Prerequisites
To receive and manage alert dismissal requests, you need to enable delegated alert dismissal. For an introduction to delegated alert dismissal and enablement instructions for specific features, see:
- Enabling delegated alert dismissal for code scanning
- Enabling delegated alert dismissal for secret scanning
Reviewing requests for an organization
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On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the organization.
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Under your organization name, click Security.

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In the "Requests" section of the sidebar, click any of the following options to review alert dismissal requests for the relevant feature:
- Secret scanning alert dismissal
- Code scanning alert dismissal
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Optionally, to filter requests by source repository, reviewer, requester, timeframe, or status, use the dropdown menus at the top of the list of requests.
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Click the request you want to review.
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Read the contents of the alert, as well as the requester's reasoning for the dismissal request.
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Next to the dismissal request in the alert timeline, click Review request.
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Provide any comments for the requester in the text box, then select either Deny request or Approve request.
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Click Submit review.
Reviewing requests across your enterprise
Nota:
To review an alert dismissal request at the enterprise level, you must be an organization owner or security manager for the source organization, or be granted the necessary permissions through a custom role.
- In the top-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, click your profile picture, then click Enterprise settings.
- At the top of the page, click Security.
- In the "Requests" section of the sidebar, click any of the following options to review alert dismissal requests for the relevant feature:
- Secret scanning alert dismissal
- Code scanning alert dismissal
- Optionally, to filter requests by source organization, reviewer, requester, timeframe, or status, use the dropdown menus at the top of the list of requests.
- Click the request you want to review.
- Read the contents of the alert, as well as the requester's reasoning for the dismissal request.
- Next to the dismissal request in the alert timeline, click Review request.
- Provide any comments for the requester in the text box, then select either Deny request or Approve request.
- Click Submit review.