---
title: "Rotate a repository webhook secret"
method: POST
path: "/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/webhooks/{webhookId}/rotate-secret"
tags: ["Webhooks"]
---

# Rotate a repository webhook secret

`POST /api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/webhooks/{webhookId}/rotate-secret`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/webhooks/{webhookId}/rotate-secret`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `gc-session`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP token
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/api/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/api/oauth/token` scopes: `repo:webhooks:write`

Beta: webhook event coverage and payload schemas may evolve. See /docs/integrations/webhooks for supported events and delivery limits. Replaces a webhook's secret and returns the new secret once. Requires authenticated authority and enforces current resource policy.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `webhookId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `expectedVersion` integer, required

## Response `200`

Beta: webhook event coverage and payload schemas may evolve. See /docs/integrations/webhooks for supported events and delivery limits.

- WebhookRotated: Beta: webhook event coverage and payload schemas may evolve. See /docs/integrations/webhooks for supported events and delivery limits.
  - `endpoint` union, required: Beta: webhook event coverage and payload schemas may evolve. See /docs/integrations/webhooks for supported events and delivery limits.
    - object
      - `id` string, required
      - `url` string, required
      - `events` string[], required
      - `active` boolean, required
      - `version` integer, required
      - `signingKeyVersion` integer, required
      - `pinnedApiVersion` string, nullable, required
      - `consecutiveFailures` integer, required
      - `lastFailureAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
      - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
      - `disabledAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `disableReason` string, nullable, required
      - `orgId` string, required
      - `repoId` unknown, required
    - object
      - `id` string, required
      - `url` string, required
      - `events` string[], required
      - `active` boolean, required
      - `version` integer, required
      - `signingKeyVersion` integer, required
      - `pinnedApiVersion` string, nullable, required
      - `consecutiveFailures` integer, required
      - `lastFailureAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
      - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
      - `disabledAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `disableReason` string, nullable, required
      - `orgId` unknown, required
      - `repoId` string, required
  - `secret` string, required
  - `previousExpiresAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

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