Daytona

Summary

Daytona is a commercial sandbox infrastructure platform that provisions and manages isolated execution environments for AI-generated code, run as a hosted API and SDK rather than something installed and operated locally. It gives developers building AI coding agents a way to spin up, fork, and tear down sandboxes programmatically, with controls like per-sandbox CPU and memory limits, TTL and auto-pause settings for lifecycle management, and WebSocket event subscriptions for tracking sandbox state in real time. Organization-level metrics and membership management point to teams operating fleets of sandboxes rather than single developers experimenting alone. Security-conscious defaults run through recent work too, including enforced TLS verification and restricted CLI config permissions. With 33 releases in the window tracked, including steady SDK, API, and CLI updates, the project shows active, ongoing development.

Daytona is an open-source development environment platform that enables developers to spin up standardized, reproducible coding environments instantly.

Release history

1. snapshot-20260831 seen Aug 31, 2026 · issue 012
   • ›Propagates daemon error codes consistently across all SDKs, enabling uniform error handling.
2. snapshot-20260830 seen Aug 30, 2026 · issue 011

   Daytona 0.203.0 adds a CLI command for listing organization members and client-side HTTP timeout support.

   • ›Adds an organization members CLI command for listing org members from the terminal.
3. snapshot-20260829 seen Aug 29, 2026 · issue 010

   Daytona 0.203.0 adds a CLI command for listing org members and propagates daemon error codes across all SDKs.

   • ›Adds organization members command to the CLI for listing members of an organization.
   • ›Propagates missing daemon error codes to all SDKs for consistent error handling across clients.
4. snapshot-20260828 seen Aug 28, 2026 · issue 009
   • ›Propagates daemon error codes consistently across all SDKs.
5. snapshot-20260826 seen Aug 26, 2026 · issue 008

   Daytona 0.202.0 promotes sandbox fork and snapshot creation APIs from experimental to stable.

   • ›Promotes sandbox fork and create-snapshot to stable API, replacing the previous experimental aliases.
   └──▷ BREAKING ON UPGRADE

   • !The experimental API aliases for sandbox fork and create-snapshot are deprecated — callers using the experimental endpoints must migrate to the stable API equivalents.
6. Sandbox class and warm pool fields on Sandbox seen Aug 25, 2026 · issue 007

   Daytona 0.207.0 exposes sandboxClass, warmPoolId, gpuType, desiredState, daemonVersion, and otelEndpointOverride fields on the Sandbox object

   • ›Exposes sandboxClass, warmPoolId, gpuType, desiredState, daemonVersion, and otelEndpointOverride fields directly on the Sandbox object in the SDK
7. snapshot-20260825 seen Aug 25, 2026 · issue 007

   Daytona 0.203.0 adds a CLI command to list organization members and consistent daemon error codes across all SDKs.

   • ›Adds organization members command to the CLI for listing org members.
   • ›Propagates daemon error codes consistently to all SDKs, enabling uniform error handling across SDK consumers.
8. snapshot-20260824 seen Aug 24, 2026 · issue 006

   Daytona promotes sandbox fork and snapshot creation to stable API, with cleaner client-side validation in the TypeScript SDK.

   • ›Distinguishes client-side argument validation errors from server-side 400 responses in the TypeScript SDK for clearer error handling.
   └──▷ BREAKING ON UPGRADE

   • !Experimental API aliases for fork and create-snapshot are deprecated and replaced by the stable API endpoints — callers using the experimental aliases must migrate to the stable equivalents.
9. snapshot-20260823 seen Aug 23, 2026 · issue 005
   • ›Adds pre-signed download and upload URLs for sandbox files via the SDK, enabling direct S3-compatible file transfer without proxying through the API.
   • ›Introduces structured error responses with typed error codes in the SDK, giving clients a stable contract to match against specific failure conditions.
10. snapshot-20260822 seen Aug 22, 2026 · issue 004
    • ›Promotes fork and create-snapshot from experimental to stable API, retiring the experimental aliases.
    └──▷ BREAKING ON UPGRADE

    • !Experimental API aliases for fork and create-snapshot are deprecated; callers using the experimental endpoints must migrate to the stable API.
11. snapshot-20260821 seen Aug 21, 2026 · issue 003

    Daytona 0.201.0 adds pre-signed sandbox file URLs, typed SDK error codes, and an autoDestroyAt range filter for sandbox listing.

    • ›Adds autoDestroyAt range filter to the sandbox list SDK call, allowing callers to query sandboxes by their scheduled destruction time.
12. snapshot-20260820 seen Aug 20, 2026 · issue 002

    Daytona promotes sandbox fork and snapshot creation to stable API, with improved client-side error signaling in the TypeScript SDK.

