Kill Sandbox

Killing a sandbox shuts it down and permanently removes it. A killed sandbox cannot be resumed or reconnected. You can kill sandboxes from the CLI or programmatically through the SDK.

Kill a connected sandbox

import { Novita } from 'novita-sandbox'

const novita = new Novita()
const sandbox = await novita.sandbox.create()

// ... use the sandbox ...

await sandbox.kill()

from novita_sandbox import Novita

novita = Novita()
sandbox = novita.sandbox.create()

# ... use the sandbox ...

sandbox.kill()

Kill by sandbox ID

Use the namespace kill method when you only have the sandbox ID. It returns true if the sandbox was found and killed, and false if no sandbox with that ID exists.

import { Novita } from 'novita-sandbox'

const novita = new Novita()
const killed = await novita.sandbox.kill('sbx-123')
if (!killed) {
  console.log('Sandbox not found')
}

from novita_sandbox import Novita

novita = Novita()
killed = novita.sandbox.kill("sbx-123")
if not killed:
    print("Sandbox not found")

# Kill a sandbox by ID (alias: sandbox kl)
novita-sandbox-cli sandbox kill <sandboxID>

Kill all sandboxes

The CLI can kill every running sandbox at once with -a / --all, optionally filtered by state or metadata.

CLI

# Kill all running sandboxes
novita-sandbox-cli sandbox kill -a

# Filter which ones to kill by state or metadata
novita-sandbox-cli sandbox kill -a --state running
novita-sandbox-cli sandbox kill -a --metadata env=test

Last modified on August 5, 2026

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