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# List sandboxes

> Your sandboxes. In an organization's scope (the active wallet, `org`, or `X-Boat-Org`) the list also holds every sandbox that organization pays for, whoever created it; `createdBy` and `access` say whose it is and what you may do with it.



## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi/boat-v1.yaml GET /sandboxes
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Boat Public API v1
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Public JSON API for creating, operating, prompting, observing, and exposing
    sandboxes from backend services, CI jobs, hosted workers, and Boat
    automation products.


    The v1 reference intentionally documents the developer integration surface
    only. Dashboard billing actions are not part of v1.
servers:
  - url: https://boat.dev/api/v1
security:
  - BoatBearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Boat
    description: >-
      Unified Boat account, setup, lifecycle, prompting, event history, desktop
      access, and SSH operations.
paths:
  /sandboxes:
    get:
      tags:
        - Boat
      summary: List sandboxes
      description: >-
        Your sandboxes. In an organization's scope (the active wallet, `org`, or
        `X-Boat-Org`) the list also holds every sandbox that organization pays
        for, whoever created it; `createdBy` and `access` say whose it is and
        what you may do with it.
      operationId: sandboxes
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgHeader'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Cursor'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Sort'
        - name: state
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Comma-separated sandbox state filter, for example
            `ready,idle,running`.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sandboxes owned by the authenticated Boat user.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SandboxListResponse'
              examples:
                sandboxes:
                  value:
                    ok: true
                    type: sandbox.list
                    sandboxes:
                      - id: bx_23456789
                        name: Sandbox 2026-05-31 12:00
                        state: idle
                        url: https://machine.on.boat.dev
                        ip: 203.0.113.10
                        createdAt: '2026-05-31T12:00:00Z'
                        updatedAt: '2026-05-31T12:05:00Z'
                        archiveAfter: '2026-05-31T13:00:00Z'
                        desktopAvailable: true
                        desktopUrl: https://desktop.example/stream.html?token=redacted
                        snapshotAvailable: false
                        snapshotCompletedAt: null
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  parameters:
    OrgId:
      name: org
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
      description: >-
        Billing wallet for this request: an organization you belong to, by id
        (`team_…`) or by name as `GET /orgs` lists it (case-insensitive), or
        `personal`. Omitted, the account's active wallet applies (`PATCH
        /orgs/active`; personal until set). Two organizations sharing the name
        answer `409 ambiguous_org` and need the id. Sandboxes, snapshots, and
        environments stay creator-private.
    OrgHeader:
      name: X-Boat-Org
      in: header
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Same as the `org` query parameter. Query wins when both are set.
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 200
        default: 100
      description: Maximum items to return.
    Cursor:
      name: cursor
      in: query
      schema:
        type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      description: Opaque pagination cursor returned as `pageInfo.nextCursor`.
    Sort:
      name: sort
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - asc
          - desc
        default: desc
      description: Sort direction for cursor pagination.
  schemas:
    SandboxListResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessBase'
        - type: object
          required:
            - sandboxes
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: sandbox.list
            sandboxes:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sandbox'
            pageInfo:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
    SuccessBase:
      type: object
      required:
        - ok
        - type
      properties:
        ok:
          type: boolean
          examples:
            - true
        type:
          type: string
          description: Stable success envelope discriminator added by v1.
    Sandbox:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - state
        - desktopAvailable
        - snapshotAvailable
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          pattern: ^bx_[23456789abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz]{8}$
          examples:
            - bx_23456789
        name:
          type: string
          examples:
            - Boat 2026-05-31 12:00
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
            - init
            - provisioning
            - provisioned
            - cloning
            - ready
            - idle
            - running
            - archiving
            - archived
            - error
            - cancelled
          description: >-
            `cancelled` is terminal: a create or fork that could not get a
            machine was removed. `GET /sandboxes/{sandboxId}` reports it once,
            with only `id`, `state` and `error`, then answers 404.
        error:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Why the sandbox is stopped, failed or cancelled, or null.
        health:
          type: string
          enum:
            - ok
            - degraded
          description: >-
            `degraded` when the machine is alive but Boat cannot fully reach it
            (for example a firewall rule inside the sandbox blocks the tunnel).
            The sandbox keeps running.
        healthReason:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Why the sandbox is degraded, or null.
        degradedSince:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the sandbox became degraded, or null.
        hydrated:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            True once every file of the sandbox's snapshot is on its disk. A
            resumed or forked sandbox is usable before that: its files keep
            copying in the background, and its docker volumes move onto the real
            disk near the end. Its docker containers start earlier; at that
            point their volume mounts move onto the real disk in place, without
            a restart. The `sandbox.hydrated` webhook fires at the same moment
            this turns true. A sandbox that restored nothing is hydrated from
            the start.
        hydratedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the last resume or fork finished copying files in, or null.
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - small
            - default
            - large
          description: >-
            Current machine size: what the sandbox was created with, or the size
            it was last resumed or forked onto.
        vcpu:
          type: integer
          description: vCPUs guaranteed by this sandbox's type.
          examples:
            - 4
        memoryGB:
          type: integer
          description: RAM in GB guaranteed by this sandbox's type.
          examples:
            - 8
        billingMultiplier:
          type: number
          description: >-
            Rate at which this sandbox consumes machine time. 0.5 for `small`, 1
            for `default`, and 2 for `large`.
          examples:
            - 1
        machineProvider:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          enum:
            - hetzner
            - baremetal
            - null
          description: >-
            Machine provider of the machine the sandbox is on, or null when it
            has no machine.
        url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: Machine URL when assigned.
        ip:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Machine IPv6 or IPv4 address when assigned.
        sshEndpoint:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Public IPv4 `host:port` that forwards to the sandbox SSH server. Set
            only when the machine has no public IPv4 of its own; null otherwise.
            Connect with `ssh -p <port> user@<host>`.
          examples:
            - 203.0.113.10:22001
        createdAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        archiveAfter:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Automatic archival time, or null when auto-stop is disabled.
