Sandbox now supports sudo and installing RPM packages

You can now run commands with sudo inside Vercel Sandbox, giving you full control over runtime environment setup, just like on a traditional Linux system.

This makes it possible to install system dependencies at runtime, like Go, Python packages, or custom binaries, before executing your code.

sudo is available via the runCommand method:

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import { Sandbox } from "@vercel/sandbox";
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const sandbox = await Sandbox.create();
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await sandbox.runCommand({
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  cmd: "dnf",
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  args: ["install", "-y", "golang"],
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  sudo: true,
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});

The sandbox sudo configuration is designed to be easy to use:

• PATH is preserved

• HOME is set to /root

• Custom environment variables like env: { FOO: "bar" } are passed through

With sudo on Sandbox it's easier to run untrusted code in isolated environments with the right permissions, with no workarounds required.

Learn more about Vercel Sandbox and sudo in the documentation.