---
title: "GitHub Secret scanning audit log business field changes to enterprise slug: 2026-11-12 | Harbyn"
description: "GitHub Secret scanning audit log business field changes to enterprise slug, effective Nov 12, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning-7"
last-updated: 2026-10-25
---

# GitHub Secret scanning audit log business field changes to enterprise slug

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning-7>.

Behavior change - GitHub. medium severity. Announced. Upcoming.

On November 12, 2026, business changes from enterprise display name to slug in affected secret\_scanning\_alert.\* and secret\_scanning\_push\_protection.bypass audit events. Integrations filtering on display names should accept both formats or use business\_id before rollout. Event names, field type and numeric business\_id values remain unchanged.

18 days left: the deadline is Nov 12, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [GitHub](https://harbyn.com/vendors/github.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | medium |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Effective | Nov 12, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 25, 2026 |
| Lead time | 18 days of warning |
| Symbols | `secret_scanning_push_protection.bypass` |
| Vendor page | <https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses GitHub, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://github.blog/changelog/feed/> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-21 14:31 UTC, sha256 `53b365303c942fee23a6f670d1a1fb27530d96018bd40717a61a78ef7d38d365`)

## Related changes

### More from GitHub

- [Dismissal-request webhooks include request number](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 20, 2026)
- [Custom pattern alerts remain open after matching rescans](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning-3.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 20, 2026)
- [Bypass-request API responses and webhooks include corrected metadata](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning-4.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 20, 2026)
- [Delegated bypass push and reviewer configuration errors fixed](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning-5.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 20, 2026)

### Changes at other vendors

- [Amazon Selling Partner API: ORDER\_CHANGE notifications add PreFulfillmentStatusChange for Amazon Autos](https://harbyn.com/changes/amazon-sp-api/2026-10-14-sp-api-updates-new-listings-items-api-ivp-values-in-eu5-jp-and-ca-stores-oct-3.md) (effective Oct 28, 2026)
- [BigCommerce: 301 redirects will apply only to storefront channels](https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-07-301-redirects-now-apply-to-storefront-channels-only.md) (effective Nov 10, 2026)
- [Jira / Atlassian Cloud: New IP address ranges in use from January 1, 2027](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-10-16-atlassian-cloud-adds-new-ip-address-ranges.md) (effective Jan 1, 2027)
- [Let's Encrypt: Default certificate lifetime changes to 64 days](https://harbyn.com/changes/letsencrypt/2026-10-07-64-day-certificate-lifetimes-coming-feb-2027.md) (effective Feb 10, 2027)

[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)
