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Depot

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Depot is growing from a build accelerator into a full CI and agent-sandbox platform.

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◆Current state
Depot's recent releases cluster around its CI product reaching general availability (API and CLI GA, native step retries, durable cache disks, test-result ingestion) plus a Sandbox SDK for running agent-generated code. The company is clearly broadening past its original remote-build-cache niche. The cadence is high and feature-dense.
◆Where it's heading
Two arcs are visible: hardening CI into a complete, programmable system (retries, caching, test reporting, an OpenAPI-described API), and staking out the agent-execution space with an ephemeral Sandbox SDK. Both target teams that want builds, CI, and untrusted-code execution from one vendor. Expect the Sandbox SDK to move toward GA and CI to keep filling parity gaps with incumbents.
◆Prediction
Next likely: the Sandbox SDK exits private beta, and CI adds more of the surface teams expect (broader test-framework ingestion, richer run analytics) now that its API and CLI are GA.

◆Recent moves

  1. 7d ago

    Snapshot enhancements for Depot CI

    Snapshot improvements let Depot CI persist non-sensitive env vars into reusable images and push snapshots faster. Incremental, but it cuts repeated setup work in pipelines.

  2. 14d ago

    SOCI v2 support for Depot container builds

    SOCI v2 support lets containers start after pulling only the files they need, cutting cold-start time for large images like CUDA and PyTorch, with the index generated at build time. A real performance gain for heavy container workloads.

  3. 15d ago

    Sandbox SDK is now available in private beta

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    The Sandbox SDK (private beta) lets developers run untrusted or agent-generated code in isolated, ephemeral sandboxes from a Node SDK. It pushes Depot beyond builds and CI into the code-execution layer that AI agents need.

  4. 21d ago

    Native step retries in Depot CI

    Native step retries add a retry: key to CI run steps with configurable backoff, replacing vendored marketplace retry actions. A small but frequently-needed reliability primitive.

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  5. 23d ago

    Durable cache disks for Depot CI jobs are now available in beta

    Durable cache disks (beta) provide a POSIX-compatible, multi-write disk that persists between runs and can fan out across runners. Useful, with the caveat that mounts aren't scoped to a single repository.

  6. 29d ago

    Depot CI API and CLI are now generally available

    Depot's CI API and CLI reached general availability, exposing trigger, inspect, retry, and cancel plus log access from the terminal or an agent, all from one OpenAPI contract. Marks CI moving from dashboard-first to programmable.

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