Skip to content

sbx: warn that saving a template embeds filesystem secrets #25242

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
dvdksn merged 1 commit into from
Jun 3, 2026
+9 −0
Merged

sbx: warn that saving a template embeds filesystem secrets #25242

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions content/manuals/ai/sandboxes/customize/templates.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ a template. This captures installed packages, configuration changes, and
files into a reusable image — useful when you've set up an environment
interactively and want to preserve it.

> [!WARNING]
> Saving a sandbox captures its entire filesystem, including any secrets
> stored on it. If you manually added API keys, tokens, or other
> credentials to the sandbox, they're embedded in the saved template and
> shared with anyone you distribute it to. To keep credentials out of
> templates, manage them with `sbx secret set` instead — the proxy injects
> them at runtime so they're never written to the filesystem. For more
> information, see [Manage credentials](../security/credentials.md).

### Save and reuse

Stop the sandbox (or let the CLI prompt you), then save it with a name and
Expand Down