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
- Enabling delegated alert dismissal for Dependabot
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
- Dependabot 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
Примечание.
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, click your profile picture.
- Depending on your environment, click Enterprise, or click Enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.
- 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
- Dependabot 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.