# Secret scanning: improvements for alerts with known public leaks and enterprise duplicates

DevFeed: [Secret scanning: improvements for alerts with known public leaks and enterprise duplicates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/secret-scanning-improvements-for-alerts-with-known-public-leaks-and-enterprise-duplicates-72919.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/changelog/2024-10-22-secret-scanning-improvements-for-alerts-with-known-public-leaks-and-enterprise-duplicates>)

Author: Allison

Published: 2024-10-22T17:00:48Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-changelog.md>)

Topics: [Secret Scanning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/secret-scanning.md>), [alert triage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/alert-triage.md>)

Tags: [alert](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alert.md>), [exposed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exposed.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [scanning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scanning.md>), [secret-scanning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secret-scanning.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub secret scanning alerts now show known public leak locations and identify duplicate alerts across repositories in an enterprise. The new labels are also available through the REST API, helping teams assess exposure risk and triage alerts. Public leak detection currently supports provider-based patterns; duplicate-alert labels support all secret types, including custom patterns. Both indicators apply only to newly created alerts, and access to other enterprise repositories depends on permissions.

## Source excerpt

You can now view exact locations of known public leaks for a secret scanning alert, as well as any repositories with duplicate alerts across your enterprise. Public leak and duplicate...