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Rotate a Secret Without Breaking the Work

A secret that never changes is a secret that only has to leak once to end the game, but a rotation done carelessly drops every run that is mid flight. This skill covers credential rotation for agent systems: accept two versions of a secret at once during the changeover so old and new callers both work, rotate on a schedule rather than only after an incident, keep the new secret out of logs and replies, retire the old version only after the new one is proven, and alert when a secret ages past its rotation date.

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$ openclaw command add --name "secret-age" --trigger "/secret-age" --source "Ops Console" --message "Report how long each secret has been in use and when it is next due, so a stale credential is rotated before it is the thing that leaks."

$ openclaw alert-rule add --name "Secret Aged" --group-by "secret" --window "24h" --action "Alert when a secret is past its rotation date, which points at a credential that has outlived the window it was meant to serve."

$ openclaw auto-fix add --name "Accept Two Versions" --condition "secret.age > rotation_days" --action "Issue the new value, accept the old and the new during the changeover, and retire the old only after the new one is proven." --approval "manual" --notify "#ops-info" --cooldown "1h"

$ openclaw runbook add --name "Secret Rotation" --trigger "/runbook rotate" --tags "advanced,ops" --steps "Issue the new secret. Accept the old and new during the changeover. Prove the new one works. Retire the old. Keep both out of logs and replies. Alert on aged secrets."

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Rotate a secret without breaking the work

Rotate a Secret Without Breaking the Work

# Rotate a secret without breaking the work A secret that never changes only has to leak once. Rotation limits how long a leaked value is useful, but a rotation done in one step drops every run that is still holding the old value. ## Accept two versions during the changeover Issue the new value a

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