionalInput(name);
-  const propertyValue = repositoryProperties[RepositoryPropertyName.TOOLS];
-  const allowRepositoryProperty = await action.features.getValue(
-    Feature.ToolsRepositoryProperty,
-  );
+  const propertyValue = repositoryProperties[options.repositoryPropertyName];
 
   // The repository property takes precedence if it starts with an '!'.
-  if (allowRepositoryProperty && propertyValue?.startsWith("!")) {
+  if (
+    options.repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled &&
+    options.allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue &&
+    propertyValue?.startsWith("!")
+  ) {
     action.logger.info(
       `Using ${name} input from repository property (enforced): ${propertyValue}`,
     );
@@ -65,7 +91,7 @@ export async function getToolsInput(
   }
 
   // Use the repository property if there's no workflow input.
-  if (allowRepositoryProperty && propertyValue !== undefined) {
+  if (options.repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled && propertyValue !== undefined) {
     action.logger.info(
       `Using ${name} input from repository property: ${propertyValue}`,
     );
@@ -73,8 +99,34 @@ export async function getToolsInput(
       value: propertyValue,
       source: InputSource.RepositoryProperty,
     };
+  } else if (propertyValue !== undefined) {
+    action.logger.info(
+      `Ignoring ${name} input from repository property, because the corresponding feature flag is disabled.`,
+    );
   }
 
   // There's no input.
   return undefined;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Gets the computed `tools` input. This comes from either the workflow or
+ * the repository property.
+ *
+ * @param action The Action state.
+ * @param repositoryProperties The values of known repository properties.
+ * @returns The computed input or `undefined` if there is no input.
+ */
+export async function getToolsInput(
+  action: ActionState<["Logger", "Actions", "FeatureFlags"]>,
+  repositoryProperties: Partial<RepositoryProperties>,
+): Promise<ComputedInput | undefined> {
+  const allowRepositoryProperty = await action.features.getValue(
+    Feature.ToolsRepositoryProperty,
+  );
+  return getComputedInput(action, repositoryProperties, InputName.Tools, {
+    repositoryPropertyFeatureEnabled: allowRepositoryProperty,
+    allowForcedRepositoryPropertyValue: true,
+    repositoryPropertyName: RepositoryPropertyName.TOOLS,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/feature-flags/properties.ts b/src/feature-flags/properties.ts
index 4c888bd5ec..4ee487728f 100644
--- a/src/feature-flags/properties.ts
+++ b/src/feature-flags/properties.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ export type AllRepositoryProperties = {
   [RepositoryPropertyName.TOOLS]: string;
 };
 
+/** The subset of known repository properties which are of type `string`. */
+export type StringRepositoryPropertyNames = keyof {
+  [K in keyof AllRepositoryProperties as AllRepositoryProperties[K] extends string
+    ? K
+    : never]: AllRepositoryProperties[K];
+};
+
 /** Parsed repository properties. */
 export type RepositoryProperties = Partial<AllRepositoryProperties>;
 
@@ -72,6 +79,17 @@ const stringProperty = {
   parse: parseStringRepositoryProperty,
 };
 
