[Feature]: Option to enable SSH Agent Forwarding within connection #2718
Description
Feature description
- Platform: windows
- Version: 0.13 beta latest
- Status: SSH Agent and private key ready in keyring. Could able to login node with ssh-agent.
- Problem: With powershell ssh tool could agent forward successfully. With waveterm connection could not do agent forard
Connection config:
"vscode-server": {
"conn:wshenabled": false,
"display:order": 99,
"ssh:hostname": "a.b.c.d",
"ssh:port": "22",
"ssh:user": "root",
"term:fontsize": 12,
"term:theme": "warmyellow"
}Result in Powershell:
PS > cat .ssh/config
Host a.b.c.d
HostName a.b.c.d
User root
ForwardAgent yes
---
PS > ssh-add -L
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3N... comment
---
PS > ssh a.b.c.d
Last login: Fri Dec 26 18:43:59 2025 from 1.1.1.2
# env | grep -i auth
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXXX87Snsg/agent.424931
Result in waveterm(with connection debug):
[conndebug] trying to connect to "vscode-server"...
[conndebug] connectInternal vscode-server
[conndebug] ConnectToClient vscode-server (jump:0)...
[conndebug] ssh dial a.b.c.d:22
[conndebug] successful ssh connection to a.b.c.d:22
[conndebug] normalized knownhosts address: [email protected]
[conndebug] running tryEnableWsh...
[conndebug] wsh settings enable:false ask:false
[conndebug] wsh not enabled: conn:wshenabled set to false
[conndebug] successfully connected (wsh:false)
[conndebug] ShellController.run() "22b5acdf-1546-4d58-b836-976e2b4ebda0"
[conndebug] ShellController.run() "22b5acdf-1546-4d58-b836-976e2b4ebda0"
[conndebug] DoRunShellCommand
[conndebug] resetTerminalState: resetting terminal state
[conndebug] remoteName: "vscode-server", connType: ssh, wshEnabled: false, shell: "", shellType:
[conndebug] created swaptoken: 8b9e10ce-a614-4927-9787-531c7b27e421
Last login: Fri Dec 26 18:35:49 2025 from 1.1.1.2
(base) # env | grep -i auth
(base) # echo $?
(base) # 1
Implementation Suggestion
Waveterm should have a option to enable the ssh agent forward option.
Anything else?
No response