diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 186a09106d..62b043f7b8 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -146756,15 +146756,19 @@ async function getGitHubVersionFromApi(apiClient, apiDetails) {
   if (parseGitHubUrl(apiDetails.url) === GITHUB_DOTCOM_URL) {
     return { type: "GitHub.com" /* DOTCOM */ };
   }
-  const response = await apiClient.rest.meta.get();
-  if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === void 0) {
-    return { type: "GitHub.com" /* DOTCOM */ };
-  }
-  if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === "ghe.com") {
-    return { type: "GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency" /* GHEC_DR */ };
+  try {
+    const response = await apiClient.rest.meta.get();
+    if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === void 0) {
+      return { type: "GitHub.com" /* DOTCOM */ };
+    }
+    if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === "ghe.com") {
+      return { type: "GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency" /* GHEC_DR */ };
+    }
+    const version = response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER];
+    return { type: "GitHub Enterprise Server" /* GHES */, version };
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw wrapApiConfigurationError(err);
   }
-  const version = response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER];
-  return { type: "GitHub Enterprise Server" /* GHES */, version };
 }
 async function getGitHubVersion() {
   if (cachedGitHubVersion === void 0) {
@@ -163041,7 +163045,8 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
   try {
     const jobStatus2 = getOptionalInput("job-status");
     restoreInputs(logger);
-    const gitHubVersion = await getGitHubVersion();
+    config = await getConfig(getTemporaryDirectory(), logger);
+    const gitHubVersion = config?.gitHubVersion ?? await getGitHubVersion();
     checkGitHubVersionInRange(gitHubVersion, logger);
     const repositoryNwo = getRepositoryNwo();
     const features = initFeatures(
@@ -163050,7 +163055,6 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
       getTemporaryDirectory(),
       logger
     );
-    config = await getConfig(getTemporaryDirectory(), logger);
     if (config === void 0) {
       logger.warning(
         "Debugging artifacts are unavailable since the 'init' Action failed before it could produce any."
@@ -163073,7 +163077,7 @@ async function run4(startedAt) {
       }
     }
   } catch (unwrappedError) {
-    const error3 = wrapError(unwrappedError);
+    const error3 = wrapApiConfigurationError(wrapError(unwrappedError));
     core23.setFailed(error3.message);
     const statusReportBase2 = await createStatusReportBase(
       "init-post" /* InitPost */,
diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
index e509f5eea0..de62f4db44 100644
--- a/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -219,25 +219,31 @@ export async function getGitHubVersionFromApi(
     return { type: GitHubVariant.DOTCOM };
   }
 
-  // Doesn't strictly have to be the meta endpoint as we're only
-  // using the response headers which are available on every request.
-  //
-  // See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/meta/meta#get-github-meta-information.
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
-  const response = await apiClient.rest.meta.get();
-
-  // This happens on dotcom, although we expect to have already returned in that
-  // case. This can also serve as a fallback in cases we haven't foreseen.
-  if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === undefined) {
-    return { type: GitHubVariant.DOTCOM };
-  }
+  try {
+    // Doesn't strictly have to be the meta endpoint as we're only
+    // using the response headers which are available on every request.
+    //
+    // See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/meta/meta#get-github-meta-information.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+    const response = await apiClient.rest.meta.get();
+
+    // This happens on dotcom, although we expect to have already returned in that
+    // case. This can also serve as a fallback in cases we haven't foreseen.
+    if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === undefined) {
+      return { type: GitHubVariant.DOTCOM };
+    }
 
-  if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === "ghe.com") {
-    return { type: GitHubVariant.GHEC_DR };
-  }
+    if (response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] === "ghe.com") {
+      return { type: GitHubVariant.GHEC_DR };
+    }
 
-  const version = response.headers[GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER] as string;
-  return { type: GitHubVariant.GHES, version };
+    const version = response.headers[
+      GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_VERSION_HEADER
+    ] as string;
+    return { type: GitHubVariant.GHES, version };
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw wrapApiConfigurationError(err);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -415,7 +421,14 @@ export function getFeatureEnablementError(message: string): string {
   return `Please verify that the necessary features are enabled: ${message}`;
 }
 
-export function wrapApiConfigurationError(e: unknown) {
+/**
+ * Decides whether `e` is a known error returned by the GitHub API that we should
+ * classify as a `ConfigurationError`.
+ *
+ * @param e The error to classify.
+ * @returns Either `e` or a corresponding `ConfigurationError`.
+ */
+export function wrapApiConfigurationError<T>(e: T): T | ConfigurationError {
   const httpError = asHTTPError(e);
   if (httpError !== undefined) {
     if (
diff --git a/src/init-action-post.ts b/src/init-action-post.ts
index e3a68b0e57..a2bba6d7a4 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   getTemporaryDirectory,
   printDebugLogs,
 } from "./actions-util";
-import { getGitHubVersion } from "./api-client";
+import { getGitHubVersion, wrapApiConfigurationError } from "./api-client";
 import { CachingKind } from "./caching-utils";
 import { getCodeQL } from "./codeql";
 import { type Config, getConfig } from "./config-utils";
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
     // Restore inputs from `init` Action.
     restoreInputs(logger);
 
-    const gitHubVersion = await getGitHubVersion();
+    config = await getConfig(getTemporaryDirectory(), logger);
+
+    const gitHubVersion = config?.gitHubVersion ?? (await getGitHubVersion());
     checkGitHubVersionInRange(gitHubVersion, logger);
 
     const repositoryNwo = getRepositoryNwo();
@@ -75,7 +77,6 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
       logger,
     );
 
-    config = await getConfig(getTemporaryDirectory(), logger);
     if (config === undefined) {
       logger.warning(
         "Debugging artifacts are unavailable since the 'init' Action failed before it could produce any.",
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
       }
     }
   } catch (unwrappedError) {
-    const error = wrapError(unwrappedError);
+    const error = wrapApiConfigurationError(wrapError(unwrappedError));
     core.setFailed(error.message);
 
     const statusReportBase = await createStatusReportBase(