---
title: get-a-named-sandbox
product: vercel
url: /docs/rest-api/sandboxes/get-a-named-sandbox
canonical_url: "https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api/sandboxes/get-a-named-sandbox"
last_updated: 2026-08-30
type: reference
prerequisites:
  []
related:
  - /docs/rest-api
summary: Learn about get-a-named-sandbox on Vercel.
install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
---

# Get a named sandbox

```http
GET /v2/sandboxes/{name}
```

Retrieves a named sandbox by name, including its current sandbox and routes. If the sandbox is stopped and resume is true, a new sandbox will be created from the most recent snapshot.

## Authentication

**bearerToken**: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | string. maxLength: 128; pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$` | Yes | Name for the sandbox. Must be unique per project and URL-safe (alphanumeric, hyphens, underscores). |


## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `projectId` | string | No | The project ID or name (required when not using OIDC token). |
| `resume` | boolean. default: false | No | Whether to automatically resume a stopped named sandbox by creating a new instance from its snapshot. Defaults to false. |
| `teamId` | string | No | The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of. |
| `slug` | string | No | The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of. |


## Example request

### TypeScript

```typescript
const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v2/sandboxes/name?projectId=string&resume=true&teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### Next.js

```typescript
'use server';

export async function callEndpoint() {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v2/sandboxes/name?projectId=string&resume=true&teamId=string&slug=string', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.VERCEL_ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    next: { revalidate: 3600 }
  });

  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error('Request failed');
  }

  return response.json();
}
```

### cURL

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.vercel.com/v2/sandboxes/name?projectId=string&resume=true&teamId=string&slug=string' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "sandbox": {
    "name": "my-sandbox",
    "currentSnapshotId": "example_id",
    "currentSessionId": "example_id",
    "status": "running",
    "statusUpdatedAt": "1750344501629",
    "persistent": "true",
    "region": "iad1",
    "failoverRegions": [],
    "vcpus": "2",
    "memory": "1024",
    "runtime": "node22",
    "image": "my-repo@sha256:2c4e8f9a1b3d5e7f091a2b3c4d5e6f708192a3b4c5d6e7f8091a2b3c4d5e6f708",
    "timeout": "300000",
    "snapshotExpiration": "604800000",
    "keepLastSnapshots": {
      "count": "5",
      "expiration": "604800000",
      "deleteEvicted": "true"
    },
    "networkPolicy": {
      "mode": "allow-all",
      "allowedDomains": [],
      "allowedCIDRs": [],
      "deniedCIDRs": [],
      "s3Key": "string"
    },
    "totalEgressBytes": "4096",
    "totalIngressBytes": "2048",
    "totalActiveCpuDurationMs": "5000",
    "totalDurationMs": "60000",
    "cwd": "/vercel/sandbox",
    "tags": "[object Object]",
    "mounts": "value",
    "createdAt": "1750344501629",
    "updatedAt": "1750344501629",
    "expiresAt": "1750344801629"
  },
  "session": {
    "sourceSandboxName": "my-sandbox",
    "projectId": "prj_123a6c5209bc3778245d011443644c8d27dc2c50",
    "id": "sbx_123a6c5209bc3778245d011443644c8d27dc2c50",
    "memory": "2048",
    "vcpus": "2",
    "region": "iad1",
    "runtime": "node22",
    "timeout": "3600000",
    "status": "running",
    "requestedAt": "1750344501629",
    "startedAt": "1750344501629",
    "cwd": "/vercel/sandbox",
    "requestedStopAt": "1750344501629",
    "stoppedAt": "1750344501629",
    "abortedAt": "1750344501629",
    "duration": "3600000",
    "sourceSnapshotId": "snap_123a6c5209bc3778245d011443644c8d27dc2c50",
    "snapshottedAt": "1750344501629",
    "createdAt": "1750344501629",
    "updatedAt": "1750344501629",
    "networkPolicy": {
      "mode": "custom",
      "allowedDomains": [],
      "allowedCIDRs": [],
      "deniedCIDRs": [],
      "injectionRules": [
        {}
      ]
    },
    "activeCpuDurationMs": "42",
    "networkTransfer": {
      "ingress": "123",
      "egress": "123"
    }
  },
  "routes": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "port": "123",
      "subdomain": "string",
      "system": "true"
    }
  ],
  "resumed": "false"
}
```

