Troubleshooting secret scanning and push protection

If you have problems with secret scanning or push protection, you can use these tips to help resolve issues.

Who can use this feature?

Secret scanning is available for organization-owned repositories, and in beta for user-owned repositories in GitHub Enterprise Server if your enterprise has a license for GitHub Advanced Security. For more information, see "About secret scanning alerts" and "About GitHub Advanced Security."

Troubleshooting secret scanning

When using secret scanning to detect secrets in your repository, or secrets about to be committed into your repository, you may need to troubleshoot unexpected issues.