Extend or reduce the timeout on a running E2B sandbox

domain: e2b.dev · 3 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Call `sandbox.set_timeout(seconds)` in Python / `await sandbox.set_timeout(ms)` in JS/TS with the new total lifetime.
  2. Verify the new expiry with `sandbox.get_info()`, which returns started-at and end-at times.
  3. Use a generous timeout before kicking off long background jobs so the sandbox does not die mid-task.

Known gotchas

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