+/** Determines whether a value from the API is a non-empty string or not. */
+function isNonEmptyString(value: RepositoryPropertyValue): value is string {
+  return isString(value) && value.trim().length > 0;
+}
+
+/** A repository property that we expect to contain a non-empty string value. */
+const nonEmptyStringProperty = {
+  ...stringProperty,
+  validate: isNonEmptyString,
+};
+
 /** A repository property that we expect to contain a boolean value. */
 const booleanProperty = {
   // The value from the API should come as a string, which we then parse into a boolean.
@@ -83,7 +101,7 @@ const booleanProperty = {
 const repositoryPropertyParsers: {
   [K in RepositoryPropertyName]: PropertyInfo<K>;
 } = {
-  [RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE]: stringProperty,
+  [RepositoryPropertyName.CONFIG_FILE]: nonEmptyStringProperty,
   [RepositoryPropertyName.DISABLE_OVERLAY]: booleanProperty,
   [RepositoryPropertyName.EXTRA_QUERIES]: stringProperty,
   [RepositoryPropertyName.FILE_COVERAGE_ON_PRS]: booleanProperty,
diff --git a/src/init-action.ts b/src/init-action.ts
index c7837c6eed..4e59e740de 100644
--- a/src/init-action.ts
+++ b/src/init-action.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ async function sendStartingStatusReport(
 async function sendCompletedStatusReport(
   startedAt: Date,
   config: configUtils.Config | undefined,
-  configFile: string | undefined,
+  configFileInput: ComputedInput | undefined,
   toolsInput: ComputedInput | undefined,
   toolsDownloadStatusReport: ToolsDownloadStatusReport | undefined,
   toolsFeatureFlagsValid: boolean | undefined,
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ async function sendCompletedStatusReport(
   if (toolsInput !== undefined) {
     initStatusReport.computed_inputs.tools = toolsInput;
   }
+  if (configFileInput !== undefined) {
+    initStatusReport.computed_inputs["config-file"] = configFileInput;
+  }
 
   const initToolsDownloadFields: InitToolsDownloadFields = {};
 
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ async function sendCompletedStatusReport(
       await createInitWithConfigStatusReport(
         config,
         initStatusReport,
-        configFile,
+        configFileInput,
         Math.round(
           await getTotalCacheSize(Object.values(config.trapCaches), logger),
         ),
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ async function run(
 
   let apiDetails: GitHubApiCombinedDetails;
   let config: configUtils.Config | undefined;
-  let configFile: string | undefined;
+  let configFileInput: ComputedInput | undefined;
   let codeql: CodeQL;
   let features: FeatureEnablement;
   let sourceRoot: string;
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ async function run(
     core.exportVariable(EnvVar.INIT_ACTION_HAS_RUN, "true");
 
     const actionStateWithFeatures = { ...actionState, features };
-    configFile = await getConfigFileInput(
+    configFileInput = await getConfigFileInput(
       actionStateWithFeatures,
       repositoryProperties,
     );
@@ -376,7 +379,7 @@ async function run(
       packsInput: getOptionalInput("packs"),
       buildModeInput: getOptionalInput("build-mode"),
       ramInput: getOptionalInput("ram"),
-      configFile,
+      configFile: configFileInput?.value,
       dbLocation: getOptionalInput("db-location"),
       configInput: getOptionalInput("config"),
       dependencyCachingEnabled: getDependencyCachingEnabled(),
@@ -782,7 +785,7 @@ async function run(
   await sendCompletedStatusReport(
     startedAt,
     config,
-    configFile,
+    configFileInput,
     toolsInput,
     toolsDownloadStatusReport,
     toolsFeatureFlagsValid,
diff --git a/src/status-report.ts b/src/status-report.ts
index d9d2a7ba4c..753ac78693 100644
--- a/src/status-report.ts
+++ b/src/status-report.ts
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ export interface InitToolsDownloadFields {
  *
  * @param config The CodeQL Action configuration whose values should be added to the base status report.
  * @param initStatusReport The base status report.
- * @param configFile Optionally, the filename of the configuration file that was read.
+ * @param configFileInput Optionally, the filename of the configuration file that was read.
  * @param totalCacheSize The computed total TRAP cache size.
  * @param overlayBaseDatabaseStats Statistics about the overlay database, if any.
  * @returns
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ export interface InitToolsDownloadFields {
 export async function createInitWithConfigStatusReport(
   config: Config,
   initStatusReport: InitStatusReport,
-  configFile: string | undefined,
+  configFileInput: ComputedInput | undefined,
   totalCacheSize: number,
   overlayBaseDatabaseStats: OverlayBaseDatabaseDownloadStats | undefined,
   dependencyCachingResults: DependencyCacheRestoreStatusReport | undefined,
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export async function createInitWithConfigStatusReport(
 
   return {
     ...initStatusReport,
-    config_file: configFile ?? "",
+    config_file: configFileInput?.value ?? "",
     disable_default_queries: disableDefaultQueries,
     paths,
     paths_ignore: pathsIgnore,