From 8a599690d652e48b026a43c909d69ae74ef5a889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amit Maurya <amit-m@Amits-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:49:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: call sandbox.start() before using container

Fixes #291

getSandbox() returns a sandbox instance but does not boot the
container. Any call to containerFetch() or wsConnect() before
start() results in:

  Error: The container is not running, consider calling start()

Adding await sandbox.start() in the sandbox middleware fixes this.
start() is idempotent so calling it on every request is safe.
---
 src/index.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3a615dd61..10d39343b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ app.use('*', async (c, next) => {
 app.use('*', async (c, next) => {
   const options = buildSandboxOptions(c.env);
   const sandbox = getSandbox(c.env.Sandbox, 'moltbot', options);
+  await sandbox.start();
   c.set('sandbox', sandbox);
   await next();
 });