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API token

22-character alphanumeric API token sent in an Authorization: token header; recognized only beside a same-line travis keyword.

Travis CI
Detectors: travisci-api-token
Run 2026-10-07
Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14

All providers

Dossier verdictReady
Dossier evidence levelT2 · Tool-corroborated
Dossier researched2026-09-25

Registry detector travisci-api-token since redact-secret#523 (#773, registry pinned at 3144bb3), authored under #259. Travis CI states no shape; the 22-character grammar is tool-corroborated (gitleaks travisci-access-token, trufflehog travisci).

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.

Open the qualification page for this pointer

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
Researched2026-09-25

3 events in the review history: 2 observed, 1 reviewed. Latest: observed on 2026-09-25 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: ^(?=[A-Za-z0-9]*[0-9])(?=[A-Za-z0-9]*[A-Za-z])[A-Za-z0-9]{22}$

Parts are shown as recorded. Evidence classes belong to the facts below; no class is assigned to a part.

Format facts

Provider documented · mutable-property-source · current · observed 2026-09-24
Documentation for the one property varied in legacy twin fixtures (Authorization: token header, token from travis token): the provider documents the API token as generated by the travis CLI (travis token, travis token --pro) and sent in an Authorization: token header to api.travis-ci.org / api.travis-ci.com; the example is masked (xxxxxxxxxxxx) and no length or alphabet is stated. Context twins keep the token and remove the same-line Travis context, or rename the key to a Travis identifier name
- developer.travis-ci.com/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-25 · latest outcome read · supports the provider documents the API token as generated by the travis CLI (travis token, travis token --pro) and sent in an Authorization: token header to api.travis-ci.org / api.travis-ci.com; the example is masked (xxxxxxxxxxxx) and no length or alphabet is stated. Context twins keep the token and remove the same-line Travis context, or rename the key to a Travis identifier name
Tool corroborated · tool-corroboration · current · observed 2026-09-24
Pinned scanner rules are consistent with the contract grammar (2 artifacts: gitleaks 8.30.1; trufflehog 3.97.4).
- 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/travisci/travisci.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports trufflehog 3.97.4: travisci/travisci
Provider documented · field-transport · current · observed 2026-09-24
transport: API token generated by travis token and sent in an Authorization: token header
- developer.travis-ci.com/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-25 · latest outcome read · supports transport: API token generated by travis token and sent in an Authorization: token header
- docs.travis-ci.com/user/triggering-builds/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports transport: API token generated by travis token and sent in an Authorization: token header
Tool corroborated · field-length · current · observed 2026-09-24
length: exactly 22 characters
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports travisci-access-token
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/travisci/travisci.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports length: exactly 22 characters
Tool corroborated · field-alphabet · current · observed 2026-09-24
alphabet: [A-Za-z0-9], the intersection of gitleaks (?i)[a-z0-9] and trufflehog [a-zA-Z0-9_] (trufflehog also admits _; not claimed.)
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports alphabet: [A-Za-z0-9], the intersection of gitleaks (?i)[a-z0-9] and trufflehog [a-zA-Z0-9_]
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/travisci/travisci.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports alphabet: [A-Za-z0-9], the intersection of gitleaks (?i)[a-z0-9] and trufflehog [a-zA-Z0-9_]
Unresolved · field-mixed-letters-and-digits · current · observed 2026-09-24
mixed letters and digits: a token contains at least one letter and one digit (A precision guard, not a provider fact: about 2% of random tokens have no digit.)
- github.com/redact-secret/redact-secret/pull/773other · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports product precision guard (redact-secret#523)
Tool corroborated · field-context · current · observed 2026-09-24
context: same-line travis keyword
- gitleaks/gitleaks @ v8.30.1: config/gitleaks.tomlscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-10-04 · latest outcome read · supports context: same-line travis keyword
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog @ v3.97.4: pkg/detectors/travisci/travisci.goscanner-rule-source · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports context: same-line travis keyword
Unresolved · listed-references · current · observed 2026-09-24
The legacy contract lists 1 reference without stating which property each supports.
- docs.travis-ci.com/user/triggering-builds/provider-documentation · last read 2026-09-24 · latest outcome read · supports Listed as a reference by the legacy contract
Tool corroborated · dossier-research · current · observed 2026-09-25
Legacy dossier research (verdict ready, tier T2) cited 3 sources; the dossier does not attribute sources to individual properties.
- developer.travis-ci.com/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-25 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- docs.travis-ci.com/user/triggering-buildsother · last read 2026-09-25 · latest outcome read · supports Cited by the legacy dossier research for this family
- redact-secret/redact-secret @ 8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7: docs/audits/evidence/523/README.mdproject-research-note · last read 2026-09-25 · latest outcome read · supports Final research evidence recorded by the legacy dossier
Unresolved · taxonomy-sources · current · observed 2026-09-25
The legacy taxonomy lists 1 source for this family. The taxonomy records no date; the dossier researchedAt is used as the observed-at date.
- developer.travis-ci.com/authenticationprovider-documentation · last read 2026-09-25 · 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: 22 alphanumeric characters, recognized only on a line that contains travis (case-insensitive). The frozen grammar is the intersection of two scanner rules: gitleaks (travis keyword, then 22 of [a-z0-9] with case-insensitive matching) and trufflehog (travis prefix, then 22 of [a-zA-Z0-9_]). The underscore is left out of positives. The #523 contract adds precision guards: the run must mix letters and digits, must not be one repeated character, and is skipped under an identifier key (_slug, _id, _number, _url).
Basis: the two provider pages show only a masked twelve-character placeholder in the header and state no length or alphabet, so the tier is T2 (two-tool corroboration). No provider-documented prefix exists.
Issuance: travis token against a Travis CI account. Not attempted.
Contract in core: detector-families.md (travisci_api_token, confidence-gated); frozen in the #523 evidence.

