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CI/CD security gates: from local signal to shared gate.

See how CI/CD security gates fits local review, which evidence Code Radar produces, where coverage ends, and how trusted findings move into CI.

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What CI/CD security gates means here.

For code review in cicd, start with a local scan, inspect the finding evidence, repair the change, and promote only trusted signals into a shared pull-request gate.

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Evidence to inspect

Use “CI/CD security gates: from local signal to shared gate.” as the scope for this decision: verify the input, finding detail, workflow handoff, and product boundary before you install or buy.

CriterionEvidence to inspectBoundary
Input scopeSelected files, configuration, scan mode, and enabled rules.Only included paths and configured checks are evaluated.
Finding detailFile, line, rule ID, severity, explanation, and repair direction.Illustrative output is not a result from your repository.
Workflow handoffLocal result, report format, agent context, and optional CI signal.Enable exports or CI only when the workflow needs them.
Decision fitUse the same criteria on a real repository before choosing a plan or tool.No universal winner or guaranteed outcome is claimed.
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Coverage and concrete signals

SARIF upload, severity thresholds, reviewer-visible annotations, and a small gate that teams can explain.

  • Audience: Engineering teams turning trusted local findings into a repeatable pull-request policy.
  • Evidence to inspect before you trust the result.: The same finding identifiers locally and in GitHub Actions, with explicit fail-on behavior and artifacts.
  • Boundary: A CI gate is only as useful as the rules and threshold the team has validated on representative code.
  • Workflow: SARIF · fail-on threshold · PR annotations · GitHub Actions
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From local signal to shared gate.

CI/CD security gates: Use the smallest workflow that proves value. Each later step should reuse evidence the team already understands. The same finding identifiers locally and in GitHub Actions, with explicit fail-on behavior and artifacts.

StepCommand or actionDecision
1Run a quick local scanIs the signal useful?
2Inspect and repair findingsIs the fix specific and reproducible?
3Export portable evidenceDoes the reviewer need SARIF, JSON, or HTML?
4Promote the trusted threshold to CIWhich severity should block a pull request?
radar scan . --quick
radar scan . --format sarif --fail-on high
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Apply this page’s evidence to one real repository. For “CI/CD security gates: from local signal to shared gate.”, confirm which finding is produced, whether the proposed next step is reproducible, and where local scanning, reports, agents, or CI should stop or expand.

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