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Application key (ddapp_-prefixed)

Current application key: literal ddapp_ prefix, then 34 alphanumeric characters (40 total).

Datadog
Detectors: datadog-application-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

redact-secret#671 (product PR #679) split the legacy bare-hex generation into datadog:application-key-legacy; this family keeps the ddapp_ shape only.

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
Researched2026-09-23

3 events in the review history: 2 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

Descriptive pattern: ^ddapp_[A-Za-z0-9]{34}$

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 2026-09-22
Access-token comparison table (mirrored at /account_management/service-access-tokens/): Application keys column: "Identifiable prefix … ddapp_ (new)" establishes ddapp_ as the identifying prefix of current-format application keys. Body length (34 characters) and alphabet are not stated on this page; both are corroborated only by Datadog-owned code and a third-party partner doc, never by a provider-domain page
- docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/personal-access-tokens/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Application keys column: "Identifiable prefix … ddapp_ (new)" establishes ddapp_ as the identifying prefix of current-format application keys. Body length (34 characters) and alphabet are not stated on this page; both are corroborated only by Datadog-owned code and a third-party partner doc, never by a provider-domain page
Tool corroborated · tool-corroboration · current · observed 2026-09-22
Pinned scanner rules are consistent with the contract grammar (7 artifacts: AWS Secrets Manager partner doc; DataDog/cloudformation-template; DataDog/datadog-agent (Agent app-key validator); DataDog/datadog-agent (Agent log/config scrubber); DataDog/terraform-module-datadog-agentless-scanner; gitleaks 8.30.1; trufflehog 3.97.4).
- docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/mes-partner-DatadogApplicationKey.htmlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports AWS Secrets Manager partner doc: DatadogApplicationKey rotation guide
- DataDog/cloudformation-template @ master: aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_saas.yamlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports DataDog/cloudformation-template: aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_saas.yaml AllowedPattern
- DataDog/datadog-agent @ main: pkg/util/scrubber/default.goprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports DataDog/datadog-agent (Agent log/config scrubber): pkg/util/scrubber/default.go · #L65-L70
- DataDog/datadog-agent @ main: pkg/privateactionrunner/util/keys.goprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports DataDog/datadog-agent (Agent app-key validator): pkg/privateactionrunner/util/keys.go · #L16
- DataDog/terraform-module-datadog-agentless-scanner @ main: azure/arm/agentless-api-call.ps1scanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports DataDog/terraform-module-datadog-agentless-scanner: azure/arm ValidatePattern · #L12
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports gitleaks 8.30.1: gitleaks.toml
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/datadogtoken/datadogtoken.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports trufflehog 3.97.4: datadogtoken/datadogtoken
Provider documented · field-prefix · current · observed 2026-09-22
prefix: ddapp_
- docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/personal-access-tokens/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Application keys column: "Identifiable prefix … ddapp_ (new)"
Provider documented · field-body-length · current · observed 2026-09-22
body-length: 34 characters after ddapp_ (40 total) (Every Datadog-owned validator (Agent keys.go, CloudFormation, ARM) agrees on 34; no provider-domain page states it. No length twin is authored.)
- DataDog/datadog-agent @ main: pkg/privateactionrunner/util/keys.goprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports body-length: 34 characters after ddapp_ (40 total) · #L16
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/645provider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports body-length: 34 characters after ddapp_ (40 total)
Provider documented · field-body-alphabet · current · observed 2026-09-22
body-alphabet: [A-Za-z0-9] (The scrubber's wider class is read as lenient-by-design (redact-secret#645); no alphabet twin is authored.)
- DataDog/datadog-agent @ main: pkg/util/scrubber/default.goprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports the Agent scrubber alone also allows "_" · #L65-L70
Unresolved · field-legacy-40-hex-generation · current · observed 2026-09-22
legacy-40-hex-generation: bare 40 lowercase hex, keyword-gated (The separate datadog-application-key-legacy contract; not this family.)
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/645provider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-22 · latest outcome read · supports legacy-40-hex-generation: bare 40 lowercase hex, keyword-gated
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-23
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 5 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/personal-access-tokens/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/service-access-tokens/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-23 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- DataDog/cloudformation-template @ db39dcd1de0019f0bc5b03420a66750c69ef3038: aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_saas.yamlother · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- DataDog/datadog-agent @ f0012103d472748fae9f09011b4ebe124c3da98c: pkg/privateactionrunner/util/keys.goother · 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/645/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
Provider documented · taxonomy-sources · current · observed 2026-09-23
The legacy taxonomy lists 1 source for this family. The taxonomy records no date; the dossier researchedAt is used as the observed-at date.
- docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/personal-access-tokens/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-23 · 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: literal ddapp_ then 34 alphanumeric characters, 40 in total. The prefix table on the personal and service access token pages lists ddapp_ (new) for application keys. Datadog's own Agent scrubber alone admits _ in the body.
Basis: T1 for the prefix (two Datadog docs pages, re-fetched 2026-09-23). Body length and alphabet: Datadog Agent app-key validator, CloudFormation and ARM templates, and an AWS Secrets Manager partner page, none of them a documentation page. The documented CRC32 checksum applies to ddpat_ only.
Issuance: not attempted; a fresh key would settle body length and alphabet.
Contract in core: detector-families.md; evidence #645 record. The split from the legacy shape was made in redact-secret#671.

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: 29
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

29 fixtures: 12 expect a redaction, 17 must stay quiet. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T1Provider-documented	12	0	0	0
T2Tool-corroborated	12	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
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	29	12
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	29	12
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	29	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabledNo rule maps to it	29	12

Benchmark dossier questions

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

Open caveat: The ddapp_ prefix is T1; the 34-character alphanumeric body is corroborated by Datadog-owned code and AWS only, not by a provider page.

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: ddpat_ and ddsat_ tokens can be sent where an application key is expected, so a value under an app-key name may not be ddapp_.

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

29 of 29 rows

Fixtures in this family

29 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 Application key (ddapp_-prefixed)
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`datadog-application-key-api-client-python`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-datadog-ci-json`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-dogshell-flag`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-env-app-key`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-gitlab-ci-variables`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-helm-values`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-http-header`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-bare`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-quoted`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-unicode-crlf`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-shell-export-app-key`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-terraform-provider`datadog · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`datadog-application-key-api-client-python-prefix-twin`datadog · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-app-key-template-placeholder`datadog · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-audit-fingerprint-encoded-value`datadog · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-http-header-separator-twin`datadog · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-key-id-listing-public-id`datadog · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-label-prose`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-mask`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-ordinary-prose`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-bare-twin`datadog · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-boundary-bare-twin`datadog · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-boundary-quoted-twin`datadog · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-boundary-unicode-crlf-twin`datadog · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-quoted-twin`datadog · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-env-marker-unicode-crlf-twin`datadog · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-prefixed-short-key`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-reference`datadog · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`datadog-application-key-terraform-provider-prefix-case-twin`datadog · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-23.

Documentation and code

docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/personal-access-tokens/
docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/service-access-tokens/
github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/blob/f0012103d472748fae9f09011b4ebe124c3da98c/pkg/privateactionrunner/util/keys.go
github.com/DataDog/cloudformation-template/blob/db39dcd1de0019f0bc5b03420a66750c69ef3038/aws_quickstart/datadog_agentless_saas.yaml

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#645Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#671Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#162Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/645/README.md