```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

// The previous secret is invalidated, and the new one is returned only once
const { serviceAccount, clientSecret } = await admin.serviceAccounts.rotateSecret(
  'YOUR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID'
);
console.log(serviceAccount);
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{
        ClientId:     os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_ID"),
        ClientSecret: os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    sa, err := adminClient.ServiceAccount.RotateSecret(ctx, "YOUR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to rotate service account secret: %v", err)
    }
    // ClientSecret is returned only once — store it securely and never log it
    fmt.Printf("Successfully rotated secret for service account: %v\n", sa.ServiceAccount.Id)
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
# Change rotate_trigger to any new value to issue and store a new secret
resource "pinecone_service_account" "ci_prod" {
  name           = "ci-prod"
  rotate_trigger = "2026-04-10"
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID="f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c"

curl -X POST "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/service-accounts/$PINECONE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID/rotate-secret" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "service_account": {
    "id": "f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
    "name": "My Service Account",
    "client_id": "l3Ow0CmFyc4jOONcwiKUCRqQKN0tiCAn",
    "created_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00Z"
  },
  "client_secret": "8p-kkC23XOWvkCosKq-BOn3G74qp__rBcDMxc82iB4gfzRvuhSCRBKM7C5Q7TAzj"
}
```

**POST** `/admin/service-accounts/{service_account_id}/rotate-secret`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/service-accounts/{service_account_id}/rotate-secret \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "client_secret": "8p-kkC23XOWvkCosKq-BOn3G74qp__rBcDMxc82iB4gfzRvuhSCRBKM7C5Q7TAzj",
  "service_account": {
    "client_id": "l3Ow0CmFyc4jOONcwiKUCRqQKN0tiCAn",
    "created_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00.000Z",
    "id": "f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
    "name": "My Service Account",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00.000Z"
  }
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `service_account_id` (path, string, required) — The unique identifier of the service account.

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Response

- `200` — Secret rotated successfully. The new `client_secret` is in the response body and is returned exactly once. Repeating the request rotates again and invalidates the previously returned secret.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List service accounts](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-list-service-accounts.md)
- [Create a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-create-a-service-account.md)
- [Get service account details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-get-service-account-details.md)
- [Delete a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-delete-a-service-account.md)
- [Update a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-update-a-service-account.md)
- [Rotate a service account's OAuth client secret](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-rotate-a-service-accounts-oauth-client-secret.md)
- [Create a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-create-service-account.md)
- [List service accounts](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-list-service-accounts.md)
- [Get service account details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-fetch-service-account.md)
- [Update a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-update-service-account.md)

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