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Vercel Sandbox firewall now supports request proxying and filtering

Vercel's sandbox firewall just got proxy routing. Developers can now intercept, log, and transform AI agent requests in real time.

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Why it matters

As AI agents become production workloads, infrastructure-layer visibility and control are becoming table stakes. Vercel's new proxy and filtering capabilities let teams observe and modify sandbox traffic without rebuilding their entire execution pipeline.

The key facts

11 to know
  1. Vercel Sandbox firewall now supports HTTP request forwarding to custom proxies

  2. Matchers enable fine-grained filtering by path, method, query string, and headers

  3. Credentials brokering limits sensitive data exposure to only requests that need it

  4. Feature available in beta for Pro and Enterprise plans

  5. Includes OIDC token authentication for proxy verification

  6. Relevant for teams running agents, code execution, or multi-step AI workflows that need observability

  7. Request proxying now available for HTTP forwarding to user-controlled servers

  8. Matchers enable filtering by path, method, query string, and headers

  9. Credentials brokering support for selective request transformation

  10. Vercel-issued OIDC token support for proxy authentication

  11. SDK: @vercel/sandbox@beta

Go to the source

Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: The now supports forwarding specific HTTP requests to a proxy you control. You can also use matchers to filter forwarding and credentials brokering to only the requests that need it.Vercel Sandbox firewall You can now route outbound sandbox traffic through your own proxy for logging, debugging, or…
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