--- title: Secret scanning improvements to alert APIs, webhooks,... description: GitHub is rolling out several improvements to its secret scanning features. New additions include an `exclude_secret_types` query parameter for the REST API,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/secret-scanning-improvements-to-alert-apis-webhooks-and-delegated-workflows-n6rf0j1vg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Secret scanning improvements to alert APIs, webhooks, and delegated workflows | daily.dev og:description: GitHub is rolling out several improvements to its secret scanning features. New additions include an `exclude_secret_types` query parameter for the REST API,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/secret-scanning-improvements-to-alert-apis-webhooks-and-delegated-workflows-n6rf0j1vg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n6rf0J1Vg.png og:image:alt: Secret scanning improvements to alert APIs, webhooks, and delegated workflows 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. # Secret scanning improvements to alert APIs, webhooks, and delegated workflows **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub is rolling out several improvements to its secret scanning features. New additions include an `exclude_secret_types` query parameter for the REST API, allowing exclusion-based filtering across repo, org, and enterprise alert endpoints. Alert location payloads now include an `html_url` field for direct browser-accessible links in both the API and webhooks. Delegated bypass email notifications now show expiry deadlines for reviewers and send confirmation emails to developers who submit dismissal requests. Three new fields (`closure_request_comment`, `closure_request_reviewer_comment`, `closure_request_reviewer`) are added to alert payloads for delegated closures. A bug fix ensures `resolution_comment` is no longer null when alerts are closed via delegated approval. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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