rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-playground

Remove network access from the playground

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Description

Discussed at https://github.com/rust-lang/all-hands-2026/issues/49

The playground uses docker to isolate builds, however, docker is not secure enough (eg https://copy.fail/)

the playground could use lambdas without network access. You can have stdin/stdout streams in this environment.

Once we do this, the playground can run on ECS (because there's no need to run docker anymore).

Local emulators can provide ability to develop Lambdas.

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Research direction

Start with the linked all-hands discussion and inspect the current Docker-based playground isolation. Determine how stdin/stdout builds could run without network access and what local emulator support would be needed. Done means the playground no longer requires Docker, supports networkless execution, and can run on ECS.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, docker, rust
Domain
cloud, infrastructure, security
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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