--- title: Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta | daily.dev description: Ngrok's Secrets feature for Traffic Policy has moved from Early Access into Open Beta, meaning any ngrok user can now create and use secrets without special... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta | daily.dev og:description: Ngrok's Secrets feature for Traffic Policy has moved from Early Access into Open Beta, meaning any ngrok user can now create and use secrets without special... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CgXfw24wr.png og:image:alt: Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta **[ngrok Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ngrok's Secrets feature for Traffic Policy has moved from Early Access into Open Beta, meaning any ngrok user can now create and use secrets without special access. Secrets let developers store sensitive values like API keys and passwords in encrypted vaults and reference them dynamically in traffic policy YAML via the secrets.get() macro, rather than hardcoding them. Secrets can currently be managed through the ngrok API and CLI, with dashboard support planned for a future release. An upcoming integration with the Kubernetes External Secrets Operator will let users sync secrets from Kubernetes clusters directly into ngrok vaults. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I use secrets in ngrok Traffic Policy without hardcoding API keys? Ngrok Traffic Policy Secrets is now in Open Beta, letting any ngrok user create and use secrets without needing Early Access. Secrets are created and managed through the ngrok API or CLI, stored in encrypted vaults, and referenced inside traffic policy YAML using the secrets.get() macro, for example within a basic-auth action, avoiding hardcoded sensitive values. _daily.dev surfaces updates like this for teams tightening secrets handling in their API gateways._ ### Can ngrok sync secrets from Kubernetes into its Traffic Policy vaults? Support for the Kubernetes External Secrets Operator is coming soon to ngrok, though not yet available. Once released, it will sync secrets from a Kubernetes cluster's external stores directly into ngrok vaults, so they can be referenced in traffic policies without manual duplication of credentials. _Teams planning Kubernetes secrets workflows can track integrations like this via daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#secrets-management](https://daily.dev/tags/secrets-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T07:21:08.016Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T07:26:19.256Z","description":"Ngrok's Secrets feature for Traffic Policy has moved from Early Access into Open Beta, meaning any ngrok user can now create and use secrets without special...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b3ae057e5ae864f7ef351583dfd0e7ed?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b3ae057e5ae864f7ef351583dfd0e7ed?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ngrok Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ngrok Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--718XXxvE--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787469610/logos/ngrok?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,devtools,kubernetes,secrets-management","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ngrok Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/secrets-for-traffic-policy-now-in-open-beta-cgxfw24wr#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I use secrets in ngrok Traffic Policy without hardcoding API keys?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Ngrok Traffic Policy Secrets is now in Open Beta, letting any ngrok user create and use secrets without needing Early Access. 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