        desktopAvailable:
          type: boolean
        desktopUrl:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: Secret-bearing desktop stream URL when available. Redact from logs.
        snapshots:
          type: boolean
          description: False when the sandbox was created with snapshots off.
        snapshotAvailable:
          type: boolean
        snapshotCompletedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            Timestamp of the most recent successfully completed snapshot, or
            null.
        snapshotVerifiedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            Last time a snapshot confirmed the sandbox's saved state, including
            checks that found nothing new to save. Falls back to
            `snapshotCompletedAt`; null if never.
        team:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            The organization billed for this sandbox, or null when the owner is
            billed.
          required:
            - id
            - name
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
        createdBy:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Display name (or email) of the person who created the sandbox.
            Organization members see every sandbox the organization pays for, so
            this says whose it is.
        createdById:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Account id of the person who created the sandbox.
        access:
          type: string
          enum:
            - owner
            - use
            - view
          description: >-
            What you may do with this sandbox. `owner`: you created it. `use`: a
            teammate's organization sandbox that is `noEnv` (created with it, or
            shared and restarted), so you can open, run commands in, prompt,
            resume and stop it. `view`: a teammate's organization sandbox that
            still holds their personal logins, so you can see it and stop it
            until they share it (`POST /sandboxes/{sandboxId}/share`).
        holdsCreatorLogins:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            True while the sandbox still holds its creator's personal logins
            (GitHub token, model logins, secrets). Other members can only see
            such a sandbox.
        wipePendingUntilRestart:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            True once the sandbox is shared but not restarted yet. Its creator's
            logins are wiped at its next start, and the organization can use it
            from then on.
        subdomain:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            The sandbox's stable three-word subdomain slug (e.g.
            "frazil-pneuma-rallye"), or null before one is assigned.
        lastSnapshotAttemptAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            Timestamp of the most recent snapshot attempt of any status (queued,
            in_progress, completed, failed, cancelled), or null. Use with
            snapshotCompletedAt to detect snapshots that keep failing.
        lastSnapshotStatus:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          enum:
            - queued
            - in_progress
            - completed
            - failed
            - cancelled
            - null
          description: >-
            Status of the most recent snapshot attempt, or null if none. A value
            other than completed while snapshotCompletedAt stays stale indicates
            failing snapshots.
        setupStatus:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          enum:
            - pending
            - running
            - done
            - failed
            - null
          description: >-
            Outcome of the create-time `setupScript`: `pending` (stored, not yet
            started), `running` (executing on the sandbox in the background),
            `done` (exit code 0) or `failed` (non-zero exit, or the sandbox lost
            track of the process). Null when the sandbox was created without a
            setup script.
        setupError:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Short failure detail (exit code plus a stderr tail) when
            `setupStatus` is `failed`; while `pending`, may carry the last
            start/upload error from a retry in progress. Otherwise null.
        environment:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Name of the sandbox environment this sandbox is running, or null if
            it is attached to none (a `noEnv` sandbox, or one whose environment
            was deleted). A sandbox freezes onto one environment version when it
            starts and keeps it for life, so this is what the sandbox actually
            holds, not what the environment says today.
          examples:
            - base
        environmentVersion:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Version number of `environment` that this sandbox is pinned to.
            Compare it against the environment's latest version to see whether
            an upgrade is pending: a sandbox below the latest is still running
            the older configuration until someone calls `POST
            /environments/{environmentId}/upgrade`.
          examples:
            - 3
        stop:
          description: >-
            The last stop you requested (`POST /sandboxes/{sandboxId}/stop`), or
            null if you never stopped this sandbox.
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StopOperation'
            - type: 'null'
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      required:
        - nextCursor
        - hasMore
        - limit
      properties:
        nextCursor:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        hasMore:
          type: boolean
        limit:
          type: integer
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
        - ok
        - type
        - status
        - code
        - message
        - error
        - requestId
      properties:
        ok:
          type: boolean
          examples:
            - false
        type:
          type: string
          examples:
            - sandbox.error
        status:
          type: integer
          examples:
            - 409
        code:
          type: string
          examples:
            - provider_not_configured
        message:
          type: string
          examples:
            - Prompting is locked until Codex is configured on the Agents page.
        requestId:
          type: string
          examples:
            - req_01HX...
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - status
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            status:
              type: integer
            details:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
    StopOperation:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - status
        - requestedAt
        - lastAttemptAt
        - error
        - endedAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Stable id of this stop. Calling stop again while it is pending
            returns the same id.
          examples:
            - stop_3f9a1c2e7b4d5a60
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - pending
            - failing
            - completed
            - superseded
          description: >-
            `pending`: accepted, the sandbox is archiving. `failing`: the last
            attempt failed (see `error`); it is retried automatically until the
            sandbox archives. Running commands or prompts does not cancel it.
            `completed`: the sandbox is archived. `superseded`: a resume ended
            it before it completed.
        requestedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the stop was accepted. Null once it has ended.
        lastAttemptAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the last archival attempt ended.
        error:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Why the last attempt failed, while `status` is `failing`. Otherwise
            null.
        endedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the stop completed or was superseded.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          examples:
            unauthorized:
              value:
                ok: false
                type: sandbox.error
                status: 401
                code: unauthorized
                message: Unauthorized
                error:
                  code: unauthorized
                  message: Unauthorized
                  status: 401
                requestId: req_01HX...
  securitySchemes:
    BoatBearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: sandbox_api_key
      description: >-
        Boat bearer token in the form `boat_...`. Service API keys authenticate
        sandbox operations.

````

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