If the system reboots or shuts down with the SSHD service running, an error ID 7031 will be logged to the Event Log.

Prerequisites

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Steps to reproduce

1. Download msi version of the OpenSSH for Windows
2. Install OpenSSH for Windows
3. Start OpenSSH SSH Server service.
4. Shutdown or Restart Windows

Expected behavior

No error or warning events should be logged to the Event Log for SSHD services.

Actual behavior

You can see ID 7031 Error Event on System Event Log like as following.

Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          10/31/2023 8:50:51 PM
Event ID:      7031
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      ws2022eng
Description:
The OpenSSH SSH Server service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: Restart the service.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7031</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-11-01T03:50:51.7542233Z" />
    <EventRecordID>1250</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="744" ThreadID="5784" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>ws2022eng</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">OpenSSH SSH Server</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">1</Data>
    <Data Name="param3">0</Data>
    <Data Name="param4">1</Data>
    <Data Name="param5">Restart the service</Data>
    <Binary>73007300680064000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Error details

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Environment data

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.20348.1
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.20348.1
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Version

9.4.0.0

Visuals

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Reproduce the shutdown or restart scenario using the MSI-installed OpenSSH SSH Server service on Windows and inspect the System Event Log for event 7031. Investigate the service shutdown behavior and verify that normal system shutdown no longer records an unexpected-termination error for SSHD.