@@ -19,11 +19,26 @@
 
 SECRET_PATTERNS = [
     (r"-----BEGIN [A-Z ]*PRIVATE KEY-----", "private-key-material"),
-    (r"(?i)(api[_-]?key|apikey)\s*[:=]\s*['\"]?[A-Za-z0-9._~+/-]{8,}", "possible-api-key"),
-    (r"(?i)(password|passwd)\s*[:=]\s*['\"]?[^'\"\s]+", "possible-password"),
+    # Quoted assignments only. Bare code (`self.api_key = lookup(...)`) and
+    # unquoted env lines (`API_KEY= SOME_VAR`) are noise; pasted secrets are
+    # almost always quoted. Committed `.env` files are caught separately by
+    # is_forbidden_tracked, so recall on real leaks is preserved.
+    (r"(?i)(api[_-]?key|apikey)\s*[:=]\s*['\"][^'\"]{3,}['\"]", "possible-api-key"),
+    (r"(?i)(password|passwd)\s*[:=]\s*['\"][^'\"]{3,}['\"]", "possible-password"),
 ]
 SEVERITY_RANK = {"blocking": 0, "should-fix": 1, "nit": 2}
 
+# Secret-pattern hits under these paths are overwhelmingly fixtures/docs, not
+# leaks. Downgraded to nit so real findings sort first; fingerprints stay
+# stable so reruns still dedupe.
+LOW_RISK_DIRS = ("tests/", "docs/")
+LOW_RISK_SUFFIXES = (".yml", ".yaml", ".md")
+
+
+def is_low_risk_path(rel: str) -> bool:
+    """True for fixture/doc/config paths where quoted hits are usually noise."""
+    return rel.startswith(LOW_RISK_DIRS) or rel.endswith(LOW_RISK_SUFFIXES)
+
 # Exact tracked paths that must never be committed (values, not templates).
 # Note: `.env.example` is an intentionally tracked template and must NOT match.
 FORBIDDEN_TRACKED = (".env", "config.json", "opencode.json")
@@ -105,10 +120,12 @@ def scan_worktree(max_files: int = 400) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
         # One finding per (rule, file): fingerprints differ by slug so coexisting
         # rules on the same file each get their own stable id.
         reported_rules: set[str] = set()
+        low_risk = is_low_risk_path(rel)
         for i, line in enumerate(text.splitlines(), 1):
             for pattern, rule in SECRET_PATTERNS:
                 if rule not in reported_rules and re.search(pattern, line):
-                    findings.append(_finding(rule, rel, "blocking", "[REDACTED line]", i))
+                    severity = "nit" if low_risk else "blocking"
+                    findings.append(_finding(rule, rel, severity, "[REDACTED line]", i))
                     reported_rules.add(rule)
     findings.sort(key=lambda d: (SEVERITY_RANK.get(d["severity"], 9), d["fingerprint"]))
     return findings
 
@@ -327,6 +327,50 @@ def test_fingerprint_stable(self):
         self.assertEqual(fingerprint("slug", "a/b.ts"), fingerprint("slug", "a/b.ts"))
         self.assertTrue(fingerprint("slug", "a/b.ts").startswith("opencode2api-scan:"))
 
+    def test_secret_patterns_require_quotes(self):
+        import re
+        from repo_scan import SECRET_PATTERNS
+        by_rule = {rule: pattern for pattern, rule in SECRET_PATTERNS}
+        # Real pasted secrets (quoted) still match.
+        self.assertTrue(re.search(by_rule["possible-api-key"], 'api_key = "sk-live-abc123"'))
+        self.assertTrue(re.search(by_rule["possible-password"], "password: 'hunter2-hunter2'"))
+        self.assertTrue(re.search(by_rule["private-key-material"],
+                                  "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----"))
+        # Bare code and unquoted env lines are noise, not findings.
+        self.assertFalse(re.search(
+            by_rule["possible-api-key"], 'self.api_key = default_pdata.get("apikey", "")'))
+        self.assertFalse(re.search(
+            by_rule["possible-api-key"], "API_KEY= OPENCODE_PROXY_MANAGE_BACKEND=true"))
+        self.assertFalse(re.search(
+            by_rule["possible-password"], "password = get_password()"))
+
+    def test_low_risk_path_downgrade(self):
+        from repo_scan import is_low_risk_path
+        self.assertTrue(is_low_risk_path("tests/auth-multikey.test.js"))
+        self.assertTrue(is_low_risk_path("docs/docker.md"))
+        self.assertTrue(is_low_risk_path(".github/workflows/ai-review.yml"))
+        self.assertFalse(is_low_risk_path("src/proxy.ts"))
+        self.assertFalse(is_low_risk_path("github_bot/src/llm_client.py"))
+
+    def test_prior_dry_run_fps_resolved(self):
+        # The three dry-run false positives from the first live scan:
+        # bare-code hit, unquoted yml env hit gone; quoted fixture hit is nit.
+        from repo_scan import collect_findings, is_low_risk_path
+        by_loc = {}
+        for item in collect_findings():
+            by_loc.setdefault(item["location"].split(":")[0], []).append(item)
+        llm_hits = [i for i in by_loc.get("github_bot/src/llm_client.py", [])
+                    if "possible-api-key" in i["fingerprint"]]
+        self.assertEqual(llm_hits, [])
+        yml_hits = [i for i in by_loc.get(".github/workflows/ai-review.yml", [])
+                    if "possible-api-key" in i["fingerprint"]]
+        self.assertEqual(yml_hits, [])
+        for path, items in by_loc.items():
+            for item in items:
+                slug = item["fingerprint"].split(":")[1]
+                if slug in ("possible-api-key", "possible-password") and is_low_risk_path(path):
+                    self.assertEqual(item["severity"], "nit", item["location"])
+
     def test_comment_modes(self):
         self.assertEqual(github_runner._resolve_comment_mode("/review please"), "review")
         self.assertEqual(github_runner._resolve_comment_mode("/fix this"), "fix-plan")