generated: '2026-08-25'
method: searched
source: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Preview_Grid
sandbox:
  name: Aditi (Second Life Preview / Beta Grid)
  type: full parallel environment
  purpose: >-
    Linden Lab runs a complete second copy of the Second Life grid, Aditi, where
    "server software under development" is tested before it reaches the production
    grid (Agni). It is not an API sandbox in the SaaS sense — it is a whole
    alternate world with its own economy.
  host: secondlife.aditi.lindenlab.com
  access:
    method: >-
      Log in with the standard Second Life viewer and select "Second Life Beta Test"
      from the grid selector (Ctrl+Shift+G at the login screen).
    who: any Second Life account holder; no developer status or application required
    account_creation: >-
      Aditi accounts are created automatically on first login attempt. First login
      commonly returns "Login Failed. We're currently in the process of syncing this
      account. Please try again later."; a retry after 10-15 seconds succeeds.
  test_funds:
    currency: L$
    initial_balance: 50000
    note: >-
      New Aditi accounts receive L$50,000 for marketplace testing. This is test
      money in every meaningful sense — the wiki is explicit that "IN NO EVENT will
      you be able to transfer money or objects back from the Preview Grid for use in
      the Main Second Life Grid (Agni)."
  data_sync:
    inventory: >-
      Inventory syncs from the production grid roughly every 24 hours after login,
      triggered around 6 AM PT. Items acquired on the main grid after an Aditi login
      may not appear immediately.
  extra_steps:
    - description: mesh upload requires separately accepting the IP terms on Aditi
      url: https://secondlife.aditi.lindenlab.com/my/account/ip/accept.php
  isolation: one-way — nothing crosses from Aditi back to Agni
web_api_sandbox:
  published: false
  detail: >-
    None of the documented web APIs has a test mode. There is no test-vs-live api
    key prefix, no sandbox base URL for api.secondlife.com or cap.secondlife.com, no
    test fixtures and no time simulation. The Registration API in particular creates
    real accounts on the production grid; the only rehearsal it offers is the
    `check_name` capability. Anyone integrating against Registration or get_agent_id
    is testing in production.
test_values:
  published: false
  detail: >-
    No published magic test identifiers, test cards or fixture UUIDs. The only
    concrete example UUID in the docs is the all-zeros-with-trailing-1 agent id used
    illustratively in the get_agent_id response sample; it is a doc example, not a
    supported test value, and is not recorded here as one.