Container / Sandbox Killed with Exit Code 137 (SIGKILL Out of Memory)

Running headless Chromium, Next.js builds, or PyTorch inside a 512MB container triggers the Linux OOM killer (exit code 137) or V8 heap exhaustion.

1. Immediate Code & SKU Fix

Replace With SKU: e2b (2GB-8GB microVM) or modal (configurable memory sandbox)

Install Command: npm install @e2b/code-interpreter

Required Env Vars: E2B_API_KEY

export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"; // Provision E2B sandbox or offload browser rendering to Browserbase

2. Verified Hot-Swap Fallback Route

Primary: e2b → Fallback: modal

liveHealth: operational · autoActOk: true

Python jobs that aren't untrusted REPL — Modal.

Matched Error String Signatures (5)

exit code 137SIGKILLOut of memory: Killed processJavaScript heap out of memoryFATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed

curl -s "https://getagentdepot.com/api/rescue?q=exit%20code%20137"

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