diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scanning.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scanning.yml
index a107d13c..086c6842 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scanning.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secret-scanning.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,49 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Scan for secrets
+      id: scan
       uses: trufflesecurity/trufflehog@6f3c981e7b77f235fd2702dd74af25fc4b72bf11 # v3.96.0
       with:
-        extra_args: --results=verified,unknown
+        # Tag as published on ghcr — no leading "v" (v3.96.0 is a 404 there,
+        # even though the action's own git tag does carry the v).
+        version: 3.96.0
+        # --exclude-detectors=lob: the Lob detector's pattern is
+        # `\b((live|test)_[a-zA-Z0-9_]{35})\b` with no keyword requirement, so it
+        # matches any 40-character `test_*` Python identifier. It also treats
+        # HTTP 403/422 from api.lob.com as "verified", so those match as verified
+        # secrets. ADK does not use Lob, so there is no coverage to lose.
+        extra_args: --results=verified,unknown --exclude-detectors=lob
+
+    # The action runs TruffleHog with --github-actions, whose printer emits only
+    # "Found verified <Detector> result" — the file and line go into annotation
+    # metadata that never renders in the log, and the match is never printed at
+    # all. That is not enough to tell a leak from a false positive. Re-run on
+    # failure with --json and report file, line, commit and a truncated match.
+    # Only a 12-char prefix is printed: enough to identify the string, not to
+    # use it. This step exits 0 — the gate above already failed the job.
+    - name: Report what was flagged
+      if: failure() && steps.scan.outcome == 'failure'
+      env:
+        BASE: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before }}
+        HEAD: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+      run: |
+        docker run --rm -v .:/tmp -w /tmp \
+          ghcr.io/trufflesecurity/trufflehog:3.96.0 \
+          git file:///tmp/ \
+          --since-commit "$BASE" \
+          --branch "$HEAD" \
+          --no-update \
+          --json \
+          --results=verified,unknown \
+          --exclude-detectors=lob \
+        | jq -r 'select(.DetectorName) | [
+              "──────────────────────────────────────────",
+              "detector: \(.DetectorName) [\(if .Verified then "verified" else "unverified" end)]",
+              "file:     \(.SourceMetadata.Data.Git.file)",
+              "line:     \(.SourceMetadata.Data.Git.line)",
+              "commit:   \(.SourceMetadata.Data.Git.commit[0:12]) by \(.SourceMetadata.Data.Git.email)",
+              "match:    \(.Raw[0:12])… (\(.Raw | length) chars)"
+            ] | join("\n")'
 
     # Direct pushes to main skip PR review entirely, so the Actions tab may be
     # the only signal. Open an issue and assign the pusher so it can't be missed.