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Switch SFE to use oauth for zendesk integration
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Description
Zendesk has announced that they are deprecating non-oauth API tokens, so we need to migrate before 2026-10-20.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the SFE service and its current Zendesk authentication and configuration. Trace how SFE calls Zendesk, then identify the integration checks or tests that exercise authentication. Done means SFE uses OAuth instead of deprecated API tokens before 2026-10-20.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100