redact-secret · Report · Detector

Google API keys

32 fixtures
Format evidence: T1 · Provider-documented
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

New pipelineAuthority

Built from the new pipeline

The new pipeline is the authority for credential qualification. These numbers are read from the qualification view derived from the official credential-eval run of the public-evidence-snapshot population. The regression and policy populations keep their own counts on the qualification pages and are not added in here.

Authority: new
Population: public-evidence-snapshot
Engine: credential-eval 0.1.0-alpha.16
Evidence: snapshot-2026.10.06.4
Run: sha256:4bec6e539482…
Recorded: 2026-10-07
Authorised for: @redact-secret/core@0.1.0-beta.14

Maintainer-reviewed (independent review pending)

598 fixtures of the 7,041 in evidence release snapshot-2026.10.06.4 carry this label. They are counted in the numbers on this page.

Passed the project’s own verification (source evidence, automated checks, recorded counter-arguments); not yet independently reviewed.

OpenRedaction default (all patterns): not measured in this run (optional)

The default (all-pattern) profile is slow and noisy for credential evaluation: personal data and resource identifiers dominate its findings, and its last official measurement took 7 minutes of scanner time on a population the credential profile scans in seconds (its methods run takes 40+ minutes), so it is a manual measurement and never blocks other scanners or core verification (#763). Its earlier results stay as history with their run identity; the credential profile is a separate scanner, never spliced with it.

Last measurement: policy-corpus@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:2451ce7bf380), public-evidence-snapshot+methods@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:d47d081ce5fb), public-evidence-snapshot@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:2451ce7bf380), regression-corpus@linux-x64 (configuration sha256:2451ce7bf380) · engine 0.1.0-alpha.5 · recorded 2026-10-05 · retained record, no longer listed by the run registry. It stays labelled with that run identity and is never combined with another profile or another run.

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OpenRedaction credential profile (33 types): not measured in an official run (local exploratory diagnostics only: see ADR)

The credential profile is the comparison profile chosen in docs/decisions/2026-10-06-choose-the-openredaction-credential-bearing-profile-as-the-comparison-scanner.md. It is optional in the official run class because no pinned engine configuration measures it yet: making it required would refuse every official view until the owner approves the one profile-only run. Its own history starts with that run; nothing of the default's is reused for it.

No earlier measurement of it is recorded. Nothing is shown in its place.

Official measurement: pending: requires owner approval (one profile-only run; see the decision).

Open the qualification page for this pointer

Every population and its qualification

Format evidence

Provider documentation Google Cloud API key example · observed 2026-09-23 · the provider page identifies the exposed key_string as an API key and shows an AIza-prefixed example; the 35-character suffix and alphabet remain gitleaks-corroborated
gitleaks 8.30.1

The provider evidence is an example, not a normative lexical grammar. It does not confirm the reported AQ. alternate prefix; that possible family remains outside this contract. The pinned TruffleHog detectors cover Gemini and OAuth2 credentials, not this generic API-key shape.

What the run recorded, by group

Detector views overlap, so their groups are never summed across detectors. Other scanners are reference values on the same inputs, in run order.

Groups of Google API keys fixtures
Group	Fixtures	Leaked or false alarms	Near-twins	Outcomes	Other scanners, same cell
Must not flag · Tool-corroborated	12	False alarmsat most 24.3%0 of 12 controls flagged		12 quiet · 0 flagged	flare-redact at most 24.3% gitleaks at most 24.3% trufflehog at most 24.3%
Must not flag · Project policy	5	False alarmsat most 43.4%0 of 5 controls flagged		5 quiet · 0 flagged	flare-redact at most 43.4% gitleaks at most 43.4% trufflehog at most 43.4%
Must redact · Provider-documented	12	Secret spans left readableat most 24.3%0 of 12 spans	Near-twins told apartat least 70.1%9 of 9 pairs	12 redacted · 0 too much · 0 partly exposed · 0 missed	flare-redact at most 24.3% gitleaks at most 24.3% trufflehog at most 100.0%
Pending review	3	UnscoredNot scoredInspect only: never scored until evidence exists		Not scored

Find

Scanners

32 of 32 rows

Fixtures: 32
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

Fixtures for this detector

32 fixtures. Choose "Every scanner" to see each scanner's outcome for the same rows.

Fixtures in Google API keys
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`google-api-key-curl-generate-content`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-env-maps-key`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-firebase-web-config`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-geocode-query`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-github-actions-places`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-goog-api-key-header`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-google-services-json`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-k8s-secret-stringdata`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-shape-1-bare`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-shape-1-quoted`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-shape-1-unicode-crlf`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-api-key-shell-export-gemini`google · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`google-key-shape-under-firebase-config-label`authored-conflicting-field-label-semantics · google-api-key-shape-under-firebase-and-generic-labels	Pending reviewT0 · Pending	Unscored
`google-key-shape-under-generative-api-env-label`authored-conflicting-field-label-semantics · google-api-key-shape-under-firebase-and-generic-labels	Pending reviewT0 · Pending	Unscored
`google-key-shape-under-json-api-key-field`authored-conflicting-field-label-semantics · google-api-key-shape-under-firebase-and-generic-labels	Pending reviewT0 · Pending	Unscored
`google-api-key-geocode-query-length-twin`google · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-goog-api-key-header-prefix-case-twin`google · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-google-services-json-prefix-twin`google · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-label-prose`google · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`google-api-key-maps-script-template-placeholder`google · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`google-api-key-mask`google · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`google-api-key-oauth-client-id-public-id`google · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`google-api-key-prefix-only`google · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`google-api-key-reference`google · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`google-api-key-restriction-note-prose`google · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`google-api-key-shape-1-bare-twin`google · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-shape-1-prefix-bare-twin`google · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-shape-1-prefix-quoted-twin`google · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-shape-1-prefix-unicode-crlf-twin`google · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-shape-1-quoted-twin`google · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-shape-1-unicode-crlf-twin`google · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`google-api-key-short-body`google · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet