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# Vercel Weekly (2026-03-30)

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Amy Egan (@amyegan) · 2026-03-30 · ♥ 3

*March 20, 2026   - March 27, 2026*

https://youtu.be/iTQjc-8mvVY

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### Top Highlights

- Vercel Sandboxes gain automatic persistence and custom naming, so they can automatically save their filesystem state when stopped and restore it when resumed without the need for manual snapshots.
- Roboto Studio breaks down the latest Next.js release with accessible explanations of new features and improvements for developers at all skill levels in a Next.js 16.2 deep dive.
- Chat SDK now has support for scheduled and concurrent message handling, letting you create posts for future use and control what happens when a new message arrives before the current one finishes processing
- new.website joins v0 to help everyone create beautiful websites effortlessly

### Community Projects

- [Next.js 16.2 for dummies - our thoughts on the latest](https://community.vercel.com/t/next-js-16-2-for-dummies-our-thoughts-on-the-latest/36817)
- [Giselle Sandkit: integration layer that brings stateful workflows to Workflow DevKit](https://community.vercel.com/t/giselle-sandkit-integration-layer-that-brings-stateful-workflows-to-workflow-devkit/37124)
- [Dear You - virtual postcard <3](https://community.vercel.com/t/dear-you-virtual-postcard-3/37103)
- [Library to build Claude Code-style agent harnesses with the AI SDK](https://community.vercel.com/t/library-to-build-claude-code-style-agent-harnesses-with-the-ai-sdk/37039)
- [Astro SaaS Launcher – Full‑Stack SaaS Starter Template with Astro, Svelte & Supabase](https://community.vercel.com/t/astro-saas-launcher-full-stack-saas-starter-template-with-astro-svelte-supabase/37020)

Don't forget to visit the #showcase to see what else everyone is building

### Weekly Leaderboard

Congrats to last week's leaderboard champions

1. @nfdcopilot-5305
2. @williamfarah65-8126
3. @marnix-3108

### Resources

- [Making Turborepo 96% faster with agents, sandboxes, and humans](https://vercel.com/blog/making-turborepo-ninety-six-percent-faster-with-agents-sandboxes-and-humans)
- [SERHANT.'s playbook for rapid AI iteration](https://vercel.com/blog/serhants-playbook-for-rapid-ai-iteration)
- [new.website joins forces with v0](https://vercel.com/blog/new-website-joins-forces-with-v0)
- [Unified reporting for all AI Gateway usage](https://vercel.com/blog/unified-reporting-for-your-ai-spend)

### Events
- [Community Session: Chat SDK AMA](https://community.vercel.com/live/36537-community-session-chat-sdk-ama)
- [Community Session: Vercel Plugin for Claude Code](https://community.vercel.com/live/35944-community-session-vercel-plugin-for-claude-code)

### More Updates

- [Sandbox SDK adds file permission control](https://vercel.com/changelog/sandbox-sdk-file-permissions)
- [View specific error codes in runtime logs](https://vercel.com/changelog/view-specific-error-codes-in-runtime-logs)
- [Activity Log now available in Vercel CLI](https://vercel.com/changelog/activity-log-now-available-in-vercel-cli)
- [Enterprise teams can now set their default build machine](https://vercel.com/changelog/enterprise-teams-can-now-set-their-default-build-machine)
- [Elastic build machines now available in beta](https://vercel.com/changelog/elastic-build-machines-are-available-in-beta)
- [Chat SDK now supports scheduled Slack messages](https://vercel.com/changelog/chat-sdk-now-supports-scheduled-slack-messages)
- [Chat SDK now supports concurrent message handling](https://vercel.com/changelog/chat-sdk-now-supports-concurrent-message-handling)
- [Vercel Sandboxes now allow unique, customizable names](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-sandboxes-now-allow-unique-customizable-names)
- [Automatic persistence now in beta on Vercel Sandbox](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-sandbox-persistent-sandboxes-beta)
- [Vercel plugin now supported on OpenAI Codex and Codex CLI](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-plugin-openai-codex-and-codex-cli-support)