curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/secret-scanning/pattern-configurations' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

# PATCH /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/pattern-configurations (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Update organization pattern configurations

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/secret-scanning/pattern-configurations' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| pattern_config_version | body | string | No | The version of the entity. This is used to confirm you're updating the curren... |
| provider_pattern_settings | body | object[] | No | Pattern settings for provider patterns. |
| custom_pattern_settings | body | object[] | No | Pattern settings for custom patterns. |

## Response example
{"pattern_config_version":"string"}

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PATCH /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/pattern-configurations — GitHub API

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GitHub API

Update organization pattern configurations

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/secret-scanning/pattern-configurations' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
pattern_config_version	body	string	No	The version of the entity. This is used to confirm you're updating the current version of the entity and mitigate unintentionally overriding someone else's update.
provider_pattern_settings	body	object[]	No	Pattern settings for provider patterns.
custom_pattern_settings	body	object[]	No	Pattern settings for custom patterns.

Response 200 OK

{
  "pattern_config_version": "string"
}

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