fix(sandbox): keep app runtimes off persistent storage

Author: iamjr15

.github/workflows/build-snapshot.yml

@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ jobs:
             libreoffice --version
             test -f /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/pnpm-lock.yaml
             test -f /home/node/cheatcode-expo-template/pnpm-lock.yaml
+            test -f /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/next.config.ts
+            test ! -e /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/node_modules
+            test ! -e /home/node/cheatcode-expo-template/node_modules
+            test -x /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/next/node_modules/.bin/next
+            test -x /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/expo/node_modules/.bin/expo
+            NODE_PATH=/home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/next/node_modules node -e "require.resolve(\"next\");require.resolve(\"react\");require.resolve(\"react-dom\")"
+            NODE_PATH=/home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/expo/node_modules node -e "require.resolve(\"expo\");require.resolve(\"react-native-web\");require.resolve(\"@expo/metro-runtime\")"
             test -f /home/node/.cheatcode/default-skills/browser-use/SKILL.md
             test -f /home/node/.cheatcode/default-skills/pptx/SKILL.md
             test -f /home/node/.cheatcode/default-skills/pptx/scripts/thumbnail.py

infra/containers/sandbox/Dockerfile

@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ COPY --chown=node:node app-templates/ /home/node/.cheatcode-template-manifests/
 COPY --chown=node:node app-generators/ /home/node/.cheatcode-app-generators/
 
 # The generators provide source files only. Reviewed manifests and lockfiles are
-# copied over them, then fetched into the node user's pnpm store so project creation
-# can install the exact dependency graph offline. The Expo template artifact itself
-# is pinned: create-expo-app's mutable "default" alias is intentionally not used.
+# copied over them, then the exact dependency graph is installed into immutable,
+# sandbox-local runtimes. Persistent /workspace is Daytona object-store FUSE: it is
+# the right home for user source, but copying dependency trees there is both slow and
+# non-atomic. The source-only templates stay separate so project creation copies only
+# editable files. The Expo template artifact itself is pinned: create-expo-app's
+# mutable "default" alias is intentionally not used.
 ARG EXPO_TEMPLATE_VERSION=57.0.6
 ARG EXPO_TEMPLATE_SHA256=4c2a276f05db27f4a4dfaa326123e72be33d7ad6878fdd46b8df7eb3376def3b
 
@@ -222,13 +225,16 @@ RUN set -eux; \
   cp /home/node/.cheatcode-template-manifests/next/package.json /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/package.json; \
   cp /home/node/.cheatcode-template-manifests/next/pnpm-lock.yaml /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/pnpm-lock.yaml; \
   cp /home/node/.cheatcode-template-manifests/next/pnpm-workspace.yaml /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/pnpm-workspace.yaml; \
+  cp /home/node/.cheatcode-template-manifests/next/next.config.ts /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/next.config.ts; \
   rm -rf \
     /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/.next \
     /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/node_modules \
     /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/AGENTS.md \
     /home/node/cheatcode-next-template/CLAUDE.md; \
-  cd /home/node/cheatcode-next-template; \
-  pnpm fetch --frozen-lockfile; \
+  mkdir -p /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes; \
+  cp -a /home/node/cheatcode-next-template /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/next; \
+  cd /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/next; \
+  pnpm install --frozen-lockfile; \
   cd /workspace; \
   curl -fsSL \
     "https://registry.npmjs.org/expo-template-default/-/expo-template-default-${EXPO_TEMPLATE_VERSION}.tgz" \
@@ -246,7 +252,9 @@ RUN set -eux; \
   cd /home/node/cheatcode-expo-template; \
   node -e 'const fs=require("node:fs");const j=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("app.json","utf8"));j.expo??={};j.expo.name="cheatcode-expo-template";j.expo.slug="cheatcode-expo-template";j.expo.web={...(j.expo.web??{}),bundler:"metro",output:"single"};fs.writeFileSync("app.json",JSON.stringify(j,null,2)+"\n")'; \
   rm -rf .git .expo node_modules package-lock.json AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md .claude; \
-  pnpm fetch --frozen-lockfile; \
+  cp -a /home/node/cheatcode-expo-template /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/expo; \
+  cd /home/node/.cheatcode/app-runtimes/expo; \
+  pnpm install --frozen-lockfile; \
   cd /workspace; \
   rm -rf \
     /tmp/expo-template-default.tgz \

infra/containers/sandbox/README.md

@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@ the image build. Document-runtime versions are owned by its reviewed manifest an
 they are intentionally absent from the Worker workspace catalog. Its `uuid` override
 keeps ExcelJS on the patched UUID implementation while preserving the public CommonJS
 `v4` API that ExcelJS consumes. The Next and Expo scaffolds likewise use reviewed manifests and
-pnpm locks under `app-templates/`. Their locked packages are prefetched into the image
-so normal project creation can install offline. Expo uses an exact
+pnpm locks under `app-templates/`. Their locked packages are installed into immutable
+sandbox-local runtimes in the image. Project creation copies only source and config to
+the persistent Daytona volume; dependency trees and generated compiler caches stay on
+the sandbox's local filesystem, avoiding slow, partial writes to object-store FUSE.
+Additional dependencies use a project-scoped local modules directory and can be
+restored from the reviewed package store after a sandbox replacement. Expo uses an exact
 `expo-template-default` tarball with a reviewed SHA-256 rather than the mutable
 `default` alias. These locks prevent a snapshot rebuild from resolving a different
 dependency tree while the application source stays unchanged.

infra/containers/sandbox/app-templates/next/next.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { NextConfig } from "next";
+
+const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
+  // User source is persistent object-store FUSE; generated compiler output belongs
+  // on the sandbox's fast local disk. The managed preview owns this relative path.
+  distDir: process.env["CHEATCODE_NEXT_DIST_DIR"] ?? ".next",
+};
+
+export default nextConfig;

knip.jsonc

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   // `cloudflare:workers` and `cloudflare:workflows` are platform modules, not
   // installable package dependencies. Knip cannot infer either edge.
   "ignoreDependencies": ["@cheatcode/tsconfig", "cloudflare"],
+  // Copied into the generated Next scaffold by the sandbox Dockerfile.
+  "ignore": ["infra/containers/sandbox/app-templates/next/next.config.ts"],
   "includeEntryExports": true,
   "workspaces": {
     ".": {