SSH ServerAliveInterval ignored by Cyberduck – idle connection timeout prevents editing a file in external editor

[saudepp]

It seems Cyberduck ignores directives "ServerAliveInterval" set in: ~/.ssh/config

ServerAliveInterval 120
ServerAliveCountMax 10

If I e.g. connect via SFTP to a remote server and open a file in an external editor, I want to edit this file and after some time save it remotely. It seems that after around 10 minutes, the SFTP connection in Cyberduck is lost, so the ServerAliveInterval of 120 seconds (intended to refresh the connection to the remote server) seems to be ignored.

When I then want to save the file in the external editor, the status in Cyberduck is "{file name} preparing (overwrite)" and a spinning wheel, see screenshot:

Then the connection to the server is retried after 10 seconds (as defined in the Cyberduck connection setting), but fails in the end with a dialogue, see screenshot:

When I click on Cancel ("Abbrechen"), Cyberduck reconnects to the server just fine. I have to reopen the file in the external editor, and then save my changes ...

I don't post my verbose loge file here, due to sensitive information contained.

macOS 14.4.1 Cyberduck 8.8.2

[tatze96]

Please send the mentioned log file with the ticket reference GH-15895 to support@cyberduck.io for further investigation.

[AliveDevil]

Cyberduck by default sends out keepalive@openssh.com-requests, configurable with

ssh.heartbeat.provider=keep-alive

with a default value of

ssh.heartbeat.seconds=60

Cyberduck ignores the ServerAliveInterval.

Tested this against a local OpenSSH server (on Debian), with configuration

$ sudo sshd -T | grep -i alive
clientaliveinterval 120
clientalivecountmax 3
tcpkeepalive yes

I don't see any issue with having TextEdit on a text file open for extended periods of time (had it open, not doing anything for 14 minutes:

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2024-05-17 13:07:15,220 [sshj-Reader-manage.lab.xc/172.19.216.6:22-1715942878957] DEBUG net.schmizz.sshj.connection.channel.direct.SessionChannel - Got chan request for `keepalive@openssh.com`
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