docs(research): add long-running posture axis to the sandbox landscape
Adds a "Long-running posture" row to the comparison table and an addendum note contrasting the two models: E2B and CubeSandbox are ephemeral-per-task (5-min default timeout, tier-capped continuous runtime, duration via pause/resume + reconnect-by-id), while bot-bottle bottles are persistent, named, and supervised by default. For agents that run for hours/days this posture difference matters more than the isolation primitive. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YBCHap11yGAKuKfsehNPaD
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@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ claim that the monetization positioning leans on. See the addendum.
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| Agent target | Claude Code | Generic (demo) | Generic | Multi-agent wrapper | Generic (+ Claude/OpenAI SDKs) | Claude focus | Generic | Claude + Cursor (MCP/Skills) | Generic (AGENTS.md) | E2B-compatible (platform builders) |
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| Agent target | Claude Code | Generic (demo) | Generic | Multi-agent wrapper | Generic (+ Claude/OpenAI SDKs) | Claude focus | Generic | Claude + Cursor (MCP/Skills) | Generic (AGENTS.md) | E2B-compatible (platform builders) |
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| Network policy | Default-deny via own egress scanner + per-bottle allowlist + content DLP + gitleaks on git push | Capability model only | Limited | Not addressed | Default-deny + allowlist + secret-injecting proxy | Default-deny + logging | Per-VM net (unverified) | Not documented | Off by default + allowlist | Default-deny allowlist + instant egress block + audit logs + per-sandbox tokens (eBPF) + credential vault |
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| Network policy | Default-deny via own egress scanner + per-bottle allowlist + content DLP + gitleaks on git push | Capability model only | Limited | Not addressed | Default-deny + allowlist + secret-injecting proxy | Default-deny + logging | Per-VM net (unverified) | Not documented | Off by default + allowlist | Default-deny allowlist + instant egress block + audit logs + per-sandbox tokens (eBPF) + credential vault |
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| Parallel agents | Yes (one bottle per agent) | n/a | Not addressed | One at a time | Multiple VMs | Yes (dashboard) | SDK-level | SDK-level | Architectural | Yes (2,000+/host claimed) |
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| Parallel agents | Yes (one bottle per agent) | n/a | Not addressed | One at a time | Multiple VMs | Yes (dashboard) | SDK-level | SDK-level | Architectural | Yes (2,000+/host claimed) |
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| Long-running posture | Persistent by default (named, supervised) | n/a (demo) | Session (up while in use) | Per-invocation | Ephemeral VM per run | Per-run (versioned) | Ephemeral + snapshot/fork | Ephemeral / on-demand | Named persistent by default | Ephemeral + auto pause/resume |
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| Config | JSON manifest (bottles + agents) | Programmatic refs | CLI wizard | Profile files / shell fns | CLI / SDK | DSL + CLI + SDK | SDK | CLI / SDK / MCP | TOML Smolfile | E2B-compatible SDK |
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| Config | JSON manifest (bottles + agents) | Programmatic refs | CLI wizard | Profile files / shell fns | CLI / SDK | DSL + CLI + SDK | SDK | CLI / SDK / MCP | TOML Smolfile | E2B-compatible SDK |
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| Maturity | Active May 2026 | Research (2022+) | Early (~66 ⭐) | Active (~1.4k ⭐) | Experimental (~574 ⭐) | Private preview | YC, ~4.7k ⭐ | YC, ~6k ⭐, beta | ~3.1k ⭐ | Tencent, prod, ~10.4k ⭐ |
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| Maturity | Active May 2026 | Research (2022+) | Early (~66 ⭐) | Active (~1.4k ⭐) | Experimental (~574 ⭐) | Private preview | YC, ~4.7k ⭐ | YC, ~6k ⭐, beta | ~3.1k ⭐ | Tencent, prod, ~10.4k ⭐ |
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injected credentials (they can't leak if they were never present), but
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injected credentials (they can't leak if they were never present), but
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it is not a substitute for content inspection of everything else.
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it is not a substitute for content inspection of everything else.
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**Long-running posture — a sharper axis than raw isolation.** E2B and
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CubeSandbox are *ephemeral-per-task* by design; a long-running agent is an
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architected pattern on top, not the default. E2B: 5-minute default
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timeout, continuous runtime tier-capped (~1h Hobby / ~24h Pro), duration
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achieved via **pause/resume** (preserves filesystem + memory + processes;
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reconnect by sandbox ID via `Sandbox.connect()`; resume resets the timeout
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to 5 min; auto-pause via `on_timeout: "pause"`). CubeSandbox mirrors this
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(E2B drop-in) with first-class auto pause/resume and hundred-ms
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checkpoint/fork — and, self-hosted, sets its own timeout policy with no
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vendor tier caps. bot-bottle inverts the model: a bottle is **persistent,
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named, and supervised by default** — long-running *is* the default, not a
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session-management loop over pause/resume. smolmachines is the other
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persistent-by-default project in this set. For anyone building agents that
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run for hours/days, this posture difference matters more than the
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isolation primitive.
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Why it still doesn't collide head-on:
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Why it still doesn't collide head-on:
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1. **Shape.** CubeSandbox is a *multi-tenant service for platform
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1. **Shape.** CubeSandbox is a *multi-tenant service for platform
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