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My results after stress-testing key rotation: Azure's Managed HSM failed under load.

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I've been reading the docs on key rotation for enclave deployments. Wanted to test a high-frequency rotation scenario to see how a managed service handles it.

I used Azure's Managed HSM with their key rotation policy. Under a sustained load of rotations every few minutes, the HSM started returning timeouts and throttling errors after about 3 hours. The rotation operations eventually failed, leaving the test enclave with an expired key. Has anyone else hit limits like this with a cloud HSM? I'm trying to understand if this is a design constraint I missed.



   
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