[Fundamentals] Document scannable API credential formats#29561
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## Context/Background Cloudflare API credentials now use a prefixed, scannable format (cfk_, cfut_, cfat_) that enables credential scanning tools like GitHub Secret Scanning, TruffleHog, Gitleaks, and GitGuardian to detect leaked tokens with high confidence. Leaked tokens are automatically revoked and the token owner is notified via email. ## Changes in this commit - New concept page (token-formats.mdx) covering the three scannable credential formats, leaked token detection partners, Cloudflare One DLP integration, and how to upgrade existing tokens - Inline mentions with links on keys.mdx (cfk_), create-token.mdx (cfut_), and account-owned-tokens.mdx (cfat_) - Updated api-roll-token partial to note that rolled tokens use the scannable format - Refreshed dashboard screenshots for the token creation flow
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| 2. Go to **My Profile** > **API Tokens**. |
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We could deeplink directly to this page. Why not do so? We can also link to the account API tokens page.
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Made a minor suggestion, but overall, this is looking good.
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Cloudflare API credentials now use prefixed, scannable formats (
cfk_,cfut_,cfat_) that enable credential scanning tools to detect leaked tokens. This PR documents the new formats and updates existing API credential pages to reference them./fundamentals/api/get-started/token-formats/covering the three credential formats, leaked token detection and auto-revocation, and the pre-2026 unprefixed formatskeys.mdx(cfk_),create-token.mdx(cfut_), andaccount-owned-tokens.mdx(cfat_)api-roll-tokenpartial to note that rolled tokens use the scannable formatRelated: RM-26064, ACCT-11368