GitHub extends secret push protection with ModernBERT
What happened
In an October 8 blog post, GitHub argues secret protection has to keep pace with code growth. From Q2 2024 to Q2 2026, pushes screened grew to 2.84 times the original volume and pushes carrying credentials grew to 2.59 times, while the share of pushes with a detected secret showed no statistically detectable trend. GitHub has now wired a new ModernBERT classifier into push protection to catch secrets that have no fixed pattern, extending coverage to unstructured secrets.
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- GitHub Blog · AI & MLPickGitHub says secret protection has to scale with software
GitHub argues secret protection should keep pace with code growth and wired a new ModernBERT classifier into push protection to catch secrets without fixed patterns. From Q2 2024 to Q2 2026, screened pushes grew to 2.84 times and pushes carrying credentials grew to 2.59 times, while the share of pushes with a detected secret showed no statistically detectable trend.
Heat over time
Not enough continuous observations to draw a trend yet.