A change to the Snyk Code Priority Score

Snyk Code priority scores dropped by up to 200 points on August 17, 2026, for findings whose rule had a fix example.

What changed

A finding used to earn 200 of the 1,000 available priority score points when Snyk held a fix example for its rule. The August 17, 2026 release retired fix examples, and the scoring factor went with them.

Why

Fix-example availability describes Snyk's content coverage. It says nothing about the risk in your code. Two findings of the same severity could sit 200 points apart because one rule happened to have an example behind it. Priority score should rank findings by how urgently they need fixing, so we removed the factor.

What you saw

Snyk Code findings reordered when the factor came out. Every remaining scoring factor works as it did before, including severity, which still contributes the largest single share at up to 500 points. No finding was added, removed or re-rated.

We should have told you

The August 17 release notes said no action was required. That was wrong, and we apologize. We have added a check so that any future change to priority score appears in the release notes.

Learn more in the Snyk Code priority score documentation.