Summary
Vercel has introduced Vercel Managed Images (VMI), a set of versioned, open-source base images that replace the deprecated Sandbox runtimes. Starting with Sandbox SDK version 3, new sandboxes will default to using these managed images.
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What happened
Today we are introducing Vercel Managed Images (VMI), a set of versioned, open-source base images you can use as-is or extend. The source for every image lives in the public vercel/sandbox repository. Managed images replace Sandbox runtimes, which are now deprecated. Starting with version 3 of the Sandbox SDK, new...
Why it matters
This change streamlines the development environment by providing standardized, maintainable base images for sandboxed code execution. It also enhances transparency and customization since the image sources are publicly available on GitHub.
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