Your handle appears in canonical game links:
Public owner profile
The same handle opens the public profile for the game owner:
The owner profile shows public listed games. API keys, private account data, draft games, and retained handles never appear.
Studio profiles are coming soon. The studio route remains visible as a disabled preview and is not available for setup yet.
Handle rules
A handle contains 2–39 characters:
- lowercase letters,
- digits,
- single hyphens between characters.
A handle cannot begin or end with a hyphen, contain doubled hyphens, or use a reserved name.
Renaming
Existing links keep working after a rename. Totem retains the old handle as a permanent redirect and reserves it to your account.
You can rename twice in a rolling 30-day window and retain up to five handles.
The dashboard shows:
- renames remaining in the current window,
- the day the window opens again,
- every retained handle,
- a Reclaim action for one of your retained handles.
Reclaiming your own retained handle does not use a rename allowance.
A retired handle stays reserved to you. You cannot release it for another account through self-service.
rename_limit with retry_after_days. The dashboard shows a full-page limit state instead of a temporary toast.
handle_taken stays intentionally generic. Totem does not reveal whether another account currently uses or previously retired a handle.
Installed games
Installed apps use /g/<slug>, not a handle-based scope. Renaming a handle therefore cannot break an installed game. 
