# Panes

Canonical: https://usepanes.com/docs/snapshots

## Snapshots and forks

POST `/v1/machines/{id}/snapshot` saves memory and disk while leaving the source running. The computer briefly pauses while memory is written. POST `/v1/snapshots/{id}/machines` starts a new computer from a snapshot.

POST `/v1/machines/{id}/fork` with `{"count":3}` snapshots the source and starts copies. Count is 1 to 32 per request, within prepaid runway and capacity. Partial failures return the snapshot and the copies that did start. Keep those IDs; do not blindly repeat a fork.

GET `/v1/snapshots` lists snapshots. DELETE `/v1/snapshots/{id}` erases one. Snapshots and forks have their own state and keys.

Protected computers (`prevent_cloning: true`) refuse forks and starting copies from their snapshots. Keep and resume the original instead.