---
title: "Rotatestart"
method: POST
path: "/v1/connected_apps/clients/{client_id}/secrets/rotate/start"
tags: ["Clients"]
---

# Rotatestart

`POST /v1/connected_apps/clients/{client_id}/secrets/rotate/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.stytch.com`
- URL: `https://api.stytch.com/v1/connected_apps/clients/{client_id}/secrets/rotate/start`
- Auth: HTTP basic

Initiate the rotation of a Connected App client secret. After this endpoint is called, both the client's `client_secret` and `next_client_secret` will be valid. To complete the secret rotation flow, update all usages of `client_secret` to `next_client_secret` and call the Rotate Secret Endpoint to complete the flow.
Secret rotation can be cancelled using the Cancel Secret Rotation endpoint.

**Important:** This is the only time you will be able to view the generated `next_client_secret` in the API response. Stytch stores a hash of the `next_client_secret` and cannot recover the value if lost. Be sure to persist the `next_client_secret` in a secure location. If the `next_client_secret` is lost, you will need to trigger a secret rotation flow to receive another one.

## Path parameters

- `client_id` string, required: The ID of the client.

## Request body

- ApiConnectedappsV1ConnectedAppsClientsSecretsRotateStartRequest: Request type

## Response `200`

Successful response

- ApiConnectedappsV1ConnectedAppsClientsSecretsRotateStartResponse
  - `request_id` string, required: Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.
  - `connected_app` ApiConnectedappsV1ConnectedAppWithNextClientSecret, required
    - `client_id` string, required: The ID of the Connected App client.
    - `client_name` string, required: A human-readable name for the client.
    - `client_description` string, required: A human-readable description for the client.
    - `status` string, required
    - `client_secret_last_four` string, required: The last four characters of the client secret.
    - `full_access_allowed` boolean, required: Valid for first party clients only. If `true`, an authorization token granted to this Client can be exchanged for a full Stytch session.
    - `client_type` string, required: The type of Connected App. Supported values are `first_party`, `first_party_public`, `third_party`, and `third_party_public`.
    - `redirect_urls` string[], required: Array of redirect URI values for use in OAuth Authorization flows.
    - `next_client_secret` string, required
    - `access_token_expiry_minutes` integer, required
    - `access_token_template_content` string, required
    - `post_logout_redirect_urls` string[], required: Array of redirect URI values for use in OIDC Logout flows.
    - `bypass_consent_for_offline_access` boolean, required: Valid for first party clients only. If true, the client does not need to request explicit user consent for the `offline_access` scope.
    - `id_token_template_content` string, required
    - `next_client_secret_last_four` string: The last four characters of the `next_client_secret`. Null if no `next_client_secret` exists.
    - `access_token_custom_audience` string
    - `logo_url` string: The logo URL of the Connected App, if any.
    - `client_id_metadata_url` string
  - `status_code` integer, required: The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-06-24** `53efe07dcf8f`: 1 info
  - added the required property `connected_app/id_token_template_content` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-03-07** `110f26a94e5b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-03-06** `9cab20b8eca7`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-01-09** `7dfcc14e566c`: 1 warning
  - removed the request property `client_id`
- **2025-11-03** `b2acbf387799`: 1 breaking
  - added the new required request property `client_id`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/stytch/apis/stytch-api/changes/v1/connected_apps/clients/:client_id/secrets/rotate/start/post.md)

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