An API security scanning checklist built around authorization
Move beyond endpoint counts with a scoped test plan for identities, object ownership, resource limits, and reproducible fixes.
The Scan Log / Reading thread
Repository security
Source-level review and interface-level testing answer related but distinct questions. This collection connects Git repository findings with the behavior of APIs built from that code.
The repository guide separates secrets, program-analysis results, and dependency context. The API checklist adds the runtime view of identities, object ownership, and expected denials in an authorized test environment. A useful repair process can require both: a code change and evidence that the intended boundary now behaves correctly.
Read these guides when designing pull-request feedback, investigating a repeated finding, or setting a completion condition for a security task. Preserve the repository state, the test fixture, and the relevant ownership information. Closing an alert is not automatically the same as revoking a credential, updating a deployed dependency, or verifying an authorization repair, so make the required outcome explicit.
Git repo scanning: secrets, history, and dependencies need different checks
Build a repository review process that distinguishes finding types and turns a scan alert into a verified repair.