Security-related question about a possible exposed credential

[Emma-NYL]

Hello,

My name is Emma, I am conducting an academic study on possible credential exposure in public GitHub repositories.

While analyzing this repository, I found a string that may represent a credential. I'm including the code snippet below containing possible leakage. To avoid exposing sensitive information publicly, I marked the sensitive information.

Could you please help clarify whether the detected string is:

1. a real credential, or
2. a placeholder / example value?

Thank you for your time.

---

Code snippet (sensitive values masked):

        }
      },
      destination: {
        name: "Sample Destination Connector",
        type: "destination",
        connection_specification: {
          private_api_key: "yo****ey"
        }
      },
      model: {
        name: "Sample Model",
        query: "SELECT * FROM table",
        query_type: "raw_sql",

Thank you in advance for your time - I really appreciate it!

Sincerely,
Emma

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FE-1495