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Desktop SSH probe failures with zsh login shell

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #112225 on 16 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #112225. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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A bug where Desktop's SSH mode probe watchdog fails when the remote account's login shell is zsh, due to incompatible shell options like set -m in non-interactive contexts. Multiple fix attempts address preserving SSH probes under these conditions.

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Fixes on record

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  • #112225 fix(desktop): SSH mode works when the remote login shell is zsh (#111949, salvage #111959)

    merged to main

    files: .github/workflows/js-tests.yml, apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/ssh-connection.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/ssh-connection.ts, website/docs/user-guide/multi-connection-desktop.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 2

  • #111959 fix(desktop): support zsh SSH probe watchdogs · merged via another change → 1cfa892, #112225
  • #112056 fix(desktop): preserve SSH probes under noninteractive zsh · merged via another change → 1cfa892, #112225
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#111949[Bug]: Desktop SSH mode unusable when the remote account login shell is zsh — probe watchdog runs a bare `set -m` (fatal in non-interactive zsh), reports an up-to-date remote as unsupported
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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Merged PRs
#112225
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2 PRs closed without merging
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16 Sep 2026

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