---
title: "Upgrade a secret"
description: "Move an E2E secret to a plan with more RAM and storage, keeping every value stored in it."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "secrets"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/secrets/how-to/upgrade-a-secret/"
topic: ["manage"]
---

# Upgrade a secret

Move a secret to a larger plan, with more RAM and storage, and keep every value stored in it.

## Before you begin

Check that:

- The secret shows **Running**. **Upgrade** is available only then.
- You have permission to update secrets in the project. An **Admin** or a **Project Lead** can
  always upgrade secrets, and any other user needs a policy set that allows it. MyAccount displays
  **Upgrade** and **Upgrade Secret** to users who have permission to update secrets. See
  [Create a policy set](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-policy-set/).
- On a prepaid account, you have enough infra credits for 24 hours of the new plan's hourly price.
- Your applications can manage without the store for about a minute. The upgrade restarts the
  store, which stops answering for up to about a minute.

## Choose the new plan

1. In the MyAccount side menu, click **E2E Secrets Management**.
2. In the secret's row, open **Actions** and choose **Upgrade**. The **Upgrade Secret** panel opens
   with the secret's name, which stays as it is, and the plans that come after your current one.
3. Compare each plan's **RAM** and **Storage** in GB, and its hourly and monthly **Price**. The new
   plan needs at least as much storage as the current one. Click **Select** on the plan you want.
4. Click **Upgrade Secret**.

MyAccount shows **Secret has been upgraded.** The secret shows **Upgrading** for a few seconds, then
**Running** again, now on the new plan. To check the plan, click the secret's name and look under
**Plan** on its **Info** tab.

## What the upgrade changes

Every value in the store stays as it is. The store stops answering while it restarts, and the pause
can last a short time after the secret shows **Running** again. Once the
upgrade finishes, the secret is billed at the new plan's price; see
[E2E's pricing page](https://www.e2enetworks.com/pricing).

If an upgrade fails, the secret shows **Error**. It stays on its old plan and is billed at that
plan's price. For what to do, see
[The secret shows Error](/myaccount/secrets/troubleshooting/secrets/#the-secret-shows-error).

For help with any message during an upgrade, see
[Troubleshooting E2E Secrets Management](/myaccount/secrets/troubleshooting/secrets/).