--- title: Clearer names for secret scanning detector types | daily.dev description: GitHub is renaming two secret scanning detector types for clarity: 'Non-provider patterns' becomes 'Generic patterns', and 'Copilot secret scanning' becomes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/clearer-names-for-secret-scanning-detector-types-whkjm8xi4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Clearer names for secret scanning detector types | daily.dev og:description: GitHub is renaming two secret scanning detector types for clarity: 'Non-provider patterns' becomes 'Generic patterns', and 'Copilot secret scanning' becomes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/clearer-names-for-secret-scanning-detector-types-whkjm8xi4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/whKJM8XI4.png og:image:alt: Clearer names for secret scanning detector types og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Clearer names for secret scanning detector types **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub is renaming two secret scanning detector types for clarity: 'Non-provider patterns' becomes 'Generic patterns', and 'Copilot secret scanning' becomes 'AI-detected secrets'. This is purely a terminology change with no impact on detection behavior, webhook events, audit log events, or the REST API. The update also clarifies the distinction between pattern-based detection (using regex and entropy analysis) and AI-based detection (using a model to find unstructured secrets like passwords). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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