Clearer names for secret scanning detector types
UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
To make secret scanning easier to understand, we’re updating the names we use for our detector types to better reflect how each one finds secrets. This is a naming change only; detection behavior is exactly the same.
Topics: Security, Observability, Developer tools, Coding agents
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