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> Update a Runpod account secret's description or rotate its value. The new value takes effect the next time a referencing Pod or worker boots.

# Update a secret



## OpenAPI

````yaml patch /v2/account/secrets/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Runpod REST API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: Runpod public REST API — v2
servers:
  - url: https://api.runpod.io
    description: Runpod API v2 production server
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: Account-scoped settings and primitives (SSH public keys).
  - name: Pods
    description: GPU and CPU pod lifecycle, configuration, actions, and log streaming.
  - name: Serverless
    description: >-
      Serverless endpoint lifecycle, worker visibility, releases, and worker log
      streaming.
  - name: Templates
    description: Reusable pod and endpoint configuration templates.
  - name: Network Volumes
    description: Persistent network storage volumes for workloads.
  - name: Registries
    description: Container registry credentials used to pull private images.
  - name: Catalog
    description: Available GPU, CPU, data center, and public template catalog metadata.
  - name: Billing
    description: Billing history and usage cost records across resource types.
paths:
  /v2/account/secrets/{id}:
    parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Secret identifier
        example: 2q9m7x4cavgd
    patch:
      tags:
        - Account
      summary: Update a secret
      description: |
        Rotates a secret's value and/or updates its description. Only the
        provided fields are changed and at least one field is required; the
        `name` is immutable.

        Pods and workers receive the new value at their next boot — running
        instances keep the value they were started with.

        When both fields are sent, the value is applied first, then the
        description. The two updates are not atomic: if the description
        update fails after the value was rotated, the response is an error
        but the new value has already taken effect. Send the fields in
        separate requests when that partial outcome matters.
      operationId: updateSecret
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateSecretRequest'
            examples:
              rotateSecret:
                summary: Rotate the value
                value:
                  value: hf_********************************
              updateDescription:
                summary: Update the description
                value:
                  description: Rotated HF token
      responses:
        '200':
          headers:
            RateLimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Secret'
              examples:
                secret:
                  summary: Successful response after rotation
                  value:
                    id: 2q9m7x4cavgd
                    name: hf-token
                    description: Rotated HF token
                    createdAt: '2026-08-01T12:00:00Z'
                    valueLastUpdatedAt: '2026-09-10T17:40:12Z'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFoundError'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntityError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequestsError'
        default:
          headers:
            RateLimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    UpdateSecretRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      minProperties: 1
      description: |
        Only the provided fields are updated; at least one field is required.
        The secret's `name` is immutable.
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 16777216
          description: >-
            New secret value, replacing the current one. Write-only. Must be
            smaller than 16 MiB of UTF-8 text (strictly under 16,777,216 bytes).
        description:
          type: string
          maxLength: 65535
          description: >-
            New human-readable description, at most 65,535 bytes of UTF-8 text.
            Send `""` to clear.
    Secret:
      type: object
      description: >-
        An account-scoped secret: an encrypted string stored by Runpod,
        referenced from pod, serverless, and template environment variables with
        the `{{ RUNPOD_SECRET_<name> }}` placeholder, substituted with the
        secret's value when the pod or worker boots. The value is write-only and
        never returned by the API.
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - createdAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique secret identifier
          examples:
            - 2q9m7x4cavgd
        name:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Unique, human-readable name — the `<name>` referenced by the
            `RUNPOD_SECRET_<name>` placeholder. Immutable after creation.
          examples:
            - hf-token
        description:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Human-readable description
          examples:
            - Hugging Face read token
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the secret was created
        valueLastUpdatedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the secret's value was last set (creation or rotation)
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
        - status
        - detail
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable summary
          examples:
            - Not Found
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
          examples:
            - 404
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation
          examples:
            - pod not found
        errors:
          type: array
          description: Individual request-validation failures.
          items:
            type: string
          examples:
            - - '$: additional properties ''bogus'' not allowed'
    RateLimitHeader:
      type: string
      description: |
        Live per-window quota state. Optional — omitted for rate-limit-exempt
        callers.

        A structured-field list with one member per window (`minute`, `hour`,
        `day`), each carrying the remaining request count `r` and seconds until
        the window resets `t`. Returned on responses to authenticated requests,
        not only on 429s.
      examples:
        - '"minute";r=0;t=12, "hour";r=2800;t=1812, "day";r=49500;t=45012'
    RateLimitPolicyHeader:
      type: string
      description: >
        Static per-window quota policy. Optional — omitted for rate-limit-exempt

        callers.


        A structured-field list with one member per window (`minute`, `hour`,

        `day`), each carrying the quota `q` and the window length in seconds
        `w`.

        Returned on responses to authenticated requests, not only on 429s.
      examples:
        - '"minute";q=60;w=60, "hour";q=3000;w=3600, "day";q=50000;w=86400'
  headers:
    RateLimit:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitHeader'
    RateLimit-Policy:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitPolicyHeader'
  responses:
    BadRequestError:
      headers:
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      description: >-
        The request could not be processed because it is malformed or conflicts
        with request rules.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            badRequest:
              summary: Bad request
              value:
                title: Bad Request
                status: 400
                detail: request could not be processed
    UnauthorizedError:
      description: >-
        Authentication failed because the bearer token is missing, malformed,
        expired, or invalid.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            missingBearerToken:
              summary: Missing bearer token
              value:
                title: Unauthorized
                status: 401
                detail: missing bearer token
    ForbiddenError:
      headers:
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      description: >-
        The bearer token is valid, but it does not grant access to the requested
        resource or action.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            insufficientAccess:
              summary: Insufficient access
              value:
                title: Forbidden
                status: 403
                detail: access denied
    NotFoundError:
      headers:
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      description: The requested resource was not found or is not accessible to the caller.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            notFound:
              summary: Resource not found
              value:
                title: Not Found
                status: 404
                detail: resource not found
    UnprocessableEntityError:
      headers:
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      description: >-
        The request body or parameters were syntactically valid but failed
        validation.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            validationFailed:
              summary: Validation failed
              value:
                title: Unprocessable Entity
                status: 422
                detail: Request validation failed.
    TooManyRequestsError:
      description: >
        The caller exceeded its per-user rate limit. The response identifies the
        window that was exceeded and how long to wait. The `RateLimit` and
        `RateLimit-Policy` headers (per the IETF ratelimit-headers draft) also
        accompany successful responses, so clients can track quota before a 429.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying, per the exceeded window.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 12
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            rateLimited:
              summary: Rate limit exceeded
              value:
                title: Too Many Requests
                status: 429
                detail: rate limit exceeded for the minute window
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Runpod API Key
      description: >
        Runpod API key authentication. Generate an API key in the Runpod console
        and send it in the `Authorization` header as `Bearer <api_key>`. Keys
        are scoped to the permissions granted when created; requests may return
        `403` when a valid key lacks access to the requested resource or action.

````