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fix(ssh): keep managed servers connected to the forwarded SSH agent - #23463
Desktop-managed SSH remotes with ForwardAgent yes start the server from a short-lived SSH session. Once that session exits, the server retains a removed SSH_AUTH_SOCK, so Git fetch and pull fail with Permission denied (publickey).
Change
Keep a remote session open on the existing tunnel and publish its agent socket through a stable link used by the managed server. Refresh the link on reconnect and wait for its publication before reporting the tunnel ready. SSH configuration still controls whether an agent is forwarded.
Final merged head a2c5a51b0e: vp run check:changed passed format, lint, knip, typechecks for four affected packages, and all 10 adjacent tests. Check output.
SSH package tests passed 23/23 before the main merge. The regression first failed on the base because agent access was lost after launch and reconnect while the server PID stayed unchanged. Red test output.
Three rounds of independent GPT-6.1-Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 review completed; the confirmed Windows fixture issue was fixed. The readiness test also fails when the session gate is removed.
Evidence uses real Linux OpenSSH, the actual environment manager and server, a disposable home, and a local SSH Git origin. Probes use the actual server's socket environment. Runtime transcript · Proof matrix.
Scenario
Before
After
Forwarded agent after launch
Socket removed; fetch/pull fail
Live socket; agent listing, fetch and pull succeed
Tunnel reconnect
Server retains dead socket
Same server PID; link changes to the new session; fetch/pull succeed
ForwardAgent disabled
No agent exposed
No agent exposed; launch/reconnect still work
Stable remote agent, forwarding disabled
Authentication works
Authentication works across launch/reconnect; independent agent survives
External server adoption
External process survives disconnect
Original PID and agent environment preserved; process survives disconnect
Runtime comparisons use base 3b95e7831b and the fixed runtime through a96bd98149. The production tunnel.ts blob is identical at captured, reviewed, and final merged heads. No rendering changes: the visual matrix is empty. Owned fixture processes were stopped and configuration restored.
Unverified: cannot-verify desktop — macOS Electron UI/packaged runtime and native Windows SSH execution. The Linux managed-launch and reconnect paths were verified directly; Git RPC/UI interactions were not exercised.
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…agent
The managed server inherits the launch connection's SSH_AUTH_SOCK, which
sshd removes when the launch command exits, so the agent is gone while the
desktop is still connected and after reconnect.
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The managed server inherited the launch command's SSH_AUTH_SOCK, which sshd
removes as soon as that one-shot session exits, so git over SSH failed on the
remote. A -N tunnel opens no session, so it never had an agent socket to offer.
The tunnel now runs a session that holds the forwarded agent open and points a
stable per-target link at it, which the managed server uses as SSH_AUTH_SOCK.
Each reconnect refreshes the link for an already running server. Hosts without
ForwardAgent get no socket and no link.
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… readiness on the session
The fake-sshd harness only intercepted `ssh`, so on Windows the manager's
`ssh.exe` would have reached a real client. It also relies on sh,
process-group signals, and Unix socket paths, so the block now skips on
Windows hosts like the other POSIX-only shell tests.
Adds a test that a healthy HTTP check alone does not resolve
ensureEnvironment until the tunnel session reports ready.
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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This keeps a forwarded SSH agent alive through the tunnel and publishes a stable socket link for managed servers. Unresolved lifecycle concerns cover concurrent clients and cross-alias server adoption, where Git authentication can remain unavailable despite a ready tunnel.
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The SSH tunnel now maintains a remote session that publishes the forwarded agent socket at a stable launch-state path. The managed server uses that path when SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set. Tunnel startup waits for session readiness and HTTP readiness.
Changes: SSH tunnel session and agent forwarding
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Persistent tunnel session and agent socket packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts, packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts
The remote session publishes the forwarded socket at the launch-state path and remains open. When SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set, the managed server uses that path. The live test checks server reuse and socket connectivity after reconnect.
Tunnel startup waits for the session-ready marker alongside HTTP readiness. Tests check that startup remains pending until the marker arrives and cover delayed SSH setup.
sequenceDiagram
participant Tunnel as SSH tunnel
participant Session as Remote tunnel session
participant Agent as Forwarded agent socket
participant Server as Managed server
Tunnel->>Session: Send session script over stdin
Session->>Agent: Publish socket at launch-state path
Session-->>Tunnel: Emit session-ready marker
Server->>Agent: Connect through configured SSH_AUTH_SOCK
Managed SSH servers can still lose agent access when a server is adopted through a different alias or when several clients share a target. The new forwarded-agent tests currently fail in CI, so the package test run is red. Fix the failing fixture and the adoption and shared-link gaps before merging.
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Title check
The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: keeping managed SSH servers connected to the forwarded SSH agent.
