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User API key (uak_)

uak_ + 43 URL-safe nanoid [A-Za-z0-9_-] per the 2026-09-17 staff statement; a code comment's 20 is T2 (R6).

Composio
Detectors: composio-user-api-key
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

Dossier verdictReady
Dossier evidence levelT1 · Provider-documented
Dossier researched2026-09-28

Scored arrival family composio-user-api-key: the product types it inside the shared composio-api-key detector as composio_user_api_key since redact-secret#909 (registry pinned at 1127bf9; scanners/families.mjs arrivalFindingTypes). Authored as a Beta.11 arrival family (#434 slice g, #860 Tier A handoff), contract in benchmarks/lib/beta8/434g.ts. T1.

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).

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Every population and its qualification

Research record

From credential-evidence snapshot-2026.10.06.4 · records at 77ce761 · schema 1.8.0. It describes the research on the format, not what any scanner or the product does, and not a support status.

Review stateDraft, not reviewed
Format revision1 · current
ResearchResearched
Researched2026-09-28

3 events in the review history: 2 observed, 1 reviewed. Latest: observed on 2026-09-28 by automation, project maintainer. Project-maintained review is not independent validation. The family record at this release.

Format

Provider format research from credential-evidence snapshot-2026.10.06.4 · records at 77ce761 · schema 1.8.0.

What it looks like

Descriptive pattern: ^uak_[A-Za-z0-9_-]{43}$

Parts are shown as recorded. Evidence classes belong to the facts below; no class is assigned to a part.

Format facts

Provider documented · provider-source · current · observed 2026-09-28
provider staff statement of 2026-09-17 (uak_ + 43 nanoid); the SDK constant names uak_: a dated statement by Composio's Head of Security (ruling R3) fixes uak_ + exactly 43 [A-Za-z0-9_-]; a CLI code comment showing uak_ + 20 is T2 under ruling R6 and does not override it
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports a dated statement by Composio's Head of Security (ruling R3) fixes uak_ + exactly 43 [A-Za-z0-9_-]; a CLI code comment showing uak_ + 20 is T2 under ruling R6 and does not override it
Provider documented · field-prefix · current · observed 2026-09-28
prefix: uak_
- docs.composio.dev/reference/authenticating-to-composioprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports x-user-api-key header
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: ts/packages/core/src/utils/sdk.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports prefix: uak_ · #L23
Unresolved · field-body · current · observed 2026-09-28
body: exactly 43 characters (A provider-staff statement, recorded under the nearest basis; T1 by ruling R3 until a newer provider source contradicts it (none did at the 2026-09-28 re-check).)
- github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/issues/2276issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports body: exactly 43 characters
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R3: a dated provider-staff statement is T1 · #issuecomment-5852413851
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Composio Head of Security, 2026-09-17: ak_+20, oak_+20, uak_+43
Provider documented · field-alphabet · current · observed 2026-09-28
alphabet: URL-safe nanoid [A-Za-z0-9_-]; a body may start or end with _ or -
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: ts/packages/cli/src/analytics/dispatch.tsprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports \buak_[A-Za-z0-9_-]+, \bak_[A-Za-z0-9_-]+ · #L426-L427
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R2 · #issuecomment-5871306275
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports alphabet: URL-safe nanoid [A-Za-z0-9_-]; a body may start or end with _ or -
Unresolved · field-separators · current · observed 2026-09-28
separators: none; no checksum
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports separators: none; no checksum
Unresolved · field-boundary · current · observed 2026-09-28
boundary: a key glued to an identifier on either side ([A-Za-z0-9_-]) is not claimed; this keeps ak_ inside oak_/uak_/cak_ from reading as a project key
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 270faf84dc12f6a4a4cf61fe3ffab7aadc4f7262: docs/audits/evidence/860/composio.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports separability
Tool corroborated · field-peer-lag · current · observed 2026-09-28
peer-lag: no rule in trufflehog 3.97.4 or gitleaks 8.30.1; the staff-authored trufflehog PR #5322 (20/20/43 over [A-Za-z0-9_-]) is still open
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports no composio rule
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/pull/5322scanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports open, updated 2026-09-28
Unresolved · field-code-comment-width · current · observed 2026-09-28
code-comment-width: a CLI code comment shows uak_ + 20 (Cannot override the T1 43. uak_ + 20 backs a length twin; the issuance check (handoff checklist) is the confirmation.)
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: ts/packages/cli/src/commands/login.cmd.tsprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports code-comment-width: a CLI code comment shows uak_ + 20 · #L801
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R6: a code comment is T2 · #issuecomment-5871306275
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-28
The legacy contract lists 15 references without stating which property each supports.
- docs.composio.dev/reference/authenticating-to-composioprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: ts/packages/cli/src/commands/login.cmd.tsprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L801
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: ts/packages/core/src/utils/sdk.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L23
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: docs/public/openapi.jsonprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9: ts/packages/cli/src/analytics/dispatch.tsprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L426-L427
- github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/issues/2276issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/909issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 270faf84dc12f6a4a4cf61fe3ffab7aadc4f7262: docs/audits/evidence/860/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #issuecomment-5852413851
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #issuecomment-5871306275
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks/issues/434issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 270faf84dc12f6a4a4cf61fe3ffab7aadc4f7262: docs/audits/evidence/860/composio.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/pull/5322scanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-28
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 4 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- ComposioHQ/composio @ 34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9other · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/issues/2276issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/composio.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
Provider documented · taxonomy-sources · current · observed 2026-09-28
The legacy taxonomy lists 3 sources for this family. The taxonomy records no date; the dossier researchedAt is used as the observed-at date.
- docs.composio.dev/reference/authenticating-to-composioprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 270faf84dc12f6a4a4cf61fe3ffab7aadc4f7262: docs/audits/evidence/860/composio.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy
- github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-28 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this revision.

