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AWS Secrets Manager adds managed external secrets for Paddle and GitLab

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AWS Secrets Manager now supports managed external secrets for Paddle API Keys and GitLab Access Tokens, enabling automatic rotation of third-party credentials directly within Secrets Manager. This enhancement simplifies credential management and enhances security by allowing seamless key rotation for supported services. These new integrations join existing ones, offering centralized management for a growing list of third-party software vended secrets across all supported AWS Regions.

  • Managed external secrets support for Paddle API Keys
  • Managed external secrets support for GitLab Access Tokens
  • Expanded third-party integrations for credential management
  • Availability of Paddle and GitLab managed external secrets
Features (2)
  • Managed external secrets support for Paddle API Keys

    AWS Secrets Manager now supports managed external secrets for Paddle API keys, allowing automatic rotation directly from Secrets Manager using Paddle's native rotation API. This provides a configurable grace period for seamless key transitions.

  • Managed external secrets support for GitLab Access Tokens

    AWS Secrets Manager now supports managed external secrets for GitLab Personal Access Tokens, Group Access Tokens, and Project Access Tokens, utilizing GitLab's atomic rotation mechanism for security.

Enhancements (1)
  • Expanded third-party integrations for credential management

    These new integrations with Paddle and GitLab expand the list of supported third-party services for AWS Secrets Manager's managed external secrets, which now includes BigID, Confluent Cloud, Datadog, MongoDB Atlas, Salesforce, and Snowflake.

Notes (1)
  • Availability of Paddle and GitLab managed external secrets

    Managed external secrets for Paddle and GitLab are available in all AWS Regions where AWS Secrets Manager managed external secrets is supported.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/secrets-manager-managed-external-secrets-paddle-gitlab/