Exam GitHub-Advanced-Security Topic 1 Question 20 Discussion

Actual exam question for GitHub's GitHub-Advanced-Security exam
Question #: 20
Topic #: 1
Which patterns are secret scanning validity checks available to?

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Validity checks- where GitHub verifies if a secret is still active - are available forpartner patternsonly.
These are secrets issued by GitHub's trusted partners (like AWS, Slack, etc.) and have APIs for GitHub to validate token activity status.
Custom patterns and high entropy patterns donotsupport automated validity checks.

by Levi at Oct 29, 2025, 08:11 AM

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