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Current verified version8.30.1

Verified 2026-08-23 from Gitleaks GitHub releases.

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15 stable release records

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  1. 8.30.1v8.30.1

    83d9cd684c87d95d656c1458ef04895a7f1cbd8e update goreleaser

    removal
    Official release ↗
  2. 8.30.0v8.30.0

    6eaad03 0 to 5 - notes on recursive decoding (#1994)

    feature
    Official release ↗
  3. 8.29.1v8.29.1

    50493db feat: document stdout report path (#1990)

    Official release ↗
  4. 8.29.0v8.29.0

    ed65b65 Add trace log for skipped archive file when not enabled (#1961)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  5. 8.28.0v8.28.0

    b1c9c7e Composite rules (#1905)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  6. 8.27.2v8.27.2

    c7acf33 Merge branch 'master' of github.com:gitleaks/gitleaks

    feature
    Official release ↗
  7. 8.27.1v8.27.1

    80468ef Merge branch 'master' of github.com:gitleaks/gitleaks

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  8. 8.27.0v8.27.0

    782f310 Archive support (#1872)

    feature
    Official release ↗
  9. 8.26.0v8.26.0

    78eebac Percent/URL Decoding Support (#1831)

    removalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  10. 8.25.1v8.25.1

    d1c7759 fix(detect): test all allowlists (#1845)

    fix
    Official release ↗
  11. 8.25.0v8.25.0

    4451b45 feat(config): define multiple global allowlists (#1777) (cause for the minor bump change)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  12. 8.24.3v8.24.3

    107a418 Add support for GitLab Runner Tokens (Routable) (#1820)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  13. 8.24.2v8.24.2

    Fix `platform` flag being ignored with `gitleaks detect` by @rgmz in https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/pull/1765

    securityfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  14. 8.24.0v8.24.0

    c2afd56 Make paths and fingerprints platform-agnostic (#1622)

    feature
    Official release ↗
  15. 8.23.3v8.23.3

    3188ad6 Don't exit with error if git repacking is required (#1711)

    fix
    Official release ↗

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