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Stop a session

POSThttps://api.vercel.com/v2/sandboxes/sessions/{sessionId}/stop
Stops a running session and releases its allocated resources. All running processes within the session will be terminated. This action cannot be undone. A stopped session cannot be restarted.
Request
import { Vercel } from "@vercel/sdk";


const vercel = new Vercel({
  bearerToken: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>",
});


async function run() {
  const result = await vercel.sandboxes.stopSession({
    sessionId: "sbx_abc123",
    teamId: "team_1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i0j1k2l",
    slug: "my-team-url-slug",
  });


  console.log(result);
}


run();
Response
{
  "session": {
    "abortedAt": "1750344501629",
    "activeCpuDurationMs": "42",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "createdAt": "1750344501629",
    "cwd": "/vercel/sandbox",
    "duration": "3600000",
    "id": "sbx_123a6c5209bc3778245d011443644c8d27dc2c50",
    "memory": "2048",
    "networkPolicy": {
      "allowedCIDRs": [],
      "allowedDomains": [],
      "deniedCIDRs": [],
      "injectionRules": [
        {
          "domain": "api.vercel.com",
          "headerNames": []
        }
      ],
      "mode": "custom"
    },
    "networkTransfer": {
      "egress": "123",
      "ingress": "123"
    },
    "projectId": "prj_123a6c5209bc3778245d011443644c8d27dc2c50",
    "region": "iad1",
    "requestedAt": "1750344501629",
    "requestedStopAt": "1750344501629",
    "runtime": "node22",
    "snapshottedAt": "1750344501629",
    "sourceSandboxName": "my-sandbox",
    "sourceSnapshotId": "snap_123a6c5209bc3778245d011443644c8d27dc2c50",
    "startedAt": "1750344501629",
    "status": "running",
    "stoppedAt": "1750344501629",
    "timeout": "3600000",
    "updatedAt": "1750344501629",
    "v0": "false",
    "vcpus": "2"
  }
}

Authentication

AuthorizationbearerToken

Default authentication mechanism

Path parameters

sessionIdstringRequired
The unique identifier of the session to stop.

Query parameters

teamIdstringOptional
The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of.
slugstringOptional
The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of.

Response

200The session was stopped successfully.
sessionobjectRequired
This object contains information related to a Vercel Sandbox Session. v2 endpoints return "session" instead of "sandbox" as the response wrapper key.

Errors

400One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.
401The request is not authorized.
403You do not have permission to access this resource.
404Error
410Error
422Error
429Error
500Error