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diff --git a/data/deprecations/14-8-secret-detection-configurations.yml b/data/deprecations/14-8-secret-detection-configurations.yml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f9103c1cea3 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/deprecations/14-8-secret-detection-configurations.yml @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +- name: "Secret Detection configuration variables deprecated" + announcement_milestone: "14.8" + announcement_date: "2022-02-22" + removal_milestone: "15.0" + removal_date: "2022-05-22" + breaking_change: false + reporter: connorgilbert + body: | # Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below. + To make it simpler and more reliable to [customize GitLab Secret Detection](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/secret_detection/#customizing-settings), we're deprecating some of the variables that you could previously set in your CI/CD configuration. + + The following variables currently allow you to customize the options for historical scanning, but interact poorly with the [GitLab-managed CI/CD template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Secret-Detection.gitlab-ci.yml) and are now deprecated: + + - `SECRET_DETECTION_COMMIT_FROM` + - `SECRET_DETECTION_COMMIT_TO` + - `SECRET_DETECTION_COMMITS` + - `SECRET_DETECTION_COMMITS_FILE` + + The `SECRET_DETECTION_ENTROPY_LEVEL` previously allowed you to configure rules that only considered the entropy level of strings in your codebase, and is now deprecated. + This type of entropy-only rule created an unacceptable number of incorrect results (false positives) and is no longer supported. + + In GitLab 15.0, we'll update the Secret Detection [analyzer](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/terminology/#analyzer) to ignore these deprecated options. + You'll still be able to configure historical scanning of your commit history by setting the [`SECRET_DETECTION_HISTORIC_SCAN` CI/CD variable](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/secret_detection/#available-cicd-variables). + + For further details, see [the deprecation issue for this change](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352565). +# The following items are not published on the docs page, but may be used in the future. + stage: Secure + tiers: [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate] + issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352565 |