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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Connect T3 Code to a sandbox |
| 3 | +linkTitle: T3 Code |
| 4 | +weight: 50 |
| 5 | +description: Run T3 Code against a Docker Sandbox over SSH. |
| 6 | +keywords: docker sandboxes, t3 code, remote ssh, remote development, sbx |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +{{< summary-bar feature_name="Docker Sandboxes SSH" >}} |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +T3 Code's SSH integration lets the desktop app drive coding agents inside a |
| 12 | +sandbox. T3 Code has no dedicated Docker Sandboxes integration — it treats the |
| 13 | +sandbox as an ordinary SSH host, connects to it, and starts a T3 server inside |
| 14 | +that tunnels back to the app. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## Prerequisites |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +- SSH access set up. See [Editor and app integrations](_index.md#enable-ssh-access). |
| 19 | +- T3 Code installed. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +## Connect |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Confirm that you can connect to the sandbox from a terminal: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +```console |
| 26 | +$ ssh demo.sbx |
| 27 | +``` |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +In T3 Code, add an SSH environment and enter the sandbox hostname, such as |
| 30 | +`demo.sbx`, as the host. The first connection installs the T3 server inside |
| 31 | +the sandbox, so it can take a moment. Later connections are faster. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Then add a new project, select the SSH environment from the list, and |
| 34 | +[choose the mounted workspace](_index.md#select-the-workspace-folder) as the |
| 35 | +project directory inside the sandbox. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## Troubleshoot a server that never becomes ready |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +T3 Code can fail to connect with an error like the following, wrapped here |
| 40 | +for readability. It concatenates the connection failure with npm's install |
| 41 | +output from inside the sandbox into a single error dialog: |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +```text |
| 44 | +Could not prepare the SSH environment: ... SshCommandError: Connecting to |
| 45 | +sandbox "sandboxes"… Remote T3 server did not become ready on |
| 46 | +127.0.0.1:3773. npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine { package: |
| 47 | +'ini@7.0.0', required: { node: '^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26.0.0' }, |
| 48 | +current: { node: 'v22.22.1', npm: '9.2.0' } } |
| 49 | +``` |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +The `npm WARN EBADENGINE` lines warn about the transitive `ini` dependency. |
| 52 | +They aren't the cause of the failure — npm doesn't enforce engine |
| 53 | +requirements by default, so this warning alone doesn't stop the install. |
| 54 | +Check free disk space in the sandbox. A full disk can fail the T3 server |
| 55 | +install partway through, and T3 Code reports this the same way as a |
| 56 | +connection timeout: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +```console |
| 59 | +$ sbx exec <sandbox> -- df -h / |
| 60 | +``` |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Free up space and reconnect if the sandbox is close to full. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Troubleshoot `turn/setPermissionMode failed` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +If your organization manages Claude Code with a policy file, a local T3 Code |
| 67 | +thread can fail to start with `turn/setPermissionMode failed`. T3 Code's |
| 68 | +default runtime mode is Full access, which maps to the Claude Agent SDK's |
| 69 | +`bypassPermissions` mode. A managed policy that disables that mode rejects |
| 70 | +the request. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +On macOS, check whether this applies to you: |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +```console |
| 75 | +$ cat "/Library/Application Support/ClaudeCode/managed-settings.json" |
| 76 | +``` |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +If `permissions.disableBypassPermissionsMode` is set to `disable`, switch T3 |
| 79 | +Code to a different runtime mode, such as Supervised, Auto-accept edits, or |
| 80 | +Auto, then start a new thread. The permission mode is captured once when a |
| 81 | +thread starts, so switching modes in an already-failing thread doesn't |
| 82 | +recover it. |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +This restriction applies to the host running Claude Code, not to a sandbox. |
| 85 | +A thread connected to a sandbox isn't subject to the host's managed policy, |
| 86 | +so Full access works normally there. |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +## Related |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +- [Editor and app integrations](_index.md) — how SSH access works and how to |
| 91 | + set it up |
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