Modal ships VM Sandboxes
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On October 1, 2026, Modal announced general availability of VM Sandboxes, giving AI agents a full Linux VM. Setting runtime="vm" switches to the new runtime while keeping the existing API, modal.Image, sub-second cold starts and CPU and memory bursting. VM Sandboxes support Docker, local databases, FUSE and certain Linux kernel features. Billing matches the gVisor runtime, on a pay-as-you-go basis.
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Modal ships VM Sandboxes
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- AI HOT · ProductsModal 正式发布 VM Sandboxes，为 AI 智能体提供完整 Linux 虚拟机
Modal 宣布 VM Sandboxes 正式可用，通过设置 runtime="vm"，即可为 AI 智能体提供完整 Linux 虚拟机。新运行时保留原有 API、modal.Image、亚秒级冷启动及 CPU 和内存突发能力，支持 Docker、本地数据库、FUSE 和特定 Linux 内核功能，与 gVisor 运行时采用相同的按量计费方式。
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