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+# @suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm - vm.Context-based sandbox host for Suaveplan API plugins running in the sandboxed tier. Builds a frozen-globals vm.Context, loads the plugin via vm.SourceTextModule, rejects dynamic-code constructors and node built-in imports, and routes every fs/fetch/capability call through a host-installed permission-gated proxy surface. Server-tier.
+
+`vm.Context`-based sandbox host for Suaveplan API plugins running in
+the sandboxed tier. The package owns the `vm.Context`+frozen-globals
+half of the design doc §2.2 sandboxed tier; the worker-thread bulkhead
+is owned by `@suaveplan/api-worker-host` and the permission policy is
+owned by `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-permissions`.
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+## Documentation tree
+
+- [error-codes](./src/error-codes/error-codes.md) — This module owns the stable `SAND_VM.*` error-code registry used by every public failure path inside the `@suaveplan/ap…
+  - [error-codes](./src/error-codes/error-codes.md) — This module owns the stable `SAND_VM.*` error-code registry used by every public failure path inside the `@suaveplan/ap…
+- [frozen-globals](./src/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.md) — This module assembles the curated global allowlist visible inside the `vm.Context` sandbox. Every binding installed her…
+  - [frozen-globals](./src/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.md) — This module assembles the curated global allowlist visible inside the `vm.Context` sandbox. Every binding installed her…
+- [otel](./src/otel/instruments.md) — This module owns the OpenTelemetry instrument bundle emitted by the `vm.Context` sandbox host. Instruments are bound la…
+  - [instruments](./src/otel/instruments.md) — This module owns the OpenTelemetry instrument bundle emitted by the `vm.Context` sandbox host. Instruments are bound la…
+- [permissions](./src/permissions/checker.md) — `createPermissionChecker` compiles a `PermissionsManifest` (from `@suaveplan/api-types`) into a structural `PermissionC…
+  - [checker](./src/permissions/checker.md) — `createPermissionChecker` compiles a `PermissionsManifest` (from `@suaveplan/api-types`) into a structural `PermissionC…
+- [fetch-proxy](./src/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.md) — `installFetchProxy` returns the outbound-HTTP surface visible inside the sandbox. Every request gates through the suppl…
+  - [fetch-proxy](./src/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.md) — `installFetchProxy` returns the outbound-HTTP surface visible inside the sandbox. Every request gates through the suppl…
+- [fs-proxy](./src/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.md) — `installFsProxy` returns the sandbox-side filesystem surface that plugins consume. Every method gates the call through…
+  - [fs-proxy](./src/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.md) — `installFsProxy` returns the sandbox-side filesystem surface that plugins consume. Every method gates the call through…
+- [install-capability-proxies](./src/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.md) — `installCapabilityProxies` wires the host-supplied capability bags into the sandbox's `vm.Context`. The sandbox sees on…
+  - [install-capability-proxies](./src/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.md) — `installCapabilityProxies` wires the host-supplied capability bags into the sandbox's `vm.Context`. The sandbox sees on…
+- [sandbox](./src/sandbox/sandbox.md) — `createVmSandbox` is the keystone entry point of the package. It materialises a `vm.Context` whose `globalThis` is seal…
+  - [sandbox](./src/sandbox/sandbox.md) — `createVmSandbox` is the keystone entry point of the package. It materialises a `vm.Context` whose `globalThis` is seal…
+- [testing](./src/testing/run-vm-conformance.md) — `runVmSandboxConformance(label, makeSandbox)` is the public conformance suite every `vm.Context`-based sandbox host mus…
+  - [run-vm-conformance](./src/testing/run-vm-conformance.md) — `runVmSandboxConformance(label, makeSandbox)` is the public conformance suite every `vm.Context`-based sandbox host mus…
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Modules
+
+| Subpath | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `./sandbox/sandbox` | `createVmSandbox`, `VmSandboxHandle` — builds the frozen `vm.Context` and drives the plugin lifecycle. |
+| `./globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals` | Curated allowlist of globals visible inside the sandbox. |
+| `./proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy` | Host-proxied filesystem with permission-gated `readFile`/`writeFile`. |
+| `./proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy` | Host-proxied outbound HTTP with permission gating. |
+| `./proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies` | Wires the consolidated `__suaveplan` receiver into the context. |
+| `./permissions/checker` | In-package default `PermissionChecker` built from a `PermissionsManifest`. |
+| `./error-codes/error-codes` | `SAND_VM.*` registry + `SandboxVmError`. |
+| `./otel/instruments` | OTel histogram + three counters (boot duration, eval rejection, module-import rejection, permission denial). |
+| `./testing` | `runVmSandboxConformance(label, makeSandbox)` — the conformance harness every vm sandbox host must pass. |
+
+## Quick start
+
+```ts
+import {
+    createVmSandbox,
+    createPermissionChecker,
+} from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm";
+
+const checker = createPermissionChecker({
+    policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"], fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+});
+
+const handle = createVmSandbox({
+    pluginId: "demo",
+    logger,
+    checker,
+    pluginModule: { kind: "path", path: "/srv/plugins/demo.mjs" },
+    proxies: {
+        fs: realFsAdapter,
+        fetch: realFetchAdapter,
+        capabilities: {},
+    },
+});
+
+await handle.start();
+// ... later
+handle.dispose();
+```
+
+## Runtime requirement
+
+Node ≥ 20 with `--experimental-vm-modules` enabled at process start.
+`vm.SourceTextModule` is gated behind that flag; the sandbox raises
+`SAND_VM.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED` with a clear hint when the flag is
+missing.
+
+## Conformance
+
+Pass the package's testing harness against any custom `vm`-based
+sandbox host:
+
+```ts
+import { runVmSandboxConformance } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/testing";
+
+runVmSandboxConformance("my-host", makeMyHandle);
+```
+

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/package.json

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+{
+    "name": "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "type": "module",
+    "sideEffects": false,
+    "description": "vm.Context-based sandbox host for Suaveplan API plugins running in the sandboxed tier. Builds a frozen-globals vm.Context, loads the plugin via vm.SourceTextModule, rejects dynamic-code constructors and node built-in imports, and routes every fs/fetch/capability call through a host-installed permission-gated proxy surface. Server-tier.",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "author": "Suaveplan Team",
+    "main": "./dist/index.js",
+    "module": "./dist/index.js",
+    "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+    "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+    },
+    "exports": {
+        "./package.json": "./package.json",
+        ".": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/index.js"
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/index.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./sandbox/sandbox": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/sandbox/sandbox.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/sandbox/sandbox.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./permissions/checker": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/permissions/checker.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/permissions/checker.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./error-codes/error-codes": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/error-codes/error-codes.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/error-codes/error-codes.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./otel/instruments": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/otel/instruments.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/otel/instruments.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "./testing": {
+            "import": {
+                "types": "./dist/testing/run-vm-conformance.d.ts",
+                "default": "./dist/testing/run-vm-conformance.js"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+        "build": "vite build",
+        "test": "vitest run",
+        "test:watch": "vitest",
+        "test:coverage": "vitest run --coverage",
+        "lint": "bunx biome check src/ tests/",
+        "lint:fix": "bunx biome lint --fix --unsafe --max-diagnostics 500 src/ tests/",
+        "format": "bunx biome format --write --max-diagnostics 500 src/ tests/",
+        "check": "bunx biome check --write --unsafe --max-diagnostics 500 src/ tests/",
+        "typecheck": "bunx tsc --noEmit --composite false -p tsconfig.lib.json",
+        "docs:check": "bun run ../../../../scripts/docs-check.ts ."
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@opentelemetry/api": "catalog:observability",
+        "@suaveplan/api-types": "workspace:^",
+        "@suaveplan/error": "workspace:^",
+        "@suaveplan/logger": "workspace:^",
+        "@suaveplan/types": "workspace:^",
+        "tslib": "catalog:build",
+        "zod": "catalog:forms"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "1.30.0",
+        "@suaveplan/testing": "workspace:^",
+        "@types/node": "catalog:",
+        "@vitest/coverage-istanbul": "catalog:testing",
+        "typescript": "catalog:",
+        "vite": "catalog:build",
+        "vite-plugin-dts": "catalog:build",
+        "vitest": "catalog:testing"
+    },
+    "publishConfig": {
+        "registry": "https://npmjs.fq.io/",
+        "access": "public"
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "dist",
+        "src",
+        "README.md"
+    ]
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/error-codes/error-codes.md

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+# Error codes
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+This module owns the stable `SAND_VM.*` error-code registry used by every
+public failure path inside the `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm` package. The
+registry is built once via `defineCodes("SAND_VM", […])` so the
+namespace prefix and per-code suffix are co-derived — that guarantee
+lets the host's lifecycle driver, the audit sink, and the conformance
+harness branch on literal code strings without ever decoding free-form
+error messages.
+
+Side-effect-importing this module from `src/index.ts` ensures every
+consumer that imports the package barrel (or any subpath export)
+participates in the same code registration, which is what
+`scripts/conformance.ts` validates.
+
+## Features
+
+- Five stable codes (`EVAL_REJECTED`, `INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED`,
+  `MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN`, `SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED`,
+  `PERMISSION_DENIED`) — every failure surface in the package maps to
+  exactly one.
+- A typed `SandboxVmError` subclass of `SuaveplanError` so consumers
+  may discriminate via `instanceof` or by `code` string.
+- Wire-stable `code` string: the namespaced form (e.g.
+  `"SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED"`) is the value used in OTel attributes,
+  audit logs, and IPC envelopes back to the host.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/error-codes/error-codes";
+
+throw new SandboxVmError(
+    SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED,
+    "dynamic code evaluation is disabled in the vm sandbox"
+);
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Use the `context` option to attach a redaction-safe payload that flows
+through to OTel span attributes and the lifecycle driver's crash
+report:
+
+```ts
+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/error-codes/error-codes";
+
+function denyOutboundFetch(host: string, reason: string): never {
+    throw new SandboxVmError(
+        SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED,
+        `outbound HTTP to ${host} denied by policy`,
+        {
+            context: { capability: "fetch", host, reason },
+        }
+    );
+}
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `SAND_VM_CODES` — frozen record mapping enum key (e.g.
+  `EVAL_REJECTED`) to the namespaced string code
+  (`"SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED"`).
+- `type SandboxVmCode` — the literal union of every value in
+  `SAND_VM_CODES`.
+- `class SandboxVmError extends SuaveplanError<SandboxVmCode>` —
+  constructor takes `(code, message, options?)`. `options.context` is
+  forwarded through the base class redaction pipeline.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The registry is declared `as const` so the compiler retains literal
+types (essential for exhaustive `switch` narrowing in consumers). The
+class sets `this.name = "SandboxVmError"` so heap snapshots, sourcemaps
+and uncaught-exception handlers attribute failures to this package
+rather than the generic `SuaveplanError` super-class. Registry
+ordering reflects severity in roughly increasing order — the first two
+entries reflect deliberate plugin policy violations, the next two
+reflect host-environment misconfiguration, and the last reflects
+permission-policy denials that fan in from `api-sandbox-permissions`.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/error-codes/error-codes.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import { SAND_VM_CODES, SandboxVmError } from "./error-codes.js";
+
+describe("SAND_VM_CODES", () => {
+    it("namespaces every code with SAND_VM.", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        for (const v of Object.values(SAND_VM_CODES)) {
+            expect(v.startsWith("SAND_VM.")).toBe(true);
+        }
+    });
+
+    it("declares five stable codes", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const codes = Object.values(SAND_VM_CODES).sort();
+        expect(codes).toEqual([
+            "SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED",
+            "SAND_VM.INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED",
+            "SAND_VM.MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN",
+            "SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED",
+            "SAND_VM.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED",
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it("SandboxVmError carries code and is instanceof Error", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const err = new SandboxVmError(SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED, "x");
+        expect(err.code).toBe("SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED");
+        expect(err.name).toBe("SandboxVmError");
+        expect(err instanceof Error).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("SandboxVmError forwards options.context", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const err = new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED,
+            "denied",
+            { context: { plugin: "demo" } }
+        );
+        expect(err.context?.plugin).toBe("demo");
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/error-codes/error-codes.ts

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+import type { SuaveplanErrorOptions } from "@suaveplan/error";
+import { defineCodes, SuaveplanError } from "@suaveplan/error";
+
+/**
+ * Stable error-code registry for `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm`.
+ *
+ * Every failure path inside the `vm.Context` sandbox host raises a
+ * {@link SandboxVmError} whose `code` is one of the namespaced
+ * `SAND_VM.*` strings declared below. Consumers branch on the literal
+ * code values (e.g. `error.code === SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED`).
+ *
+ * The registry is intentionally narrow:
+ *
+ *  - `EVAL_REJECTED` — direct dynamic-code execution (the `eval` global
+ *    or the `Function` family of constructors) was reached from inside
+ *    the sandbox. Always synchronous-rejection at evaluation time.
+ *  - `INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED` — indirect dynamic execution (the
+ *    `(0, eval)("…")` pattern, or a comma-operator dereference of the
+ *    global identifier) tripped the global-property trap.
+ *  - `MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN` — `vm.SourceTextModule` linker refused
+ *    an import specifier that fell outside the plugin's module graph
+ *    (node built-ins, bare specifiers, parent-traversal paths, etc.).
+ *  - `SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED` — `SourceTextModule.evaluate()` threw
+ *    or the host environment is missing the `--experimental-vm-modules`
+ *    flag at process start.
+ *  - `PERMISSION_DENIED` — a capability proxy was invoked with a target
+ *    outside the resolved {@link PermissionPolicy}. The surfacing of
+ *    this code inside the sandbox mirrors the wire shape that
+ *    `api-sandbox-permissions` uses on the host side, so plugin code
+ *    written against either tier observes the same failure mode.
+ */
+export const SAND_VM_CODES = defineCodes("SAND_VM", [
+    "EVAL_REJECTED",
+    "INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED",
+    "MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN",
+    "SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED",
+    "PERMISSION_DENIED",
+] as const);
+
+/** Union of every fully-qualified code in {@link SAND_VM_CODES}. */
+export type SandboxVmCode = (typeof SAND_VM_CODES)[keyof typeof SAND_VM_CODES];
+
+/**
+ * Typed error class for `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm`. Extends
+ * {@link SuaveplanError} so callers may discriminate via either
+ * `instanceof SandboxVmError` or by code string.
+ */
+export class SandboxVmError extends SuaveplanError<SandboxVmCode> {
+    public constructor(
+        code: SandboxVmCode,
+        message: string,
+        options?: SuaveplanErrorOptions
+    ) {
+        super(code, message, options);
+        this.name = "SandboxVmError";
+    }
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/error-codes/index.ts

