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title: Update Secret Store description and 'secret' field description
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/changes/2023/04/secret-store-improvements
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Minor improvements to the Secret Store docs:

- Improves description of Secret Store's overall functionality
- Better describe that the `secret` field must be Base64 encoded, regardless of whether it's the plaintext secret or locally encrypted secret