Daytona resource settings require image-backed sandbox…

Error message

Daytona resource settings require image-backed sandbox creation; default sandbox creation cannot override CPU, memory, disk, or GPU.

What it means

Capability conflict check in the Daytona create path: the config requests CPU/memory/disk/GPU overrides, but those resource settings are only honored when the sandbox is created image-backed. With default (snapshot/default) creation the driver would silently ignore the resources, so it rejects the config instead of creating an undersized sandbox.

Solutions

Create the sandbox from an image to override CPU/memory/disk/GPU, or drop the resource overrides.

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/daytona/src/plugin.ts:877 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@3f1d897a7c (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/58d04efd977614a2. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/daytona/src/plugin.ts:924

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  ];
  if (input.cwd) {
    lines.push(`cd ${shellQuote(input.cwd)}`);
  }
  lines.push(finalLine);
  return lines.join(" && ");
}

// The workspace remote dir is the confinement root for native file sync. It is
// recorded on the lease metadata at acquire/resume time; require it so a sync can
// never run without a concrete root to confine every sandbox path against.
function resolveSyncRemoteDir(lease: { metadata?: Record<string, unknown> | null }): string {
  const remoteCwd = lease.metadata?.remoteCwd;
  if (typeof remoteCwd === "string" && remoteCwd.trim().length > 0) {
    return remoteCwd.trim();
  }
  throw new Error("Daytona file sync requires a workspace remote dir on the lease metadata.");
}

async function createSandbox(
  params: PluginEnvironmentAcquireLeaseParams | PluginEnvironmentProbeParams | PluginEnvironmentStartInteractiveSetupParams,
  config: DaytonaDriverConfig,
  options: { purpose?: string } = {},
): Promise<Sandbox> {
  const resourceRequestError = validateRuntimeResourceRequest(config);
  if (resourceRequestError) {
    throw new Error(resourceRequestError);
  }
  const client = createDaytonaClient(config);
  const createParams = buildCreateParams(config, buildSandboxLabels({
    companyId: params.companyId,
    environmentId: params.environmentId,
    runId: "runId" in params ? params.runId : undefined,
    setupSessionId: "sessionId" in params ? params.sessionId : undefined,
    purpose: options.purpose,
    reuseLease: config.reuseLease,

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