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# List sandboxes



## 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
      operationId: sandboxes
      parameters:
        - $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:
    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
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - small
            - default
            - large
            - xlarge
          description: >-
            Current machine size: what the sandbox was created with, or the size
            it was last resumed or forked onto. Legacy bare-metal sandboxes read
            as `default`.
        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`, 2 for `large`, and 50/9 for `xlarge`.
          examples:
            - 1
        url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: Machine URL when assigned.
        ip:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Machine IPv6 or IPv4 address when assigned.
        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.
        snapshotAvailable:
          type: boolean
        snapshotCompletedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            Timestamp of the most recent successfully completed snapshot, or
            null.
        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
    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
  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.

````