# Suppression Rules

Suppression rules allow you to ignore specific outbound network calls from known domains that are not a security concern.

For example, if your organization regularly makes outbound calls to `www.google.com`, but these calls are being flagged as anomalous, you can create a suppression rule to prevent unnecessary alerts for this domain.

### Scope of Suppression Rules <a href="#scope-of-suppression-rules" id="scope-of-suppression-rules"></a>

You can create suppression rules at different levels, depending on how broadly you want to apply them:

* Job Level – Applies to a specific job.
* Project Level – Applies to an entire project.
* Organization Level – Applies across all repositories within the organization.

### How to Create a Suppression Rule <a href="#how-to-create-a-suppression-rule" id="how-to-create-a-suppression-rule"></a>

There are two ways to create a suppression rule, from the:

* Suppression Rules page
* All Detections page

#### **Method 1: From the Suppression Rules Page**

**Step 1:** Navigate to `Suppression Rules` under the Harden Runner Section

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**Step 2:** Click "Create rule"

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**Step 3:** Enter the following details:

* Rule Name – Provide a meaningful name for the rule.
* Description – Add details about why this rule is being created.
* Endpoint to Ignore – Specify the domain or endpoint to suppress (use \* for wildcard matching).
* Scope – Choose the level of the rule: Job, Project or Organization.

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**Step 4:** Click "Save"

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#### **Method 2: Creating a Suppression Rule from the All Detections Page**

**Step 1:** Navigate to `Detections` locate the endpoint you wish to suppress, then click the three-dot menu (⋮) next to it.

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**Step 2:** Click "Suppress detection"

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**Step 3:** You will be redirected to the Suppression Rules page with the detection details pre-filled, add the name and description.

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**Step 4:** Click "Save"

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