Pulumi ESC's new Rotated Secrets feature offers a crucial advancement in secrets management by automating the rotation of static credentials, such as database passwords and API keys, which are often prone to security vulnerabilities and compliance issues. With this feature, organizations can schedule automated rotations, ensuring credentials remain up-to-date and secure, and even trigger rotations on demand in case of suspected breaches. The integration of Rotated Secrets into existing ESC environments allows seamless management alongside other configuration values, utilizing a two-secret strategy to ensure application continuity. It provides comprehensive auditing and tracking for better governance and simplifies compliance with regulations like SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA. Rotated Secrets is particularly beneficial for legacy applications and scenarios where dynamic credential refreshes are impractical, offering a stable and secure solution without necessitating a complete re-architecture. Though currently supporting AWS IAM user credential rotation, there are plans to expand its capabilities to include a wider range of databases and cloud providers.