[daily secrets] Daily Secrets Analysis Report - 2026-09-24

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🔐 Daily Secrets Analysis Report

Date: 2026-09-24
Workflow Files Analyzed: 298
Run: #36035850469

📊 Executive Summary

• Total Secret References: 10,274 (secrets.*)
• GitHub Token References: 1,919 (github.token)
• Unique Secret Types: 42
• Usage Location: 4,544 references confirmed at step-level env: blocks (job-level env-block heuristic detected none — usage remains concentrated at the step level, consistent with prior days)

🛡️ Security Posture

✅ Redaction System: 298/298 workflows have redaction steps (100%)
✅ Token Cascades: 1,012 instances of fallback chains (GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN)
✅ Permission Blocks: 298 explicit permission definitions (1 per workflow — full coverage)
✅ Template Injection Check: TestCompiledLockFiles_NoGitHubEventExpressionsInRunScripts — PASSED, no direct github.event.* interpolation found in run: scripts
✅ Secrets-in-Outputs Check: TestCompiledLockFiles_NoSecretsInOutputs — PASSED, no secrets exposed via job outputs

🎯 Key Findings

1. GITHUB_TOKEN dominates usage: secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN (5,325) and secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN (4,544) together account for ~86% of all secret references, the same dominant pattern as previous days.
2. Full redaction coverage maintained: All 298 compiled workflows include a redact_secrets step — no regression from the prior 299/299 baseline.
3. Workflow count dipped slightly: 298 lock files today vs 299 on 2026-09-23 (−1), with total secret references down 42 (10,316 → 10,274) and token-cascade usages down 3 (1,015 → 1,012) — consistent with a minor net removal/consolidation of one workflow rather than any security regression.
4. github.token references ticked up slightly: 1,919 vs 1,917 (+2), a negligible change.
5. Observability and provider-key secrets remain scoped: OpenTelemetry secrets (Sentry/Grafana) and provider API keys (OPENAI_API_KEY, CODEX_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, etc.) show usage counts in line with prior days, with none appearing in outputs or run-script interpolation per the automated checks.

💡 Recommendations

1. Investigate the workflow-count delta: Confirm whether the −1 lock-file count reflects an intentional removal/merge of a workflow rather than a compile drop; verify against recent commits/PRs touching .github/workflows/.
2. Continue enforcing automated checks in CI: Both TestCompiledLockFiles_NoGitHubEventExpressionsInRunScripts and TestCompiledLockFiles_NoSecretsInOutputs passed cleanly again today — keep these gating merges.
3. Periodically audit long-tail secrets: Several provider secrets have very low usage counts (e.g., GH_AW_SIDE_REPO_PAT: 24); confirm these remain scoped to the minimal set of workflows that require them.

🔑 Top 15 Secrets by Usage

Rank	Secret Name	Occurrences
1	GITHUB_TOKEN	5,325
2	GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN	4,544
3	GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN	1,940
4	GH_AW_OTEL_SENTRY_AUTHORIZATION	741
5	COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN	524
6	GH_AW_OTEL_SENTRY_ENDPOINT	495
7	GH_AW_OTEL_GRAFANA_AUTHORIZATION	493
8	OPENAI_API_KEY	398
9	CODEX_API_KEY	397
10	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	250
11	GH_AW_OTEL_GRAFANA_ENDPOINT	247
12	GH_AW_DEFAULT_OTLP_HEADERS	102
13	GH_AW_DEFAULT_OTLP_ENDPOINT	102
14	GH_AW_CI_TRIGGER_TOKEN	70
15	GH_AW_SIDE_REPO_PAT	24

📈 Trends (vs. 2026-09-23 report, #62996)

Metric	2026-09-23	2026-09-24	Δ
Workflow files	299	298	−1
Total secret references	10,316	10,274	−42
github.token references	1,917	1,919	+2
Unique secret types	43	42	−1
Redaction coverage	299/299 (100%)	298/298 (100%)	no change
Token cascade usages	1,015	1,012	−3

No new secret types were introduced, and no secret types were removed relative to yesterday's count decrease being attributable to one fewer distinct name observed in the scan (likely tied to the −1 workflow count) rather than a deliberate removal of a secret category.

📖 Reference Documentation

For detailed information about secret usage patterns, see:

• Specification: scratchpad/secrets-yml.md
• Redaction System: actions/setup/js/redact_secrets.cjs

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Generated: 2026-09-24 17:45 UTC
Workflow: #36035850469

Warning

Firewall blocked 4 domains

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

• o205451.ingest.us.sentry.io
• proxy.golang.org
• storage.googleapis.com
• sum.golang.org

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

network:
  allowed:
    - defaults
    - "o205451.ingest.us.sentry.io"
    - "proxy.golang.org"
    - "storage.googleapis.com"
    - "sum.golang.org"

See Network Configuration for more information.

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