Use this checklist before production rollout.
Separate API keys for dev/staging/prod
All keys stored in secure environment variables or secret manager
No secrets committed to code repository
Tokenize on write paths validated
Detokenize only in approved workflows
reason provided for detokenization calls
reason
Bulk endpoints used for high-volume operations
Retry strategy implemented for 429 and transient 5xx
429
5xx
Monitoring and alerts on error rates
Integration load tests completed
API key rotation process documented
Incident response runbook created
Access permissions reviewed (least privilege)
Support team trained on token-based workflows
Compliance stakeholders validated process
Rollback plan documented
Make sure to validate all your tests before moving to production.
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