## Responses

### 200: No description

Content-Type: `application/json`

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "resumed",
    "routes",
    "sandbox",
    "session"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "sandbox": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "This object contains information related to a Vercel NamedSandbox.",
      "required": [
        "createdAt",
        "currentSessionId",
        "name",
        "persistent",
        "status",
        "statusUpdatedAt",
        "updatedAt"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The unique identifier of the sandbox."
        },
        "currentSnapshotId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Current snapshot ID that the named sandbox is pointing to."
        },
        "currentSessionId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Current session ID the sandbox is pointing to."
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The status of the current sandbox.",
          "enum": [
            "running",
            "stopped",
            "stopping"
          ]
        },
        "statusUpdatedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox status was last updated, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "persistent": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Whether the sandbox persists its state across restarts via automatic snapshots.",
          "enum": [
            false,
            true
          ]
        },
        "region": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The region the sandbox is pinned to: the region stored on the sandbox, otherwise the platform default. Where a running session actually landed is reported by `session.region`."
        },
        "failoverRegions": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "The regions the sandbox fails over to. Empty when it does not fail over.",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The regions the sandbox fails over to. Empty when it does not fail over.",
            "enum": [
              "arn1",
              "bom1",
              "cdg1",
              "cle1",
              "cpt1",
              "dub1",
              "fra1",
              "gru1",
              "hkg1",
              "hnd1",
              "iad1",
              "icn1",
              "kix1",
              "lhr1",
              "pdx1",
              "sfo1",
              "sin1",
              "syd1",
              "yul1"
            ]
          }
        },
        "vcpus": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Number of virtual CPUs allocated."
        },
        "memory": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Memory allocated in MB."
        },
        "runtime": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Runtime identifier."
        },
        "image": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Digest-pinned reference of the container image the sandbox was created from, when it was created from an image (\"{repository}@{manifestDigest}\")."
        },
        "timeout": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Timeout in milliseconds."
        },
        "snapshotExpiration": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Default snapshot expiration time in milliseconds. 0 means no expiration."
        },
        "keepLastSnapshots": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Keep-last snapshot configuration.",
          "required": [
            "count",
            "deleteEvicted"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "count": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Number of most recent snapshots to keep."
            },
            "expiration": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Expiration time in milliseconds for kept snapshots."
            },
            "deleteEvicted": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "description": "Whether to immediately delete evicted snapshots.",
              "enum": [
                false,
                true
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "networkPolicy": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Network policy configuration.",
          "required": [
            "mode"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "mode": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "allow-all",
                "custom",
                "default-allow",
                "default-deny",
                "deny-all"
              ]
            },
            "allowedDomains": {
              "type": "array"
            },
            "allowedCIDRs": {
              "type": "array"
            },
            "deniedCIDRs": {
              "type": "array"
            },
            "s3Key": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "totalEgressBytes": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Cumulative egress bytes across all sandbox runs."
        },
        "totalIngressBytes": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Cumulative ingress bytes across all sandbox runs."
        },
        "totalActiveCpuDurationMs": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Cumulative active CPU duration in milliseconds across all sandbox runs."
        },
        "totalDurationMs": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Cumulative wall-clock duration in milliseconds across all sandbox runs."
        },
        "cwd": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The working directory of the sandbox."
        },
        "tags": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Key-value tags attached to the named sandbox.",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "mounts": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Key-value pairs of mount path and drive.",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Key-value pairs of mount path and drive.",
            "required": [
              "drive"
            ]
          }
        },
        "createdAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the named sandbox was created, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "updatedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the named sandbox was last updated, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "expiresAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time at which the currently running sandbox will time out, in milliseconds since the epoch. Only present while a session is running."
        }
      }
    },
    "session": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "This object contains information related to a Vercel Sandbox Session. v2 endpoints return \"session\" instead of \"sandbox\" as the response wrapper key.",
      "required": [
        "createdAt",
        "cwd",
        "id",
        "memory",
        "projectId",