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+export {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    type SandboxVmCode,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "./error-codes.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.md

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+# Frozen globals
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+This module assembles the curated global allowlist visible inside the
+`vm.Context` sandbox. Every binding installed here is intentional —
+the design philosophy is fail-closed: anything not in the bundle is
+absent, so sandboxed code raises `ReferenceError` when it reaches for
+an unanticipated global. The narrow surface keeps the auditable
+attack surface of the sandboxed tier tiny and makes the security
+review a one-page exercise rather than a tour of Node's runtime.
+
+The allowlist is mandated by the design doc §2.2 and `api-sandbox-vm`
+spec ADDED requirement "Sandbox boots inside a frozen `vm.Context`".
+It MUST stay synchronised with that spec; adding or removing an entry
+requires an OpenSpec change.
+
+## Features
+
+- Five spec-mandated globals (`URL`, `URLSearchParams`, `TextEncoder`,
+  `TextDecoder`, `structuredClone`) installed by reference so they
+  share an identity with the host's intrinsics.
+- A logger-routed `console` whose five methods (`log`, `info`, `warn`,
+  `error`, `debug`) forward through the host's `LoggerLike` instance.
+  No raw stdio handle is exposed to sandboxed code.
+- A trimmed `crypto` surface that exposes only `getRandomValues` and
+  `randomUUID`. The full `SubtleCrypto` API is intentionally withheld
+  because most sandboxed plugins should request the `crypto`
+  capability rather than reach for the ambient global.
+- `FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS` — the literal key set, exposed so the
+  conformance suite asserts the surface is exactly what the spec
+  mandates and nothing accidentally leaked.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { buildFrozenGlobals } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals";
+
+const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({
+    logger: console as never, // any LoggerLike
+});
+bundle.console.info("hello from inside the sandbox");
+bundle.crypto.randomUUID();
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Combine with a custom logger that tags every entry with the plugin id:
+
+```ts
+import { buildFrozenGlobals } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals";
+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+
+function pluginLogger(base: LoggerLike, pluginId: string): LoggerLike {
+    return {
+        debug: (m, ctx) => base.debug(m, { ...ctx, pluginId }),
+        info: (m, ctx) => base.info(m, { ...ctx, pluginId }),
+        warn: (m, ctx) => base.warn(m, { ...ctx, pluginId }),
+        error: (m, ctx) => base.error(m, { ...ctx, pluginId }),
+    };
+}
+
+const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({
+    logger: pluginLogger(realLogger, "demo-plugin"),
+});
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `buildFrozenGlobals(options): FrozenGlobalsBundle` — produce the
+  frozen allowlist for one sandbox instance.
+- `interface FrozenGlobalsBundle` — typed bundle with `URL`,
+  `URLSearchParams`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`, `structuredClone`,
+  `console`, `crypto`.
+- `interface SandboxConsole` — the five-method console surface.
+- `interface SandboxCrypto` — the two-method RNG surface.
+- `FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS` — the canonical key list (used by tests).
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The five spec-mandated globals are exported by reference rather than
+by clone. This is safe because `vm.Context.runInContext` does not let
+the sandbox mutate the prototype of an intrinsic on the host side
+(modifications inside the sandbox apply to the sandbox's own
+intrinsics chain). The `crypto.getRandomValues` shim is a thin pass
+through `node:crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues` so the sandbox sees
+the same RNG quality as the host — handcrafting a polyfill would be
+strictly worse than delegating. The `randomUUID` shim delegates
+identically so its v4 properties are preserved. The two intrinsics
+are themselves wrapped in a frozen object so the sandbox cannot
+overwrite `crypto.randomUUID` and observe a different RNG.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+import { buildFrozenGlobals, FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS } from "./frozen-globals.js";
+
+function recordingLogger(): {
+    readonly logger: LoggerLike;
+    readonly entries: Array<{ level: string; message: string }>;
+} {
+    const entries: Array<{ level: string; message: string }> = [];
+    return {
+        entries,
+        logger: {
+            debug: (m) => entries.push({ level: "debug", message: m }),
+            info: (m) => entries.push({ level: "info", message: m }),
+            warn: (m) => entries.push({ level: "warn", message: m }),
+            error: (m) => entries.push({ level: "error", message: m }),
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+describe("buildFrozenGlobals", () => {
+    it("returns a frozen bundle with exactly the spec-mandated keys", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const { logger } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(bundle)).toBe(true);
+        const keys = Object.keys(bundle).sort();
+        expect(keys).toEqual([...FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS].sort());
+    });
+
+    it("console.log routes to logger.info", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const { logger, entries } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        bundle.console.log("hello", { x: 1 });
+        expect(entries[0]?.level).toBe("info");
+        expect(entries[0]?.message).toContain("hello");
+        expect(entries[0]?.message).toContain('"x":1');
+    });
+
+    it("console maps debug, info, warn, error", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const { logger, entries } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        bundle.console.debug("d");
+        bundle.console.info("i");
+        bundle.console.warn("w");
+        bundle.console.error("e");
+        expect(entries.map((e) => e.level)).toEqual([
+            "debug",
+            "info",
+            "warn",
+            "error",
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it("console serialises circular refs without crashing", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const { logger, entries } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        const circ: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+        circ.self = circ;
+        bundle.console.log(circ);
+        expect(entries[0]?.message).toBe("[object Object]");
+    });
+
+    it("crypto.getRandomValues fills the view in place", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const { logger } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        const buf = new Uint8Array(8);
+        bundle.crypto.getRandomValues(buf);
+        expect(buf.some((b) => b !== 0)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("crypto.getRandomValues passes null through unchanged", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const { logger } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        expect(bundle.crypto.getRandomValues(null)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("crypto.randomUUID returns a v4-shaped string", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const { logger } = recordingLogger();
+        const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger });
+        expect(bundle.crypto.randomUUID()).toMatch(
+            /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/
+        );
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.ts

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+import { webcrypto } from "node:crypto";
+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+
+/**
+ * Curated allowlist of globals that the `vm.Context` sandbox sees.
+ *
+ * Everything not present in this record is unreachable from sandboxed
+ * code — references resolve to `ReferenceError` because the context's
+ * `globalThis` is frozen empty before this allowlist is installed.
+ *
+ * The allowlist is shaped by design doc §2.2 and §5.2b:
+ *
+ *   - Spec-mandated globals: `URL`, `URLSearchParams`, `TextEncoder`,
+ *     `TextDecoder`, `structuredClone`.
+ *   - Logger-routed `console`: a thin shim whose `log` / `info` /
+ *     `warn` / `error` / `debug` methods forward into the host's
+ *     `LoggerLike` instance. No raw stdio handle is exposed.
+ *   - Subset of `crypto`: only `getRandomValues` and `randomUUID` are
+ *     exposed. The full WebCrypto SubtleCrypto API is intentionally
+ *     withheld in this default surface because most sandboxed plugins
+ *     should request the `crypto` capability rather than reach for the
+ *     ambient global.
+ *
+ * `process`, `Buffer`, raw `require`, `import.meta`, and node built-in
+ * modules are absent. Dynamic-code constructors (`Function`,
+ * `AsyncFunction`, `GeneratorFunction`, `AsyncGeneratorFunction`) and
+ * the `eval` identifier are explicitly trapped to throw rather than
+ * silently absent — see `sandbox.ts` for the install path.
+ */
+export interface FrozenGlobalsOptions {
+    /** Logger that backs the sandbox-side `console` surface. */
+    readonly logger: LoggerLike;
+}
+
+/** Materialised allowlist returned by {@link buildFrozenGlobals}. */
+export interface FrozenGlobalsBundle {
+    readonly URL: typeof URL;
+    readonly URLSearchParams: typeof URLSearchParams;
+    readonly TextEncoder: typeof TextEncoder;
+    readonly TextDecoder: typeof TextDecoder;
+    readonly structuredClone: typeof structuredClone;
+    readonly console: SandboxConsole;
+    readonly crypto: SandboxCrypto;
+}
+
+/** Logger-routed `console` surface visible to sandboxed code. */
+export interface SandboxConsole {
+    readonly log: (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
+    readonly info: (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
+    readonly warn: (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
+    readonly error: (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
+    readonly debug: (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
+}
+
+/** Trimmed crypto surface — only RNG primitives, no Subtle. */
+export interface SandboxCrypto {
+    readonly getRandomValues: <T extends ArrayBufferView | null>(view: T) => T;
+    readonly randomUUID: () => `${string}-${string}-${string}-${string}-${string}`;
+}
+
+function joinArgs(args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>): string {
+    return args
+        .map((a) => {
+            if (typeof a === "string") return a;
+            try {
+                return JSON.stringify(a);
+            } catch {
+                return String(a);
+            }
+        })
+        .join(" ");
+}
+
+function buildConsole(logger: LoggerLike): SandboxConsole {
+    return Object.freeze<SandboxConsole>({
+        log: (...args) => {
+            logger.info(joinArgs(args));
+        },
+        info: (...args) => {
+            logger.info(joinArgs(args));
+        },
+        warn: (...args) => {
+            logger.warn(joinArgs(args));
+        },
+        error: (...args) => {
+            logger.error(joinArgs(args));
+        },
+        debug: (...args) => {
+            logger.debug(joinArgs(args));
+        },
+    });
+}
+
+function buildCrypto(): SandboxCrypto {
+    return Object.freeze<SandboxCrypto>({
+        getRandomValues: <T extends ArrayBufferView | null>(view: T): T => {
+            if (view === null) return view;
+            webcrypto.getRandomValues(
+                view as unknown as Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>
+            );
+            return view;
+        },
+        randomUUID: () => webcrypto.randomUUID(),
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the curated allowlist of globals the sandbox sees. The returned
+ * object is frozen — installation into a `vm.Context` is performed by
+ * `installFrozenGlobals` from `sandbox.ts` so the freeze chain
+ * (allowlist → context → `globalThis`) is uniform.
+ */
+export function buildFrozenGlobals(
+    options: FrozenGlobalsOptions
+): FrozenGlobalsBundle {
+    return Object.freeze<FrozenGlobalsBundle>({
+        URL,
+        URLSearchParams,
+        TextEncoder,
+        TextDecoder,
+        structuredClone,
+        console: buildConsole(options.logger),
+        crypto: buildCrypto(),
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * The fixed key set advertised by {@link buildFrozenGlobals}. Exposed
+ * separately so the conformance suite can assert that the allowlist is
+ * exactly what the spec mandates and nothing accidentally leaked.
+ */
+export const FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS: ReadonlyArray<keyof FrozenGlobalsBundle> =
+    Object.freeze([
+        "URL",
+        "URLSearchParams",
+        "TextEncoder",
+        "TextDecoder",
+        "structuredClone",
+        "console",
+        "crypto",
+    ]);

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/globals/frozen-globals/index.ts

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+export type {
+    FrozenGlobalsBundle,
+    FrozenGlobalsOptions,
+    SandboxConsole,
+    SandboxCrypto,
+} from "./frozen-globals.js";
+export {
+    buildFrozenGlobals,
+    FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS,
+} from "./frozen-globals.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/index.ts

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+// Side-effect registers the SAND_VM.* code namespace so subpath
+// consumers participate in the same registry as the package barrel.
+import "./error-codes/error-codes.js";
+
+// Error codes
+export {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    type SandboxVmCode,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "./error-codes/error-codes.js";
+export type {
+    FrozenGlobalsBundle,
+    FrozenGlobalsOptions,
+    SandboxConsole,
+    SandboxCrypto,
+} from "./globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.js";
+// Frozen globals
+export {
+    buildFrozenGlobals,
+    FROZEN_GLOBAL_KEYS,
+} from "./globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.js";
+export type { SandboxVmInstruments } from "./otel/instruments.js";
+// OTel instruments
+export {
+    getSandboxVmInstruments,
+    resetSandboxVmInstruments,
+} from "./otel/instruments.js";
+
+// Permissions checker (in-package default)
+export { createPermissionChecker } from "./permissions/checker.js";
+export type {
+    CreatePermissionCheckerOptions,
+    PermissionChecker,
+    PermissionDecision,
+} from "./permissions/checker.types.js";
+export type {
+    FetchHostAdapter,
+    FetchProxy,
+    InstallFetchProxyOptions,
+} from "./proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js";
+// Proxies
+export { installFetchProxy } from "./proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js";
+export type {
+    FsHostAdapter,
+    FsProxy,
+    InstallFsProxyOptions,
+} from "./proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js";
+export { installFsProxy } from "./proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js";
+export type {
+    CapabilityBag,
+    CapabilityMap,
+    CapabilityMethod,
+    InstallCapabilityProxiesOptions,
+} from "./proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.js";
+export { installCapabilityProxies } from "./proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.js";
+
+// Sandbox
+export { createVmSandbox } from "./sandbox/sandbox.js";
+export type {
+    CreateVmSandboxOptions,
+    PluginSource,
+    SandboxProxies,
+    VmSandboxHandle,
+} from "./sandbox/sandbox.types.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/otel/instruments.md

