redact-secret · Report

Billing API key (pdl_live_/pdl_sdbx_apikey_)

pdl_(live|sdbx)_apikey_ + 26 [a-z0-9] + _ + 22 [A-Za-z0-9] + _ + 3 [A-Za-z0-9] (69 in all), the provider-published regex; key ids and legacy 50-character keys are not claimed.

Paddle
Detectors: paddle-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 paddle-api-key (#528, product redact-secret#1033), contract in benchmarks/lib/beta8/528h.ts from the #1014 handoff paddle.md. T1 (provider docs regex and length). Neither pinned scanner has a Paddle 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: ^pdl_(?:live|sdbx)_apikey_[a-z0-9]{26}_[A-Za-z0-9]{22}_[A-Za-z0-9]{3}$

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
Paddle docs "API keys" (observed 2026-09-29): "They're 69 characters in length and always contain five underscores. You can use regex to match API keys: ^pdl_(live|sdbx)_apikey_[a-z\d]{26}_[a-zA-Z\d]{22}_[a-zA-Z\d]{3}$"; "API keys are case-sensitive"; keys created before 2025-05-06 are legacy 50-character lowercase alphanumeric strings: pdl_live_apikey_ or pdl_sdbx_apikey_ + 26 [a-z0-9] + _ + 22 [A-Za-z0-9] + _ + 3 [A-Za-z0-9], 69 in all
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports pdl_live_apikey_ or pdl_sdbx_apikey_ + 26 [a-z0-9] + _ + 22 [A-Za-z0-9] + _ + 3 [A-Za-z0-9], 69 in all
Provider documented · field-prefix · current · observed 2026-09-29
prefix: pdl_live_apikey_ or pdl_sdbx_apikey_ (case-sensitive)
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports the documented regex; "API keys are case-sensitive"
Provider documented · field-id-segment · current · observed 2026-09-29
id-segment: exactly 26 [a-z0-9]
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports the documented regex
- PaddleHQ/paddle-node-sdk @ 651261beddfc65ba5f861729dca17044cbeffb5f: src/__tests__/mocks/notifications/api-key-created.mock.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports the apikey_ id layout
Provider documented · field-secret-segment · current · observed 2026-09-29
secret-segment: _ + exactly 22 [A-Za-z0-9]
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports the documented regex
Provider documented · field-suffix · current · observed 2026-09-29
suffix: _ + exactly 3 [A-Za-z0-9]; 69 in all with five underscores
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports "69 characters in length and always contain five underscores"
Provider documented · field-key-id · current · observed 2026-09-29
key-id: apikey_ + 26 is the key id, returned by the API and in webhook payloads; it is not a secret (A bare key id is a benign control.)
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports key-id: apikey_ + 26 is the key id, returned by the API and in webhook payloads; it is not a secret
- PaddleHQ/paddle-node-sdk @ 651261beddfc65ba5f861729dca17044cbeffb5f: src/__tests__/mocks/notifications/api-key-created.mock.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports key-id: apikey_ + 26 is the key id, returned by the API and in webhook payloads; it is not a secret
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/README.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Q5: Paddle apikey_ ids stay unclaimed · #ruling-questions-for-the-maintainer
Provider documented · field-legacy-keys · current · observed 2026-09-29
legacy-keys: keys created before 2025-05-06 are 50 lowercase alphanumerics with no prefix and no secret-scanning support (Not this family; a legacy-shaped value is authored only outside a named context, as an encoded-value control.)
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports legacy-keys: keys created before 2025-05-06 are 50 lowercase alphanumerics with no prefix and no secret-scanning support
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; the documented regex is anchored.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/paddle.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports implementation notes
Provider documented · field-transport · current · observed 2026-09-29
transport: PADDLE_API_KEY sent as Authorization: Bearer; the Paddle SDK constructor argument
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports transport: PADDLE_API_KEY sent as Authorization: Bearer; the Paddle SDK constructor argument
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/paddle.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: no Paddle rule in trufflehog 3.97.4 or gitleaks 8.30.1: both lag on every positive. betterleaks (unpinned, not measured here) copies the documented regex
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports no paddle rule
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/paddle.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports tier rationale
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectorsscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports no paddle detector directory at the pinned version
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-29
The legacy contract lists 9 references without stating which property each supports.
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- PaddleHQ/paddle-node-sdk @ 651261beddfc65ba5f861729dca17044cbeffb5f: src/__tests__/mocks/notifications/api-key-created.mock.tsprovider-documentation · 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/paddle.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/1033issue-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/README.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #ruling-questions-for-the-maintainer
- 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/1014issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #issuecomment-5900447820
- 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-benchmarks/issues/528issue-or-discussion · 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 3 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- PaddleHQ/paddle-node-sdk @ 651261beddfc65ba5f861729dca17044cbeffb5f: src/__tests__/mocks/notifications/api-key-created.mock.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 378581770a87751d72e27529796c4f790649fd00: docs/audits/evidence/1014/paddle.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.
- developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keysprovider-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/paddle.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: pdl_live_apikey_ or pdl_sdbx_apikey_ + 26 [a-z0-9] + _ + 22 [A-Za-z0-9] + _ + 3 [A-Za-z0-9] (69 in all, five underscores).
Basis: T1: the provider docs publish the regex and the total length.
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#1033, 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: 41
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

41 fixtures: 15 expect a redaction, 26 must stay quiet. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T1Provider-documented	15	0	0	0
T2Tool-corroborated	18	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	41	14	1
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	41	8	0
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	41	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabledNo rule maps to it	41	15	0

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: the apikey_ + 26 key id is a non-secret identifier (Q5); legacy keys are 50 unprefixed [a-z0-9].

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

41 of 41 rows

Fixtures in this family

41 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 Billing API key (pdl_live_/pdl_sdbx_apikey_)
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`paddle-api-key-bare-prose`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-bearer-header`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-chat-paste`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-dotenv`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-export`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-json-api-key`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-json-token`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-key-shape-bare`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-key-shape-quoted`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-key-shape-unicode-crlf`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-node-sdk-constructor`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-python-sdk-client`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-sandbox-dotenv`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-sdk-kwarg`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-x-api-key-header`paddle · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`paddle-api-key-actions-secret-reference`paddle · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-api-list-key-id-public-id`paddle · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-docs-regex-placeholder`paddle · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-ellipsis-placeholder`paddle · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-env-reference-reference`paddle · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-hyphen-separator-twin`paddle · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-id-25-twin`paddle · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-id-27-twin`paddle · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-key-guidance-prose`paddle · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-label-prose`paddle · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-leading-glue-twin`paddle · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-legacy-shaped-build-id-encoded-value`paddle · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-mask`paddle · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-missing-apikey-twin`paddle · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-prefix-only`paddle · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-reference`paddle · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-secret-21-twin`paddle · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-secret-23-twin`paddle · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-short-body`paddle · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-suffix-2-twin`paddle · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-suffix-4-twin`paddle · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-test-environment-twin`paddle · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-trailing-glue-twin`paddle · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-truncated-near-miss`paddle · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-uppercase-in-id-twin`paddle · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`paddle-api-key-webhook-key-id-public-id`paddle · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-29.

Documentation and code

developer.paddle.com/api-reference/about/api-keys
github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0/docs/audits/evidence/1014/paddle.md
github.com/PaddleHQ/paddle-node-sdk/blob/651261beddfc65ba5f861729dca17044cbeffb5f/src/__tests__/mocks/notifications/api-key-created.mock.ts

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#1014Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#1033Research 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/paddle.md