        "region",
        "requestedAt",
        "runtime",
        "sourceSandboxName",
        "status",
        "timeout",
        "updatedAt",
        "vcpus"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "sourceSandboxName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name of the source sandbox."
        },
        "projectId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The unique identifier of the project associated with this session."
        },
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The unique identifier of the sandbox."
        },
        "memory": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Memory allocated to this sandbox in MB."
        },
        "vcpus": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Number of vCPUs allocated to this sandbox."
        },
        "region": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The region where the sandbox is hosted."
        },
        "runtime": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The runtime of the sandbox."
        },
        "timeout": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The maximum amount of time the sandbox will run for in milliseconds."
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The status of the sandbox.",
          "enum": [
            "aborted",
            "failed",
            "pending",
            "running",
            "snapshotting",
            "stopped",
            "stopping"
          ]
        },
        "requestedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox was requested, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "startedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox was started, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "cwd": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The working directory of the sandbox."
        },
        "requestedStopAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox was requested to stop, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "stoppedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox was stopped, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "abortedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox was aborted, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "duration": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The duration of the sandbox in milliseconds."
        },
        "sourceSnapshotId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The unique identifier of the snapshot associated with this sandbox, if any."
        },
        "snapshottedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when a snapshot was requested, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "createdAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The time when the sandbox was created, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "updatedAt": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The last time the sandbox was updated, in milliseconds since the epoch."
        },
        "networkPolicy": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "The network policy applied to this sandbox, if any.",
          "required": [
            "mode"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "mode": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The network policy mode. - 'allow-all': All traffic is allowed. - 'deny-all': All traffic is blocked. - 'custom': Traffic is controlled by explicit allow/deny rules.",
              "enum": [
                "allow-all",
                "custom",
                "deny-all"
              ]
            },
            "allowedDomains": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "List of domain names the sandbox is allowed to connect to. Supports wildcard patterns (e.g., \"*.vercel.com\" matches all subdomains)."
            },
            "allowedCIDRs": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "List of IP address ranges (in CIDR notation) the sandbox is allowed to connect to."
            },
            "deniedCIDRs": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "List of IP address ranges (in CIDR notation) the sandbox is blocked from connecting to. These rules take precedence over all allowed rules."
            },
            "injectionRules": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "HTTP header injection rules for outgoing requests matching specific domains."
            }
          }
        },
        "activeCpuDurationMs": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The amount of CPU time the sandbox consumed, if available, in milliseconds. This value is only available once the sandbox is stopped, and only if it stopped successfully."
        },
        "networkTransfer": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "The quantity of data transfered to and from the sandbox, in bytes. This value is only available once the sandbox is stopped, and only if it stopped successfully.",
          "required": [
            "egress",
            "ingress"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "ingress": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "egress": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "routes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "This object represents a public route in a Vercel Sandbox.",
        "required": [
          "port",
          "subdomain",
          "url"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A public URL to access the corresponding port in the Sandbox."
          },
          "port": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "The user port number that the route is mapped to."
          },
          "subdomain": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The subdomain assigned to this route."
          },
          "system": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the route is reserved by the system (e.g. for internal use).",
            "enum": [
              true
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "resumed": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "enum": [
        false,
        true
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### 400: One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.

### 401: The request is not authorized.

### 402: The account is missing a payment so payment method must be updated

### 403: You do not have permission to access this resource.

### 404: No description

### 409: No description

### 410: No description

### 429: The concurrency limit has been exceeded.

### 500: No description

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## Related

- [sandboxes endpoints](/docs/rest-api#sandboxes)

- [REST API overview](/docs/rest-api)

- [OpenAPI spec](https://openapi.vercel.sh/) (machine-readable, all endpoints)

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