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Create a secret or add a version

POST
/v1/secrets
curl --request POST \
--url https://example.com/v1/secrets \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "scope": { "kind": "tenant", "tenantId": "example" }, "envName": "example", "name": "example", "value": "example", "writeMode": "create-new", "tags": { "additionalProperty": "example" }, "rotationDueAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "ifVersion": 1 }'

Accepts a plaintext value (as do POST /v1/secrets/:name/rotate via newValue and POST /v1/deployments/:deploymentId/secrets); every other secrets route is metadata-only. Requires the secrets:write capability. writeMode: create-new returns 201 with the record; add-version returns 200. Existing-secret conflicts on create-new return 409 secret-write-conflict.

Idempotency-Key
string
>= 1 characters

Caller-supplied idempotency key. Retries with the same key return the original response byte-identical (per docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §3.1).

Media typeapplication/json
object
scope
required
One of:
object
kind
required
string
Allowed values: tenant
tenantId
required
string
envName
required

Per-environment slug. [a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,62} — RFC-1035-like label.

string
/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,62}$/
name
required
string
>= 1 characters
value
required
string
writeMode
required
string
Allowed values: create-new add-version
tags
object
key
additional properties
string
rotationDueAt
string format: date-time
ifVersion
integer

Version added (add-version).

Media typeapplication/json
object
record
required
object
scope
required
One of:
object
kind
required
string
Allowed values: tenant
tenantId
required
string
envName
required

Per-environment slug. [a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,62} — RFC-1035-like label.

string
/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,62}$/
name
required
string
currentVersion
required
integer
createdAt
required
string format: date-time
updatedAt
required
string format: date-time
revokedAt
string format: date-time
revokeReason
string
tags
object
key
additional properties
string
rotationDueAt
string format: date-time
versionId
required
integer
>= 1
Example
{
"record": {
"scope": {
"kind": "tenant"
}
}
}

Secret created (create-new).

Media typeapplication/json
object
record
required
object
scope
required
One of:
object
kind
required
string
Allowed values: tenant
tenantId
required
string
envName
required

Per-environment slug. [a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,62} — RFC-1035-like label.

string
/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,62}$/
name
required
string
currentVersion
required
integer
createdAt
required
string format: date-time
updatedAt
required
string format: date-time
revokedAt
string format: date-time
revokeReason
string
tags
object
key
additional properties
string
rotationDueAt
string format: date-time
versionId
required
integer
>= 1
Example
{
"record": {
"scope": {
"kind": "tenant"
}
}
}

Malformed request body.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Missing / malformed / expired / revoked bearer token.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Bearer token missing secrets:write capability.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Idempotency-Key was reused with a different body, or resource-state conflict.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Server error (unmapped domain code or framework crash).

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}