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Closes #101

Adds a Secret scan (gitleaks) step to the security-scan job in ci.yml.

  • Uses the gitleaks CLI (not gitleaks-action, which needs an org licence). The v8.30.1 linux_x64 tarball is pinned by version and sha256 (from the release's checksums file) and verified with sha256sum -c before extraction, matching how the repo pins trivy and git-secrets.
  • Runs gitleaks dir . --config .gitleaks.toml --exit-code 1; any finding fails the job, and ci-success already needs security-scan.
  • .gitleaks.toml extends the default rules. The tree has three existing false positives (the pinned git-secrets commit SHA in pre-commit.yml and two test token fixtures). Each allowlist entry matches only its exact literal. An earlier revision also set paths with condition = "AND", which in 8.30.1 skips the whole file and hid a planted token; that is fixed and documented in the config.
  • scripts/test-gitleaks-config.sh (also run in CI right after the scan) plants a PAT-shaped string beside each allowlisted fixture and requires the scan to fail, and checks that the repository tree is clean. Mutation probe: restoring the paths + AND config fails 3 of its 7 checks.

actionlint passes on ci.yml. History scanning is out of scope (7 findings in history would need a baseline).

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  • Security

    • Added automated secret scanning to the continuous integration process.
    • Scans now verify repository contents and fail validation when potential secrets are detected.
    • Added configuration checks to ensure approved test fixtures remain correctly handled.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the changelog with details about the new security scanning and validation coverage.

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  • .github/workflows/ci.yml
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The change adds Gitleaks secret scanning to the CI security-scan job. It adds a Gitleaks configuration and a script that tests the configured allowlists, token detection, and repository tree.

Changes: Gitleaks CI scan

Layer / File(s) Summary
Gitleaks configuration and checks
.gitleaks.toml, scripts/test-gitleaks-config.sh
The configuration enables default rules and allowlists three exact literals. The script checks that the fixtures are allowed, a real-shaped token is detected, and the repository tree scans clean.
CI scan and changelog
.github/workflows/ci.yml, CHANGELOG.md
The security-scan job downloads Gitleaks 8.30.1, verifies its SHA-256 checksum, scans the checkout, and runs the configuration test. The changelog records the CI scan.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CI as security-scan job
  participant Gitleaks as Gitleaks 8.30.1
  participant Config as .gitleaks.toml
  participant Test as test-gitleaks-config.sh
  CI->>Gitleaks: Download release and verify SHA-256
  CI->>Gitleaks: Scan checkout using Config
  CI->>Test: Run configuration checks
  Test->>Gitleaks: Scan fixtures and repository tree
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Suggested reviewers: iamjsd

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to da106

The CI scan can miss a secret containing an approved fixture value. Anchor the allowlists and add an extended-token test; the remaining risk is narrow.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 2

Failed Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #101 has three coding objectives. The PR adds the pinned Gitleaks CI scan, exact-literal configuration, and configuration self-test. The current .pre-commit-config.yaml scans test files and no… Remove the two dead internal/secrets/aws_resolver_httptest_test.go entries from .gitleaksignore, or replace them with valid fingerprints for actual example-credential test files in this repository.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files. (3 skipped: 3 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed
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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a pinned Gitleaks scan to the CI security job.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changed workflow, Gitleaks configuration, self-test script, and changelog entry directly support the CI secret-scanning objectives in issue #101. No unrelated change is demonstrated.
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Explanation

Issue #101 has three coding objectives. The PR adds the pinned Gitleaks CI scan, exact-literal configuration, and configuration self-test. The current .pre-commit-config.yaml scans test files and no longer has the broad _test\\.go$ exclusion. However, the PR does not remove or replace the two dead .gitleaksignore entries. This leaves one acceptance criterion unmet.

Resolution

Remove the two dead internal/secrets/aws_resolver_httptest_test.go entries from .gitleaksignore, or replace them with valid fingerprints for actual example-credential test files in this repository.

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Gate note (claude-cc-libs)

Rebased onto main after the overlapping PRs merged. The only conflict was CHANGELOG.md, resolved by keeping both entries. Excluding CHANGELOG.md, git diff origin/main da10645bda2dd2e85d66c73c1d0112ba6e58b732 is identical to the reviewed 7c2dfbcc69f57226e694ae477fc388d72031c958 diff apart from hunk line numbers. Re-verified on the combined tree: vet and go test -count=1 pass.

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- Line 13: Anchor each of the three allowlist regexes in the gitleaks
configuration with start and end boundaries so only the complete intended
fixture value matches; preserve the literal values and add coverage for a token
with an extra suffix to ensure it is not allowlisted.

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Comment thread .gitleaks.toml Outdated
cristim and others added 3 commits October 20, 2026 22:08
Run the gitleaks CLI (not gitleaks-action, which needs an org licence)
over the checkout in the security-scan job. The v8.30.1 release tarball
is pinned by version and sha256, and .gitleaks.toml extends the default
rules with three file-and-literal-scoped allowlists for existing test
fixtures. Any finding fails the job.

Closes #101

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
In gitleaks 8.30.1 an allowlist with paths and condition = "AND" skips
the whole file, so a real token planted next to a fixture went
undetected. Match only the exact fixture literals, and add
scripts/test-gitleaks-config.sh (run in CI after the scan) which plants a
PAT-shaped string beside each fixture and requires the scan to fail.

Refs #101

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Anchor each allowlist regex with ^...$ so only the exact fixture secret
is suppressed, not a longer token containing it. The self-test now reads
the literals from the config, fails if the config uses paths, condition,
stopwords, commits, targetRules or regexTarget (and proves an injected
key is detected), and checks that a fixture plus a suffix is caught.

Refs #101

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Gate note (claude-cc-libs)

Rebased onto main after the overlapping PRs merged. The only conflict was CHANGELOG.md, resolved by keeping both entries. Excluding CHANGELOG.md, git diff origin/main 7a05fb31bacf66863ccbb65edd7762c5010b363a is identical to the reviewed 5a6967244622994a90a49f781462856c1fa76edb diff apart from hunk line numbers. Re-verified on the combined tree: vet and go test -count=1 pass.

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Merge gate verdict (claude-cc-libs)

Every gate holds at head 7a05fb3:

  • Two independent reviews approve the reviewed head 7a05fb3. The branch was then updated from main, and the PR diff is byte-identical to the reviewed diff (compared mechanically).
  • CI is green on 7a05fb3, which is the reviewed change on top of current main.
  • 0 unresolved threads; MERGEABLE/CLEAN.

CodeRabbit is waived as a merge gate under the 2026-10-19 decision. Squash-merging.

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