Sandbox Lifecycle

By default a Sandbox will be created from a template. A template is a snapshot of a Sandbox, meaning it will be a direct continuation of the template. If the template was running a dev server, that dev server is running when the Sandbox is created.

When you create, resume or restart a Sandbox you can access its bootupType. This value indicates how the Sandbox was started.

• FORK: The Sandbox was created from a template. This happens when you call create successfully.
• RUNNING: The Sandbox was already running. This happens when you call resume and the Sandbox was already running.
• RESUME: The Sandbox was resumed from hibernation. This happens when you call resume and the Sandbox was hibernated.
• CLEAN: The Sandbox was created or resumed from scratch. This happens when you call create or resume and the Sandbox was not running and was missing a snapshot. This can happen if the Sandbox was shut down, restarted, the snapshot was expired (old snapshot) or if something went wrong.