Question 1

What visibility options does a pit have?

Accepted Answer

Personal pits can be public, unlisted, or private. Public pits appear in the library and search; unlisted pits are link-only; private pits are limited to their owner and explicitly added collaborators.

Team pits use a stricter rule: they are always private to current team members, and their visibility cannot be changed.

Question 2

Is a private pit really private?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Private and unlisted pits are excluded from public listings, search and the sitemap, and access is enforced at the database level with row-level security, not just hidden in the interface.

The anonymous client the site uses for public pages physically cannot read a private row, so a private pit cannot leak into a feed or a crawler even by mistake.

Question 3

How do I keep secrets out of a published pit?

Accepted Answer

Publish only the messages that matter. Using a selector to include just the relevant exchange is the simplest way to leave setup, keys and unrelated chatter out of a pit.

Review the selection confirmation before publishing, and remember you can start a pit as private, clean it up, and only then switch it to public.

Question 4

Can I delete a pit completely?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can delete any pit you own from its page or with the delete_pit tool, which removes it and its versions.

Forks are independent copies, so deleting your original does not delete forks other people made earlier. If a pit is sensitive, set it private or delete it promptly rather than relying on obscurity.