# Webhook Validation and Verification Process **URL:** \ **Category:** Authentication\ **Tags:** webhooks, api\ **Created:** [October 18, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webhook-validation-and-verification-process/96991 "2023-10-18T12:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![indranil.doss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/indranil.doss/32/53106_2.png) [@indranil.doss](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/indranil.doss)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webhook-validation-and-verification-process/96991/1 "2023-10-18T12:15:31Z")
**Description** _Details on your question, workflow or the problem you’re trying to solve._ Currently the webhook validation and verification process that we follow involves making use of ‘verification\_token’. I went through the articles shared by Zoom developers, and it says that we have to adapt the new process of verification(i.e., making use of the ‘Secret Token’ ). I came across 2 different articles, in one it is mentioned that it will retire by Oct, 2023([https://devsupport.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/13352207117581-Updated-Webhook-Validation-and-Verification-Processes](https://devsupport.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/13352207117581-Updated-Webhook-Validation-and-Verification-Processes)) and in other([Using webhooks](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/webhook-reference/#verify-webhook-events)) it is mentioned that from Feb, 2024 onwards it will sunset. Can you please confirm what is the Timeline which we should consider here out of Oct,2023 and Feb,2024. ---
**Author:** ![ojus.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ojus.zoom/32/734_2.png) [@ojus.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ojus.zoom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webhook-validation-and-verification-process/96991/2 "2023-10-18T20:31:22Z")
@indranil.doss we decided to extend the timeline until Feb 2024