Benchmark dossier notes

From the provider dossier, as written. The evidence level above says how well the format is backed; a fact the dossier does not record is not shown.

Shape: prefix uak_, exactly 43 body characters from [A-Za-z0-9_-].
Basis: T1 for prefix (docs, SDK constant with an executing startsWith branch, R6) and for length and alphabet (the same staff statement). A CLI code comment showing uak_ + 20 is T2 under R6 and does not override; the file is dated 2025-06 and may show an older short format.
Issuance: the step-2 selection gated this shape on that conflict; the Tier A handoff lifted the gate under R6 and asked the maintainer to confirm. The issuance check (one composio login key, expect 43) stays as confirmation.
Contract in core: detector-families.md.

In this benchmark

Fixture rows on the current run. Counts are for redact-secret in published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14 mode.

Fixtures: 36
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

36 fixtures: 16 expect a redaction, 20 must stay quiet. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T1Provider-documented	16	0	0	0
T2Tool-corroborated	15	0	0	0
T3Project policy	5	0	0	0

Every scanner on the same fixtures

In run order. Counts are what each scanner recorded on this family's fixtures, whichever rules it has; a scanner with no rule for the family has nothing to report on it.

Counts per scanner on this family's fixtures
Scanner	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	36	15	1	0
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	36	4	0	1
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	36	0	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabledNo rule maps to it	36	16	0	0

Benchmark dossier questions

Things the sources do not settle. They are listed so nobody reads them as settled.

Open caveat: A provider CLI code comment shows a 20-byte body, a T2 source (R6) that conflicts with the staff-stated 43; an issuance check on one composio login key is kept as confirmation.

Looks like it, but isn't

Values the dossier records as resembling this credential without being one.

Collisions: none beyond the shared ak_ substring, handled by the leading boundary.

Scanner rules for this family

Mapped by hand (reviewed 2026-09-30) from each scanner's pinned rule file, never from what a scanner found on the fixtures.

No peer rule maps to this family

None of the reviewed peer scanners has a rule that can match a credential of this family.

None mapped

Find

Evidence level

Scanners

36 of 36 rows

Fixtures in this family

36 rows, redact-secret's outcome on each. Rows that need a look come first (0), then the rest in corpus order. Choose "Every scanner" to see each scanner's outcome for the same rows.

Fixtures in User API key (uak_)
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`composio-user-api-key-actions-env`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-bare-prose`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-bearer-header`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-chat-paste`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-compose-env`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-csv-comma`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-digest-encoded-value`composio · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-dotenv`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-end-of-input`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-export`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-json-api-key`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-json-token`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-mcp-config`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-provider-header`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-sdk-kwarg`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-ts-constructor`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-x-api-key-header`composio · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`composio-user-api-key-actions-secret-reference`composio · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-body-44-twin`composio · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-body-long-twin`composio · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-body-short-twin`composio · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-dot-in-body-twin`composio · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-ellipsis-placeholder`composio · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-env-reference-reference`composio · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-hyphen-prefix-twin`composio · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-kebab-case-identifier-near-miss`composio · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-key-guidance-prose`composio · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-leading-glue-twin`composio · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-legacy-width-20-twin`composio · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-plus-in-body-twin`composio · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-project-id-public-id`composio · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-sibling-placeholders-placeholder`composio · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-snake-case-identifier-near-miss`composio · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-trailing-glue-twin`composio · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-truncated-near-miss`composio · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`composio-user-api-key-uppercase-prefix-twin`composio · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-28.

Documentation and code

docs.composio.dev/reference/authenticating-to-composio
github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/issues/5321
github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/270faf84dc12f6a4a4cf61fe3ffab7aadc4f7262/docs/audits/evidence/860/composio.md
github.com/ComposioHQ/composio/tree/34484551843e575e79cca244d9fca3e4459f59e9
github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/issues/2276

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#860Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#909Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#434Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/860/composio.md