# gitleaks v8.29.0

- Product: gitleaks (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitleaks)
- Vendor: Zachary Rice
- Date: 2025-11-04
- Version: v8.29.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/releases/tag/v8.29.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitleaks/releases/v8.29.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add trace log for skipped archive file when not enabled
- **changed** — Respect contexts with timeouts
- **changed** — Config min version
- **fixed** — Validate rules when extend is used
- **added** — Add Amazon Bedrock API key detection
- **changed** — Improve regex to detect Sonar tokens with prefixes

##### Changelog
* ed65b65 Add trace log for skipped archive file when not enabled (#1961)
* c5ccbb9 Respect contexts with timeouts (#1948)
* 3821f30 Config min version (#1955)
* d223718 fix(config): validate rules when [extend] is used (#1592)
* 87d9629 feat: add Amazon Bedrock API key detection (#1935)
* 228396b Add GitHub Sponsors section and Discord link
* a82bc53 feat: improve regex  to detect Sonar tokens with prefixes (#1931)