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title: "Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control: AWS Lambda introduces MicroVMs"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/run-isolated-sandboxes-with-full-lifecycle-control-aws-lambda-introduces-microvms-ynja57lql
source_url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/run-isolated-sandboxes-with-full-lifecycle-control-aws-lambda-introduces-microvms
type: article
source: "AWS"
published: 2026-06-22T23:20:03.037Z
updated: 2026-06-22T23:39:30.609Z
tags: ["infrastructure", "serverless", "aws-lambda"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control: AWS Lambda introduces MicroVMs

**[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

AWS has launched Lambda MicroVMs, a new serverless compute primitive that provides VM-level isolated execution environments powered by Firecracker. Unlike traditional VMs (slow to start), containers (shared kernel risks), or standard Lambda functions (stateless), MicroVMs offer near-instant launch via pre-initialized snapshots, stateful execution retaining memory and disk across sessions, and full lifecycle control including auto-suspend and resume. Each MicroVM gets dedicated resources with no shared kernel between users, making it suitable for running untrusted user- or AI-generated code. MicroVMs support up to 8 hours of runtime, up to 16 vCPUs, 32 GB memory, and 32 GB disk. They are built using a Dockerfile-based image workflow, launched via API or console, and accessible through a dedicated HTTPS endpoint. Available now in select AWS regions on ARM64 architecture.

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