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Code security / Secret scanning / Manage alerts /

Evaluating alerts from secret scanning

Applies to GitHub tokens only. For more information, see Checking a secret's validity. Review a token's metadata. Applies to GitHub tokens only. For example

Apps / Creating GitHub Apps / Authenticate with a GitHub App /

Authenticating as a GitHub App

authenticate as a GitHub App in order to generate an installation access token or manage your app. About authentication as a GitHub App You must authenticate

GitHub Packages / Managing GitHub packages with workflows /

Publishing and installing a package with GitHub Actions

permissions, if your GitHub Actions workflow is using a personal access token to authenticate to a registry, we highly recommend you update your workflow

Code security / CodeQL CLI / Getting started /

Uploading CodeQL analysis results to GitHub

Generating a token for authentication with GitHub Before you can upload your results to GitHub, you will first need to generate a personal access token. Personal

Apps / Creating GitHub Apps / About creating GitHub Apps /

Deciding when to build a GitHub App

App in the following scenarios, instead of an OAuth app, personal access token, or GitHub Actions. Using a GitHub App instead of an OAuth app In general

GitHub Copilot / Troubleshooting /

Troubleshooting common issues with GitHub Copilot

error connecting to the GitHub API to request a token to use GitHub Copilot. To request another token from api.github.com, try signing in and out of GitHub

GitHub Issues / Projects / Automating projects /

Automating Projects using Actions

GitHub App (recommended for organization projects) or a personal access token (recommended for user projects). Workflow examples for both approaches are

GitHub Actions / Self-hosted runners / Actions Runner Controller /

Authenticating to the GitHub API

(ARC) to the GitHub API by using a GitHub App or by using a personal access token (classic). Note You cannot authenticate using a GitHub App for runners at

Code security / Code scanning / Integrate with code scanning /

Using code scanning with your existing CI system

CodeQL queries. Generating a token for authentication with GitHub Each CI server needs a GitHub App or personal access token to use to upload results to

Apps / OAuth apps / Building OAuth apps /

Best practices for creating an OAuth app

control over which repositories the app can access, and use short-lived tokens. These properties can harden the security of your app by limiting the damage