## TL;DR

Your SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS variable should look like this: `` variables: SAST\_EXCLUDED\_PATHS: spec,test,tests,tmp,server/libs,assets,vendor,*.min.js ` Context: Stack Overflow #70887133 (accepted answer, 10 votes, 2 answers): I have enabled SAST scanning in GitLab CI (GitLab Community Edition) 14.5.2.

## Steps

1. [Sencha23 (accepted answer)] Hope I'm not too late. I've encountered the same problem and what resolved it for me was to delete the space between the excluded paths. Your SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS variable should look like this:

``` variables: SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS: spec,test,tests,tmp,server/libs,assets,vendor,*.min.js ```

## When to use

You are seeing this: [Sencha23 (accepted answer)] Hope I'm not too late. Use this skill when you run into "Why is GitLab CI SAST not exluding directories that I ask it to exclude?".

## When not to use

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## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: Edition 14.5.2. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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