Reopen a security alert

Open a dismissed alert again.

POST/repos/{owner}/{name}/security/alerts/{id}/reopen

A reopened secret stops pushes that carry it again. The same roles as dismissing: Admin for a secret, Write for a dependency. Returns the alert as it is now.

The alert is open again, and a reopened secret stops pushes that carry it. The same roles as dismissing: Admin for a secret, Write for a dependency.

Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
MCP tool: repository with action reopen_alert, and the same inputs
Scope: An access token needs repo:admin.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
`name`	string	Yes	The repository’s name.
`id`	string	Yes	The alert’s id, from `list_security_alerts`: sec_… for a secret, vul_… for a dependency.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/security/alerts/sec_01kp4a7b2c3d4e5f6g7h8j9k0m/reopen \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "kind": "secret",
  "id": "sec_01kp4a7b2c3d4e5f6g7h8j9k0m",
  "state": "open",
  "secret_type": "aws_access_key",
  "label": "an AWS access key",
  "path": "test/fixtures/aws.env",
  "line": 3,
  "commit": "9f2c1e04b7d3a8e6f5c2b1a0d9e8f7c6b5a4d3e2",
  "preview": "AKIA…MPLE",
  "status": "open",
  "source": "history",
  "test_value": "the documented example key",
  "found_by": null,
  "found_at": "2026-10-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "dismissed_reason": null,
  "dismissed_comment": null,
  "dismissed_by": null,
  "dismissed_at": null
}

Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See errors.

Status	Code	When
401	`unauthenticated`	A token is required, or the one sent is not valid.
403	`forbidden`	The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository.
404	`not_found`	It does not exist, or you cannot see it.
409	`conflict`	The request conflicts with the current state.
422	`invalid`	The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why.