hyperlight-dev / hyperlight-dev/hyperlight
support for MacOS Hypervisor.framework with multiple sandboxes
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
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Description
https://github.com/hyperlight-dev/hyperlight/pull/1674 added single sandbox suppot on macos. We should be able to support multiple sandboxes in parallel but there are some Hypervisor.framework api's that are missing/buggy. This is a place holder for that when it becomes ready.
There is also an approach for creating multiple sandboxes via remote processes that would do a similar thing but might have a higher overhead and that approach is covered in https://github.com/hyperlight-dev/hyperlight/issues/1706. Both can be supported simultaneously.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing PR #1674 for the existing single-sandbox macOS support, then compare its approach with issue #1706's remote-process alternative. Track the missing or buggy Hypervisor.framework APIs and determine when parallel sandboxes can be supported; done means multiple macOS sandboxes run concurrently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100