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API key (rpa_)

rpa_ + at least 31 [A-Za-z0-9], open-ended: the provider scrubber's floor is 16 (R2), the floor of 31 is policy under R10 (it excludes Redirect.pizza rpa_ + 30), and the 128-byte cap is product policy.

RunPod
Detectors: runpod-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 researched2026-09-28

Beta.12 arrival family runpod-api-key (#464, product redact-secret#974), contract in benchmarks/lib/beta8/464f.ts from the #860 handoff runpod.md. T1 on the prefix and alphabet; the floor and cap are policy. Neither pinned scanner has a RunPod rule; unpinned betterleaks uses a narrower 46-byte layout. 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
Researched2026-09-28

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: ^rpa_[A-Za-z0-9]{31,}$

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
runpod/runpod-mcp src/alp/scrub.ts (added 2026-09-16, a provider-authored scrubber; R2): \brpa_[A-Za-z0-9]{16,}\b; the RunPod blog on scoped keys (2024-11): "Any new keys will be created with an rpa_ prefix"; re-checked 2026-09-28: rpa_ + [A-Za-z0-9], open-ended, provider floor 16; the contract floor 31 is policy under R10; no separator or checksum
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports rpa_ + [A-Za-z0-9], open-ended, provider floor 16; the contract floor 31 is policy under R10; no separator or checksum · #L36
Unresolved · tool-corroboration · current · observed 2026-09-29
Pinned scanner rules are consistent with the contract grammar (1 artifact: betterleaks (unpinned)).
- github.com/betterleaks/betterleaksscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports betterleaks (unpinned): runpod.go: rpa_[A-Z0-9]{40}[A-Za-z0-9]{6} (tool-only, T2; the 46-byte layout is not part of the contract)
Provider documented · field-prefix · current · observed 2026-09-29
prefix: rpa_
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports provider scrubber, R2 · #L36
- www.runpod.io/blog/scoped-api-keys-runpodprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports "Any new keys will be created with an rpa_ prefix" (2024-11)
Provider documented · field-alphabet · current · observed 2026-09-29
alphabet: [A-Za-z0-9]
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports provider-authored scrubber, R2 · #L36
Provider documented · field-provider-floor · current · observed 2026-09-29
provider-floor: the provider scrubber's floor is 16 body bytes, open-ended (T1, but the contract floor is higher: see policy-floor.)
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R2 · #issuecomment-5871306275
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports {16,} · #L36
Unresolved · field-policy-floor · current · observed 2026-09-29
policy-floor: POLICY (R10), not T1: the contract floor is 31 body bytes, the first width above Redirect.pizza rpa_ + 30 (A policy boundary the handoff decides: the 30-byte twin asserts it and a 16-30 body is an accepted false negative. Every RunPod width seen is above it.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports supported shape: policy floor 31
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/860issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports R10: policy fills a partly stated grammar, at least as wide as the provider class · #issuecomment-5880547337
Unresolved · field-policy-upper-bound · current · observed 2026-09-29
policy-upper-bound: POLICY, not T1: the product caps the run at 128 bytes; an over-cap run is rejected whole, never truncated (Not a provider fact, and the provider scrubber is open-ended: positives reach 128 and no fixture asserts silence on 129.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports supported shape: project policy, the Apify precedent
Tool corroborated · field-observed-layout · current · observed 2026-09-29
observed-layout: every observed body is 46 bytes: 40 uppercase-or-digit then 6 mixed alphanumerics (Not part of the contract; positives are authored in the 46-byte layout and outside it.)
- github.com/betterleaks/betterleaksscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports rpa_[A-Z0-9]{40}[A-Za-z0-9]{6}, unpinned
- github.com/runpod/docs/pull/456scanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports a withdrawn 48-character docs example
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; a _ or - glued after the run rejects the match (Handoff boundary decision, not a provider statement.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports implementation notes
Provider documented · field-transport · current · observed 2026-09-29
transport: the RUNPOD_API_KEY environment variable, sent as Authorization: Bearer; runpod.api_key = "..." and runpodctl config --apiKey
- docs.runpod.io/get-started/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports transport: the RUNPOD_API_KEY environment variable, sent as Authorization: Bearer; runpod.api_key = "..." and runpodctl config --apiKey
Unresolved · field-other-credentials · current · observed 2026-09-29
other-credentials: S3-compatible rps_ secrets and access keys, and legacy unprefixed keys, are separate credentials with no researched shape (Not this family; an rps_ value is a benign control, never a positive.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports excluded shapes
Tool corroborated · field-peer-lag · current · observed 2026-09-29
peer-lag: no RunPod rule in trufflehog 3.97.4 or gitleaks 8.30.1; betterleaks (unpinned, not measured here) uses rpa_[A-Z0-9]{40}[A-Za-z0-9]{6}, which is narrower than the contract (misses a lowercase or non-46 body) and would not match Redirect.pizza rpa_ + 30 either
- github.com/betterleaks/betterleaksscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports runpod.go, observed 2026-09-28; unpinned
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports no runpod rule
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectorsscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports no runpod detector directory at the pinned version
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-29
The legacy contract lists 13 references without stating which property each supports.
- docs.runpod.io/get-started/api-keysprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/issuance-research/runpod.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/issues/974issue-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-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 · #issuecomment-5880547337
- 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/464issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/tier-b-rerank.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- github.com/runpod/docs/pull/456scanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L36
- www.runpod.io/blog/scoped-api-keys-runpodprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-28
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 3 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/issuance-research/runpod.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family · #L36
Provider documented · taxonomy-sources · current · observed 2026-09-28
The legacy taxonomy lists 2 sources for this family. The taxonomy records no date; the dossier researchedAt is used as the observed-at date.
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy
- runpod/runpod-mcp @ 09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d: src/alp/scrub.tsprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy · #L36