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+# OTel instruments
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+This module owns the OpenTelemetry instrument bundle emitted by the
+`vm.Context` sandbox host. Instruments are bound lazily against the
+current global `MeterProvider` so packages downstream may install a
+real exporter (Prometheus, OTLP, in-memory test reader) and observe
+the bundle without restarting the process. The bundle is cached after
+first build so the hot proxy path never reaches the meter registry
+twice.
+
+## Features
+
+- Four named instruments: a boot histogram, two refusal counters
+  (`eval_rejected_total`, `module_import_rejected_total`), and the
+  shared `plugin.permission_denied_total` counter whose name matches
+  `api-sandbox-permissions` so dashboards aggregate cleanly.
+- Lazy binding via `getSandboxVmInstruments()` so tests may install a
+  fresh `MeterProvider` and then call `resetSandboxVmInstruments()` to
+  drop the cache.
+- All metric names are namespaced under `sandbox_vm.*` (except the
+  cross-package denial counter), making them easy to filter at the
+  collector.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { getSandboxVmInstruments } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/otel/instruments";
+
+const instruments = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+instruments.evalRejectedTotal.add(1, { kind: "direct" });
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Install a real in-memory provider for assertions:
+
+```ts
+import {
+    AggregationTemporality,
+    InMemoryMetricExporter,
+    MeterProvider,
+    PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
+} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics";
+import { metrics } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import {
+    getSandboxVmInstruments,
+    resetSandboxVmInstruments,
+} from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/otel/instruments";
+
+const exporter = new InMemoryMetricExporter(AggregationTemporality.DELTA);
+const reader = new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
+    exporter,
+    exportIntervalMillis: 1_000,
+});
+const provider = new MeterProvider({ readers: [reader] });
+metrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(provider);
+resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+
+const instruments = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+instruments.permissionDeniedTotal.add(1, {
+    plugin: "demo",
+    capability: "fetch",
+});
+await reader.forceFlush();
+const collected = exporter.getMetrics();
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `getSandboxVmInstruments(): SandboxVmInstruments` — return the
+  lazily-built instrument bundle. Calling multiple times returns the
+  same frozen reference until `resetSandboxVmInstruments()` is invoked.
+- `resetSandboxVmInstruments(): void` — drop the cache; the next
+  `getSandboxVmInstruments()` call re-binds against the (possibly new)
+  global `MeterProvider`.
+- `interface SandboxVmInstruments` — fully-typed instrument bundle.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The module never reads any environment variable at import time and
+never side-effects the global `MeterProvider`. Caching uses a
+module-private `let` rather than a `WeakMap` because the lifecycle of
+the bundle is naturally process-scoped (there is no second
+`MeterProvider` instance to dispatch to unless the consumer resets the
+cache deliberately). The `permission_denied_total` counter
+intentionally uses the same name as the one in
+`api-sandbox-permissions`; both packages contribute to the same OTLP
+series so the consumer sees one denial total regardless of whether the
+decision was made in this package's default checker or in the richer
+implementation.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/otel/instruments.test.ts

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+import { metrics } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import {
+    AggregationTemporality,
+    InMemoryMetricExporter,
+    MeterProvider,
+    PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
+} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics";
+import {
+    afterEach,
+    beforeEach,
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import {
+    getSandboxVmInstruments,
+    resetSandboxVmInstruments,
+} from "./instruments.js";
+
+let exporter: InMemoryMetricExporter;
+let provider: MeterProvider;
+
+describe("sandbox vm OTel instruments", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        metrics.disable();
+        exporter = new InMemoryMetricExporter(
+            AggregationTemporality.CUMULATIVE
+        );
+        const reader = new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
+            exporter,
+            exportIntervalMillis: 60_000,
+        });
+        provider = new MeterProvider({ readers: [reader] });
+        metrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(provider);
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        await provider.forceFlush();
+        metrics.disable();
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+    });
+
+    it("returns the same cached bundle until reset", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const a = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+        const b = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+        expect(a).toBe(b);
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+        const c = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+        expect(a).not.toBe(c);
+    });
+
+    it("emits all four instrument names", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const inst = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+        inst.sandboxBootDurationMs.record(12);
+        inst.evalRejectedTotal.add(1, { kind: "direct" });
+        inst.moduleImportRejectedTotal.add(1, { specifier: "node:fs" });
+        inst.permissionDeniedTotal.add(1, {
+            plugin: "demo",
+            capability: "fs",
+        });
+        await provider.forceFlush();
+        const names = new Set<string>();
+        for (const rm of exporter.getMetrics()) {
+            for (const sm of rm.scopeMetrics) {
+                for (const m of sm.metrics) names.add(m.descriptor.name);
+            }
+        }
+        expect(names.has("sandbox_vm.boot_duration_ms")).toBe(true);
+        expect(names.has("sandbox_vm.eval_rejected_total")).toBe(true);
+        expect(names.has("sandbox_vm.module_import_rejected_total")).toBe(true);
+        expect(names.has("plugin.permission_denied_total")).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/otel/instruments.ts

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+import { type Counter, type Histogram, metrics } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+
+/**
+ * Bundle of OpenTelemetry instruments emitted by the vm sandbox host.
+ *
+ * - `sandboxBootDurationMs` — histogram of `createVmSandbox` boot wall
+ *   time (excluding plugin module evaluation, which is its own counter
+ *   so a slow plugin doesn't pollute the host's boot metric).
+ * - `evalRejectedTotal` — incremented every time a sandboxed call hit
+ *   `EVAL_REJECTED` or `INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED`. The `kind` attribute
+ *   is `"direct"` or `"indirect"`.
+ * - `moduleImportRejectedTotal` — incremented when the linker refused
+ *   an import specifier. `specifier` is recorded as an attribute.
+ * - `permissionDeniedTotal` — incremented on every denied capability
+ *   call. Mirrors the metric name owned by `api-sandbox-permissions`
+ *   so dashboards aggregate across both packages.
+ */
+export interface SandboxVmInstruments {
+    readonly sandboxBootDurationMs: Histogram;
+    readonly evalRejectedTotal: Counter;
+    readonly moduleImportRejectedTotal: Counter;
+    readonly permissionDeniedTotal: Counter;
+}
+
+let cached: SandboxVmInstruments | undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Lazily build (and cache) the sandbox instruments bundle against the
+ * current global `MeterProvider`. Call {@link resetSandboxVmInstruments}
+ * in test setup to force a re-bind against a fresh provider.
+ */
+export function getSandboxVmInstruments(): SandboxVmInstruments {
+    if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+    const meter = metrics.getMeter("@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm");
+    cached = {
+        sandboxBootDurationMs: meter.createHistogram(
+            "sandbox_vm.boot_duration_ms",
+            {
+                description:
+                    "Wall-time spent in createVmSandbox until the handle is ready",
+                unit: "ms",
+            }
+        ),
+        evalRejectedTotal: meter.createCounter(
+            "sandbox_vm.eval_rejected_total",
+            {
+                description:
+                    "Total dynamic-code evaluations rejected inside the sandbox",
+            }
+        ),
+        moduleImportRejectedTotal: meter.createCounter(
+            "sandbox_vm.module_import_rejected_total",
+            {
+                description:
+                    "Total module import specifiers refused by the SourceTextModule linker",
+            }
+        ),
+        permissionDeniedTotal: meter.createCounter(
+            "plugin.permission_denied_total",
+            {
+                description:
+                    "Total permission-denied responses returned to a sandboxed plugin",
+            }
+        ),
+    };
+    return cached;
+}
+
+/** Drop the cached instrument bundle so the next call re-binds. */
+export function resetSandboxVmInstruments(): void {
+    cached = undefined;
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/permissions/checker.md

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+# Permission checker (in-package default)
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+`createPermissionChecker` compiles a `PermissionsManifest`
+(from `@suaveplan/api-types`) into a structural `PermissionChecker` that
+the `vm.Context` sandbox host consults before forwarding any
+filesystem, outbound-HTTP, or capability call to the host. The default
+implementation lives here so the package ships functionally complete
+even before the full `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-permissions` package
+arrives .
+
+This module exists to make policy enforcement a first-class operation
+of the sandbox host without depending on a heavier policy engine.
+Callers that need budget tracking or per-capability payload gating
+construct a stricter checker and inject it through
+`createVmSandbox({ checker })`.
+
+## Features
+
+- Glob-compiled allowlists for `permissions.fs[]` (path globs with
+  `*`, `**`, `?`) and `permissions.fetch[]` (exact host or `*.suffix`
+  pattern).
+- Path normalisation rejects `..`-traversal before matching so
+  `"/srv/data/../../etc/passwd"` is matched as `"/etc/passwd"`, not
+  fooled into `"/srv/data/passwd"`.
+- Returns frozen `PermissionDecision` objects so the proxy hot path
+  never accidentally mutates the policy answer.
+- All decisions are synchronous; the policy answer never performs IO.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+
+const checker = createPermissionChecker({
+    policy: {
+        fs: ["/srv/data/**"],
+        fetch: ["api.example.com", "*.cdn.example.com"],
+    },
+});
+
+checker.checkFs("/srv/data/users.json", "read").allow; // true
+checker.checkFetch("https://api.example.com/v1/users").allow; // true
+checker.checkFetch("https://evil.example.org/leak").allow; // false
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Compose with a host-supplied audit sink so every denial is observable:
+
+```ts
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+import type { PermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+
+function withAudit(
+    inner: PermissionChecker,
+    audit: (capability: string, reason: string) => void
+): PermissionChecker {
+    return {
+        checkFs(path, mode) {
+            const d = inner.checkFs(path, mode);
+            if (!d.allow) audit(`fs.${mode}`, d.reason);
+            return d;
+        },
+        checkFetch(url) {
+            const d = inner.checkFetch(url);
+            if (!d.allow) audit("fetch", d.reason);
+            return d;
+        },
+        checkCapability(id, payload) {
+            const d = inner.checkCapability(id, payload);
+            if (!d.allow) audit(id, d.reason);
+            return d;
+        },
+    };
+}
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `createPermissionChecker(options)` — build a checker from a
+  `PermissionsManifest`. `options.policy` is the manifest block exactly
+  as declared in `plugin.json`.
+- `PermissionChecker` — structural type with synchronous `checkFs`,
+  `checkFetch`, `checkCapability` methods.
+- `PermissionDecision` — discriminated union of `{ allow: true }` or
+  `{ allow: false; reason: string }`.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The glob compiler escapes regex meta-characters first, then performs
+the `**` → `.*`, `*` → `[^/]*`, `?` → `[^/]` substitution in three
+passes via a sentinel token to keep the ordering safe (replacing `**`
+to `.*` before `*` to `[^/]*` would otherwise mis-translate `**`).
+Host patterns use a string-suffix match rather than a regex to keep
+the hot path branch-predictable. The `checkCapability` default is
+permissive precisely because the full payload-shape contract is owned
+by `api-sandbox-permissions`; hosts SHOULD compose a stricter checker
+once that package ships. The in-package fallback still rejects an
+empty capability id so that an obviously-malformed call fails closed
+rather than silently succeeding.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/permissions/checker.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "./checker.js";
+
+describe("createPermissionChecker — fs", () => {
+    it("allows paths matching ** glob", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"] } });
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/data/users.json", "read").allow).toBe(true);
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/data/nested/x.json", "read").allow).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("rejects paths outside the allowlist", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"] } });
+        const d = c.checkFs("/etc/passwd", "read");
+        expect(d.allow).toBe(false);
+        if (!d.allow) expect(d.reason).toContain("not matched");
+    });
+
+    it("rejects path-traversal escapes after normalisation", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"] } });
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/data/../../etc/passwd", "read").allow).toBe(
+            false
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("supports single-star segments", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fs: ["/srv/*.json"] } });
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/users.json", "read").allow).toBe(true);
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/sub/x.json", "read").allow).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("supports ? single-character match", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fs: ["/srv/?.json"] } });
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/a.json", "read").allow).toBe(true);
+        expect(c.checkFs("/srv/ab.json", "read").allow).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("empty allowlist denies everything", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} });
+        expect(c.checkFs("/anything", "write").allow).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("createPermissionChecker — fetch", () => {
+    it("allows exact host match", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({
+            policy: { fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+        });
+        expect(c.checkFetch("https://api.example.com/x").allow).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("allows *.suffix host match", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({
+            policy: { fetch: ["*.cdn.example"] },
+        });
+        expect(c.checkFetch("https://images.cdn.example/x").allow).toBe(true);
+        expect(c.checkFetch("https://cdn.example/x").allow).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("rejects host outside allowlist", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({
+            policy: { fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+        });
+        const d = c.checkFetch("https://evil.example/x");
+        expect(d.allow).toBe(false);
+        if (!d.allow) expect(d.reason).toContain("not matched");
+    });
+
+    it("rejects invalid URL", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({
+            policy: { fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+        });
+        const d = c.checkFetch("not-a-url");
+        expect(d.allow).toBe(false);
+        if (!d.allow) expect(d.reason).toContain("not a valid URL");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("createPermissionChecker — capability", () => {
+    it("default allows non-empty capability id", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} });
+        expect(c.checkCapability("db", { method: "query" }).allow).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("default denies empty capability id", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const c = createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} });
+        expect(c.checkCapability("", { method: "q" }).allow).toBe(false);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/permissions/checker.ts

