fix(remote): reuse ssh authentication for saved machines by kazunari-kamata · Pull Request #4276 · herdrdev/herdr

kazunari-kamata · 2026-09-17T05:56:46Z

Summary

Make saved SSH machine setup work after password or keyboard-interactive authentication, and allow herdr --remote launched inside a Herdr pane to start an independent remote client.

Root Cause

machine add establishes an interactive SSH control connection during setup, but its endpoint-capability probe started a separate BatchMode=yes SSH bridge without that managed control socket. The probe could not answer the password or MFA prompt and returned a generic connection-closed error, so the machine profile was not saved.

Separately, SSH commands launched from a Herdr pane inherit Herdr runtime environment variables. SSH configurations that forward those variables make the remote bridge appear nested and cause it to abort.

Changes

Reuse the managed interactive SSH control socket for the endpoint probe that follows setup.
Remove inherited Herdr runtime and socket override environment variables from every SSH path that launches the remote bridge.
Add focused regression tests for control-socket reuse and runtime-environment isolation, including the bridge path.

Docs

No public docs update is needed. This corrects SSH setup and runtime behavior without changing documented commands, configuration, or workflows.

Validation

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- 3,471 tests passed; 6 skipped.
- 122 maintenance tests passed.
- UI hot-path and integration-asset checks passed.
Manual verification: macOS arm64 to macOS x86_64 saved-machine setup using password authentication completed successfully.
Manual verification: macOS arm64 to Windows x86_64 saved-machine connection completed successfully after configuring SSH key authentication.

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RemoteSsh and bridge SSH commands now remove three inherited Herdr runtime environment variables. probe_remote_endpoint passes managed SSH options to SshStdioBridge, allowing reuse of the interactive control connection. Tests cover both command paths and control-socket reuse.

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The change isolates remote SSH environments and reuses the managed control connection; no merge-blocking issue remains identified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 46.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 15 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: reusing SSH authentication for saved-machine setup. It is concise and directly related to the changeset.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately covers the SSH control-socket reuse, inherited environment removal, regression tests, and validation results.
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greptile-apps · 2026-09-17T05:59:53Z

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; the endpoint probe now reuses managed authentication and the previously missed bridge SSH path receives the required environment cleanup.

Summary

This PR fixes saved-machine setup after interactive SSH authentication and prevents inherited Herdr runtime state from reaching remotely launched bridges.

Reuses the managed SSH control socket for the post-setup endpoint probe.
Centralizes removal of inherited Herdr runtime and socket environment variables.
Applies environment isolation to both standard remote SSH commands and the raw bridge path.
Adds focused regression tests covering control-socket reuse and both SSH command paths.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
    Setup[Interactive machine setup] --> Control[Managed SSH control connection]
    Control --> Probe[Endpoint capability probe]
    Pane[Herdr pane environment] --> Clean[Remove inherited Herdr runtime variables]
    Clean --> SSH[SSH command]
    SSH --> Bridge[Independent remote-client-bridge]

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🟡 Minor · Apply the environment scrub to the bridge SSH process. · attach.rs:2838-2844

src/remote/attach.rs:2838-2844
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Apply the environment scrub to the bridge SSH process.

bridge_connection creates a separate Command::new("ssh") without removing the Herdr environment variables. The child inherits them, and compatible SendEnv/AcceptEnv configuration can forward them to remote-client-bridge. The remote process can then see the nested-runtime marker and socket overrides, violating the independent-runtime contract.

Extract the existing env_remove calls into a shared helper, call it from both SSH command paths, and add bridge-path coverage.
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In `@src/remote/attach.rs` around lines 2838 - 2844, Extract the existing SSH
environment-variable removal calls into a shared helper, invoke it for both SSH
commands including the command created by bridge_connection, and add coverage
confirming bridge SSH processes do not inherit Herdr runtime markers or socket
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In `@src/remote/attach.rs`:
- Around line 2838-2844: Extract the existing SSH environment-variable removal
calls into a shared helper, invoke it for both SSH commands including the
command created by bridge_connection, and add coverage confirming bridge SSH
processes do not inherit Herdr runtime markers or socket overrides.

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kazunari-kamata · 2026-09-17T06:29:26Z

Addressed the bridge-path environment inheritance finding in a69f4be. The shared runtime-environment scrub now applies to both RemoteSsh::base_command and bridge_ssh_command, with dedicated bridge-path coverage. just ci passed (3,471 tests; 6 skipped, plus maintenance and integration checks).

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refs herdrdev#3763

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kazunari-kamata force-pushed the fix/ssh-password-endpoint-probe branch from a69f4be to 3d9cb8e Compare September 17, 2026 06:41

kazunari-kamata force-pushed the fix/ssh-password-endpoint-probe branch 3 times, most recently from 1e1be5a to 700d418 Compare September 18, 2026 08:12

kazunari-kamata added 3 commits September 19, 2026 06:44

fix(remote): reuse setup SSH control socket for endpoint probe

c365cf1

refs herdrdev#3763

fix(remote): isolate SSH commands from local Herdr runtime

b4d38be

refs herdrdev#3763

fix(remote): isolate SSH bridge from local Herdr runtime

d18ba43

refs herdrdev#3763

kazunari-kamata force-pushed the fix/ssh-password-endpoint-probe branch from 700d418 to d18ba43 Compare September 18, 2026 21:51

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