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# Encrypted secrets

Encrypted secrets allow you to store sensitive information in your organization or repository.
Secrets are available on Gitea 1.19+.

# Naming your secrets

The following rules apply to secret names:

Secret names can only contain alphanumeric characters (`[a-z]`, `[A-Z]`, `[0-9]`) or underscores (`_`). Spaces are not allowed.

Secret names must not start with the `GITHUB_` and `GITEA_` prefix.

Secret names must not start with a number.

Secret names are not case-sensitive.

Secret names must be unique at the level they are created at.

For example, a secret created at the repository level must have a unique name in that repository, and a secret created at the organization level must have a unique name at that level.

If a secret with the same name exists at multiple levels, the secret at the lowest level takes precedence. For example, if an organization-level secret has the same name as a repository-level secret, then the repository-level secret takes precedence.