fabro/docs/public/administration/sandboxing.mdx
Bryan Helmkamp 80bc51c40e
Open sandbox provider identity to plugin kinds
SandboxProviderKind is now a validated string newtype instead of a
closed enum. The bundled kinds (local, docker, daytona) keep their
constants and a BundledProvider enum for the code paths that still
dispatch on them; any other well-formed sandbox-driver kind name is
accepted and names a plugin executable. EnvironmentProvider is gone:
environment settings carry SandboxProviderKind directly, and
is_clone_based is replaced by a workspace policy where local runs in a
designated directory and every other provider clones.

Server sandbox policy is keyed by kind. [server.sandbox.providers.<kind>]
accepts the bundled kinds with `enabled` and any plugin kind with its
launch settings (path, sha256, dev, args, env, inherit_env); bundled
kinds reject the plugin keys and a kind with no entry is disabled. The
OpenAPI schema, generated Rust and TypeScript clients, web settings
pages, and docs follow. The environments table drops its provider CHECK
enumeration in favour of the kind name rules so a plugin environment
can be stored.

Bundled-only code paths (run start, preflight, reconnect, terminal,
details) now fail with an explicit message for a plugin kind until the
driver construction function lands in the next step.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-09 15:17:32 -06:00

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---
title: "Sandboxing"
description: "Sandboxing workflow execution"
---
Sandboxes isolate agent execution from the host machine. When an agent runs a shell command, edits a file, or searches code, it does so inside a sandbox — preventing unintended side effects on the host and providing a reproducible environment for each run.
Fabro bundles three sandbox providers: `local` (no isolation), `docker` (container-level), and `daytona` (cloud VM). Additional providers run as [sandbox-driver](https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver) plugins configured under `[server.sandbox.providers.<kind>]`; an environment selects one by its kind name. See [Environments](/execution/environments) for full provider-specific configuration and [Server configuration](/administration/server-configuration#serversandboxproviders-section) for plugin settings.
Operators can enable or disable which providers the server may launch with
`[server.sandbox.providers.<kind>]` in `settings.toml`. Missing bundled entries default to
`enabled = true`; setting `enabled = false` rejects new runs whose effective provider is disabled,
and a plugin kind with no entry is disabled. Dry-run runs on any non-local provider execute
locally, so they are governed by the `local` provider policy.
The API can also list Fabro-managed sandboxes directly from configured providers:
```http
GET /api/v1/sandboxes
GET /api/v1/sandboxes/{id}
```
Provider-backed inventory is useful when you need to inspect Docker or Daytona resources independent of a single run projection. Listing is fail-soft: available provider results are returned with provider errors in response metadata.
## Network access control
For cloud sandboxes (Daytona), you can control outbound network access with `[environments.<slug>.network]`. Three modes are available: `"allow_all"` (default), `"block"`, and `"cidr_allow_list"` with an `allow = ["..."]` CIDR list.
Server defaults in `settings.toml` apply when a run config doesn't specify `network`. Individual run configs can override the server default.
See [Environments — Network access](/execution/environments#network-access) for syntax examples and the full reference.