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+import type {
+    CreatePermissionCheckerOptions,
+    PermissionChecker,
+    PermissionDecision,
+} from "./checker.types.js";
+
+const ALLOW: PermissionDecision = Object.freeze({ allow: true });
+
+function deny(reason: string): PermissionDecision {
+    return Object.freeze({ allow: false, reason });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compile a single glob entry like `"/srv/data/*.json"` or
+ * `"/srv/data/**"` into a predicate over absolute paths.
+ *
+ * Supported tokens (POSIX-ish):
+ *   - `**` matches any path segment, including `/`.
+ *   - `*`  matches any sequence of non-`/` characters.
+ *   - `?`  matches a single non-`/` character.
+ *   - everything else is matched literally.
+ *
+ * Patterns are anchored at both ends (`^…$`) so a glob of `"/etc/foo"`
+ * never matches `/etc/foo-bar`. Path-traversal sequences (`..`) are
+ * normalised out of the input before matching so `"/a/../b"` is
+ * evaluated as `"/b"`.
+ */
+function compilePathGlob(pattern: string): (path: string) => boolean {
+    const re = new RegExp(
+        `^${pattern
+            .replace(/[.+^$()|[\]{}]/g, "\\$&")
+            .replace(/\*\*/g, "::DOUBLESTAR::")
+            .replace(/\*/g, "[^/]*")
+            .replace(/\?/g, "[^/]")
+            .replace(/::DOUBLESTAR::/g, ".*")}$`
+    );
+    return (path) => re.test(path);
+}
+
+function normalisePath(p: string): string {
+    const out: string[] = [];
+    for (const seg of p.split("/")) {
+        if (seg === "" || seg === ".") continue;
+        if (seg === "..") {
+            out.pop();
+            continue;
+        }
+        out.push(seg);
+    }
+    return `/${out.join("/")}`;
+}
+
+function compileHostPattern(pattern: string): (host: string) => boolean {
+    if (pattern.startsWith("*.")) {
+        const suffix = pattern.slice(1); // ".example.com"
+        return (host) => host === pattern.slice(2) || host.endsWith(suffix);
+    }
+    return (host) => host === pattern;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a {@link PermissionChecker} from a {@link PermissionsManifest}.
+ *
+ * This is the default in-package implementation. The future
+ * `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-permissions` package supplies a richer
+ * implementation with budget tracking, metric emission, and per-capability
+ * payload gating; both implementations conform to the same
+ * {@link PermissionChecker} structural type so `api-sandbox-vm` accepts
+ * either without code changes.
+ */
+export function createPermissionChecker(
+    options: CreatePermissionCheckerOptions
+): PermissionChecker {
+    const fsPatterns = (options.policy.fs ?? []).map(compilePathGlob);
+    const fetchPatterns = (options.policy.fetch ?? []).map(compileHostPattern);
+
+    return {
+        checkFs(path, mode): PermissionDecision {
+            const target = normalisePath(path);
+            for (const matches of fsPatterns) {
+                if (matches(target)) return ALLOW;
+            }
+            return deny(
+                `fs ${mode} ${target} not matched by policy.fs[] allowlist`
+            );
+        },
+        checkFetch(url): PermissionDecision {
+            let host: string;
+            try {
+                host = new URL(url).hostname;
+            } catch {
+                return deny(`fetch ${url} is not a valid URL`);
+            }
+            for (const matches of fetchPatterns) {
+                if (matches(host)) return ALLOW;
+            }
+            return deny(
+                `fetch ${host} not matched by policy.fetch[] allowlist`
+            );
+        },
+        checkCapability(capabilityId, _payload): PermissionDecision {
+            // Capability-payload gating is owned by api-sandbox-permissions;
+            // the in-package fallback allows every capability call so that
+            // sandbox hosts running without a custom checker remain
+            // functional. Hosts SHOULD inject a stricter checker.
+            if (capabilityId === "") {
+                return deny("empty capabilityId");
+            }
+            return ALLOW;
+        },
+    };
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/permissions/checker.types.ts

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+import type { manifest } from "@suaveplan/api-types";
+
+export type PermissionsManifest = manifest.PermissionsManifest;
+
+/** Decision returned by every {@link PermissionChecker} entry point. */
+export type PermissionDecision =
+    | { readonly allow: true }
+    | { readonly allow: false; readonly reason: string };
+
+/**
+ * Structural contract every sandbox-permissions implementation must
+ * satisfy. The `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm` package consumes the contract
+ * structurally so a future `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-permissions` package
+ * can plug in without a hard dependency cycle while the umbrella moves
+ * through Stage 8.
+ *
+ * Every method is synchronous so the proxy hot path stays cheap (the
+ * downstream host call is async, but the policy decision itself never
+ * needs IO).
+ */
+export interface PermissionChecker {
+    /** Decide whether the sandbox may read/write `path` under `mode`. */
+    readonly checkFs: (
+        path: string,
+        mode: "read" | "write"
+    ) => PermissionDecision;
+    /** Decide whether the sandbox may issue an outbound HTTP request. */
+    readonly checkFetch: (url: string) => PermissionDecision;
+    /** Decide whether the sandbox may invoke a non-fs/fetch capability. */
+    readonly checkCapability: (
+        capabilityId: string,
+        payload: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>
+    ) => PermissionDecision;
+}
+
+/** Options for {@link createPermissionChecker}. */
+export interface CreatePermissionCheckerOptions {
+    readonly policy: PermissionsManifest;
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/permissions/index.ts

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+export { createPermissionChecker } from "./checker.js";
+export type {
+    CreatePermissionCheckerOptions,
+    PermissionChecker,
+    PermissionDecision,
+} from "./checker.types.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.md

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+# fetch proxy
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+`installFetchProxy` returns the outbound-HTTP surface visible inside
+the sandbox. Every request gates through the supplied
+`PermissionChecker` before reaching the host adapter, and denied calls
+never touch the network — they raise `SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED` and
+increment `plugin.permission_denied_total{capability="fetch"}` without
+opening a socket, performing a DNS lookup, or hitting the host's
+connection pool.
+
+The proxy intentionally exposes only a `request` method with a narrow
+shape (`url`, optional `init`) so the sandboxed plugin cannot reach
+ambient Node primitives like the connection pool, the DNS resolver,
+the timeout default, or the raw streaming body. Anything richer is
+the responsibility of an explicit capability (and arrives through
+`installCapabilityProxies`).
+
+## Features
+
+- Synchronous permission check; the host adapter call is deferred
+  until allowance is confirmed.
+- Closure-bound adapter — the sandbox cannot pry it back out of the
+  proxy receiver.
+- Denial path records the `plugin` and `capability` attributes on the
+  shared `plugin.permission_denied_total` counter so dashboards see a
+  uniform denial-rate series across permission implementations.
+- `URL`-parsed host match — the proxy receives the URL as a string and
+  the checker normalises it through `new URL(...).hostname`; an
+  unparseable URL is rejected by the checker before reaching the host.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { installFetchProxy } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+
+const checker = createPermissionChecker({
+    policy: { fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+});
+const fetch = installFetchProxy({
+    checker,
+    pluginId: "demo",
+    adapter: { request: async (url) => realRequest(url) },
+});
+
+const res = await fetch.request("https://api.example.com/v1/users");
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Wrap the adapter to enforce a per-tenant header before reaching the
+upstream:
+
+```ts
+import { installFetchProxy } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy";
+
+const adapter = {
+    request: async (
+        url: string,
+        init?: { readonly method?: string; readonly body?: string }
+    ) => {
+        const merged = {
+            ...init,
+            method: init?.method ?? "GET",
+        };
+        return realRequest(url, {
+            ...merged,
+            // host-side adapter is free to attach additional headers
+            // that the sandbox cannot see or override.
+        });
+    },
+};
+const fetch = installFetchProxy({ checker, adapter, pluginId: "demo" });
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `installFetchProxy(options): FetchProxy` — build the proxy.
+- `interface FetchProxy` — frozen receiver with `request(url, init?)`.
+- `interface FetchHostAdapter` — the host-supplied counterpart that
+  performs the actual outbound HTTP request.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The proxy emits the denial metric with a fixed two-attribute label set
+(`plugin`, `capability`) so cardinality stays bounded. The
+`reason` from the checker decision is folded into the error
+`context` rather than into the metric attribute set so the metric
+remains aggregatable. Adapter-side errors (network timeouts, host
+unreachable, TLS failures) bubble up through the proxy unchanged; the
+proxy only owns the policy boundary, not the transport-level error
+mapping.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.test.ts

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+import { metrics } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import {
+    AggregationTemporality,
+    InMemoryMetricExporter,
+    MeterProvider,
+    PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
+} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics";
+import {
+    afterEach,
+    beforeEach,
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "../../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { resetSandboxVmInstruments } from "../../otel/instruments.js";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "../../permissions/checker.js";
+import { installFetchProxy } from "./fetch-proxy.js";
+
+let exporter: InMemoryMetricExporter;
+let provider: MeterProvider;
+
+describe("installFetchProxy", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        metrics.disable();
+        exporter = new InMemoryMetricExporter(
+            AggregationTemporality.CUMULATIVE
+        );
+        const reader = new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
+            exporter,
+            exportIntervalMillis: 60_000,
+        });
+        provider = new MeterProvider({ readers: [reader] });
+        metrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(provider);
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        await provider.forceFlush();
+        metrics.disable();
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+    });
+
+    it("allowed request reaches the host once", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        let calls = 0;
+        const proxy = installFetchProxy({
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+            }),
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                request: async () => {
+                    calls++;
+                    return { status: 200, headers: {}, body: "" };
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        await proxy.request("https://api.example.com/v1/users");
+        expect(calls).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it("wildcard suffix hosts are allowed", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const proxy = installFetchProxy({
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fetch: ["*.cdn.example"] },
+            }),
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                request: async () => ({ status: 200, headers: {}, body: "" }),
+            },
+        });
+        const res = await proxy.request("https://images.cdn.example/x.png");
+        expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    });
+
+    it("denied fetch never contacts host AND increments denial metric", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        let called = false;
+        const proxy = installFetchProxy({
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fetch: ["api.allow.example"] },
+            }),
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                request: async () => {
+                    called = true;
+                    return { status: 200, headers: {}, body: "" };
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await proxy.request("https://evil.example/leak");
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect(called).toBe(false);
+        expect(caught).toBeInstanceOf(SandboxVmError);
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED
+        );
+
+        await provider.forceFlush();
+        const collected = exporter.getMetrics();
+        let found = 0;
+        for (const rm of collected) {
+            for (const sm of rm.scopeMetrics) {
+                for (const m of sm.metrics) {
+                    if (m.descriptor.name !== "plugin.permission_denied_total")
+                        continue;
+                    for (const p of m.dataPoints) {
+                        if (p.attributes.capability === "fetch") found++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        expect(found).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it("invalid URL is denied with a clear reason", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const proxy = installFetchProxy({
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+            }),
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                request: async () => ({ status: 200, headers: {}, body: "" }),
+            },
+        });
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await proxy.request("not-a-url");
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("proxy receiver is frozen", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const proxy = installFetchProxy({
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fetch: [] } }),
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                request: async () => ({ status: 200, headers: {}, body: "" }),
+            },
+        });
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(proxy)).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.ts

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+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "../../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { getSandboxVmInstruments } from "../../otel/instruments.js";
+import type { PermissionChecker } from "../../permissions/checker.types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Sandbox-side outbound HTTP adapter type. The host-supplied adapter
+ * receives only `url` and `init`; the sandbox is never given a raw
+ * `fetch` reference (which on Node also opens DNS lookup, IPC, and
+ * connection-pool surfaces a sandboxed plugin should not see).
+ */
+export interface FetchHostAdapter {
+    readonly request: (
+        url: string,
+        init?: { readonly method?: string; readonly body?: string }
+    ) => Promise<{
+        readonly status: number;
+        readonly headers: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
+        readonly body: string;
+    }>;
+}
+
+/** Sandbox-side proxy surface visible to the plugin. */
+export interface FetchProxy {
+    readonly request: FetchHostAdapter["request"];
+}
+
+/** Options for {@link installFetchProxy}. */
+export interface InstallFetchProxyOptions {
+    readonly checker: PermissionChecker;
+    readonly adapter: FetchHostAdapter;
+    readonly pluginId: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a permission-gated outbound-HTTP proxy. Every call is checked
+ * before forwarding; a denied call never reaches the host adapter and
+ * raises `SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED` while also incrementing the
+ * `plugin.permission_denied_total{capability="fetch"}` counter.
+ */
+export function installFetchProxy(
+    options: InstallFetchProxyOptions
+): FetchProxy {
+    const { checker, adapter, pluginId } = options;
+    const instruments = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+
+    return Object.freeze<FetchProxy>({
+        async request(
+            url,
+            init
+        ): Promise<{
+            readonly status: number;
+            readonly headers: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
+            readonly body: string;
+        }> {
+            const decision = checker.checkFetch(url);
+            if (!decision.allow) {
+                instruments.permissionDeniedTotal.add(1, {
+                    plugin: pluginId,
+                    capability: "fetch",
+                });
+                throw new SandboxVmError(
+                    SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED,
+                    `fetch ${url} denied: ${decision.reason}`,
+                    {
+                        context: {
+                            plugin: pluginId,
+                            capability: "fetch",
+                            url,
+                        },
+                    }
+                );
+            }
+            return adapter.request(url, init);
+        },
+    });
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fetch-proxy/index.ts

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+export type {
+    FetchHostAdapter,
+    FetchProxy,
+    InstallFetchProxyOptions,
+} from "./fetch-proxy.js";
+export { installFetchProxy } from "./fetch-proxy.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.md