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: 48
Left readable: 0
Redacted too much: 0
False alarms: 0

48 fixtures: 29 must stay quiet, 19 record project policy. See every row

redact-secret fixture counts by evidence level
Evidence level	Fixtures	Left readable	Too much	False alarms
T2Tool-corroborated	11	0	0	0
T3Project policy	37	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	False alarms
flare-redactRuntime library · 1.6.1 · Published npm package · secrets-only (pii, generic_assignment disabled) · JavaScript engineNo rule maps to it	48	19	0
gitleaksRepository scanner · 8.30.1 · Directory scan · default rules1 rule targets it	48	5	5
redact-secretProduct measured here · 0.1.0-beta.14 · Published npm package · default detectors1 detector mapped	48	0	0
trufflehogRepository scanner · 3.97.4 · Filesystem scan · verification disabled1 rule targets it	48	1	4

Benchmark dossier questions

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

Open caveat: Travis CI states no token length or alphabet; the 22-character shape and the travis keyword gate rest on two scanner rules. No provider-issued token has been observed.

Looks like it, but isn't

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

Collisions: Travis build, job and repository ids are numeric and commit SHAs are 40 hex, so identifiers on Travis lines do not fit the shape. A 22-character mixed-case value under any non-identifier key on a Travis line is reported. About 2 percent of uniformly random 22-byte tokens have no digit and would be missed.

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	`travisci-access-token`	travis keyword + 22 alphanumerics
trufflehog · rules 3.97.4	`travisci`	travis keyword + 22 characters

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

Find

Evidence level

Scanners

48 of 48 rows

Fixtures in this family

48 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 token
Fixture	Kind and evidence	redact-secret
`travisci-api-token-actions-env`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-1-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-2-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-4-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-8-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-base-1`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-2`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-3`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-4`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-5`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-6`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-7`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-context-base-8`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-curl-authorization`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-dotenv`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-export`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-identifier-key-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-json-config`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-sync-log`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-token-shape-bare`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-token-shape-quoted`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-token-shape-unicode-crlf`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-travis-whoami`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-travispy-client`travis-ci · documented-format-literal	Project policyT3 · Project policy	Redacted
`travisci-api-token-underscore-body-twin`travis-ci · wrong-alphabet	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-actions-secret-reference`travis-ci · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-artifact-digest-encoded-value`travis-ci · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-build-env-public-id`travis-ci · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-build-url-public-id`travis-ci · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-commit-sha-public-id`travis-ci · public-identifier	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-3-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-5-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-6-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-context-7-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-docs-token-placeholder`travis-ci · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-env-example-placeholder`travis-ci · documentation-placeholder	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-env-reference-reference`travis-ci · templated-reference	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-label-prose`travis-ci · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-letters-only-stage-near-miss`travis-ci · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-long-token-twin`travis-ci · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-mask`travis-ci · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-missing-keyword`travis-ci · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-no-travis-context-twin`travis-ci · missing-context-marker	Must not flagT3 · Project policy · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-reference`travis-ci · benign-lookalike	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-short-in-prose-near-miss`travis-ci · format-near-miss	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-short-token-twin`travis-ci · wrong-length	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated · twin	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-token-guidance-prose`travis-ci · prose-mention	Must not flagT3 · Project policy	Quiet
`travisci-api-token-travis-secure-encoded-value`travis-ci · benign-encoded-value	Must not flagT2 · Tool-corroborated	Quiet

Sources

Researched 2026-09-25.

Documentation and code

developer.travis-ci.com/authentication
docs.travis-ci.com/user/triggering-builds

Research log

redact-secret/redact-secret#523Research issue
redact-secret/redact-secret-benchmarks#259Research issue
Final evidence, pinned to a commit/redact-secret/redact-secret/blob/8b6a5fde52ecb4dfce13f09c7a947062d21483c7/docs/audits/evidence/523/README.md