# Subgraph API Keys and safer deployment pipelines

DevFeed: [Subgraph API Keys and safer deployment pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/subgraph-api-keys-and-safer-deployment-pipelines-23527.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/subgraph-api-keys-and-safer-deployment-pipelines>)

Author: Susannah Kirby

Published: 2025-10-07T07:00:08Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [GraphOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphos.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [announce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announce.md>), [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-keys.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [env-file-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/env-file-security.md>), [graphos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphos.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo announces subgraph API keys for GraphOS. The keys limit permissions to specified subgraphs and variants, making them suitable for CI/CD and deployment workflows and reducing the risk of teams modifying subgraphs outside their ownership.

## Source excerpt

We're thrilled to announce the release of subgraph API keys! Subgraph API keys are designed to scope permissions to a specific subgraph, or set of subgraphs, within your organization's graph, and are ideal for CI/CD workflows. Until now, individual development teams have used Graph API keys in their deployment pipelines, giving them full access to a federated graph.