#22310: Document exact usage of and consequences of rotating SECRET_KEY
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Reporter: erikr | Owner: Zulu
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: Documentation | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 1
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by erikr):
* needs_better_patch: 0 => 1
* has_patch: 0 => 1
Comment:
Thanks for the patch, but I had something a bit more practical in mind.
More like (contents all fictional):
{{{
The secret key is used for:
* Password reset tokens
* Session using the FooBarBackend
* Signed cookies you may have set yourself using .....
* ...
If you rotate your secret key, all of the above will be invalidated.
Secret keys are not used, and rotation therefore will not affect:
* Password stored for users
* Sessions using other backends than FooBarBackend
* ...
}}}
The second list would not be exhaustive, just some items where confusion
is more likely.
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