Direct answer
Credential Rotation, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Sender constraint, audience-restricted access tokens, and refresh-token rotation. Current Maha machine-credential issuance shape and refusal checks. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Term boundaries and disambiguation
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Applied scope: Sender constraint, audience-restricted access tokens, and refresh-token rotation. Current Maha machine-credential issuance shape and refusal checks.
Definition and operating context
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Evidence and exact locators
Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 Security — Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 4.14. Establishes: Sender constraint, audience-restricted access tokens, and refresh-token rotation.
Agent client credential authorization — createCredentialSecret; authorizeClientAccess; status and expires_at checks. Establishes: Current Maha machine-credential issuance shape and refusal checks.
What the evidence does not establish
The BCP addresses OAuth; non-OAuth secrets need an explicitly translated lifecycle.
The source does not prove external revocation or rotation has occurred.
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What does Credential Rotation mean in this bounded context?
Credential Rotation, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Sender constraint, audience-restricted access tokens, and refresh-token rotation. Current Maha machine-credential issuance shape and refusal checks. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources establish the definition answer?
Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 Security (RFC 9700 / BCP 240, January 2025), at Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 4.14, supports sender constraint, audience-restricted access tokens, and refresh-token rotation. Agent client credential authorization (repository source reviewed 2026-09-05), at createCredentialSecret; authorizeClientAccess; status and expires_at checks, supports current Maha machine-credential issuance shape and refusal checks.
What does the evidence not establish?
The BCP addresses OAuth; non-OAuth secrets need an explicitly translated lifecycle. The source does not prove external revocation or rotation has occurred. Property boundary: This route may apply authority; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which canonical definition must be read first?
Read the maha-strategies definition at https://www.mahastrategies.com/clearing/agent-governance/identity-bound-agents/definition first. The present page applies that definition through its narrower route role.
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