Release2026-10-15

Perplexity open-sourced SPACE, its sandbox platform for Computer. SPACE isolates agent code and files in a separate virtual machine. It supports pause, resume, recovery, and session branching for long-running tasks. Each sandbox runs its own operating system for security. SPACE proved resilient against network-bypass attacks in testing. It handled millions of daily sandbox creations in production. Akamai, Crusoe, and CoreWeave are deploying or supporting SPACE. The repository and documentation are now public.

What changed

SPACE was a proprietary in-house sandbox platform for Computer.

What it unlocks

Developers can now inspect, adapt, and build on a production-tested sandbox for agent runtimes.

  • 3 to 5 times faster sandbox creation
  • 108 escape attempts tested
  • millions of sandbox creations per day

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