Free Verify scan · microsoft/vscode

vscode scores 72/100

Visual Studio Code — open-source code editor.

Commit 59ef8a0 · 132 controls · Oct 16, 2026 · Re-checked daily

Scanned with public access only. Customer results are never published.

Delivery controls score72

vscode

42median 6886

Out of 100. Stronger than 68% of the 68 other assessed repositories.

Score

72/100

Rank 20 of 69 · median 68

Gaps

3 fewer than the median of 33

Critical

4 controls

2 root causes

Not visible

Needs admin access

What vscode does wellDefault branch identifiedBranch strategy observableDefault branch protected by rulesetForce-push restrictedPull-request requirement on default branch

Gaps30

vscode

15median 3361

Visible controls Verify found unmet. Fewer is better. Stronger than 65% of the 68 other assessed repositories.

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Analysis

Our read

Agents & AI leads the assessment.

6 of 6 visible controls pass in agents & ai.

Code quality has the most room to improve.

4 visible controls remain open in code quality.

Priority

Fix these first

critical

Production approvers named

Covers 3 controls

Production approvers named
Production protection
Production reviewers resolved

What Verify read

No resolved production reviewers.

Risk: Unnamed production approvers mean deployment approval falls to whoever is nearby when the button needs pressing.

text

Name production reviewers.

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Open in Design

critical

Required checks match workflow names

Covers 4 controls

Required checks match workflow names
Required status checks strict
Required check includes tests
Required lint check

What Verify read

Required checks: none

Risk: If required checks do not match the jobs that run, a rule appears to protect the branch while enforcing nothing.

text

Align required checks with jobs.

high

Stale reviews dismissed

Covers 1 control

Stale reviews dismissed

What Verify read

Dismiss stale: false

Risk: Approvals that survive a new push mean the merged code is not the code anyone approved.

text

Dismiss stale reviews.

Overview

Control map

Public-access limit

15 controls this scan couldn't read

This free scan used public access only. These controls live in settings only a repository admin can read. Verify checks them on your connected repository.

Administrator bypass restrictedhigh
Tag protectionhigh
Self-merge restrictedhigh
Bypass actors justifiedhigh
Push protection enabledhigh
Dependabot alertshigh
Secret scanning alertshigh
SAST required on default branchhigh
Environment secrets scopedhigh
Secret custodiansmedium
Agent identity in commitsmedium
Audit of agent actionsmedium
Audit of privileged actionsmedium
Private vulnerability reportinglow
Wait timer or freeze windowlow

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132 controls · 69 repositories assessed · re-run daily

	This free scan	Verify on your repository
Access	Public	GitHub App you install
Controls read	109 of 109	All 109
Private repositories	No	Yes
Results	Published here	Private to your organization

Evidence locker

Every control Verify checked

Governance

8 of 12 pass

Review

17 of 26 pass

CI & tests

22 of 30 pass

Code quality

4 of 8 pass

Security

11 of 20 pass

Release & ops

7 of 22 pass

Docs

4 of 6 pass

Assessment timeline

Canon re-assesses this repository daily. An entry appears only when something changed — the score, a control's outcome, or a control ceasing to apply.

Sep 21 · 72Oct 16 · 72

Sep 22, 2026SBOM or dependency graph · Security — needs repository admin access → confirmed8bc9f99

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