Docker

2026Dockerpaid

Cloud Sandboxes

vExperimental
featured
AI Agents
Cloud Computing

Cloud Sandboxes are microVM-based isolated environments that allow AI coding agents to run autonomously on Docker-managed compute. They enable developers to offload long-running tasks from their local machines to the cloud, ensuring security and persistence for tasks that take hours to complete.

MicroVM-based isolation for secure, autonomous agent execution
Seamless transition between local and cloud environments via CLI
Support for leading coding agents including Claude Code, Copilot, and Codex
versionExperimental
regionUnited States
2026Dockeropen source

Sandbox Kit Specification

v3
AI Agents
Security

The Docker Sandbox Kit Specification v3 is an open-source standard for packaging AI agent environments, including network rules, credentials, and volumes, into a single, reproducible OCI image. It enables developers to define agent authority as code, ensuring that security policies and environment configurations are versioned, diffable, and portable across different runtimes.

Packages agent authority, network rules, and credentials into a single OCI image
Enables reproducible and diffable security policies for AI agents
Supports composition of workloads and mixins for modular environment building
pricingOpen source (Apache 2.0)
version3
2026Dockerfree

Docker VMM

vPublic Beta
Virtualization
Containerization

Docker VMM is a fully rebuilt, container-optimized virtualization layer for Docker Desktop that replaces third-party solutions. It provides enhanced performance, stability, and memory management by allowing Docker to own and tune the entire virtualization stack.

Faster container startup and project switching
Significantly improved file I/O performance between host and container
Smarter memory management that releases idle RAM to the host
versionPublic Beta
regionUnited States