REST API endpoints for push protection bypass requests

List bypass requests for secret scanning for an enterprise

List requests to bypass secret scanning push protection in an enterprise.

Delegated bypass must be enabled on repositories in the enterprise and the user must be a bypass reviewer to access this endpoint. Personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an enterprise"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an enterprise"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`organization_name` string The name of the organization to filter on.
`reviewer` string Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who reviewed the bypass request.
`requester` string Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who requested the bypass.
`time_period` string The time period to filter by. For example, `day` will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 24 hours, and `week` will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 7 days (168 hours). Default: `day` Can be one of: `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month`
`request_status` string The status of the bypass request to filter on. When specified, only requests with this status will be returned. Default: `all` Can be one of: `completed`, `cancelled`, `approved`, `expired`, `deleted`, `denied`, `open`, `all`
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an enterprise"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an enterprise"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/bypass-requests/secret-scanning

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/bypass-requests/secret-scanning

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 21,
    "number": 42,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "smile",
      "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
    },
    "organization": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "octo-org"
    },
    "requester": {
      "actor_id": 12,
      "actor_name": "monalisa"
    },
    "request_type": "secret_scanning",
    "data": [
      {
        "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
        "bypass_reason": "used_in_tests",
        "path": "/tests/README.md:16:0",
        "branch": "refs/heads/main"
      }
    ],
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
    "status": "denied",
    "requester_comment": "Test token used in the readme as an example",
    "expires_at": "2024-07-08T08:43:03Z",
    "created_at": "2024-07-01T08:43:03Z",
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "reviewer": {
          "actor_id": 4,
          "actor_name": "octocat"
        },
        "status": "denied",
        "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/1"
  },
  {
    "id": 12,
    "number": 24,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "smile",
      "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
    },
    "organization": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "octo-org"
    },
    "requester": {
      "actor_id": 12,
      "actor_name": "monalisa"
    },
    "request_type": "secret_scanning",
    "data": [
      {
        "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
        "bypass_reason": "fix_later",
        "path": "README.md:17:0",
        "branch": "refs/heads/my-branch"
      }
    ],
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46255555",
    "status": "denied",
    "requester_comment": "Token is already revoked, I'll remove it later",
    "expires_at": "2024-07-08T07:43:03Z",
    "created_at": "2024-07-01T07:43:03Z",
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "reviewer": {
          "actor_id": 4,
          "actor_name": "octocat"
        },
        "status": "denied",
        "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/2"
  }
]

List bypass requests for secret scanning for an org

List requests to bypass secret scanning push protection in an org.

Delegated bypass must be enabled on repositories in the org and the user must be a bypass reviewer to access this endpoint. Personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an org"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read) and "Organization bypass requests for secret scanning" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an org"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`repository_name` string The name of the repository to filter on.
`reviewer` string Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who reviewed the bypass request.
`requester` string Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who requested the bypass.
`time_period` string The time period to filter by. For example, `day` will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 24 hours, and `week` will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 7 days (168 hours). Default: `day` Can be one of: `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month`
`request_status` string The status of the bypass request to filter on. When specified, only requests with this status will be returned. Default: `all` Can be one of: `completed`, `cancelled`, `approved`, `expired`, `deleted`, `denied`, `open`, `all`
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an org"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for an org"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/bypass-requests/secret-scanning

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/bypass-requests/secret-scanning

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 21,
    "number": 42,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "smile",
      "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
    },
    "organization": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "octo-org"
    },
    "requester": {
      "actor_id": 12,
      "actor_name": "monalisa"
    },
    "request_type": "secret_scanning",
    "data": [
      {
        "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
        "bypass_reason": "used_in_tests",
        "path": "/tests/README.md:16:0",
        "branch": "refs/heads/main"
      }
    ],
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
    "status": "denied",
    "requester_comment": "Test token used in the readme as an example",
    "expires_at": "2024-07-08T08:43:03Z",
    "created_at": "2024-07-01T08:43:03Z",
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "reviewer": {
          "actor_id": 4,
          "actor_name": "octocat"
        },
        "status": "denied",
        "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/1"
  },
  {
    "id": 12,
    "number": 24,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "smile",
      "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
    },
    "organization": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "octo-org"
    },
    "requester": {
      "actor_id": 12,
      "actor_name": "monalisa"
    },
    "request_type": "secret_scanning",
    "data": [
      {
        "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
        "bypass_reason": "fix_later",
        "path": "README.md:17:0",
        "branch": "refs/heads/my-branch"
      }
    ],
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46255555",
    "status": "denied",
    "requester_comment": "Token is already revoked, I'll remove it later",
    "expires_at": "2024-07-08T07:43:03Z",
    "created_at": "2024-07-01T07:43:03Z",
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "reviewer": {
          "actor_id": 4,
          "actor_name": "octocat"
        },
        "status": "denied",
        "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/2"
  }
]

List bypass requests for secret scanning for a repository

Lists requests to bypass secret scanning push protection in a repository.