Description check
The description includes all required sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. It explains the failure, implementation, linked issue, test results, runtime evidence, and unveri…
Linked Issues check
Issue #11872 requires the desktop-managed SSH server to retain forwarded-agent access after the launching session closes and after reconnect. packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts keeps an SSH session open, pu…
Out of Scope Changes check
The changes are limited to the SSH tunnel implementation and its tests. The tunnel changes directly implement issue #11872. The tests cover session lifetime, stable socket publication, reconnect behav…
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The description includes all required sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. It explains the failure, implementation, linked issue, test results, runtime evidence, and unverified platforms.
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Explanation
Issue #11872 requires the desktop-managed SSH server to retain forwarded-agent access after the launching session closes and after reconnect. packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts keeps an SSH session open, publishes the forwarded socket through a user-owned /tmp/t3-ssh-<uid> link, points the managed server to that link, and refreshes the link on reconnect. Tunnel readiness waits for the session-ready marker. The link is created only when SSH_AUTH_SOCK exists, so SSH configuration remains the control for agent forwarding. packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts covers readiness ordering and forwarded-agent lifetime across reconnect.
Full details: Out of Scope Changes check
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The changes are limited to the SSH tunnel implementation and its tests. The tunnel changes directly implement issue #11872. The tests cover session lifetime, stable socket publication, reconnect behavior, readiness ordering, and related process fixtures. No unrelated systemd, UI, or product-area changes are present.
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Review comments at @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts:
- Around line 784-790: Update REMOTE_TUNNEL_SESSION_SCRIPT so failures from
either agent.sock symlink creation or publication terminate the session before
printing TUNNEL_SESSION_READY_LINE. Preserve the existing behavior when
SSH_AUTH_SOCK is unset or STATE_DIR is absent.
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…lished
The session script printed its ready marker even when it could not point
the managed server's agent link at the new socket, so the connection
reported ready while git over SSH on the remote still failed.
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The session line can only arrive after ssh connects, so timing it from
spawn cut slow connections off at 20s instead of main's connect budget.
The stdout reader still starts at spawn.
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Review comments at @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts:
- Around line 918-921: Update the temporary-directory setup in the agent harness
to create its root under a short temporary path, keeping the existing prefix and
scoped cleanup behavior so the stable agent.sock path stays within the Unix
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A typical macOS temporary directory can make the stable agent.sock path exceed the Unix socket limit. NodeNet.connect can then fail, causing this test to fail on macOS.
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Update the temporary-directory setup in the agent harness to create its root under a short temporary path, keeping the existing prefix and scoped cleanup behavior so the stable agent.sock path stays within the Unix socket length limit.
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…e port
The launch probe accepts any 2xx on the picked port, so on CI another
process on 3773 answered before the fake server had started. Seed the
launch's recorded port with an OS-assigned one instead.
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The stable agent link lived under $HOME/.t3/ssh-launch, which on a long
HOME exceeds the Unix socket path limit and broke agents that worked
before. Publish it as /tmp/t3-ssh-<uid>/<state key> in a directory the
user owns with mode 700.
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🟠 Highsrc/tunnel.ts:878
When two clients connect as the same Unix user, this mv -f makes them share one AGENT_LINK; if the most recently connected client disconnects, the link still targets its removed forwarded socket, so the other live tunnel loses Git authentication. Because ensureTunnelEntry reuses an entry while HTTP is ready, it does not republish the healthy client’s agent. Use per-session ownership with fallback or equivalent cleanup so a disconnect cannot leave the shared link stale.
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In file @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts around line 878:
When two clients connect as the same Unix user, this `mv -f` makes them share one `AGENT_LINK`; if the most recently connected client disconnects, the link still targets its removed forwarded socket, so the other live tunnel loses Git authentication. Because `ensureTunnelEntry` reuses an entry while HTTP is ready, it does not republish the healthy client’s agent. Use per-session ownership with fallback or equivalent cleanup so a disconnect cannot leave the shared link stale.
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🟠 Highsrc/tunnel.ts:799
When alias B adopts alias A's managed server, the server keeps using A's dead agent socket, so the tunnel reports ready but Git authentication fails. This link is set only when a new server is launched; update the link associated with the adopted server as well.
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In file @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts around line 799:
When alias B adopts alias A's managed server, the server keeps using A's dead agent socket, so the tunnel reports ready but Git authentication fails. This link is set only when a new server is launched; update the link associated with the adopted server as well.
The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:
the reviewers still had findings after 3 rounds (the work is on main...fix/issue-11872):
[major] packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts:795: Not fixed: reconnecting to an existing managed server can still report ready while that server retains its dead launch-session socket. The stable SSH_AUTH_SOCK assignment only runs for a newly started server. Reuse leaves the process environment unchanged, and this launcher change does not change RUNNER_FILE, so RUNNER_CHANGED does not trigger replacement. Confirmed using main's launcher followed by this head's manager: samePid=true, beforeReachable=false, afterReachable=false. Add a one-time migration for managed servers launched without the stable socket, preserving subsequent reconnect reuse.
