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• Add ssh.bitbucket.org as remote for the Bitbucket platform

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#460 · Opened Nov 6, 2026

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• Homebrew Cask install/update produces a deprecation warning

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#459 · Opened Nov 6, 2026

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• Plain files with gzip suffixes fail strict archive scanning

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#449 · Opened Nov 2, 2026

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• `gh release download` fails on GitHub-hosted runners: "betterleaks organization has an IP allow list enabled"

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#448 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 2, 2026

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• .betterleaksignore file not used when scanning in gitlab mode

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#425 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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• Support examples & negative_examples in toml schema

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#419 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2026

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• `betterleaks git` fails on Windows

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#388 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 5, 2026

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• Unable to detect secrets introduced during merge

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#386 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 5, 2026

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• False positive in pnpm-lock.yaml

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#384 · Opened Oct 5, 2026

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• v1.9.0 exits 0 on config-load failure (FTL unable to load config), so CI reads a crashed scan as clean

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#383 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 4, 2026

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• Keys followed by sentence punctuation are missed

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#380 · Opened Oct 2, 2026

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• v2: no warning that flag doesn't work before command

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#365 · Opened Sep 21, 2026

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• [validation] Incorrect token-type and response handling in 10 GitHub, GitLab, and Artifactory rules

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#362 · Opened Sep 16, 2026

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• Exit code 1 means both "findings" and "tool error", so callers can't tell a leak from a broken scan

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#347 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2026

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• Error when a file is not physically present but referenced in the git database

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#342 · Opened Sep 3, 2026

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• New output doesn't include the fingerprint

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#341 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 3, 2026

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• Large number of false positives from generic-api-key when scanning AWS CDK cdk.out

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#340 · Opened Sep 2, 2026

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• git source: multi-part rules never satisfied when the component falls outside the changed lines (git log -p -U0)

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#335 · Opened Aug 31, 2026

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• Add support for `pragma: allowlist`

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#333 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 27, 2026

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• Application crash/error

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#331 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2026

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• Support Artifactory as a source

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#329 · Opened Aug 26, 2026

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• generic-credential-uri misses connection URLs that include a driver

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#320 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 24, 2026

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• Add field with original undecoded string detected as secret after decoding

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#315 · Opened Aug 21, 2026

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• SOPS keys are tagged as "generic-password"

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#309 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2026

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• Have a guide for people migrating from gitleaks

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#280 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2026

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• Generic password detection has false negatives when generated passwords contain stopwords

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#261 · Opened Jul 22, 2026

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• Support for GCS Sources

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#252 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 17, 2026

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• Add a mode to scan staged, unstaged, and untracked files in one pass (respecting .gitignore)

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#239 · Opened Jul 13, 2026

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• Add support for docker image source

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#220 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 30, 2026

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• Feature request: Include command to revoke a secret (where supported)

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#212 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 23, 2026

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• Feature request: reverify individual secrets given a known provider

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#211 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 23, 2026

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• Question: Usable for redacting?

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#210 · Opened Jun 23, 2026

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• Handling Rust/Cargo package manager files

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#208 · Opened Jun 22, 2026

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• stdlib faster in some cases ?

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#200 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 11, 2026

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• Update Code of Conduct w/ LLM disclosure requirements

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#187 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 8, 2026

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• betterleaks does not work in a git submodule

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#170 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 7, 2026

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• Coding Agent Hooks

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#168 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 6, 2026

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• Rule "generic-api-key" does not detect secret with special characters

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#160 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 3, 2026

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• Add option to ignore `attributes` in verbose mode

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#151 · 1 assignee · Opened May 26, 2026

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• kubernetes-secret-yaml false positive on ExternalSecret manifests that embed templated kind: Secret resources

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#141 · Opened May 20, 2026

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• Publish Docker image to additional container registries

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#105 · Opened Apr 24, 2026

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• DetectSource should reset per-scan state when a Detector is reused

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#86 · Opened Apr 9, 2026

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• dir file targets should inherit parent config/ignore files and skip the loaded config file

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#87 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 9, 2026

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• Add an alternative package manager

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#75 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2026

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• Use as a library for in-memory scanning?

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#73 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 26, 2026

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• Should deps be vendored?

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#52 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 17, 2026

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• Split OpenAI keys into separate rules

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#51 · Opened Mar 17, 2026

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• Suggestion: distribute betterleaks via PyPI

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#46 · 9 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Mar 13, 2026

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• Betterleaks GitHub Action

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#39 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Mar 10, 2026

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• Rule specificity (TODO)

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  betterleaks/betterleaks#25 · Opened Feb 26, 2026

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