Describe a secret.
curl --request GET \ --url https://stratum.example.com/v1/projects/example/secrets/example \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'Metadata only — secrets:DescribeSecret never returns a value (the split mirrors AWS so a monitor may list secrets without being able to
read one). A secret scheduled for deletion still describes — with
deletionScheduledAt set — so it can be found and restored inside the
recovery window; only its value and versions answer
SECRET_SCHEDULED_FOR_DELETION.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”Responses
Section titled “Responses”The secret.
A customer secret’s metadata. The value is never on this
shape; it is returned only by GET.../secrets/{secretId}/value
(secrets:GetSecretValue, a distinct permission from describing the
secret).
object
s-<base32>; minted fresh per incarnation.
arn:stratum:secrets:<region>:<projectId>:secret/<id>. The
resource segment is the id, so the ARN changes when a secret is deleted
and recreated under the same name — a policy that named the old one no
longer matches. This is the ARN a resource policy targets for a
cross-project share (PUT /v1/iam/resource-policies?resourceArn=).
Customer-chosen, 1–256 characters of letters, digits and /_+=.@-; unique per project among secrets that still exist (a soft-deleted secret keeps its name reserved until purged,).
logical region; a secret is regional.
Default recovery window a delete uses, 7–30 (AWS parity).
object
Present when the secret is soft-deleted: the instant after which the reconciler purges it. Only POST.../restore sees such a secret; every other operation answers 404.
Example generated
{ "id": "example", "arn": "example", "projectId": "example", "name": "example", "description": "example", "region": "example", "recoveryWindowDays": 1, "tags": { "additionalProperty": "example" }, "deletionScheduledAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "createdAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "updatedAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "createdBy": "example"}Authenticated but not authorized.
object
The findings of a rejected IAM policy document (custom and resource policies).
One finding of a rejected IAM policy document. A rejection lists every finding, so the author fixes the document in one round trip.
object
The finding, e.g. INVALID_DOCUMENT, UNKNOWN_ACTION, ACTION_NOT_APPLICABLE.
Index of the statement at fault; -1 for the document as a whole.
The offending action, where one is at fault (ACTION_NOT_APPLICABLE).
Field errors, for codes that carry them: each problem at its field
(see FieldError). Documented on the responses that set it, e.g.
approveNodeJoin’s INVALID_INPUT and JOIN_APPROVAL_REFUSED.
Absent otherwise.
One field’s problem, the stage-2 installer API’s shape.
field is the field’s path, message what is wrong with it.
object
The field’s path, e.g. links[0].interface, disks[1].confirm,
mgmt.address or role; empty for the whole request.
Structured facts about the refusal, for codes that carry them. The
shape is fixed per code and documented on the response that answers
it, e.g. IMAGE_POOL_MISMATCH (see ImagePoolMismatchDetails) and
IMAGE_IN_USE. Absent for codes that carry none.
object
Example
{ "issues": [ { "code": "ACTION_NOT_APPLICABLE", "action": "compute:CreateVpc" } ]}Resource not found.
object
The findings of a rejected IAM policy document (custom and resource policies).
One finding of a rejected IAM policy document. A rejection lists every finding, so the author fixes the document in one round trip.
object
The finding, e.g. INVALID_DOCUMENT, UNKNOWN_ACTION, ACTION_NOT_APPLICABLE.
Index of the statement at fault; -1 for the document as a whole.
The offending action, where one is at fault (ACTION_NOT_APPLICABLE).
Field errors, for codes that carry them: each problem at its field
(see FieldError). Documented on the responses that set it, e.g.
approveNodeJoin’s INVALID_INPUT and JOIN_APPROVAL_REFUSED.
Absent otherwise.
One field’s problem, the stage-2 installer API’s shape.
field is the field’s path, message what is wrong with it.
object
The field’s path, e.g. links[0].interface, disks[1].confirm,
mgmt.address or role; empty for the whole request.
Structured facts about the refusal, for codes that carry them. The
shape is fixed per code and documented on the response that answers
it, e.g. IMAGE_POOL_MISMATCH (see ImagePoolMismatchDetails) and
IMAGE_IN_USE. Absent for codes that carry none.
object
Example
{ "issues": [ { "code": "ACTION_NOT_APPLICABLE", "action": "compute:CreateVpc" } ]}