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secret-scanning

Review an alert dismissal request for secret scanning

Approve or deny a request to dismiss a secret scanning alert in a repository.

Delegated alert dismissal must be enabled on the repository and the user must be an org admin, security manager, or have the "Review and manage secret scanning alert dismissal requests" permission to access this endpoint. Personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint.

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/dismissal-requests/secret-scanning/{alert_number}

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

alert_numberinteger required

The number that identifies the secret scanning alert in a repository.

Request body

status'approve' | 'deny' required

The review action to perform on the dismissal request.

messagestring required

A message to include with the review. Has a maximum character length of 2048.

Response

The review of the dismissal request.

dismissal_review_idinteger

ID of the dismissal review.