## TL;DR
A 400 MB sample in a detonation queue is a denial of service against yourself: the sandbox spends its whole budget on one file while real campaign samples wait. Set a size ceiling for detonation, route oversized files to alternate handling such as hash and reputation lookup plus manual review, give each sample a hard time budget, and order the queue so small campaign samples are not trapped behind monsters.

```text
attachment sandbox timed out on a 400MB sample and the agent's detonation queue stuck
```

## Use this when
- The detonation queue shows one huge sample processing while others age.
- Sandbox reports a timeout on the largest sample with no verdict.

## Not for this skill when
- The huge sample is the incident core evidence. Prioritise its manual analysis rather than routing it away.
- All samples time out regardless of size. That is sandbox health, not queue design.

## Steps
1. Inspect the queue and record sample sizes, wait times and which sample holds the worker. Verify: the blocking sample and queue impact are documented.
2. Set a maximum detonation size in policy and an alternate path for larger files: hash lookup, static analysis and analyst review. Verify: oversized routing is defined before the queue restarts.
3. Apply a per-sample time budget after which the sandbox abandons and marks the sample timeout, freeing the worker. Verify: a test oversized sample releases the queue on schedule.
4. Reorder processing so campaign samples under the ceiling run first, with oversized items in a separate low-priority lane. Verify: queue lanes exist and are used.
5. Submit a mixed test batch. Verify: normal samples complete on time and the oversized one is routed, not stuck.

## Variant phrasings
### sandbox queue stuck large file detonation timeout
The queue blocking variant.
### attachment size limit detonation routing policy
The size routing variant.

Compatibility: Gateway and Defender sandbox queue management, standalone detonation platforms.

## Why it happens
Detonation cost scales with file size and complexity, while attacker value does not: a giant archive is more likely a queue attack or an accident than the campaign payload. Queues without size discipline let one item choose your throughput.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Archives expand; measure extracted size as well as submitted size when setting ceilings.
- Timeout verdicts must be visible in reporting, or the queue looks healthy while skipping the biggest files.
- Keep one lane able to take a genuinely important large sample on analyst demand.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_LoY3j6DUp6Ev-kyREwzrZQ

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_iyDyB_RMUEMJImIzcHWzDQ/versions/skv_bB7KYiTaqpd05TpplLsgaA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_iyDyB_RMUEMJImIzcHWzDQ>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_iyDyB_RMUEMJImIzcHWzDQ/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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