    • ›Distinguishes client-side argument validation errors from server 400s in the TypeScript SDK, giving callers cleaner error handling.
    └──▷ BREAKING ON UPGRADE

    • !Experimental aliases for fork and create-snapshot are deprecated; callers using the experimental API endpoints must migrate to the stable equivalents.
13. 1.0 Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona now publishes an API — 196 endpoints across 19 areas: Organizations, Sandbox, Admin, …

    • ›Organizations (49 endpoints) — create, read, update, delete
    • ›Sandbox (47 endpoints) — create, read, update, delete
    • ›Admin (24 endpoints) — create, read, update, delete
    • ›Runners (12 endpoints) — create, read, update, delete
    • ›Snapshots (8 endpoints) — create, read, delete
    +4 moreshow less

    • ›Users (8 endpoints) — create, read, delete
    • ›Api Keys (6 endpoints) — create, read, delete
    • ›Docker Registry (6 endpoints) — create, read, update, delete
    • ›11 more areas: Preview, Secret, Volumes, Jobs, Warm Pools, Webhooks, Health, Audit, Config, Object Storage, Regions
14. Org members command and client-side HTTP timeout seen Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona 0.203.0 adds a CLI org members command and a requestTimeoutMs timeout option in the TypeScript SDK.

    • ›Adds DaytonaConfig.requestTimeoutMs to the TypeScript SDK for configurable client-side HTTP timeouts.
    • ›Adds a CLI command for listing organization members.
15. Pre-signed file URLs and typed SDK errors seen Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona 0.201.0 adds pre-signed file transfer URLs, typed SDK error codes, and sandbox list filtering by autoDestroyAt.

    • ›Adds autoDestroyAt range filter to the sandbox list SDK method, enabling lifecycle-aware queries for sandboxes expiring within a time window.
    • ›Adds pre-signed download and upload URL generation for sandbox files, allowing direct S3-compatible file transfers without proxying through the API.
    • ›Adds structured error responses with typed error codes across the SDK, enabling programmatic error handling by error type rather than string matching.
16. Snapshot operations by name and outbound proxy seen Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona 0.204.0 adds snapshot operations by name, outbound proxy config, and typed git transport error codes.

    └──▷ TRY IT
    Create a sandbox that routes all outbound traffic through a corporate proxy — useful in air-gapped or regulated environments.
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    $ sandbox.create({ ..., outboundProxyUrl: 'http://proxy.corp.example.com:3128' })

    Catch specific git transport failures in automation to distinguish a network error from a rejected push.
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    $ catch (err) {
      if (err.code === 'GIT_TRANSPORT_FAILED') { /* retry */ }
      if (err.code === 'GIT_REMOTE_REJECTED') { /* alert */ }
    }

    • ›Adds sourceSandboxId filter to snapshot list in the SDK, enabling callers to list only snapshots derived from a specific sandbox.
    • ›Adds outboundProxyUrl parameter to the sandbox create call in the SDK, letting sandboxes route egress through a specified proxy.
    • ›Supports snapshot delete and activate by ID or name across the SDK and CLI, not just by ID.
    • ›Introduces GIT_TRANSPORT_FAILED and GIT_REMOTE_REJECTED typed error codes across all SDKs for finer-grained git failure handling.
17. Stable sandbox fork and snapshot creation seen Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona 0.202.0 promotes sandbox fork and snapshot creation to stable and improves TypeScript SDK error handling.

    • ›Promotes sandbox forking and snapshot creation from experimental to stable in the SDK API, deprecating the previous experimental aliases.
18. Warm pool management and spot GPUs seen Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona 0.205.0 adds warm pool management APIs, spot GPU support, and OpenTelemetry endpoint override for sandboxes.

    • ›Adds otelEndpointOverride to sandbox creation for overriding the OpenTelemetry endpoint per sandbox.
    • ›Adds spot GPU support for sandboxes.
    • ›Adds warm pool management APIs across SDKs.
19. snapshot-20260819 seen Aug 19, 2026 · issue 001

    Daytona 0.201.0 adds pre-signed sandbox file URLs and typed SDK error codes for easier automation.

    • ›Adds pre-signed download and upload URLs for sandbox file transfers via the SDK.
    • ›Adds structured error responses with typed error codes in the SDK for deterministic error handling.
    • ›Makes FileInfo.modifiedAt optional in the Python toolbox API client for compatibility with older runners.