Vercel Sandbox now calculates snapshot storage costs daily
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Christian Le
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sandbox — An isolated environment where AI-generated code or agent actions run without being able to touch anything real.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
Spiky sandboxAn isolated environment where AI-generated code or agent actions run without being able to touch anything real.Full definition → snapshot storage is now billed from each day's average instead of smoothed across the month, so short-lived AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → environments cost closer to what they actually consume.
