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# Set sandbox timeout (/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/set-sandbox-timeout)

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Related: [List sandboxes](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/list-sandboxes.md), [Create sandbox](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/create-sandbox.md), [List sandboxes (v2)](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/list-sandboxes-v2.md), [List sandbox metrics](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/list-sandbox-metrics.md), [Get sandbox logs](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/get-sandbox-logs.md), [Get sandbox logs (v2)](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/get-sandbox-logs-v2.md)

# Set sandbox timeout

`POST /sandboxes/{sandboxID}/timeout`

> Set the timeout for the sandbox. The sandbox will expire x seconds from the time of the request. Calling this method multiple times overwrites the TTL, each time using the current timestamp as the starting point to measure the timeout duration.

Base URL: `https://api.e2b.app`

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.e2b.app",
      "description": "E2B Platform API"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "securitySchemes": {
    "ApiKeyAuth": {
      "type": "apiKey",
      "in": "header",
      "name": "X-API-Key"
    }
  },
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "sandboxID",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "requestBody": {
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "timeout"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "timeout": {
              "description": "Timeout in seconds from the current time after which the sandbox should expire",
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32",
              "minimum": 0
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "responses": {
    "204": {
      "description": "Successfully set the sandbox timeout"
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Authentication error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "Not found",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "description": "Server error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```