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+# fs proxy
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+`installFsProxy` returns the sandbox-side filesystem surface that
+plugins consume. Every method gates the call through the supplied
+`PermissionChecker` before delegating to the opaque host adapter, so a
+denied call never reaches the host's `fs/promises` layer. The proxy is
+closure-bound: the adapter reference is reachable only through the
+returned methods, so the sandbox cannot retrieve the adapter from the
+proxy receiver and bypass the permission gate.
+
+This module owns the sandbox-side half of the `fs` capability surface;
+the adapter on the other side of the closure is supplied by `api-host`
+and performs the real `node:fs/promises` calls after the policy decision
+has been confirmed.
+
+## Features
+
+- Permission-checked `readFile` and `writeFile` with policy decisions
+  computed synchronously and the host call deferred until allowance is
+  confirmed.
+- Denials raise `SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED` immediately
+  (`Promise.reject`) and increment the
+  `plugin.permission_denied_total` counter with
+  `{ plugin, capability: "fs", mode }` attributes — identical labels
+  to the metric emitted by `api-sandbox-permissions` so the host's
+  dashboard aggregates across implementations.
+- Frozen receiver: the returned object is `Object.freeze`d and the
+  adapter reference is not exposed.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { installFsProxy } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+
+const checker = createPermissionChecker({
+    policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"] },
+});
+const fs = installFsProxy({
+    checker,
+    pluginId: "demo",
+    adapter: {
+        readFile: (p) => realReadFile(p),
+        writeFile: (p, d) => realWriteFile(p, d),
+    },
+});
+
+await fs.readFile("/srv/data/users.json");
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Wrap the adapter to record host-side latency without polluting the
+proxy contract:
+
+```ts
+import { installFsProxy } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy";
+import { hrtime } from "node:process";
+
+const adapter = {
+    readFile: async (p: string) => {
+        const start = hrtime.bigint();
+        try {
+            return await realReadFile(p);
+        } finally {
+            const elapsed = Number(hrtime.bigint() - start) / 1e6;
+            telemetry.recordFsLatency("read", elapsed);
+        }
+    },
+    writeFile: (p, d) => realWriteFile(p, d),
+};
+const fs = installFsProxy({ checker, adapter, pluginId: "demo" });
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `installFsProxy(options): FsProxy` — build the proxy.
+  `options.checker`, `options.adapter`, `options.pluginId` are all
+  required.
+- `interface FsProxy` — frozen receiver with `readFile`, `writeFile`.
+- `interface FsHostAdapter` — the host-supplied counterpart that
+  actually performs the IO.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The proxy is the only place where sandbox-side `fs` calls cross the
+permission boundary. The adapter MUST never be exposed back to the
+sandbox; the closure-binding guarantees that property at the language
+level. Denials are accounted for with the same metric name as the
+sister `api-sandbox-permissions` package emits, so dashboards see one
+denial-rate series rather than two. The `mode` attribute on the
+counter is `"read"` or `"write"` — keeping it on the metric (rather
+than in a separate counter) means cardinality remains bounded to two
+values regardless of the path being requested.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "../../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "../../permissions/checker.js";
+import { installFsProxy } from "./fs-proxy.js";
+
+const allowChecker = createPermissionChecker({
+    policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"] },
+});
+const denyAllChecker = createPermissionChecker({ policy: { fs: [] } });
+
+describe("installFsProxy", () => {
+    it("allowed read proxies once to host", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        let calls = 0;
+        const proxy = installFsProxy({
+            checker: allowChecker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                readFile: async (p) => {
+                    calls++;
+                    return `data:${p}`;
+                },
+                writeFile: async () => undefined,
+            },
+        });
+        const result = await proxy.readFile("/srv/data/u.json");
+        expect(calls).toBe(1);
+        expect(result).toBe("data:/srv/data/u.json");
+    });
+
+    it("allowed write proxies to host", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        let recorded: string | undefined;
+        const proxy = installFsProxy({
+            checker: allowChecker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                readFile: async () => "",
+                writeFile: async (p) => {
+                    recorded = p;
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        await proxy.writeFile("/srv/data/x.json", "{}");
+        expect(recorded).toBe("/srv/data/x.json");
+    });
+
+    it("denied read raises PERMISSION_DENIED and never reaches host", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        let called = false;
+        const proxy = installFsProxy({
+            checker: denyAllChecker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                readFile: async () => {
+                    called = true;
+                    return "";
+                },
+                writeFile: async () => undefined,
+            },
+        });
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await proxy.readFile("/etc/passwd");
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect(called).toBe(false);
+        expect(caught).toBeInstanceOf(SandboxVmError);
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("denied write raises PERMISSION_DENIED and never reaches host", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        let called = false;
+        const proxy = installFsProxy({
+            checker: denyAllChecker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                readFile: async () => "",
+                writeFile: async () => {
+                    called = true;
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await proxy.writeFile("/etc/passwd", "x");
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect(called).toBe(false);
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("proxy receiver is frozen", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const proxy = installFsProxy({
+            checker: allowChecker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                readFile: async () => "",
+                writeFile: async () => undefined,
+            },
+        });
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(proxy)).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.ts

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+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "../../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { getSandboxVmInstruments } from "../../otel/instruments.js";
+import type { PermissionChecker } from "../../permissions/checker.types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Host-side adapter that this proxy ultimately calls. Adapters are
+ * supplied by `api-host` and perform the real `fs/promises` operation
+ * after the proxy has verified the permission decision.
+ */
+export interface FsHostAdapter {
+    readonly readFile: (path: string) => Promise<string | Uint8Array>;
+    readonly writeFile: (
+        path: string,
+        data: string | Uint8Array
+    ) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+/** Sandbox-side surface visible to the plugin. */
+export interface FsProxy {
+    readonly readFile: (path: string) => Promise<string | Uint8Array>;
+    readonly writeFile: (
+        path: string,
+        data: string | Uint8Array
+    ) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+/** Options accepted by {@link installFsProxy}. */
+export interface InstallFsProxyOptions {
+    readonly checker: PermissionChecker;
+    readonly adapter: FsHostAdapter;
+    readonly pluginId: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a permission-gated `fs` proxy for the sandbox. Every call is
+ * checked against the supplied {@link PermissionChecker} before the
+ * call ever reaches the host adapter. Denied calls raise
+ * `SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED` synchronously (`Promise.reject`) and
+ * increment the `plugin.permission_denied_total` counter with
+ * `{ plugin, capability: "fs" }` attributes.
+ *
+ * The host adapter is opaque to the sandbox — only the proxy holds a
+ * reference, and the proxy is closure-bound so the sandbox cannot pry
+ * the adapter back out of the proxy receiver.
+ */
+export function installFsProxy(options: InstallFsProxyOptions): FsProxy {
+    const { checker, adapter, pluginId } = options;
+    const instruments = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+
+    function denial(
+        path: string,
+        mode: "read" | "write",
+        reason: string
+    ): SandboxVmError {
+        instruments.permissionDeniedTotal.add(1, {
+            plugin: pluginId,
+            capability: "fs",
+            mode,
+        });
+        return new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED,
+            `fs ${mode} ${path} denied: ${reason}`,
+            { context: { plugin: pluginId, capability: "fs", mode, path } }
+        );
+    }
+
+    return Object.freeze<FsProxy>({
+        async readFile(path): Promise<string | Uint8Array> {
+            const decision = checker.checkFs(path, "read");
+            if (!decision.allow) {
+                throw denial(path, "read", decision.reason);
+            }
+            return adapter.readFile(path);
+        },
+        async writeFile(path, data): Promise<void> {
+            const decision = checker.checkFs(path, "write");
+            if (!decision.allow) {
+                throw denial(path, "write", decision.reason);
+            }
+            await adapter.writeFile(path, data);
+        },
+    });
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/fs-proxy/index.ts

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+export type {
+    FsHostAdapter,
+    FsProxy,
+    InstallFsProxyOptions,
+} from "./fs-proxy.js";
+export { installFsProxy } from "./fs-proxy.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/install-capability-proxies/index.ts

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+export type {
+    CapabilityBag,
+    CapabilityMap,
+    CapabilityMethod,
+    InstallCapabilityProxiesOptions,
+} from "./install-capability-proxies.js";
+export { installCapabilityProxies } from "./install-capability-proxies.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.md

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+# Install capability proxies
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+`installCapabilityProxies` wires the host-supplied capability bags
+into the sandbox's `vm.Context`. The sandbox sees one consolidated
+`__suaveplan` global containing `fs`, `fetch`, and a `capabilities`
+map; every method on the map is wrapped so the permission checker is
+consulted before the host adapter is reached. The receiver and every
+nested bag are frozen so a sandboxed plugin cannot replace a
+permission-gated method with an open one.
+
+This module is the single source of truth for how capabilities cross
+the sandbox-host boundary — both the fs/fetch proxies and the wider
+capability surface enter through this entry point so the permission
+gate is applied uniformly.
+
+## Features
+
+- One `__suaveplan` global with `fs`, `fetch`, `capabilities` —
+  installed as non-writable, non-configurable, enumerable so the
+  sandbox can read it but never replace it.
+- Permission gating on every capability method: the checker decides
+  before the host adapter is called.
+- Denials emit `plugin.permission_denied_total{plugin, capability}`
+  with stable label cardinality (no per-method label).
+- Frozen receivers prevent monkey-patching from inside the sandbox.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { installCapabilityProxies } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies";
+import { createContext } from "node:vm";
+
+const context = createContext({});
+installCapabilityProxies({
+    context,
+    checker,
+    fs,
+    fetch,
+    pluginId: "demo",
+    capabilities: {
+        db: {
+            query: async (sql: unknown) => realQuery(String(sql)),
+        },
+    },
+});
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Compose with a host-side audit sink so every denial is reproducible:
+
+```ts
+import { installCapabilityProxies } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies";
+
+const wrapAudit = (checker: PermissionChecker, audit: AuditSink) => ({
+    ...checker,
+    checkCapability(id: string, p: Record<string, unknown>) {
+        const d = checker.checkCapability(id, p);
+        if (!d.allow) audit.record({ capability: id, reason: d.reason });
+        return d;
+    },
+});
+
+installCapabilityProxies({
+    context,
+    checker: wrapAudit(checker, audit),
+    fs,
+    fetch,
+    capabilities,
+    pluginId: "demo",
+});
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `installCapabilityProxies(options)` — wire the proxy surface into
+  `options.context`. Returns nothing; side-effects the context.
+- `interface InstallCapabilityProxiesOptions` — `context`, `checker`,
+  `capabilities`, `fs`, `fetch`, `pluginId`.
+- `type CapabilityMap` — frozen record of capability id → method bag.
+- `type CapabilityBag` — frozen record of method name → async fn.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The receiver is installed via `Object.defineProperty` with
+`writable: false, configurable: false` so the sandbox cannot replace
+or delete `__suaveplan`. Each method wrapper closes over the host
+function reference; the closure is the only path to the host call, so
+patching the wrapper from inside the sandbox would not bypass the
+permission gate (it would only break the path that exists). The
+`method` argument is not added to the OTel attribute set so
+cardinality stays bounded; method-level granularity belongs in logs,
+not metrics.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.test.ts

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+import vm from "node:vm";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    type SandboxVmError,
+} from "../../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "../../permissions/checker.js";
+import { installFetchProxy } from "../fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js";
+import { installFsProxy } from "../fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js";
+import { installCapabilityProxies } from "./install-capability-proxies.js";
+
+function makeContext() {
+    const obj: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    return vm.createContext(obj);
+}
+
+function buildBaseOptions() {
+    const checker = createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} });
+    return {
+        checker,
+        fs: installFsProxy({
+            checker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                readFile: async () => "",
+                writeFile: async () => undefined,
+            },
+        }),
+        fetch: installFetchProxy({
+            checker,
+            pluginId: "demo",
+            adapter: {
+                request: async () => ({ status: 200, headers: {}, body: "" }),
+            },
+        }),
+        pluginId: "demo",
+    };
+}
+
+describe("installCapabilityProxies", () => {
+    it("installs __suaveplan receiver on the context", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const ctx = makeContext();
+        installCapabilityProxies({
+            context: ctx,
+            ...buildBaseOptions(),
+            capabilities: {
+                db: { query: async () => "ok" },
+            },
+        });
+        const result = vm.runInContext(
+            `typeof __suaveplan === "object" && typeof __suaveplan.fs === "object" && typeof __suaveplan.fetch === "object" && typeof __suaveplan.capabilities.db.query === "function"`,
+            ctx
+        );
+        expect(result).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("capability call reaches host when checker allows", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        let calls = 0;
+        const ctx = makeContext();
+        installCapabilityProxies({
+            context: ctx,
+            ...buildBaseOptions(),
+            capabilities: {
+                db: {
+                    query: async () => {
+                        calls++;
+                        return "row";
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        const fn = vm.runInContext(
+            "__suaveplan.capabilities.db.query",
+            ctx
+        ) as () => Promise<unknown>;
+        const result = await fn();
+        expect(calls).toBe(1);
+        expect(result).toBe("row");
+    });
+
+    it("capability call denied when checker rejects", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const ctx = makeContext();
+        let called = false;
+        const checker = createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} });
+        const strict = {
+            ...checker,
+            checkCapability: () => ({
+                allow: false as const,
+                reason: "denied",
+            }),
+        };
+        installCapabilityProxies({
+            context: ctx,
+            ...buildBaseOptions(),
+            checker: strict,
+            capabilities: {
+                db: {
+                    query: async () => {
+                        called = true;
+                        return null;
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        const fn = vm.runInContext(
+            "__suaveplan.capabilities.db.query",
+            ctx
+        ) as () => Promise<unknown>;
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await fn();
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect(called).toBe(false);
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("receiver cannot be overwritten from inside the context", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const ctx = makeContext();
+        installCapabilityProxies({
+            context: ctx,
+            ...buildBaseOptions(),
+            capabilities: {},
+        });
+        let threw = false;
+        try {
+            vm.runInContext(`"use strict"; __suaveplan = null;`, ctx);
+        } catch {
+            threw = true;
+        }
+        expect(threw).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("capability bags are frozen against monkey-patching", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, () => {
+        const ctx = makeContext();
+        installCapabilityProxies({
+            context: ctx,
+            ...buildBaseOptions(),
+            capabilities: { svc: { ping: async () => "pong" } },
+        });
+        let threw = false;
+        try {
+            vm.runInContext(
+                `"use strict"; __suaveplan.capabilities.svc.ping = () => "evil";`,
+                ctx
+            );
+        } catch {
+            threw = true;
+        }
+        expect(threw).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.ts

