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# Get resource usage over time

> Returns CPU, memory, and disk usage for one Sailbox as a time series.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /sailbox-openapi.json get /sailboxes/{sailbox_id}/metrics
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Sail Sailbox API
  version: '2026-07-26'
  description: >-
    Create and operate Sailboxes over HTTP. Sailboxes are fast-booting virtual
    machines that you can pause, resume, checkpoint, and fork.


    Three things need an SDK or the CLI: running commands and moving files,
    turning on SSH, and building an image. Once SSH is on you can use `ssh` and
    `scp` for the first of those. See the [HTTP API guide](/sailboxes-http-api).
servers:
  - url: https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Apps
    description: Groups that own Sailboxes. One app per workload.
  - name: Lifecycle
    description: >-
      A Sailbox's whole life: create it, watch it, stop and start it, terminate
      it.
  - name: Checkpoints
    description: Save a Sailbox to start from later, and copy a running one.
  - name: Networking
    description: >-
      Publish ports, serve them on hostnames you own, and identify a Sailbox to
      other Sailboxes.
  - name: Volumes
    description: >-
      Shared storage that outlives any one Sailbox. Alpha: these endpoints can
      still change.
  - name: SSH access
    description: Certificates for connecting to a Sailbox with `ssh`.
  - name: Usage
    description: Resource usage and spend.
  - name: Identity
    description: Who your API key belongs to.
paths:
  /sailboxes/{sailbox_id}/metrics:
    get:
      tags:
        - Usage
      summary: Get resource usage over time
      description: Returns CPU, memory, and disk usage for one Sailbox as a time series.
      operationId: getSailboxMetrics
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SailboxId'
        - name: range
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - 1h
              - 6h
              - 24h
              - 7d
              - ''
            default: 24h
          description: Window to cover. Shorter windows return finer samples.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The usage series.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SailboxMetrics'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request was rejected. See the error message for the offending
            field.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: memory_gib for size m must be between 8 and 128
                  type: invalid_request_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
        '401':
          description: The API key is missing or invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Invalid API key
                  type: authentication_error
                  param: null
                  code: invalid_api_key
        '402':
          description: >-
            The organization is out of credits. The error carries a
            `billing_url` pointing at the page where you add them. Retry once
            you have.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: >-
                    Your API key has been disabled due to insufficient credits.
                    Visit https://app.sailresearch.com/billing to add credits.
                  type: billing_error
                  param: null
                  code: credits_exhausted
                  billing_url: https://app.sailresearch.com/billing
        '403':
          description: The API key is not allowed to perform this operation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: sailboxes require an organization-scoped API key
                  type: permission_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
        '404':
          description: No Sailbox with that id exists in your organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: sailbox "sb_9c8f1e2a-3b4d-4f5a-8c7e-1d2f3a4b5c6d" not found
                  type: not_found_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
        '429':
          description: >-
            For its first ten minutes a new organization is capped on how many
            requests it can have in flight at once, and yours is over that cap.
            The request never started, so retry it unchanged after the delay in
            the `Retry-After` header. The limit clears as those requests finish.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: >-
                    Too many concurrent requests. Please retry after some of
                    your organization's in-flight requests complete.
                  type: rate_limit_error
                  param: null
                  code: rate_limited
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
        '500':
          description: Server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: failed to fetch sailbox
                  type: server_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
        '503':
          description: >-
            Sail is momentarily unavailable. Retry after the delay in the
            `Retry-After` header when one is present, and with backoff
            otherwise.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Authentication service unavailable
                  type: server_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
components:
  parameters:
    SailboxId:
      name: sailbox_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: >-
          ^sb_[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
      description: >-
        Id of the Sailbox, as returned by create. It is `sb_` followed by a
        UUID.
  schemas:
    SailboxMetrics:
      type: object
      properties:
        range:
          type: string
          description: Window the series covers.
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricPoint'
          description: Samples, oldest first.
      required:
        - range
        - data
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
    MetricPoint:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Start of the sample interval.
        cpu_used_vcpu:
          type: number
          description: Average virtual CPUs in use over the sample interval.
        cpu_requested_vcpu:
          type: integer
          description: Virtual CPUs allocated.
        memory_used_bytes:
          type: integer
          description: Peak memory in use over the sample interval.
          format: int64
        memory_requested_bytes:
          type: integer
          description: Memory limit.
          format: int64
        disk_used_bytes:
          type: integer
          description: Peak disk in use during the bucket.
          format: int64
        disk_requested_bytes:
          type: integer
          description: Disk limit.
          format: int64
      required:
        - timestamp
        - cpu_used_vcpu
        - cpu_requested_vcpu
        - memory_used_bytes
        - memory_requested_bytes
        - disk_used_bytes
        - disk_requested_bytes
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - type
        - param
        - code
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of what went wrong.
        type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Error category: `invalid_request_error`, `authentication_error`,
            `permission_error`, `billing_error`, `not_found_error`,
            `conflict_error`, `rate_limit_error`, or `server_error`.
        param:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            The request field the error refers to, when the error is about one
            field.
        code:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: Stable short code for the error, when one applies.
        billing_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Page where you add credits. Sent with a 402.
      additionalProperties: true
  headers:
    RetryAfter:
      description: >-
        How many seconds to wait before retrying. On a 429 it also means the
        request never started, so the retry can reuse the same
        `Idempotency-Key`.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key

````