Mask openssh key

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Problem to solve

I’m encountering an issue while attempting to add a private key as a CI variable. The problem arises from the inability to mask this key due to specific characters present within it. The error message received states:

This value cannot be masked because it contains the following characters: , and whitespace characters.

The private key I aim to mask is as follows:

----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
<KEY>
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

It appears that the spaces within the key may be causing the issue.

Steps to reproduce

Attempt to add a CI/CD variable using the provided private key pattern.

I overcome this problem with encoding the key, base 32 or base 16 should work :slight_smile: