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Find and Alert on Orphaned Integration Tokens Draining Your API Quota
Dead integrations keep their tokens and keep hammering your API for customers who churned months ago. Detect tokens with no active account behind them and revoke them.
difficulty Advancedsetup 35 minresult Zombie integration tokens get found and revoked — API quota and security both improve without touching real customers.—
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Track Token Activity
Add a
Webhooknode logging which tokens make API calls. - 2
Cross-Reference Accounts
Add a
Codenode checking each active token against live account status. - 3
Flag the Orphans
Identify tokens still calling for churned or deleted accounts.
- 4
Report for Revocation
Add a
Slacknode listing orphaned tokens to revoke. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow with a test orphaned token. Confirm it's flagged.
Frequently asked questions
Why do orphaned tokens matter?
They consume quota, inflate infra costs and are a security surface — for accounts that no longer pay you anything.
Revoke automatically?
Flag first, revoke after a grace check — an active token on a paused account might be a reactivation waiting to happen.
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