Docker adds cloud sandboxes so coding agents run off the laptop

Cloud sandboxes run on Docker-managed compute with their own credentials and network policies, billed pay-as-you-go apart from model charges.

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Docker Sandboxes run AI coding agents in isolated environments either on a developer's own machine or on Docker-managed cloud infrastructure, reached through a single CLI. Cloud sandboxes run on Docker-managed compute without local virtualization, keeping separate credentials, network policies and lifecycle controls from local sandboxes.

Local sandbox compute and the CLI are free; cloud sandbox compute is pay-as-you-go, with model provider charges billed separately. Organization admins can centrally manage sandbox network, filesystem and MCP policies for local sandboxes across developer machines.

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Docker Sandboxes run AI coding agents in isolated environments on your machine or on Docker-managed cloud infrastructure

Docker Sandboxes run AI coding agents in isolated environments on your machine or on Docker-managed cloud infrastructure.
Cloud sandboxes run on Docker-managed compute without local virtualization, with separate credentials, network policies and lifecycle controls from local sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes | Run on Docker-managed compute without local virtualization ... The two environments have separate credentials, network policies, and lifecycle controls.
Local sandbox compute and the CLI are free; cloud sandbox compute runs on a pay-as-you-go subscription, with model provider charges billed separately

The sbx CLI and local sandbox compute are free to use, including for commercial work. Cloud compute uses a pay-as-you-go subscription. ... Model-provider charges are separate.
Organization admins can centrally manage sandbox network, filesystem and MCP policies for local sandboxes across developer machines

Organization admins can centrally manage sandbox network, filesystem, and MCP policies for local sandboxes across developer machines.

2 Introducing Cloud Sandboxes: Start on Your Laptop, Finish in the CloudDocker · 24 Sep 2026 · 1 fact

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Docker introduced Cloud Sandboxes on 24 September 2026

Today, we're introducing Cloud Sandboxes: the same microVM-based sandbox, running on Docker-managed compute, with one command to move between them.

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