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Secret.rotate

POST /{namespace}/secrets/{secret}/rotate

Rotate replaces a Secret’s value, and calls already running finish on the old one.

Noun
Secret
Mode
do
Event
Secret.rotated

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
secretSecretrequiredThe Secret to rotate.
valuestringThe new value; omitted when the upstream issues one.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
secretSecretrequiredThe Secret, with its new rotatedAt.

Effects

  • Emits Secret.rotated.
  • Performed by the Security Engineer.
  • Two-way: it runs at once, in the try, send and do modes.
  • The secret-rotation Control tests this Verb.

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.rotate

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classLow: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay windowNone: it runs once review passes.
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.