Delegated bypass must be enabled on the repository and the user must be a bypass reviewer to access this endpoint. Personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for a repository"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read) and "Organization bypass requests for secret scanning" organization permissions (read)
"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read) and "Secret scanning push protection bypass requests" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for a repository"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`reviewer` string Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who reviewed the bypass request.
`requester` string Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who requested the bypass.
`time_period` string The time period to filter by. For example, `day` will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 24 hours, and `week` will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 7 days (168 hours). Default: `day` Can be one of: `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month`
`request_status` string The status of the bypass request to filter on. When specified, only requests with this status will be returned. Default: `all` Can be one of: `completed`, `cancelled`, `approved`, `expired`, `deleted`, `denied`, `open`, `all`
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for a repository"

Status code	Description
`200`	A list of the bypass requests.
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples for "List bypass requests for secret scanning for a repository"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/bypass-requests/secret-scanning

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/bypass-requests/secret-scanning

A list of the bypass requests.

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 21,
    "number": 42,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "smile",
      "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
    },
    "organization": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "octo-org"
    },
    "requester": {
      "actor_id": 12,
      "actor_name": "monalisa"
    },
    "request_type": "secret_scanning",
    "data": [
      {
        "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
        "bypass_reason": "used_in_tests",
        "path": "/tests/README.md:16:0",
        "branch": "refs/heads/main"
      }
    ],
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
    "status": "denied",
    "requester_comment": "Test token used in the readme as an example",
    "expires_at": "2024-07-08T08:43:03Z",
    "created_at": "2024-07-01T08:43:03Z",
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "reviewer": {
          "actor_id": 4,
          "actor_name": "octocat"
        },
        "status": "denied",
        "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/1"
  },
  {
    "id": 12,
    "number": 24,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "smile",
      "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
    },
    "organization": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "octo-org"
    },
    "requester": {
      "actor_id": 12,
      "actor_name": "monalisa"
    },
    "request_type": "secret_scanning",
    "data": [
      {
        "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
        "bypass_reason": "fix_later",
        "path": "README.md:17:0",
        "branch": "refs/heads/my-branch"
      }
    ],
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46255555",
    "status": "denied",
    "requester_comment": "Token is already revoked, I'll remove it later",
    "expires_at": "2024-07-08T07:43:03Z",
    "created_at": "2024-07-01T07:43:03Z",
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "reviewer": {
          "actor_id": 4,
          "actor_name": "octocat"
        },
        "status": "denied",
        "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/2"
  }
]

Get a bypass request for secret scanning

Gets a specific request to bypass secret scanning push protection in a repository.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a bypass request for secret scanning"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read) and "Organization bypass requests for secret scanning" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get a bypass request for secret scanning"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`bypass_request_number` integer Required The number that identifies the bypass request in a repository.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a bypass request for secret scanning"

Status code	Description
`200`	A single bypass request.
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples for "Get a bypass request for secret scanning"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/{bypass_request_number}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/BYPASS_REQUEST_NUMBER

A single bypass request.

Status: 200

{
  "id": 21,
  "number": 42,
  "repository": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "smile",
    "full_name": "octo-org/smile"
  },
  "organization": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "octo-org"
  },
  "requester": {
    "actor_id": 12,
    "actor_name": "monalisa"
  },
  "request_type": "secret_scanning",
  "data": [
    {
      "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
      "bypass_reason": "used_in_tests",
      "path": "/tests/README.md:16:0",
      "branch": "refs/heads/main"
    }
  ],
  "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
  "status": "denied",
  "requester_comment": "Test token used in the readme as an example",
  "expires_at": "2024-07-08T08:43:03Z",
  "created_at": "2024-07-01T08:43:03Z",
  "responses": [
    {
      "id": 42,
      "reviewer": {
        "actor_id": 4,
        "actor_name": "octocat"
      },
      "status": "denied",
      "created_at": "2024-07-02T08:43:04Z"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/1"
}

Review a bypass request for secret scanning

Approve or deny a request to bypass secret scanning push protection in a repository.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Review a bypass request for secret scanning"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read) and "Organization bypass requests for secret scanning" organization permissions (write)
"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read) and "Secret scanning push protection bypass requests" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Review a bypass request for secret scanning"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`bypass_request_number` integer Required The number that identifies the bypass request in a repository.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`status` string Required The review action to perform on the bypass request. Can be one of: `approve`, `reject`
`message` string Required A message to include with the review. Has a maximum character length of 2048.

HTTP response status codes for "Review a bypass request for secret scanning"

Status code	Description
`200`	The review of the bypass request.
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples for "Review a bypass request for secret scanning"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/{bypass_request_number}

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/bypass-requests/secret-scanning/BYPASS_REQUEST_NUMBER \
  -d '{"status":"reject","message":"This secret has not been revoked."}'

The review of the bypass request.

Status: 200

{
  "bypass_review_id": 1
}

Dismiss a response on a bypass request for secret scanning

Dissmiss a response given to a bypass request for secret scanning push protection in a repository.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Dismiss a response on a bypass request for secret scanning"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Secret scanning alerts" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Dismiss a response on a bypass request for secret scanning"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`bypass_response_id` integer Required ID of the bypass response.

HTTP response status codes for "Dismiss a response on a bypass request for secret scanning"

Status code	Description
`204`	Review was successfully dismissed.
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples for "Dismiss a response on a bypass request for secret scanning"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/bypass-responses/secret-scanning/{bypass_response_id}

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/bypass-responses/secret-scanning/BYPASS_RESPONSE_ID

Review was successfully dismissed.

Status: 204