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Rotating an API Key

Replace an API key's secret without downtime using a grace window

Rotation lets you replace a key's secret without downtime. During a grace window, both the old and new secrets are accepted - so you can roll the new secret out to your services before the old one stops working.

How to Rotate

Click Rotate on a key row.

Choose a grace window - how long the previous secret keeps working.

Confirm. The new secret is shown once - copy it now.

Update your integrations to use the new secret.

When the grace window ends, the old secret stops working automatically.

While a Key Is Rotating

  • The key shows a Rotating badge and the previous secret's expiry time.
  • If you try to rotate again while a grace window is still active, you'll be warned first - the in-flight previous secret would be dropped.

Rotate a key whenever a secret may have been exposed, or on a regular schedule as good hygiene. There's no downtime as long as you update your services before the grace window ends.

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