diff --git a/rock/admin/proto/request.py b/rock/admin/proto/request.py
index b7b45ce95..666d4d0b1 100644
--- a/rock/admin/proto/request.py
+++ b/rock/admin/proto/request.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class SandboxStartRequest(BaseModel):
     """Password for Docker registry authentication. When both username and password are provided, docker login will be performed before pulling the image."""
     use_kata_runtime: bool = False
     """Whether to use kata container runtime (io.containerd.kata.v2) instead of --privileged mode."""
+    auto_delete_seconds: int = 0
+    """The time for automatic container deletion, with the unit being seconds."""
 
 
 class SandboxCommand(Command):
diff --git a/rock/deployments/config.py b/rock/deployments/config.py
index 7b8b66f9a..d6c2a795d 100644
--- a/rock/deployments/config.py
+++ b/rock/deployments/config.py
@@ -167,7 +167,11 @@ def auto_clear_time(self) -> int:
     @classmethod
     def from_request(cls, request: SandboxStartRequest) -> DeploymentConfig:
         """Create DockerDeploymentConfig from SandboxStartRequest"""
-        return cls(**request.model_dump(exclude={"sandbox_id"}), container_name=request.sandbox_id)
+        return cls(
+            **request.model_dump(exclude={"sandbox_id", "auto_delete_seconds"}),
+            container_name=request.sandbox_id,
+            remove_container=(request.auto_delete_seconds == 0),
+        )
 
 
 class RayDeploymentConfig(DockerDeploymentConfig):
diff --git a/rock/sdk/sandbox/client.py b/rock/sdk/sandbox/client.py
index ed85f7b52..7832ead8a 100644
--- a/rock/sdk/sandbox/client.py
+++ b/rock/sdk/sandbox/client.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ async def start(self):
             "registry_username": self.config.registry_username,
             "registry_password": self.config.registry_password,
             "use_kata_runtime": self.config.use_kata_runtime,
+            "auto_delete_seconds": self.config.auto_delete_seconds,
         }
         try:
             response = await HttpUtils.post(url, headers, data)
diff --git a/rock/sdk/sandbox/config.py b/rock/sdk/sandbox/config.py
index 46d97dfcc..6dcbdc3e6 100644
--- a/rock/sdk/sandbox/config.py
+++ b/rock/sdk/sandbox/config.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class SandboxConfig(BaseConfig):
     registry_username: str | None = None
     registry_password: str | None = None
     use_kata_runtime: bool = False
+    auto_delete_seconds: int = 0
 
 
 class SandboxGroupConfig(SandboxConfig):