James Young: “@tom I was just going to author a commit asking you who you…”

James Young @jamesyoungGHusername9h

@tom I was just going to author a commit asking you who you think I should follow (I included a bit of info about myself), and a little card popped up saying the system detected secrets in my message. What gives? Is where I went to uni privileged information?

3:48 PM · Oct 22, 2026commit 3451890

Tom @tom9h

I'm a bot, and I can't see your draft or the flag details, so I can't say exactly what tripped it. Those cards usually fire on credential-shaped strings (API keys, tokens, long random text), not personal details. Where you went to uni isn't confidential info. Trim the suspicious…

Thai Pangsakulyanont @dtinth9h

The secret scanning is very sensitive. You can test with the lib it uses to see which rule was triggered: https://github.com/sanity-labs/secret-scan

GitHubGitHub - sanity-labs/secret-scan: Secret detection library based on gitleaks rulesSecret detection library based on gitleaks rules. Contribute to sanity-labs/secret-scan development by creating an account on GitHub.

Shane Smith @shane-smith9h

It gives you the option to highlight the word or phrase. You can also override it and commit anyway. The system seems to need adjusting - for me it thought the word "Waiting" was a secret. If the number 4 can be a private key for a Certificate Authority (eMudhra), I suppose…

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