Living definition
What is v0 (new sandbox runtime)?
Developer Platforms & Build Compute & Web Infra
- As of
- 2026-10-01
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.4.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
v0 is a tool that turns natural-language prompts into working front-end application code. Its sandbox runtime extends that beyond generating standalone snippets by importing an existing code repository, pulling in that project's real configuration, and generating or editing code inside an isolated environment that mirrors the target application's actual infrastructure, with changes flowing through an editor and version-control panel as a reviewable change instead of code a developer copies in by hand.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-10-01, verified readiness is 35 (claimed 55, reported 35, gap 20) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Use the rebuilt v0 for reviewed prototypes and bounded app-development tasks.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for v0 (new sandbox runtime).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06