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Subject:	Re: OpenSSH 8.9p1-1 Connects successfully but then hangs - Killing
	ssh-agent resolves the issue
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Date:	Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:21:20 +0100
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Jim Garrison via Cygwin writes:

> My Cygwin ssh client stopped working... It would successfully connect to
> the remote (Debian) host but then hang without displaying the command
> prompt.  See debug output attached, as well as cygcheck output.
>
> I decided to run setup to see if there was a newer version of openssh.
> In preparation for that I always terminate all Cygwin processes because
> they will interfere with the update.  I killed the ssh-agent process and
> on a whim decided to try connecting again.  This time it worked.
>
> This would seem to indicate something in ssh-agent is interfering with
> the connection.  There are no credentials loaded into ssh-agent.

There are reports out there of ssh-agent getting stuck: just out of
curiousity if this happens again, check to see if ssh-agent is using
100% of a CPU.  If so then search for "ssh-agent" "100% CPU" to see
what the likely culprits are.

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