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Regions and Data Residency

Where your workstation runs and the boundaries we respect.

Your workstation runs in a specific geographic region. Region selection is available on paid plans (Pro and Hobby). Region is fixed at creation and used by the platform to keep your data within the jurisdiction you choose.

Available regions

Regions are listed during sandbox creation. Common regions include datacenters in:

  • North America (US East, US West).
  • Europe (Central, North).
  • Asia-Pacific.

The exact list depends on availability at the underlying cloud provider.

What stays in the region

Once you pick a region:

  • Your workstation runs in that region.
  • The encrypted storage volume lives in that region.
  • Backups (where applicable) stay in the region.
  • Logs that the platform retains stay in the region.

What does cross regions:

  • Heartbeat telemetry to the control plane (server health, no customer data).
  • Authentication events to the control plane.
  • Routing through the global edge (TLS termination, DDoS protection).

For European data residency, choose a European region. Your server will be located within Europe, and your data will not leave it through any platform-managed mechanism.

Changing regions

Region is fixed at creation. To move a workstation to a different region:

1

Decide what you need to migrate

Sandboxes, secrets, and database content typically need to move. Other configuration is regenerated.

2

Back up what you need

Push code to git. Export database snapshots. Note your secret values.

3

Create a new workstation in the target region

From the dashboard, create a new workstation and select the new region.

4

Restore your data

Pull code, restore database, recreate secrets.

5

Update DNS for any custom domains

Repoint custom domains to the new workstation.

6

Delete the old workstation

Once you are confident the new one is fully operational.

For workstations on the Pro plan with encrypted volumes, the platform can perform a block-level migration that preserves the encrypted volume contents end-to-end without reading them. Contact support if you need assistance with that flow.

Compliance

Region selection is a tool for compliance, not a guarantee. If you have a specific compliance requirement (GDPR, HIPAA, regional sovereignty), please review our Security Whitepaper and contact us before relying on the platform for regulated workloads.

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