Has ssh multiplexing ever been considered?

[ToontjeM]

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Toontje

Describe the solution you'd like?

From https://discord.com/channels/851854972600451112/1009758920400707614/1009908887941546026

It happens a lot to me that i am ssh'ed into an external host and then i want to open a new window or tab reusing that same ssh session, so logged in into the external host. Is this something Warp can do or is this something i need to configure in my ssh client?

I think i'm looking for this to be implemented in Warp: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexing

I am NOT looking for connection profiles!

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

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How important is this feature to you?

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Warp Internal (ignore) - linear-label:770f6576-d6c0-4e4f-a259-fc64b5156087

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[ToontjeM]

Ok, so i figured this out: I have configured multiplexing. The first time i ssh into the remote host using Terminal i have to provide userid and password (obviously). However, when i open a second Terminal window and i ssh into the same host, it reuses the connection i already have.
When i do the same using Warp, the existing connection is not reused. So basically i am asking two things: 1. Honor ssh connection multiplexing configuration and 2. Automatically establish the ssh connection from where the new tab or window was opened in the new tab or window.

[elviskahoro]

Thanks again @ToontjeM

[ToontjeM]

Can you move this one to Discussions so we can vote on it?

[elviskahoro]

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[andyfore]

I really hope that this gets more attention on the roadmap. I use SSH session multiplexing for work everyday and the fact that the warp_ssh_helper function doesn't work with it is a big issue. I also opened a Discord thread on this.

[eiko4]

+1

[Nithishwer]

+1

[sphyrnidae8]

+1

[boxcounter]

+1

[engineersamwell]

+1