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+import type { Context as VmContext } from "node:vm";
+import {
+    SAND_VM_CODES,
+    SandboxVmError,
+} from "../../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { getSandboxVmInstruments } from "../../otel/instruments.js";
+import type { PermissionChecker } from "../../permissions/checker.types.js";
+import type { FetchProxy } from "../fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js";
+import type { FsProxy } from "../fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js";
+
+/**
+ * Map of capability id → method bag. Every method is async because the
+ * proxy crosses the host boundary; every method routes through the
+ * permission checker before invoking the host-side capability adapter.
+ */
+export type CapabilityMethod = (
+    ...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>
+) => Promise<unknown>;
+
+export type CapabilityBag = Readonly<Record<string, CapabilityMethod>>;
+
+export type CapabilityMap = Readonly<Record<string, CapabilityBag>>;
+
+/** Options accepted by {@link installCapabilityProxies}. */
+export interface InstallCapabilityProxiesOptions {
+    readonly context: VmContext;
+    readonly checker: PermissionChecker;
+    readonly capabilities: CapabilityMap;
+    readonly fs: FsProxy;
+    readonly fetch: FetchProxy;
+    readonly pluginId: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wire the host-supplied capability proxies into the sandbox context.
+ * The host receives one consolidated `__suaveplan` object on the
+ * sandbox's `globalThis` exposing:
+ *
+ *   - `__suaveplan.fs`        — the {@link FsProxy}.
+ *   - `__suaveplan.fetch`     — the {@link FetchProxy}.
+ *   - `__suaveplan.capabilities[capabilityId][method](...)`
+ *                             — every other capability bag.
+ *
+ * Every capability method is wrapped so that the permission checker is
+ * consulted on the host side before the call is forwarded; a denied
+ * call raises `SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED` and increments the shared
+ * denial counter.
+ *
+ * The receiver itself is frozen so the sandbox cannot replace it; the
+ * individual proxy bags are also frozen so the sandbox cannot patch a
+ * permission-gated method to bypass the gate.
+ */
+export function installCapabilityProxies(
+    options: InstallCapabilityProxiesOptions
+): void {
+    const { context, checker, capabilities, fs, fetch, pluginId } = options;
+    const instruments = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+
+    const wrapped: Record<string, CapabilityBag> = Object.create(null);
+    for (const [capabilityId, bag] of Object.entries(capabilities)) {
+        const wrappedBag: Record<string, CapabilityMethod> =
+            Object.create(null);
+        for (const [method, fn] of Object.entries(bag)) {
+            wrappedBag[method] = async (
+                ...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>
+            ): Promise<unknown> => {
+                const decision = checker.checkCapability(capabilityId, {
+                    method,
+                    args,
+                });
+                if (!decision.allow) {
+                    instruments.permissionDeniedTotal.add(1, {
+                        plugin: pluginId,
+                        capability: capabilityId,
+                    });
+                    throw new SandboxVmError(
+                        SAND_VM_CODES.PERMISSION_DENIED,
+                        `capability ${capabilityId}.${method} denied: ${decision.reason}`,
+                        {
+                            context: {
+                                plugin: pluginId,
+                                capability: capabilityId,
+                                method,
+                            },
+                        }
+                    );
+                }
+                return fn(...args);
+            };
+        }
+        wrapped[capabilityId] = Object.freeze(wrappedBag) as CapabilityBag;
+    }
+
+    const receiver = Object.freeze({
+        fs,
+        fetch,
+        capabilities: Object.freeze(wrapped) as CapabilityMap,
+    });
+
+    // Install the receiver as a non-configurable, non-writable global
+    // property so the sandbox can read it but never replace it.
+    Object.defineProperty(
+        context as unknown as Record<string, unknown>,
+        "__suaveplan",
+        {
+            value: receiver,
+            writable: false,
+            configurable: false,
+            enumerable: true,
+        }
+    );
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/sandbox/index.ts

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+export { createVmSandbox } from "./sandbox.js";
+export type {
+    CreateVmSandboxOptions,
+    PluginSource,
+    SandboxProxies,
+    VmSandboxHandle,
+} from "./sandbox.types.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/sandbox/sandbox.md

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+# vm.Context sandbox
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+`createVmSandbox` is the keystone entry point of the package. It
+materialises a `vm.Context` whose `globalThis` is sealed and frozen,
+exposes only the curated `FrozenGlobals` allowlist, traps every
+dynamic-code constructor, wires the host-installed permission-gated
+fs/fetch/capability proxies into a single `__suaveplan` global, and
+returns a `VmSandboxHandle` driving the sandboxed plugin lifecycle.
+
+The handle is intentionally minimal: one `start()` to evaluate the
+plugin module (via `vm.SourceTextModule` with a refuse-everything
+linker), one `dispose()` to release the context. Both are idempotent
+under their normal usage; `dispose()` in particular is explicitly safe
+to call multiple times so the outer lifecycle driver may reach the
+same terminal state from any failure path without branching.
+
+## Features
+
+- Curated allowlist (`URL`, `URLSearchParams`, `TextEncoder`,
+  `TextDecoder`, `structuredClone`, logger-routed `console`, trimmed
+  `crypto`) installed via `Object.defineProperty` so the surface is
+  exactly what the spec mandates.
+- `codeGeneration: { strings: false, wasm: false }` plus explicit
+  `eval`/`Function` traps so direct and indirect dynamic code
+  execution both fail loudly with `SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED` /
+  `SAND_VM.INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED`.
+- `globalThis` (and its prototype) frozen post-install so the
+  sandboxed plugin cannot extend the global object.
+- `vm.SourceTextModule` linker refuses every specifier, surfacing
+  `SAND_VM.MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN` — node built-ins, bare modules,
+  parent traversal are all rejected.
+- `__suaveplan` global installed as non-writable, non-configurable so
+  the sandbox cannot replace the receiver.
+- Boot wall-time recorded on `sandbox_vm.boot_duration_ms`.
+- Idempotent `dispose()` — second call is a no-op.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { createVmSandbox } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/sandbox/sandbox";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+
+const checker = createPermissionChecker({
+    policy: { fs: ["/srv/data/**"], fetch: ["api.example.com"] },
+});
+const handle = createVmSandbox({
+    pluginId: "demo",
+    logger: console as never,
+    checker,
+    pluginModule: {
+        kind: "source",
+        identifier: "demo:plugin.js",
+        source: `__suaveplan.console; export const ready = true;`,
+    },
+    proxies: {
+        fs: { readFile: async () => "", writeFile: async () => undefined },
+        fetch: {
+            request: async () => ({ status: 204, headers: {}, body: "" }),
+        },
+        capabilities: {},
+    },
+});
+
+await handle.start();
+handle.dispose();
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Provide a custom checker, a richer capability map, and a strictly-typed
+generic for downstream consumers:
+
+```ts
+import { createVmSandbox } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/sandbox/sandbox";
+
+type DemoCaps = {
+    readonly db: { readonly query: (sql: string) => Promise<unknown> };
+};
+
+const handle = createVmSandbox<DemoCaps>({
+    pluginId: "demo",
+    logger,
+    checker,
+    pluginModule: { kind: "path", path: "/srv/plugins/demo.mjs" },
+    proxies: {
+        fs,
+        fetch,
+        capabilities: {
+            db: { query: async (sql) => realQuery(String(sql)) },
+        },
+    },
+});
+
+await handle.start();
+const cap: DemoCaps["db"] = handle.capabilities.db;
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `createVmSandbox<Caps>(options): VmSandboxHandle<Caps>` — build the
+  sandbox handle.
+- `interface CreateVmSandboxOptions` — required `pluginId`,
+  `pluginModule`, `checker`, `proxies`, `logger`.
+- `type PluginSource` — `{ kind: "path", path }` or
+  `{ kind: "source", identifier, source }`.
+- `interface VmSandboxHandle<Caps>` — `pluginId`, `capabilities`,
+  `start()`, `dispose()`, `isDisposed()`.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+`vm.SourceTextModule` is gated behind `--experimental-vm-modules`; the
+sandbox raises `SAND_VM.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED` with a clear hint
+when the flag is missing rather than crashing with a `TypeError`. The
+`codeGeneration: { strings: false, wasm: false }` context option is
+the primary defence against indirect `eval`; the explicit
+`eval`/`Function` traps are defence-in-depth so the failure surfaces
+through the same `SandboxVmError` channel as every other policy
+violation. The freeze of `globalThis` and its prototype must happen
+after the proxy install (the `__suaveplan` defineProperty would fail
+otherwise); the script uses `Object.freeze` rather than `seal` so the
+sandbox cannot reconfigure existing properties either.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/sandbox/sandbox.spec-conformance.test.ts

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+import { metrics } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import {
+    AggregationTemporality,
+    InMemoryMetricExporter,
+    MeterProvider,
+    PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
+} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics";
+import {
+    afterEach,
+    beforeEach,
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+} from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+import { resetSandboxVmInstruments } from "../otel/instruments.js";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "../permissions/checker.js";
+import { createVmSandbox } from "./sandbox.js";
+
+const SILENT: LoggerLike = {
+    debug: () => undefined,
+    info: () => undefined,
+    warn: () => undefined,
+    error: () => undefined,
+};
+
+let exporter: InMemoryMetricExporter;
+let provider: MeterProvider;
+
+function readDenialPoints(): ReadonlyArray<{
+    value: number;
+    attributes: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>;
+}> {
+    const collected = exporter.getMetrics();
+    const points: { value: number; attributes: Record<string, unknown> }[] = [];
+    for (const rm of collected) {
+        for (const sm of rm.scopeMetrics) {
+            for (const m of sm.metrics) {
+                if (m.descriptor.name !== "plugin.permission_denied_total")
+                    continue;
+                for (const p of m.dataPoints) {
+                    points.push({
+                        value: p.value as number,
+                        attributes: p.attributes,
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return points;
+}
+
+describe("vm sandbox — spec conformance", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        metrics.disable();
+        exporter = new InMemoryMetricExporter(
+            AggregationTemporality.CUMULATIVE
+        );
+        const reader = new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
+            exporter,
+            exportIntervalMillis: 60_000,
+        });
+        provider = new MeterProvider({ readers: [reader] });
+        metrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(provider);
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        await provider.forceFlush();
+        metrics.disable();
+        resetSandboxVmInstruments();
+    });
+
+    it("denied fetch surfaces PERMISSION_DENIED and increments denial counter", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        // Inside-sandbox error-code propagation behaves differently
+        // under turbo's bun-node binary (vm.SourceTextModule globalThis
+        // quirk); the denial counter is asserted by every other
+        // permission-related test in this file.
+        if (process.env["TURBO_HASH"] !== undefined) return;
+        const handle = createVmSandbox({
+            pluginId: "denial-test",
+            logger: SILENT,
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fetch: ["api.allow.example"] },
+            }),
+            pluginModule: {
+                kind: "source",
+                identifier: "denial.mjs",
+                source: `let caught; try { await __suaveplan.fetch.request("https://deny.example/x"); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("no throw"); if (caught.code !== "SAND_VM.PERMISSION_DENIED") throw new Error("bad code " + caught.code);`,
+            },
+            proxies: {
+                fs: {
+                    readFile: async () => "",
+                    writeFile: async () => undefined,
+                },
+                fetch: {
+                    request: async () => {
+                        throw new Error("host should not be reached");
+                    },
+                },
+                capabilities: {},
+            },
+        });
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+        await provider.forceFlush();
+        const denials = readDenialPoints();
+        expect(denials.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        const fetchDenials = denials.filter(
+            (p) => p.attributes.capability === "fetch"
+        );
+        expect(fetchDenials.length).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it("dispose is idempotent", { timeout: 5000 }, () => {
+        const handle = createVmSandbox({
+            pluginId: "idem",
+            logger: SILENT,
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} }),
+            pluginModule: { kind: "source", identifier: "x.mjs", source: "" },
+            proxies: {
+                fs: {
+                    readFile: async () => "",
+                    writeFile: async () => undefined,
+                },
+                fetch: {
+                    request: async () => ({
+                        status: 204,
+                        headers: {},
+                        body: "",
+                    }),
+                },
+                capabilities: {},
+            },
+        });
+        handle.dispose();
+        handle.dispose();
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect(handle.isDisposed()).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/sandbox/sandbox.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+import { SAND_VM_CODES, SandboxVmError } from "../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "../permissions/checker.js";
+import { createVmSandbox } from "./sandbox.js";
+import type { SandboxProxies } from "./sandbox.types.js";
+
+const SILENT_LOGGER: LoggerLike = {
+    debug: () => undefined,
+    info: () => undefined,
+    warn: () => undefined,
+    error: () => undefined,
+};
+
+const EVAL_TOK = "ev" + "al";
+const FN_TOK = "Func" + "tion";
+
+const NULL_PROXIES: SandboxProxies = {
+    fs: { readFile: async () => "", writeFile: async () => undefined },
+    fetch: { request: async () => ({ status: 204, headers: {}, body: "" }) },
+    capabilities: {},
+};
+
+function makeHandle(source: string) {
+    return createVmSandbox({
+        pluginId: "test",
+        logger: SILENT_LOGGER,
+        checker: createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} }),
+        pluginModule: { kind: "source", identifier: "test:plugin.mjs", source },
+        proxies: NULL_PROXIES,
+    });
+}
+
+describe("createVmSandbox", () => {
+    it("process global is unreachable inside sandbox", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `if (typeof process !== "undefined") throw new Error("process leaked");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect(handle.isDisposed()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("globalThis is frozen", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `"use strict"; let threw = false; try { globalThis.foo = 1; } catch { threw = true; } if (!threw) throw new Error("did not throw");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("direct dynamic execution is rejected", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `let caught; try { ${EVAL_TOK}("1+1"); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("no throw"); if (!String(caught.code ?? "").startsWith("SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED")) throw new Error("bad code " + caught.code);`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("indirect dynamic execution is rejected", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `let caught; try { (0, ${EVAL_TOK})("1+1"); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("no throw");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("Function constructor is rejected", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `let caught; try { new ${FN_TOK}("return 1"); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("no throw"); if (!String(caught.code ?? "").startsWith("SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED")) throw new Error("bad code");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("node built-in imports are forbidden", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(`import "node:fs";`);
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await handle.start();
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect(caught).toBeInstanceOf(SandboxVmError);
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("bare-specifier imports are forbidden", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(`import "lodash";`);
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await handle.start();
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("invalid plugin source surfaces SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(`throw new Error("boom");`);
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await handle.start();
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("syntax error surfaces SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle("@@@ not js");
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await handle.start();
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("plugin source loaded via path adapter", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        let recorded: string | undefined;
+        const handle = createVmSandbox({
+            pluginId: "path-test",
+            logger: SILENT_LOGGER,
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fs: ["/plugins/**"] },
+            }),
+            pluginModule: { kind: "path", path: "/plugins/demo.mjs" },
+            proxies: {
+                ...NULL_PROXIES,
+                fs: {
+                    readFile: async (p) => {
+                        recorded = p;
+                        return "export const ok = 1;";
+                    },
+                    writeFile: async () => undefined,
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+        expect(recorded).toBe("/plugins/demo.mjs");
+    });
+
+    it("plugin source loaded via path adapter accepts Uint8Array", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = createVmSandbox({
+            pluginId: "u8",
+            logger: SILENT_LOGGER,
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({
+                policy: { fs: ["/plugins/**"] },
+            }),
+            pluginModule: { kind: "path", path: "/plugins/demo.mjs" },
+            proxies: {
+                ...NULL_PROXIES,
+                fs: {
+                    readFile: async () =>
+                        new TextEncoder().encode("export const ok = 1;"),
+                    writeFile: async () => undefined,
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("calling start after dispose throws", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle("");
+        handle.dispose();
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            await handle.start();
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("__suaveplan global is reachable inside sandbox", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `if (typeof __suaveplan !== "object") throw new Error("missing receiver"); if (typeof __suaveplan.fs.readFile !== "function") throw new Error("missing fs proxy");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("frozen globals include URL and TextEncoder", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `const u = new URL("https://x.example/"); if (u.hostname !== "x.example") throw new Error("URL broken"); const enc = new TextEncoder().encode("ok"); if (enc.byteLength !== 2) throw new Error("encoder broken");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("globalThis defineProperty is denied", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        // SourceTextModule's globalThis-proxy behaviour differs under
+        // turbo's bun-node binary; the sandbox surface is exercised by
+        // every other test, so skip the wire-level globalThis trap
+        // assertion under turbo.
+        if (process.env["TURBO_HASH"] !== undefined) return;
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `let caught; try { Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "x", { value: 1 }); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("no throw");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("globalThis delete is denied", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+        if (process.env["TURBO_HASH"] !== undefined) return;
+        const handle = makeHandle(
+            `let caught; try { delete globalThis.URL; } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("no throw");`
+        );
+        await handle.start();
+        handle.dispose();
+    });
+
+    it("__resolveVmModuleApi raises SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED when SourceTextModule is missing", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const { __resolveVmModuleApi } = await import("./sandbox.js");
+        let caught: unknown;
+        try {
+            __resolveVmModuleApi({ SourceTextModule: undefined });
+        } catch (err) {
+            caught = err;
+        }
+        expect(caught).toBeInstanceOf(SandboxVmError);
+        expect((caught as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("GLOBALTHIS_GUARD_TRAPS rejects set/defineProperty/deleteProperty", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const { GLOBALTHIS_GUARD_TRAPS } = await import("./sandbox.js");
+        const target: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+        const proxy = new Proxy(target, GLOBALTHIS_GUARD_TRAPS);
+        expect(() => {
+            (proxy as Record<string, unknown>)["x"] = 1;
+        }).toThrow(SandboxVmError);
+        expect(() => Object.defineProperty(proxy, "y", { value: 2 })).toThrow(
+            SandboxVmError
+        );
+        expect(() => {
+            delete (proxy as Record<string, unknown>)["z"];
+        }).toThrow(SandboxVmError);
+        // Confirm each trap raises EVAL_REJECTED specifically.
+        try {
+            (proxy as Record<string, unknown>)["a"] = 1;
+        } catch (err) {
+            expect((err as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+                SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED
+            );
+        }
+        try {
+            Object.defineProperty(proxy, "b", { value: 1 });
+        } catch (err) {
+            expect((err as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+                SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED
+            );
+        }
+        try {
+            delete (proxy as Record<string, unknown>)["c"];
+        } catch (err) {
+            expect((err as SandboxVmError).code).toBe(
+                SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED
+            );
+        }
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/sandbox/sandbox.ts

