Secret: DATABASE_URL

Purpose: Postgres connection string with password.

Source: GitHub Secrets

Rotation runbook: [Postgres admin](Postgres admin)

How it's used

Loaded at container startup. Failure to read the secret usually causes a fatal startup error.

How to rotate

See the linked runbook above. Most secrets have a documented zero-downtime rotation procedure.

Related

• Security — Secrets management — full inventory.
• Operate — Secrets audit — quarterly cadence.