---
title: "Rotate a credential"
method: POST
path: "/api/tokens/{credential}/rotate"
tags: ["Credentials"]
---

# Rotate a credential

`POST /api/tokens/{credential}/rotate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/tokens/{credential}/rotate`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `gc-session`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP token

Replaces one credential secret while retaining its governed identity and policy. Requires authenticated authority and enforces current resource policy.

## Path parameters

- `credential` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `requestId` string, required

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- CredentialIssued
  - `id` string, required
  - `expiresAt` string, date-time, required
  - `identity` CredentialIdentity, required
    - `principalActorId` string, required
    - `actingActorId` string, required
    - `delegatorActorId` string, nullable, required
    - `credentialKind` 'session' | 'grant', required
    - `assurance` union, required
      - object
        - `kind` 'recent-human-session', required
        - `validUntil` string, date-time, required
        - `authGeneration` integer, required
      - object
        - `kind` 'possession', required
  - `secret` string, 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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