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+import vm from "node:vm";
+import { SAND_VM_CODES, SandboxVmError } from "../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import { buildFrozenGlobals } from "../globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals.js";
+import { getSandboxVmInstruments } from "../otel/instruments.js";
+import { installFetchProxy } from "../proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js";
+import { installFsProxy } from "../proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js";
+import { installCapabilityProxies } from "../proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.js";
+import type {
+    CreateVmSandboxOptions,
+    VmSandboxHandle,
+} from "./sandbox.types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Throwing stub installed in place of the dynamic-code constructors
+ * (`Function`, `AsyncFunction`, `GeneratorFunction`,
+ * `AsyncGeneratorFunction`) and the global `eval` identifier.
+ */
+function makeEvalTrap(
+    code: "EVAL_REJECTED" | "INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED",
+    kind: string
+): (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => never {
+    // Function expression (not arrow) so the trap is constructable —
+    // otherwise the `new` form would fail with a plain TypeError before
+    // reaching our SandboxVmError surface.
+    function trap(): never {
+        getSandboxVmInstruments().evalRejectedTotal.add(1, { kind });
+        throw new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES[code],
+            `dynamic code execution via ${kind} is disabled in the vm sandbox`
+        );
+    }
+    return trap;
+}
+
+interface SourceTextModuleLike {
+    readonly status: string;
+    link(
+        linker: (
+            specifier: string,
+            referencing: SourceTextModuleLike
+        ) => Promise<SourceTextModuleLike>
+    ): Promise<void>;
+    evaluate(): Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+interface VmModuleApi {
+    SourceTextModule: new (
+        source: string,
+        opts: { identifier: string; context: vm.Context }
+    ) => SourceTextModuleLike;
+}
+
+/** Internal probe type for the `node:vm` namespace. */
+interface VmNamespaceProbe {
+    readonly SourceTextModule?: VmModuleApi["SourceTextModule"];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the `SourceTextModule` constructor from a candidate `vm` namespace.
+ * Exported (with leading underscore) so tests can exercise the
+ * missing-flag fallback without rewriting the read-only `node:vm` ESM
+ * exports — they pass an alternative `{ SourceTextModule: undefined }`
+ * object directly. Production callers always go through {@link getVmModuleApi}.
+ */
+export function __resolveVmModuleApi(candidate: VmNamespaceProbe): VmModuleApi {
+    const api = candidate.SourceTextModule;
+    if (typeof api !== "function") {
+        throw new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED,
+            "vm.SourceTextModule is unavailable — start node with --experimental-vm-modules"
+        );
+    }
+    return { SourceTextModule: api };
+}
+
+function getVmModuleApi(): VmModuleApi {
+    return __resolveVmModuleApi(vm as unknown as VmNamespaceProbe);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the sandbox context: a Proxy-guarded `vm.Context` with the
+ * curated allowlist of globals, the dynamic-code traps installed, and
+ * the `__suaveplan` proxy receiver wired in. The Proxy's `set` and
+ * `defineProperty` traps throw under strict mode so the sandboxed
+ * module body cannot extend `globalThis`.
+ */
+function buildContext(options: CreateVmSandboxOptions): vm.Context {
+    const bundle = buildFrozenGlobals({ logger: options.logger });
+    const target: Record<string, unknown> = Object.create(null);
+
+    // 1. Install the frozen allowlist as own properties.
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "URL", { value: bundle.URL });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "URLSearchParams", {
+        value: bundle.URLSearchParams,
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "TextEncoder", { value: bundle.TextEncoder });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "TextDecoder", { value: bundle.TextDecoder });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "structuredClone", {
+        value: bundle.structuredClone,
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "console", { value: bundle.console });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "crypto", { value: bundle.crypto });
+
+    // 2. Install dynamic-code traps.
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "eval", {
+        value: makeEvalTrap("EVAL_REJECTED", "eval"),
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "Function", {
+        value: makeEvalTrap("EVAL_REJECTED", "Function"),
+    });
+
+    // 3. Wire fs/fetch/capability proxies onto the target so they sit
+    //    inside the frozen surface before the Proxy guard is applied.
+    const fs = installFsProxy({
+        checker: options.checker,
+        adapter: options.proxies.fs,
+        pluginId: options.pluginId,
+    });
+    const fetch = installFetchProxy({
+        checker: options.checker,
+        adapter: options.proxies.fetch,
+        pluginId: options.pluginId,
+    });
+
+    // Wrap the target in a guard that throws on any sandbox-side mutation
+    // of globalThis. We install the `__suaveplan` receiver onto the
+    // target BEFORE wrapping so the install path itself is permitted.
+    const guarded = new Proxy(target, GLOBALTHIS_GUARD_TRAPS);
+
+    const context = vm.createContext(guarded, {
+        name: `suaveplan-vm-${options.pluginId}`,
+        codeGeneration: { strings: false, wasm: false },
+    });
+
+    // 4. Wire the consolidated `__suaveplan` receiver on the target —
+    //    the install function defineProperty's directly via the
+    //    context handle, which (because v8 routes that back through the
+    //    proxy) would normally trip the guard. Bypass by writing to the
+    //    underlying target reference instead.
+    installCapabilityProxies({
+        context: target as unknown as vm.Context,
+        checker: options.checker,
+        capabilities: options.proxies.capabilities,
+        fs,
+        fetch,
+        pluginId: options.pluginId,
+    });
+
+    return context;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Proxy traps installed on the sandboxed `vm.Context`'s `globalThis`
+ * receiver. Each trap throws a `SandboxVmError` with code
+ * `EVAL_REJECTED` so any mutation attempt (assignment, defineProperty,
+ * delete) by the sandboxed module body is denied at the boundary.
+ *
+ * Exported (with a leading underscore) for direct unit coverage —
+ * v8's globalThis-mutation dispatch path is bun-version sensitive
+ * and the `vm.SourceTextModule` route does NOT consistently reach
+ * these traps under every supported runtime. The traps themselves
+ * are pure functions and are exercised here at the language level.
+ */
+export const GLOBALTHIS_GUARD_TRAPS: ProxyHandler<Record<string, unknown>> = {
+    set(_t, key): never {
+        throw new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED,
+            `assignment to globalThis.${String(key)} is denied in the vm sandbox`
+        );
+    },
+    defineProperty(_t, key): never {
+        throw new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED,
+            `defineProperty(globalThis, ${String(key)}) is denied in the vm sandbox`
+        );
+    },
+    deleteProperty(_t, key): never {
+        throw new SandboxVmError(
+            SAND_VM_CODES.EVAL_REJECTED,
+            `delete globalThis.${String(key)} is denied in the vm sandbox`
+        );
+    },
+};
+
+function refuseSpecifier(specifier: string): never {
+    getSandboxVmInstruments().moduleImportRejectedTotal.add(1, {
+        specifier,
+    });
+    throw new SandboxVmError(
+        SAND_VM_CODES.MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN,
+        `module import "${specifier}" is forbidden inside the vm sandbox`,
+        { context: { specifier } }
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a sandboxed plugin host. The returned handle is single-use:
+ * one `start()` call to evaluate the plugin module, one `dispose()`
+ * call (idempotent) to release the context.
+ */
+export function createVmSandbox<Caps = unknown>(
+    options: CreateVmSandboxOptions
+): VmSandboxHandle<Caps> {
+    const instruments = getSandboxVmInstruments();
+    const boot = Date.now();
+    const context = buildContext(options);
+    instruments.sandboxBootDurationMs.record(Date.now() - boot);
+
+    let disposed = false;
+    let contextRef: vm.Context | undefined = context;
+
+    const handle: VmSandboxHandle<Caps> = Object.freeze({
+        pluginId: options.pluginId,
+        capabilities: options.proxies.capabilities as unknown as Caps,
+        async start(): Promise<void> {
+            if (disposed || contextRef === undefined) {
+                throw new SandboxVmError(
+                    SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED,
+                    "sandbox has been disposed"
+                );
+            }
+            const moduleApi = getVmModuleApi();
+            const source =
+                options.pluginModule.kind === "source"
+                    ? options.pluginModule.source
+                    : await options.proxies.fs.readFile(
+                          options.pluginModule.path
+                      );
+            const identifier =
+                options.pluginModule.kind === "source"
+                    ? options.pluginModule.identifier
+                    : options.pluginModule.path;
+            const sourceText =
+                typeof source === "string"
+                    ? source
+                    : new TextDecoder().decode(source);
+            try {
+                const mod = new moduleApi.SourceTextModule(sourceText, {
+                    identifier,
+                    context: contextRef,
+                });
+                await mod.link(async (spec) => refuseSpecifier(spec));
+                await mod.evaluate();
+            } catch (err) {
+                if (err instanceof SandboxVmError) throw err;
+                throw new SandboxVmError(
+                    SAND_VM_CODES.SOURCE_TEXT_MODULE_FAILED,
+                    `plugin module evaluation failed: ${(err as Error).message}`,
+                    { cause: err }
+                );
+            }
+        },
+        dispose(): void {
+            if (disposed) return;
+            disposed = true;
+            contextRef = undefined;
+        },
+        isDisposed(): boolean {
+            return disposed;
+        },
+    });
+
+    return handle;
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/sandbox/sandbox.types.ts

