# Duplicates and possible duplicates

How Kelrova flags a finding that may repeat an earlier one, how to merge or keep them separate, review a batch, filter by duplicates and undo a merge.

*Where in the portal: Security → Findings → Actions → Review possible duplicates*

*Last updated: 2026-10-21*

When a scan reports something that looks like a finding you already have, it labels the new one **Possible duplicate** and links it to the one it may repeat. A member merges the two or keeps them separate, so the list stays short.

## Resolve one finding

Open a finding marked **Possible duplicate**. A card reads **May be the same as** and names the other finding; its title is a link.

- **Merge** hides this finding from the default list and keeps the other one. Its history stays.
- **Keep separate** records that they are two problems.

A merged finding is marked **Merged**. On its page, **Undo merge** shows it separately again. The finding it was merged into lists its merged findings under **Merged into this finding**, each with an **Undo** button. If a card reads **Possible duplicates of this finding**, merging hides the other finding and keeps this one.

You need to be able to manage findings to merge or keep separate; others see the cards without the buttons.

## Review a batch

1. **Open the review**

   In the Findings list choose **Actions**, then **Review possible duplicates…**. With the **Duplicates** filter on **Possible**, the **Review and merge…** button opens the same dialog.

2. **Choose what to merge**

   Findings are grouped under the one that is kept, labelled **Keeps**. Tick the findings to act on. A warning appears when a finding is more severe than the one it would merge into.

3. **Merge or keep separate**

   Choose **Merge** with a count, or **Keep separate**. When it finishes, **Undo merges** reverses what you merged.

![The possible-duplicate review: a finding and the earlier finding it may repeat, with merge and keep choices.](https://kelrova.com/docs/img/findings/duplicates.png)

*The Review possible duplicates dialog: the finding that is kept, the finding that would merge into it, and Keep separate and Merge buttons.*

One review reads up to 500 possible duplicates. Open it again after a batch for the rest. When nothing is waiting, the dialog says **Nothing to review**.

## Filter by duplicates

The **Duplicates** control in the Filter panel has three choices: **Not merged**, which is the default, **Possible** and **Merged**. A run page can link to the possible duplicates of that scan. In the dependency view the control reads **Not merged**, **Possible duplicates** and **Merged findings**.

See [Triage a findings list](https://kelrova.com/docs/guides/triage) for where this step fits, and [Statuses and what changes them](https://kelrova.com/docs/findings/statuses) for the other review.

## Related

- [Statuses and what changes them](https://kelrova.com/docs/findings/statuses)
- [Tags](https://kelrova.com/docs/findings/tags)
- [Triage a findings list](https://kelrova.com/docs/guides/triage)
- [What a finding page shows](https://kelrova.com/docs/findings/anatomy)