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API key

Modern Vercel API key identified by the provider-documented vck_ marker.

  • Vercel
  • Detectors: none mapped
  • Run 2026-10-07
  • Mode published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14
All providers
  • Dossier verdictIssuance-gated
  • Dossier evidence levelT1 · Provider-documented
  • Dossier researched2026-09-29
Product #858 records this semantic contract as pending/T0. The class and vck_ marker are provider-backed, but no reviewed source establishes a complete body grammar or boundary. No scored fixture/profile cells exist, and the aggregate vercel-token detector is not attributed to this family.

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 · proposed, none current
  • ResearchResearched
  • Researched2026-09-29

What blocks the research

  • Issuance-gatedThe vck_ marker is provider-backed but no full-length value is; the 56-character body rests on peer rules only (1 class). Needs ruling Q-VC or one AI Gateway key measured (checklist in redact-secret#1013).

2 events in the review history: 1 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

Shape not recorded.

Format facts

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.

No format notes recorded

The provider dossier has no shape, basis or issuance note for this family, so nothing is stated about its format here.

Not recorded

In this benchmark

Fixture rows on the current run. Counts are for redact-secret in published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14 mode.

No fixtures in this family yet

Nothing in the corpus targets it, so nothing is measured and no coverage is claimed.

Not measured

Benchmark dossier questions

Things the sources do not settle. They are listed so nobody reads them as settled.
Blocked by
The vck_ marker is provider-backed but no full-length value is; the 56-character body rests on peer rules only (1 class). Needs ruling Q-VC or one AI Gateway key measured (checklist in redact-secret#1013).

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

0 of 0 rows

No fixtures in this family yet

Nothing in the corpus targets it, so nothing is measured and no coverage is claimed.

Not measured

Sources

Researched 2026-09-29.

Documentation and code

  • vercel.com/changelog/new-token-formats-and-secret-scanning
  • vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/authentication-and-byok/api-keys
  • github.com/vercel/vercel/blob/c628be7835e03a965b93e9cf9e2bd5ac2acbf5eb/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/ai-gateway/coding-agents-setup.test.ts
  • vercel.com/docs/cli/ai-gateway
  • github.com/vercel/vercel/blob/c628be7835e03a965b93e9cf9e2bd5ac2acbf5eb/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/ai-gateway/coding-agents-setup.test.ts#L90
  • github.com/mongodb/kingfisher/blob/88d3f780fad83960aaddfcf732a690049853ccc9/crates/kingfisher-rules/data/rules/vercel.yml#L252-L299
  • github.com/betterleaks/betterleaks/blob/2a387a5bad4290a84b9a1eb679bffe70611218cc/cmd/generate/config/rules/vercel.go#L182-L212
  • github.com/secretlint/secretlint/blob/e8fc91351add9eebfd5eec5bdd7cd0d551d5e42a/packages/@secretlint/secretlint-rule-vercel/src/index.ts#L27-L58
  • github.blog/changelog/2026-03-10-secret-scanning-pattern-updates-march-2026/

Research log

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