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August 26, 20251 Minute Read

Secret scanning adds 10+ new validators, including Square, Wakatime, and Yandex

Secret scanning is adding validity check support for several additional secret types across multiple providers. In addition to previously announced validators, GitHub is adding validity check support for the following token types:

ProviderPatternValidity
Bitrisebitrise_workspace_api_token
Groqgroq_api_key
Siemenssiemens_api_token
Squaresquare_access_token*
Uniwisewiseflow_api_key
Wakatimewakatime_api_key
Wakatimewakatime_oauth_access_token
WorkOSworkos_staging_api_key
WorkOSworkos_production_api_key
Yandexyandex_cloud_iam_token

* Validation is available for the following token versions: Square Access Token, Legacy Production Access Token, and Legacy Sandbox Access Token.

What are validity checks?

Validity checks indicate if the leaked credentials are active and could still be exploited. If you’ve previously enabled validity checks for a given repository, GitHub will now automatically verify validity for alerts on supported token types. View the full list of supported secret types in our product documentation.

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Secret scanning adds 10+ new validators, including Square, Wakatime, and Yandex - GitHub Changelog