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API key

32-character API key.

Datadog
Detectors: datadog-api-key
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

Dossier verdictReady
Dossier evidence levelT1 · Provider-documented
Dossier researched2026-09-23

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.

Open the qualification page for this pointer

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

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
Researched2026-09-23

2 events in the review history: 1 observed, 1 reviewed. Latest: observed on 2026-09-23 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

Shape not recorded.

Format facts

Provider documented · provider-source · current · observed 2026-09-23
OpenAPI v1 ApiKey.key minLength/maxLength 32 and apiKeyAuth scheme: Datadog's own API reference spec (docs.datadoghq.com /resources/json/full_spec_v1.json, v1 ApiKey schema, generated from DataDog/documentation hugo/data/api/v1/full_spec.yaml) fixes the API key value at exactly 32 characters (minLength 32, maxLength 32) and names the DD-API-KEY header and DD_API_KEY environment variable. The constraint is stated on the v1 key model; the v2 schema states no length. The lowercase-hex alphabet is not provider-stated: the spec's example fits it, and it is corroborated by Datadog-owned code and tools only
- docs.datadoghq.com/resources/json/full_spec_v1.jsonprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Datadog's own API reference spec (docs.datadoghq.com /resources/json/full_spec_v1.json, v1 ApiKey schema, generated from DataDog/documentation hugo/data/api/v1/full_spec.yaml) fixes the API key value at exactly 32 characters (minLength 32, maxLength 32) and names the DD-API-KEY header and DD_API_KEY environment variable. The constraint is stated on the v1 key model; the v2 schema states no length. The lowercase-hex alphabet is not provider-stated: the spec's example fits it, and it is corroborated by Datadog-owned code and tools only
Unresolved · tool-corroboration · current · observed 2026-09-23
Pinned scanner rules are consistent with the contract grammar (1 artifact: trufflehog 3.97.4).
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/datadogapikey/datadogapikey.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports trufflehog 3.97.4: datadogapikey/datadogapikey
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-23
The legacy contract lists 1 reference without stating which property each supports.
- DataDog/documentation @ 2fa3c70e353a887edbbf57fe45aedbd3efd4419d: hugo/data/api/v1/full_spec.yamlother · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L571-L577
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-23
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 2 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- docs.datadoghq.com/resources/json/full_spec_v1.jsonprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/644/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier

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: exactly 32 characters, no prefix, no delimiter, no checksum. Lowercase hex in every observed value.
Basis: T1 for length: ApiKey.key in the v1 spec has minLength and maxLength 32, and securitySchemes.apiKeyAuth names DD-API-KEY and DD_API_KEY (fetched 2026-09-23). The v2 schema states no length. The alphabet is tool- and Datadog-code-corroborated only; Datadog's own validators disagree on uppercase A-F.
Issuance: not attempted. An empirical check of one fresh key (length 32, any uppercase, any fixed leading text) is specified in the #644 web-search pass.
Contract in core: detector-families.md (row datadog:api-key); evidence #644 record.

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: 19 must stay quiet, 17 record project policy. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T2Tool-corroborated	15	0	0	0
T3Project policy	21	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	False alarms
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	36	17	0
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	36	1	1
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	36	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabled2 rules target it	36	11	0

Benchmark dossier questions

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

Open caveat: Length 32 and the DD-API-KEY / DD_API_KEY markers are T1; the lowercase-hex alphabet is tool- and provider-code-corroborated only.

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: a bare 32-hex run is common (MD5 digests, UUIDs without dashes), so the value needs marker context.

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.

Peer scanner rules that target this family
Scanner	Rule	What the rule matches
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`datadogapikey`	datadog keyword + 32 characters
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`datadogtoken`	datadog or dd keyword + 32 or 40 characters

No rule maps to this family in flare-redact, gitleaks, openredaction.

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 API key
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`datadog-api-key-actions-env`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-api-key-listing-public-id`datadog · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-bom`datadog · multibyte-text-offsets	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-datadog-ci-inline`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-dd-api-key-header`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-docker-run-agent`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-env-marker-bare`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-env-marker-quoted`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-env-marker-unicode-crlf`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-export-dd-api-key`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-json`datadog · structured-text-value	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-markdown`datadog · markdown-and-comment-value	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-no-final-newline`datadog · value-at-input-edges	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-python`datadog · source-code-string-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-python-environ-default`datadog · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-single-quotes`datadog · quoted-value-extent	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-toml`datadog · structured-text-value	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-yaml`datadog · structured-text-value	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`datadog-api-key-agent-note-prose`datadog · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-audit-fingerprint-encoded-value`datadog · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-bom-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-env-marker-bare-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-env-marker-quoted-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-env-marker-unicode-crlf-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-json-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-label-prose`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-markdown-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-mask`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-missing-marker`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-no-final-newline-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-python-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-reference`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-single-quotes-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-toml-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-truncated-in-prose-near-miss`datadog · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-api-key-yaml-twin`datadog · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-23.

Documentation and code

docs.datadoghq.com/resources/json/full_spec_v1.json

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#644Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#575Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/644/README.md