Put real OTP verification inside your deployment pipeline
Continuous delivery depends on fast, repeatable checks, but phone verification usually gets left out. The code that sends OTPs, the templates, and the third-party services that deliver them can all change without warning, and the first sign of a break is often a support ticket from a user who cannot sign up.
OTP Route lets you add a real OTP step to your pipeline. A job in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or any other runner calls the REST API to reserve a verification number, drives the signup flow, and waits for the code by polling or through a signed webhook. Because inventory varies by service and time, the API reports availability so the job can retry or skip rather than fail a release on an environmental condition. Unused activations are refunded automatically, keeping pipeline costs proportional to completed checks.
The problem
OTP steps are commonly excluded from pipelines because they need a human or a physical phone
Template or sender changes break verification silently between releases
Flaky external dependencies cause false failures that block deployments
How OTP Route helps
Polling for locked-down runners
CI runners often cannot receive inbound webhooks. The activation endpoint can be polled with a sensible interval and timeout, so the OTP step works from ephemeral runners, private networks and build agents behind firewalls without exposing extra endpoints.
Availability-aware jobs
Query inventory before requesting a number. If the target service has no numbers available for the chosen country, the job can try a fallback country or mark the step as skipped, preventing environmental conditions from blocking an otherwise healthy release.
Secrets-friendly integration
Store your API key and webhook secret in your CI secret manager. Requests are plain HTTPS calls, so they work from any language or shell script, and the same integration runs in staging, preview environments and post-deploy smoke tests.
Predictable spend
Billing is pay-per-activation from a prepaid USD wallet, and activations that never receive a code are refunded automatically. Pipeline costs track the number of completed verification checks, and the dashboard lists each activation for auditing and budget review.
A typical workflow
Store the OTP Route API key in your CI secret manager
Check availability for the country and service at the start of the job
Request an activation and pass the number to your end-to-end test
Poll the activation or wait for a signed webhook until the code arrives or a timeout is reached
Submit the code, assert success, and let unused activations refund automatically
FAQ
Which CI systems are supported?
Should a missing OTP fail my build?
How long should the pipeline wait for a code?
Build it on OTP Route
Pay as you go with no monthly fee, USD wallet, signed webhooks and automatic refunds on unused activations.