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Secret.revoke

POST /{namespace}/secrets/{secret}/revoke

Revoke ends a Secret so no call fills it again; the record and its history stay.

Noun
Secret
Mode
do
Event
Secret.revoked

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
secretSecretrequiredThe Secret to revoke.
reasontextWhy, such as a leaked value.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
secretSecretrequiredThe revoked Secret.

Effects

  • Emits Secret.revoked.
  • Performed by the Security Engineer.
  • One-way (customer): it waits out its delay window, and runs in the send and do modes.
  • A leaked value revokes at once: a brake never waits.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.Secret.revoke

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classMedium: one-way, bounded (customer)
Delay window1 business hour, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.