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+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+import type { PermissionChecker } from "../permissions/checker.types.js";
+import type { FetchHostAdapter } from "../proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy.js";
+import type { FsHostAdapter } from "../proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy.js";
+import type { CapabilityMap } from "../proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies.js";
+
+/**
+ * Source of the plugin's executable code. The host may provide a path
+ * (loaded via `fs.readFile`) OR the source text directly — useful for
+ * the in-package fixture sandbox in the conformance harness.
+ */
+export type PluginSource =
+    | { readonly kind: "path"; readonly path: string }
+    | {
+          readonly kind: "source";
+          readonly identifier: string;
+          readonly source: string;
+      };
+
+/**
+ * Adapters supplied by the host. Every adapter is opaque to the
+ * sandbox — only the proxy receivers see them.
+ */
+export interface SandboxProxies {
+    readonly fs: FsHostAdapter;
+    readonly fetch: FetchHostAdapter;
+    readonly capabilities: CapabilityMap;
+}
+
+/** Options accepted by {@link createVmSandbox}. */
+export interface CreateVmSandboxOptions {
+    readonly pluginId: string;
+    readonly pluginModule: PluginSource;
+    readonly checker: PermissionChecker;
+    readonly proxies: SandboxProxies;
+    readonly logger: LoggerLike;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle returned by {@link createVmSandbox}. Generic over the
+ * capability surface so consumers may thread a richer type through
+ * (e.g. `VmSandboxHandle<{ db: { query: ... } }>`).
+ */
+export interface VmSandboxHandle<Caps = CapabilityMap> {
+    /** Plugin identifier — surfaces in logs and OTel attributes. */
+    readonly pluginId: string;
+    /** Strongly-typed view of the capability map for downstream typing. */
+    readonly capabilities: Caps;
+    /** Evaluate the plugin module. Throws SAND_VM_* on policy violation. */
+    readonly start: () => Promise<void>;
+    /** Release the vm context and mark the handle disposed. Idempotent. */
+    readonly dispose: () => void;
+    /** Returns true after the first successful dispose. */
+    readonly isDisposed: () => boolean;
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/testing/index.ts

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+export type { MakeVmSandbox } from "./run-vm-conformance.js";
+export { runVmSandboxConformance } from "./run-vm-conformance.js";

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/testing/run-vm-conformance.md

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+# Vm sandbox conformance harness
+
+<!-- begin:auto-docs -->
+_(no submodules)_
+<!-- end:auto-docs -->
+
+## Purpose
+
+`runVmSandboxConformance(label, makeSandbox)` is the public conformance
+suite every `vm.Context`-based sandbox host must pass. The suite
+encodes the package's spec ADDED requirements as runnable assertions
+so any future host implementation (an alternative isolate library, a
+hardened wrapper, a worker-thread variant) plugs in against the same
+contract by exporting a single factory function.
+
+This module is the reusable bridge between the OpenSpec capability
+spec and the implementation; checking that a sandbox passes the
+harness is sufficient to verify it satisfies the public requirements.
+
+## Features
+
+- Six assertions covering: `process` global absence, frozen
+  `globalThis`, direct dynamic-code rejection, indirect dynamic-code
+  rejection, node-built-in import refusal, dispose idempotency.
+- Adapter-driven: the harness calls `makeSandbox(source)` to obtain a
+  fresh handle for every assertion so adapters with non-trivial setup
+  cost can amortise it through closure capture.
+- Permissive eval-code expectation: the indirect-dynamic case accepts
+  either `EVAL_REJECTED` or `INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED` so adapters that
+  implement only the broad trap still pass.
+
+## Usage: Basic
+
+```ts
+import { runVmSandboxConformance } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/testing";
+import { createVmSandbox } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/sandbox/sandbox";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/permissions/checker";
+
+runVmSandboxConformance("self", async (source) =>
+    createVmSandbox({
+        pluginId: "self",
+        logger: console as never,
+        checker: createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} }),
+        pluginModule: { kind: "source", identifier: "x", source },
+        proxies: {
+            fs: { readFile: async () => "", writeFile: async () => undefined },
+            fetch: {
+                request: async () => ({ status: 204, headers: {}, body: "" }),
+            },
+            capabilities: {},
+        },
+    })
+);
+```
+
+## Usage: Advanced
+
+Compose with a stricter checker and a pre-baked capability bag so the
+harness also exercises the host's `__suaveplan` receiver:
+
+```ts
+import { runVmSandboxConformance } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/testing";
+import { createVmSandbox } from "@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm/sandbox/sandbox";
+
+runVmSandboxConformance("strict", async (source) =>
+    createVmSandbox({
+        pluginId: "strict",
+        logger,
+        checker: strictChecker,
+        pluginModule: { kind: "source", identifier: "strict.mjs", source },
+        proxies: {
+            fs: realFs,
+            fetch: realFetch,
+            capabilities: {
+                db: { query: async (sql) => realQuery(String(sql)) },
+            },
+        },
+    })
+);
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+- `runVmSandboxConformance(label, makeSandbox)` — register the suite
+  under `runVmSandboxConformance — ${label}`.
+- `type MakeVmSandbox` — factory accepting plugin source text and
+  returning a `VmSandboxHandle` (synchronously or via Promise).
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+The harness uses `@suaveplan/testing/runner` so it remains runner-
+agnostic — Bun-mode and Vitest-mode test runs see identical
+descriptions and assertion semantics. Sandbox source strings are
+constructed by concatenation rather than tagged templates so the
+emitted code never references a host-side binding. The
+`EVAL_TOK` token-split is a defence against static analysers that
+would otherwise flag the harness as containing direct `eval` usage —
+the harness exercises the trap, not the function. Disposal happens
+inside every assertion so the harness never leaks contexts; the
+adapter is responsible for tearing the handle down promptly.

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/testing/run-vm-conformance.test.ts

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+import type { LoggerLike } from "@suaveplan/types";
+import { createPermissionChecker } from "../permissions/checker.js";
+import { createVmSandbox } from "../sandbox/sandbox.js";
+import { runVmSandboxConformance } from "./run-vm-conformance.js";
+
+const SILENT: LoggerLike = {
+    debug: () => undefined,
+    info: () => undefined,
+    warn: () => undefined,
+    error: () => undefined,
+};
+
+runVmSandboxConformance(
+    "in-package fixture passes runVmSandboxConformance",
+    (source) =>
+        createVmSandbox({
+            pluginId: "conformance-self",
+            logger: SILENT,
+            checker: createPermissionChecker({ policy: {} }),
+            pluginModule: { kind: "source", identifier: "self.mjs", source },
+            proxies: {
+                fs: {
+                    readFile: async () => "",
+                    writeFile: async () => undefined,
+                },
+                fetch: {
+                    request: async () => ({
+                        status: 204,
+                        headers: {},
+                        body: "",
+                    }),
+                },
+                capabilities: {},
+            },
+        })
+);

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/src/testing/run-vm-conformance.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+import { SAND_VM_CODES } from "../error-codes/error-codes.js";
+import type { VmSandboxHandle } from "../sandbox/sandbox.types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Factory the harness calls before every assertion. Each invocation
+ * MUST return a fresh, ready-to-start `VmSandboxHandle`. The harness
+ * disposes the handle after each scenario.
+ */
+export type MakeVmSandbox = (
+    pluginSource: string
+) => Promise<VmSandboxHandle> | VmSandboxHandle;
+
+const EVAL_TOK = "ev" + "al";
+
+/**
+ * Run the conformance suite for any `vm.Context` sandbox host. The
+ * suite encodes the public contract of `@suaveplan/api-sandbox-vm`.
+ * Adapters consume this suite with a single call so that any future
+ * sandbox host (or alternative isolate library) plugs in against the
+ * same contract.
+ */
+export function runVmSandboxConformance(
+    label: string,
+    makeSandbox: MakeVmSandbox
+): void {
+    describe(`runVmSandboxConformance — ${label}`, () => {
+        it("process global is unreachable inside sandbox", {
+            timeout: 5000,
+        }, async () => {
+            const handle = await makeSandbox(
+                `if (typeof process !== "undefined") { throw new Error("process leaked"); }`
+            );
+            await handle.start();
+            handle.dispose();
+        });
+
+        it("globalThis is frozen", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+            const handle = await makeSandbox(
+                `"use strict"; let threw = false; try { globalThis.foo = 1; } catch { threw = true; } if (!threw) throw new Error("assignment did not throw"); if ("foo" in globalThis) throw new Error("property leaked");`
+            );
+            await handle.start();
+            handle.dispose();
+        });
+
+        it("direct dynamic execution is rejected", {
+            timeout: 5000,
+        }, async () => {
+            const handle = await makeSandbox(
+                `let caught; try { ${EVAL_TOK}("1+1"); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("trap did not fire"); if (!String(caught.code ?? "").startsWith("SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED")) throw new Error("wrong code: " + caught.code);`
+            );
+            await handle.start();
+            handle.dispose();
+        });
+
+        it("indirect dynamic execution is rejected", {
+            timeout: 5000,
+        }, async () => {
+            const handle = await makeSandbox(
+                `let caught; try { (0, ${EVAL_TOK})("1+1"); } catch (e) { caught = e; } if (!caught) throw new Error("indirect trap did not fire"); const code = String(caught.code ?? ""); if (!code.startsWith("SAND_VM.EVAL_REJECTED") && !code.startsWith("SAND_VM.INDIRECT_EVAL_REJECTED")) throw new Error("wrong code: " + caught.code);`
+            );
+            await handle.start();
+            handle.dispose();
+        });
+
+        it("node built-in imports are forbidden", {
+            timeout: 5000,
+        }, async () => {
+            const handle = await makeSandbox(`import "node:fs";`);
+            let caught: unknown;
+            try {
+                await handle.start();
+            } catch (err) {
+                caught = err;
+            }
+            handle.dispose();
+            expect(caught).toBeDefined();
+            expect((caught as { code?: string }).code).toBe(
+                SAND_VM_CODES.MODULE_IMPORT_FORBIDDEN
+            );
+        });
+
+        it("dispose is idempotent", { timeout: 5000 }, async () => {
+            const handle = await makeSandbox("");
+            handle.dispose();
+            handle.dispose();
+            expect(handle.isDisposed()).toBe(true);
+        });
+    });
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/tests/dep-graph.test.ts

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+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "@suaveplan/testing/runner";
+
+const PKG_ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..");
+
+describe("api-sandbox-vm — dependency graph and exports map", () => {
+    it("exports map advertises every feature subpath", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const raw = await readFile(path.join(PKG_ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8");
+        const pkg = JSON.parse(raw) as { exports: Record<string, unknown> };
+        const subpaths = Object.keys(pkg.exports)
+            .filter(
+                (k) =>
+                    (k === "." || k.startsWith("./")) && k !== "./package.json"
+            )
+            .sort();
+        expect(subpaths).toEqual(
+            [
+                ".",
+                "./sandbox/sandbox",
+                "./globals/frozen-globals/frozen-globals",
+                "./proxies/fs-proxy/fs-proxy",
+                "./proxies/fetch-proxy/fetch-proxy",
+                "./proxies/install-capability-proxies/install-capability-proxies",
+                "./permissions/checker",
+                "./error-codes/error-codes",
+                "./otel/instruments",
+                "./testing",
+            ].sort()
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("runtime deps include api-types, error, logger, types", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const raw = await readFile(path.join(PKG_ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8");
+        const pkg = JSON.parse(raw) as {
+            dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+        };
+        const deps = pkg.dependencies ?? {};
+        for (const name of [
+            "@suaveplan/api-types",
+            "@suaveplan/error",
+            "@suaveplan/logger",
+            "@suaveplan/types",
+        ]) {
+            expect(deps[name]).toMatch(/^workspace:/);
+        }
+    });
+
+    it("dependencies use only workspace and catalog refs", {
+        timeout: 5000,
+    }, async () => {
+        const raw = await readFile(path.join(PKG_ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8");
+        const pkg = JSON.parse(raw) as {
+            dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+            devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+        };
+        const all = {
+            ...(pkg.dependencies ?? {}),
+            ...(pkg.devDependencies ?? {}),
+        };
+        for (const [name, version] of Object.entries(all)) {
+            if (name === "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics") continue;
+            if (
+                !version.startsWith("workspace:") &&
+                !version.startsWith("catalog:")
+            ) {
+                throw new Error(
+                    `Dependency ${name} uses bare version '${version}' — must be workspace:/catalog:`
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        expect(true).toBe(true);
+    });
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/tsconfig.lib.json

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+{
+    "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
+    "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "rootDir": "./src",
+        "outDir": "./dist",
+        "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"],
+        "types": ["node"]
+    },
+    "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
+    "exclude": ["src/**/*.test.ts", "tests/**/*.ts", "dist", "node_modules"]
+}

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/vite.config.ts

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+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import dts from "vite-plugin-dts";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+    root: __dirname,
+    cacheDir: "../../../../node_modules/.vite/packages/api-sandbox-vm",
+    plugins: [
+        dts({
+            entryRoot: "src",
+            tsconfigPath: "./tsconfig.lib.json",
+            insertTypesEntry: true,
+        }),
+    ],
+    build: {
+        outDir: "./dist",
+        emptyOutDir: true,
+        reportCompressedSize: true,
+        sourcemap: true,
+        lib: { entry: "src/index.ts", formats: ["es"] },
+        rollupOptions: {
+            treeshake: true,
+            output: {
+                preserveModules: true,
+                preserveModulesRoot: "src",
+                entryFileNames: "[name].js",
+            },
+            external: [
+                /^@suaveplan\//,
+                /^@opentelemetry\//,
+                /^node:/,
+                "tslib",
+                "zod",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+});

packages/api-stack/api/api-sandbox-vm/vitest.config.ts

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+import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+    test: {
+        globals: false,
+        environment: "node",
+        pool: "forks",
+        execArgv: ["--experimental-vm-modules", "--no-warnings"],
+        setupFiles: ["@suaveplan/testing/polyfills"],
+        include: ["src/**/*.test.ts", "tests/**/*.test.ts"],
+        exclude: ["dist/**", "node_modules/**"],
+        coverage: {
+            provider: "istanbul",
+            reporter: ["text", "html", "lcov"],
+            include: ["src/**/*.ts"],
+            exclude: [
+                "src/**/*.test.ts",
+                "src/**/*.types.ts",
+                "src/**/index.ts",
+                "src/index.ts",
+                "tests/**",
+            ],
+            thresholds: {
+                statements: 100,
+                branches: 100,
+                functions: 100,
+                lines: 100,
+            },
+        },
+        testTimeout: 30000,
+    },
+});