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Ingest key (hcXik_, hcXic_)

hc + one [a-z] + ik_ or ic_ + exactly 58 [a-z0-9] (64 in all: key id and secret concatenated); key ids, configuration and classic keys are not claimed, and the management key stays issuance-gated.

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

All providers

Dossier verdictReady
Dossier evidence levelT1 · Provider-documented
Dossier researched2026-09-29

Beta.12 arrival family honeycomb-api-key (#528, product redact-secret#1034), contract in benchmarks/lib/beta8/528i.ts from the #1014 handoff honeycomb.md. T1 (docs, provider SDK regex, length gate and fixtures; R1, R5). trufflehog 3.97.4 Honeycomb reads classic and configuration keys only and is unmapped; gitleaks 8.30.1 has no rule. Since the 4fb7882 re-pin the product detector is in the pinned registry, so the row maps to it.

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
Researched2026-09-29

3 events in the review history: 2 observed, 1 reviewed. Latest: observed on 2026-09-29 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: ^hc[a-z]i[kc]_[a-z0-9]{58}$

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 2026-09-29
Honeycomb docs "Authentication": ingest key ids carry hc[x]ik_, "The character shown as [x] varies and is assigned at key creation", and "The key value is the Key ID and Secret concatenated with no separator" (58-byte placeholder body); honeycombio/libhoney-go libhoney.go (02e9dbf, 2026-04-14): classicIngestKeyRegex ^hc[a-z]ic_[a-z0-9]*$ applied when len(key) == 64, with 64-byte hcxik_/hcxic_ fixtures; honeycombio/libhoney-py client.py (11b5941): ^hc[a-z]ic_[a-z0-9]{58}$; re-checked 2026-09-29: hc + one [a-z] + ik_ (environment) or ic_ (classic) + exactly 58 [a-z0-9], 64 in all
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports hc + one [a-z] + ik_ (environment) or ic_ (classic) + exactly 58 [a-z0-9], 64 in all
Provider documented · field-prefix · current · observed 2026-09-29
prefix: hc + one [a-z] type letter + ik_ (environment ingest) or ic_ (classic ingest)
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports hc[x]ik_; [x] varies
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports classicIngestKeyRegex · #L74-L178
- honeycombio/libhoney-py @ 11b59417c1df1d97384dc5e870f2ea462da02b80: libhoney/client.pyprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports hc[a-z]ic_ · #L11-L18
Provider documented · field-body-length · current · observed 2026-09-29
body-length: exactly 58 after the prefix (a 26-byte key id then the secret, concatenated with no separator); 64 in all
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports the ingest placeholder body is 58
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney_test.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports 64-byte fixtures · #L1225-L1250
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports len(key) == 64 gate · #L74-L178
- honeycombio/terraform-provider-honeycombio @ b74d528db4fd6d01503e1b46a13b2146a38b45c3: internal/provider/api_key_resource.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports key.ID + key.Secret · #L417-L420
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R5 · #issuecomment-5871306275
Provider documented · field-alphabet · current · observed 2026-09-29
alphabet: lowercase alphanumeric [a-z0-9]
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney_test.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports fixtures · #L1225-L1250
- honeycombio/libhoney-py @ 11b59417c1df1d97384dc5e870f2ea462da02b80: libhoney/client.pyprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports [a-z0-9]{58} · #L11-L18
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R5 · #issuecomment-5871306275
Provider documented · field-key-id · current · observed 2026-09-29
key-id: the first 26 body bytes are the key id, a non-secret identifier; hc?lk_ and hc?en_ are configuration-key and environment ids (A key id or environment id alone is a benign control; a 26-byte run fails the 58-byte body.)
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports key-id: the first 26 body bytes are the key id, a non-secret identifier; hc?lk_ and hc?en_ are configuration-key and environment ids
Unresolved · field-management-key · current · observed 2026-09-29
management-key: hc[x]mk_ + 26 + : + 32: prefix and lengths documented, alphabet of both segments not found (Not this family. Authored neither as a positive nor as a control; only an hcxmk_ + 58 prefix twin exists.)
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports management-key: hc[x]mk_ + 26 + : + 32: prefix and lengths documented, alphabet of both segments not found
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports ISSUANCE-GATED
Unresolved · field-boundary · current · observed 2026-09-29
boundary: a key glued to an identifier on either side ([A-Za-z0-9_-]) is not claimed (Handoff boundary decision, not a provider statement.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports implementation notes
Provider documented · field-transport · current · observed 2026-09-29
transport: HONEYCOMB_API_KEY; the X-Honeycomb-Team header; OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=x-honeycomb-team=…; an OpenTelemetry collector headers map; libhoney.Init
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports transport: HONEYCOMB_API_KEY; the X-Honeycomb-Team header; OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=x-honeycomb-team=…; an OpenTelemetry collector headers map; libhoney.Init
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports test axes
Tool corroborated · field-peer-lag · current · observed 2026-09-29
peer-lag: trufflehog 3.97.4 Honeycomb is keyword-gated on Honeycomb with \b([0-9a-f]{32}|[0-9a-zA-Z]{22})\b (classic and configuration keys), so it lags on every ingest key and stays unmapped; no Honeycomb rule in gitleaks 8.30.1
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports no honeycomb rule
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/honeycomb/honeycomb.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Honeycomb
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-29
The legacy contract lists 13 references without stating which property each supports.
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney_test.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L1225-L1250
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L74-L178
- honeycombio/libhoney-py @ 11b59417c1df1d97384dc5e870f2ea462da02b80: libhoney/client.pyprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L11-L18
- honeycombio/terraform-provider-honeycombio @ b74d528db4fd6d01503e1b46a13b2146a38b45c3: internal/provider/api_key_resource.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L417-L420
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/README.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/1034issue-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/issues/1014issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #issuecomment-5900447540
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/1014issue-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/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-benchmarks/issues/528issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-29
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 4 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- honeycombio/libhoney-go @ 02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a: libhoney.goprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family · #L74-L178
- honeycombio/libhoney-py @ 11b59417c1df1d97384dc5e870f2ea462da02b80: libhoney/client.pyprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family · #L11-L18
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 378581770a87751d72e27529796c4f790649fd00: docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
Provider documented · taxonomy-sources · current · observed 2026-09-29
The legacy taxonomy lists 2 sources for this family. The taxonomy records no date; the dossier researchedAt is used as the observed-at date.
- docs.honeycomb.io/api/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · 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: hc + one [a-z] + ik_ (environment) or ic_ (classic) + exactly 58 [a-z0-9] (64 in all: the key id and secret concatenated).
Basis: T1: prefix and concatenation from the docs; length from the docs placeholder, the libhoney-go 64-byte gate and fixtures (R5); the classic regex in two provider SDKs (R1).
Issuance: not attempted; the grammar is T1 from provider sources, so no key is needed.
Contract in core: detector-families.md (row on main; the Beta.12 detector, redact-secret#1034, merged in redact-secret#1039 and is unreleased).

