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API ReferenceSandboxMetrics History

Metrics History

Time-series CPU, memory, and disk metrics for sandboxes.

Sandbox Metrics History

Per-sandbox resource metrics collected every 30 seconds, retained for 2 hours.

Point-in-time Snapshot

GET /v1/sandbox/{sandboxId}/metrics

Returns current CPU %, memory usage, memory limit, network bytes, and block I/O.

Stream (SSE)

GET /v1/sandbox/{sandboxId}/metrics/watch

Server-sent events stream, updated every 2 seconds. Useful for live dashboards.

Time-series History

GET /v1/sandbox/{sandboxId}/metrics/history?limit=120

Returns stored snapshots in ascending time order.

ParameterDefaultDescription
limit120Number of snapshots (1 per 30s = 1h at 120). Max 500.

Response:

{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "sandbox_id": "sbx_abc",
      "cpu_percent": 45.2,
      "memory_usage": 536870912,
      "memory_limit": 1073741824,
      "disk_used_mb": 1024,
      "collected_at": "2026-06-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "total": 120
}

Batch (for list views)

GET /v1/sandbox/metrics/batch?ids=id1,id2,id3

Returns the latest snapshot for each sandbox ID. Max 50 IDs per request. Useful for showing gauges in the sandbox list view without N+1 requests.

Response:

{
  "metrics": {
    "sbx_abc": { "cpu_percent": 45.2, "memory_usage": 536870912, ... },
    "sbx_def": { "cpu_percent": 2.1, "memory_usage": 104857600, ... }
  }
}

Retention

Metrics are collected every 30 seconds and retained for 2 hours. Older data is automatically pruned.

For longer retention, configure OTLP export to forward metrics to your own observability backend (New Relic, Grafana Cloud, Datadog, etc.).

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