# Vercel Sandboxes now allow unique, customizable names

By Steven Van · 2026-03-26

The beta SDK and CLI let developers find, resume and inspect sandboxes by name instead of by ID.

[Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>) Sandboxes created with the latest beta package now get a unique, customizable name within a project, replacing the previous ID-based identification. Names cannot be changed after a sandbox is created.

- A sandbox can be found and resumed by its name instead of tracking its ID.

- The beta CLI adds configuration management and session inspection: creating a named sandbox, running commands against it (with automatic resume if it had timed out), and listing its past sessions.

- Named sandboxes are the mechanism for identifying [automatic persistence](<https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-sandbox/concepts/persistent-sandboxes>), tying a session to the same name at both creation and resumption.

The beta packages are available now: **pnpm install @vercel/sandbox@beta** for the SDK, and **pnpm install -g sandbox@beta** for the CLI.

[![](<https://vercel.com/api/docs-og?title=Persistence&format=docs&sig=f01a8560ef76bcfac4fc5634f17803e507ee9380473711a2977ecb33b7fbd976&category=Run%20agents%20and%20backends&subcategory=Sandbox&subcategory2=Concepts>)](<https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-sandbox/concepts/persistent-sandboxes>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-sandbox/concepts/persistent-sandboxes>)

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