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: 39
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

39 fixtures: 16 expect a redaction, 23 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	8	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
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	39	15	1
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	39	9	0
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	39	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabledNo rule maps to it	39	16	0

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: key ids (hc?ik_ + 26), configuration-key and environment ids are non-secret identifiers.

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

39 of 39 rows

Fixtures in this family

39 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 Ingest key (hcXik_, hcXic_)
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`honeycomb-api-key-bare-prose`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-bearer-header`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-chat-paste`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-collector-headers`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-dotenv`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-export`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-json-api-key`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-json-token`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-key-shape-bare`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-key-shape-quoted`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-key-shape-unicode-crlf`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-libhoney-go-config`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-otel-env-headers`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-sdk-kwarg`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-x-api-key-header`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-x-honeycomb-team-header`honeycomb · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`honeycomb-api-key-actions-secret-reference`honeycomb · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-angle-brackets-placeholder`honeycomb · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-body-57-twin`honeycomb · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-body-59-twin`honeycomb · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-configuration-key-id-public-id`honeycomb · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-ellipsis-placeholder`honeycomb · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-env-reference-reference`honeycomb · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-environment-id-public-id`honeycomb · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-hyphen-in-body-twin`honeycomb · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-ingest-key-id-public-id`honeycomb · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-key-guidance-prose`honeycomb · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-label-prose`honeycomb · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-leading-glue-twin`honeycomb · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-management-prefix-twin`honeycomb · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-mask`honeycomb · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-no-type-letter-twin`honeycomb · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-prefix-only`honeycomb · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-reference`honeycomb · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-short-body`honeycomb · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-trailing-underscore-twin`honeycomb · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-truncated-near-miss`honeycomb · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-uppercase-byte-twin`honeycomb · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`honeycomb-api-key-uppercase-type-letter-twin`honeycomb · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-29.

Documentation and code

docs.honeycomb.io/api/authentication
github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0/docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.md
github.com/honeycombio/libhoney-py/blob/11b59417c1df1d97384dc5e870f2ea462da02b80/libhoney/client.py#L11-L18
github.com/honeycombio/libhoney-go/blob/02e9dbf361012fafbe8698f429b65630500dc10a/libhoney.go#L74-L178

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#1014Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#1034Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#1039Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#528Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/378581770a87751d72e27529796c4f790649fd00/docs/audits/evidence/1014/honeycomb.md