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 rpa_, then at least 31 alphanumeric characters [A-Za-z0-9], open-ended. The floor of 31 (ruling R10) and the 128-byte cap are project policy; the provider floor is 16.
Basis: prefix T1 (the RunPod blog on scoped keys, 2024-11) and alphabet and provider floor of 16 T1 under R2 (a provider-authored scrubber in runpod/runpod-mcp, 2026-09-16). The 46-byte body and the 40-uppercase/6-mixed layout are tool (betterleaks) and empirical facts, not part of the contract.
Issuance: not attempted; a uniform 46 across an All key and a Read Only key would allow an exact-width contract later, as a separate optional change.
Contract in core: detector-families.md (no row until the Beta.12 detector, redact-secret#974, is merged).

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	11	0	0	0
T3Project policy	9	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	36	14	2
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rulesNo rule maps to it	36	7	0
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 disabledNo rule maps to it	36	16	0

Benchmark dossier questions

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

Open caveat: the floor and the cap are policy; a RunPod key with a body of 16 to 30 (none known) is an accepted false negative; legacy unprefixed keys and rps_ secrets are outside the family.

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: a floor of 16 would claim Redirect.pizza's rpa_ + 30 tokens, so R10 raises it to 31; a longer Redirect.pizza token, if one exists, would read as RunPod (misattributed, still redacted). rps_ S3-compatible secrets are another credential.

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 API key (rpa_)
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`runpod-api-key-bare-prose`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-bearer-header`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-chat-paste`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-curl-graphql-bearer`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-dotenv`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-export`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-json-api-key`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-json-token`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-key-shape-bare`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-key-shape-quoted`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-key-shape-unicode-crlf`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-mcp-env`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-python-module`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-runpodctl-config`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-sdk-kwarg`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-x-api-key-header`runpod · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`runpod-api-key-actions-secret-reference`runpod · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-body-30-policy-floor-twin`runpod · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-ellipsis-placeholder`runpod · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-env-reference-reference`runpod · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-hyphen-prefix-twin`runpod · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-key-guidance-prose`runpod · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-label-prose`runpod · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-leading-glue-twin`runpod · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-leading-underscore-twin`runpod · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-mask`runpod · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-prefix-at-eol-near-miss`runpod · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-prefix-only`runpod · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-reference`runpod · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-short-body`runpod · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-trailing-hyphen-twin`runpod · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-trailing-underscore-twin`runpod · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-truncated-near-miss`runpod · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-uppercase-prefix-twin`runpod · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-word-fixture-placeholder`runpod · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`runpod-api-key-x-run-placeholder`runpod · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-28.

Documentation and code

github.com/runpod/runpod-mcp/blob/09a565a6adef8932f044dfa65243e7bc41cbdf2d/src/alp/scrub.ts#L36
github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.md
github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/860/issuance-research/runpod.md

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#860Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#974Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#464Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/860/runpod.md