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Analysis tokens (sqa_, sqp_)

sqa_ (global) or sqp_ (project) + exactly 40 lowercase hex (44 in all).

SonarQube
Detectors: sonarqube-analysis-token
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

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

Beta.12 arrival family sonarqube-analysis-token (#528, product redact-secret#1021), contract in benchmarks/lib/beta8/528c.ts from the #1014 handoff sonarqube.md. T1 (provider generator, R1). Shares the sonarqube-token detector (finding type sonarqube_analysis_token); a gitleaks sonar-api-token finding reads as co-detection. Since the 4fb7882 re-pin (product PR #1039) it is an arrival family scored by that finding type (scanners/families.mjs arrivalFindingTypes), so the row maps to its own id.

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: ^sq[ap]_[0-9a-f]{40}$

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
SonarSource/sonarqube TokenGeneratorImpl.java (9ec5e86) and TokenType.java: a global analysis (a) and a project analysis (p) token; re-checked 2026-09-29: sqa_ or sqp_ + exactly 40 lowercase hex, 44 in all; no checksum
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-webserver-auth/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/usertoken/TokenGeneratorImpl.javaprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports sqa_ or sqp_ + exactly 40 lowercase hex, 44 in all; no checksum · #L29-L46
Unresolved · tool-corroboration · current · observed 2026-09-29
Pinned scanner rules are consistent with the contract grammar (1 artifact: gitleaks 8.30.1).
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports gitleaks 8.30.1: sonar-api-token (keyword-gated; (?:squ_|sqp_|sqa_)?[a-z0-9=_-]{40})
Provider documented · field-prefix · current · observed 2026-09-29
prefix: sqa_ (global analysis) or sqp_ (project analysis)
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-webserver-auth/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/usertoken/TokenGeneratorImpl.javaprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports SONARQUBE_TOKEN_PREFIX = "sq" + tokenType.getIdentifier() + "_" · #L29-L46
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-db-dao/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/user/TokenType.javaprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports u user, a global analysis, b project badge, p project analysis · #L24-L27
Provider documented · field-body · current · observed 2026-09-29
body: exactly 40 lowercase hex [0-9a-f] (20 SecureRandom bytes, Hex.encodeHexString); 44 in all
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-webserver-auth/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/usertoken/TokenGeneratorImpl.javaprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports body: exactly 40 lowercase hex [0-9a-f] (20 SecureRandom bytes, Hex.encodeHexString); 44 in all · #L29-L46
Unresolved · field-boundary · current · observed 2026-09-29
boundary: a token 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/sonarqube.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports implementation notes
Provider documented · field-transport · current · observed 2026-09-29
transport: SONAR_TOKEN; sonar-scanner -Dsonar.token= (and the legacy -Dsonar.login=); sonar.token in sonar-project.properties; Gradle systemProp.sonar.token
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/sonarqube.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports test axes
Provider documented · field-excluded-siblings · current · observed 2026-09-29
excluded-siblings: sqb_ + 40 hex project badge tokens are read-only and published in README badge URLs (Q5); unprefixed 40-hex legacy tokens (before 9.5) are SHA-1 shaped; SonarQube Cloud sqco_ is another product (sqb_ in a badge URL and a bare 40-hex git SHA are benign controls; legacy tokens and sqco_ are authored neither way.)
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/README.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Q5 · #ruling-questions-for-the-maintainer
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/sonarqube.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports excluded shapes
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-db-dao/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/user/TokenType.javaprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports b project badge · #L24-L27
Tool corroborated · field-peer-lag · current · observed 2026-09-29
peer-lag: gitleaks 8.30.1 sonar-api-token is keyword-gated on sonar.login/sonar.token-style names with an optional squ_|sqp_|sqa_ prefix before [a-z0-9=_-]{40}: it lags on bare prose, chat and JSON "token" and reads every prefix under one label (mapped to sonarqube-token, so an analysis-token finding reads as co-detection). trufflehog 3.97.4 SonarCloud v1 wants a word-bounded bare [0-9a-z]{40} near "sonar" (legacy tokens only; it cannot match inside squ_ + 40) and v2 reads sqco_ + 59, so it lags on every positive and stays unmapped
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports sonar-api-token
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectorsscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports sonarcloud/v2: sqco_
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/sonarcloud/v1/sonarcloud.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports SonarCloud v1
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-29
The legacy contract lists 10 references without stating which property each supports.
- 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-5900447016
- 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/1021issue-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/sonarqube.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-benchmarks/issues/528issue-or-discussion · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-webserver-auth/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/usertoken/TokenGeneratorImpl.javaprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L29-L46
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-db-dao/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/user/TokenType.javaprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract · #L24-L27
Provider documented · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-29
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T1) cited 2 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 378581770a87751d72e27529796c4f790649fd00: docs/audits/evidence/1014/sonarqube.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-db-dao/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/user/TokenType.javaprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family · #L24-L27
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.
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0: docs/audits/evidence/1014/sonarqube.mdprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy
- SonarSource/sonarqube @ 9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271: server/sonar-db-dao/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/user/TokenType.javaprovider-sdk-source · last read 2026-09-29 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a source for this family in the legacy taxonomy · #L24-L27

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: sqa_ (global) or sqp_ (project) + exactly 40 lowercase hex (44 in all).
Basis: T1 under R1 from the same generator and enum.
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#1021, 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: 28
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

28 fixtures: 12 expect a redaction, 16 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	11	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	Too much	False alarms
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	28	11	1	0
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rules1 rule targets it	28	3	0	0
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	28	0	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabledNo rule maps to it	28	12	0	1

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: as for the user token; sqx_ with an unknown type letter is not issued.

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
gitleaks · rules 8.30.1	`sonar-api-token`	sonar login or token keyword + squ_, sqp_ or sqa_ + 40 characters

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

Find

Evidence level

Scanners

28 of 28 rows

Fixtures in this family

28 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 Analysis tokens (sqa_, sqp_)
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`sonarqube-analysis-token-actions-env`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-bare-prose`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-bearer-header`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-chat-paste`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-dotenv`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-export`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-hyphen-separator-twin`sonarqube · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-json-api-key`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-json-token`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-project-properties`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-scanner-token-flag`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-sdk-kwarg`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-x-api-key-header`sonarqube · documented-format-literal	Must redactT1 · Provider-documented	Redacted
`sonarqube-analysis-token-actions-secret-reference`sonarqube · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-angle-brackets-placeholder`sonarqube · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-badge-token-markdown-public-id`sonarqube · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-body-39-twin`sonarqube · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-body-41-twin`sonarqube · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-ellipsis-placeholder`sonarqube · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-git-sha-encoded-value`sonarqube · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-gradle-reference-reference`sonarqube · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-leading-glue-twin`sonarqube · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-project-key-public-id`sonarqube · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-token-guidance-prose`sonarqube · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-trailing-hyphen-twin`sonarqube · boundary-violation	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-truncated-near-miss`sonarqube · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-uppercase-hex-byte-twin`sonarqube · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`sonarqube-analysis-token-uppercase-prefix-twin`sonarqube · prefix-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-29.

Documentation and code

github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/blob/9ec5e86425011f6c1ffa0eb2db08880e3b347271/server/sonar-db-dao/src/main/java/org/sonar/db/user/TokenType.java#L24-L27
github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/4f220ea000b58fa2e0e431ad88dea4eccb393fb0/docs/audits/evidence/1014/sonarqube.md

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#1014Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret#1021Research 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/sonarqube.md

Other SonarQube families

User token (squ_)