# Troubleshooting — Sandbox commits aren't signed

> Docker Sandboxes can sign Git commits with SSH keys from your host agent.

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## Knowledge

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Docker Sandboxes can sign Git commits with SSH keys from your host agent. For setup steps, see Commit signing.

If ssh-add -L prints The agent has no identities., the sandbox can reach the forwarded agent, but the host agent doesn't have a loaded key. Load the signing key into your host SSH agent

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
```

If commit signing works on the host but fails in a sandbox, check whether Git is configured to sign with a host file path such as /Users/me/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub. The sandbox uses the forwarded SSH agent, not the host key file path. Use the inline public key form instead

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ git config --global gpg.format ssh
$ git config --global user.signingkey "key::$(ssh-add -L | head -n 1)"
```

If Git reports that ssh-keygen is missing, use a sandbox template that includes OpenSSH client tools.

If git log --show-signature reports that gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile needs to be configured, Git can't verify the SSH signature locally. This verification config isn't required to create signed commits. GitHub uses the SSH signing keys configured in your GitHub account to verify commits.

GPG and S/MIME signing keys aren't available inside the sandbox. If your repository or organization requires GPG or S/MIME signatures, or if SSH signing isn't configured, use one of these workarounds

Commit outside the sandbox. Let the agent make changes without committing, then commit and sign from your host terminal.

Sign after the fact. Let the agent commit inside the sandbox, then re-sign the commits on your host

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
  $ git rebase --exec 'git commit --amend --no-edit -S' origin/main
```

This replays each commit on the branch and re-signs it with your local signing key.

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