[daily secrets] 2026-05-24 — Secrets Analysis Report

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🔐 Daily Secrets Analysis Report

Date: 2026-05-24
Workflow Files Analyzed: 235
Run: §26368567832

📊 Executive Summary

Metric	Value
Total secrets.* references	6,115
github.token references	1,141
Unique secret types	36
Step-level secret usage	2,468

🛡️ Security Posture

✅ Redaction System: 235/235 workflows have redaction steps (100%)
✅ Token Cascades: 851 instances of GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN → GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN → GITHUB_TOKEN fallback chains
✅ Permission Blocks: 235 explicit permissions: definitions (100% coverage)
✅ Template Injection: github.event.* references are safely sandboxed via GH_AW_EXPR_* env vars — not used directly in run scripts
⚠️ Secrets in Job Outputs: 3 workflows expose values via outputs: blocks (see details below)

🎯 Key Findings

1. Universal security coverage: All 235 compiled workflows have both redaction steps and explicit permission blocks — no gaps detected.
2. Token cascade pattern is dominant: The 3-tier fallback (GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || GITHUB_TOKEN) appears 851 times, providing robust token resolution without hardcoded defaults.
3. GitHub token pair dominates: GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN (3,050) and GITHUB_TOKEN (2,983) together account for ~98% of the top-2 non-MCP token usages, reflecting the expected token cascade pattern.
4. Secrets in outputs — low risk: 3 workflows (smoke-workflow-call-with-inputs, dependabot-worker, smoke-workflow-call) expose values through job outputs: blocks. Review confirms these are safe output IDs (issue/PR/comment numbers), not raw secret values.
5. AI engine API keys are scoped: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (257), OPENAI_API_KEY (79), and CODEX_API_KEY (78) are consistently scoped to individual step env: blocks.

💡 Recommendations

1. Review the 3 outputs: blocks containing secrets context in smoke-workflow-call-with-inputs.lock.yml, dependabot-worker.lock.yml, and smoke-workflow-call.lock.yml to confirm no raw secret values leak into job outputs.
2. Monitor single-use secrets: SLACK_BOT_TOKEN, OPENROUTER_API_KEY, and GH_AW_OTEL_DATADOG_ENDPOINT each appear only once — verify these are intentional one-off uses.
3. Azure credentials (AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_TENANT_ID) each appear only 2 times — consider auditing their specific workflows for proper scoping.

🔑 Top 20 Secrets by Usage

Rank	Secret Name	Occurrences	Category
1	GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN	3,050	GitHub Auth
2	GITHUB_TOKEN	2,983	GitHub Auth
3	GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN	1,289	MCP Auth
4	GH_AW_OTEL_SENTRY_AUTHORIZATION	697	Observability
5	GH_AW_OTEL_SENTRY_ENDPOINT	466	Observability
6	GH_AW_OTEL_GRAFANA_AUTHORIZATION	464	Observability
7	COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN	403	GitHub Auth
8	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	257	AI Engine
9	GH_AW_OTEL_GRAFANA_ENDPOINT	233	Observability
10	OPENAI_API_KEY	79	AI Engine
11	CODEX_API_KEY	78	AI Engine
12	GH_AW_CI_TRIGGER_TOKEN	57	CI/CD
13	GH_AW_SIDE_REPO_PAT	19	GitHub Auth
14	TAVILY_API_KEY	13	AI Tools
15	SENTRY_OPENAI_API_KEY	12	Observability
16	SENTRY_ACCESS_TOKEN	12	Observability
17	GH_AW_AGENT_TOKEN	12	GitHub Auth
18	DD_APP_KEY	10	Observability
19	DD_APPLICATION_KEY	10	Observability
20	GRAFANA_URL	8	Observability

🔍 Low-Usage Secrets (≤5 occurrences)

Secret	Occurrences	Notes
GEMINI_API_KEY	5	AI Engine
BRAVE_API_KEY	4	AI Tools
GH_AW_OTEL_DATADOG_API_KEY	2	Observability
CONTEXT	2	Misc
AZURE_TENANT_ID	2	Cloud Auth
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET	2	Cloud Auth
AZURE_CLIENT_ID	2	Cloud Auth
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN	1	Notifications
OPENROUTER_API_KEY	1	AI Engine
GH_AW_OTEL_DATADOG_ENDPOINT	1	Observability

📖 Reference Documentation

• Specification: scratchpad/secrets-yml.md
• Redaction System: actions/setup/js/redact_secrets.cjs
• Token cascade pattern: used in MCP gateway configuration across all engine types

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Generated: 2026-05-24T17:56:29Z
Workflow Run: §26368567832

Generated by 🔒 Daily Secrets Analysis Agent · sonnet46 1.1M · ◷

• expires on May 27, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC

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Warning

Firewall blocked 6 domains

The following domains were blocked by the firewall during workflow execution:

• accounts.google.com
• android.clients.google.com
• clients2.google.com
• contentautofill.googleapis.com
• safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com
• www.google.com

To allow these domains, add them to the network.allowed list in your workflow frontmatter:

network:
  allowed:
    - defaults
    - "accounts.google.com"
    - "android.clients.google.com"
    - "clients2.google.com"
    - "contentautofill.googleapis.com"
    - "safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com"
    - "www.google.com"

See Network Configuration for more information.

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