Fails with: A supported source-checkout runner launches the managed server on origin/main with ForwardAgent enabled. Its launching session exits, leaving the inherited socket dead. Update to this head without changing nodeScriptPath, then reconnect to the same target. The existing server is reused and ensureEnvironment succeeds, but Git and agents still inherit the dead socket. Add a main-launch-to-head-reconnect regression case; the existing tests start servers with the new launcher and therefore miss this.
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Review comments at @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.test.ts:
- Line 921: Update the forwarded-agent fixture setup around `ensureEnvironment`
and `harness.readServer` so `.t3/fake-server.json` exists at the resolved
remote-home path before it is read. Preserve coverage of both `remoteHome`
cases, including the long-home profile.
Review comments at @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts:
- Line 874: Update the tunnel flow around AGENT_LINK to preserve the managed
server’s owning socket identity when adoption occurs in either adoption branch,
and publish the link for that socket rather than deriving it only from the
adopting alias. Keep the owner identity associated with the adopted server so
readiness reflects the link the server actually uses.
- Line 878: Update the agent-link cleanup and publishing flow around the shown
`AGENT_LINK` and `SSH_AUTH_SOCK` operations so disconnecting the tunnel that
most recently published the link restores the socket of another still-live
session for the same target. Ensure cleanup does not leave the link pointing to
the disconnected session’s removed socket, and preserve the existing behavior
when no other session remains.
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set -o pipefail
gh api --allow-escape-sequences repos/pingdotgg/t3code/actions/jobs/130451245240/logs | rg -n -C 8 -e 'fake-server\.json' -e 'managed server forwarded agent' -e 'ENOENT' -e 'tunnel\.test\.ts'||test"$?" -eq 1
Repository: pingdotgg/t3code
Length of output: 44561
Fix the forwarded-agent fixture’s CI failures.
Both table rows fail because harness.readServer cannot find .t3/fake-server.json after ensureEnvironment returns. Make the fixture pass on CI while retaining the long-home profile coverage.
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Update the forwarded-agent fixture setup around `ensureEnvironment` and `harness.readServer` so `.t3/fake-server.json` exists at the resolved remote-home path before it is read. Preserve coverage of both `remoteHome` cases, including the long-home profile.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Publish the link used by the adopted managed server.
If alias B adopts a managed server launched through alias A, the server retains A's socket path from Line 799. The adoption branches at Lines 711 and 770 do not change that environment. B publishes only B's link because remoteStateKey includes the alias. If A's tunnel has ended, B can pass readiness while the server's agent remains unreachable. Carry the managed server's owning socket identity through adoption and publish that link. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts at line 874:
Update the tunnel flow around AGENT_LINK to preserve the managed server’s owning socket identity when adoption occurs in either adoption branch, and publish the link for that socket rather than deriving it only from the adopting alias. Keep the owner identity associated with the adopted server so readiness reflects the link the server actually uses.
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Keep the agent link valid when another tunnel disconnects.
If two clients connect with the same target, the second tunnel replaces the first tunnel’s agent link. If the second connection drops, the link can point to its removed socket while the first tunnel remains connected. Agent-dependent Git operations can then fail until the first client reconnects. Restore a live session’s socket when the current publisher disconnects.
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Review comment at @packages/ssh/src/tunnel.ts at line 878:
Update the agent-link cleanup and publishing flow around the shown `AGENT_LINK` and `SSH_AUTH_SOCK` operations so disconnecting the tunnel that most recently published the link restores the socket of another still-live session for the same target. Ensure cleanup does not leave the link pointing to the disconnected session’s removed socket, and preserve the existing behavior when no other session remains.
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Problem
Desktop-managed SSH remotes with
ForwardAgent yesstart the server from a short-lived SSH session. Once that session exits, the server retains a removedSSH_AUTH_SOCK, so Git fetch and pull fail withPermission denied (publickey).Change
Keep a remote session open on the existing tunnel and publish its agent socket through a stable link used by the managed server. Refresh the link on reconnect and wait for its publication before reporting the tunnel ready. SSH configuration still controls whether an agent is forwarded.
Scope and approval
Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/11872
GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/11872
Triaged bug via the automated issue flow: #11872.
Verification
vp run check:changedpassed format, lint, knip, typechecks for four affected packages, and all 10 adjacent tests. Check output.Evidence uses real Linux OpenSSH, the actual environment manager and server, a disposable home, and a local SSH Git origin. Probes use the actual server's socket environment. Runtime transcript · Proof matrix.
Runtime comparisons use base 3b95e7831b and the fixed runtime through a96bd98149. The production
tunnel.tsblob is identical at captured, reviewed, and final merged heads. No rendering changes: the visual matrix is empty. Owned fixture processes were stopped and configuration restored.Unverified: cannot-verify desktop — macOS Electron UI/packaged runtime and native Windows SSH execution. The Linux managed-launch and reconnect paths were verified directly; Git RPC/UI interactions were not exercised.
Models: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol. Harnesses: Claude Agent and Codex in T3 Code.
Fixes #11872