darkoperator / darkoperator/Posh-SSH
Invoke-SSHCommand times out quickly even when Timeout parameter is set
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Description
I'm having an issue with Invoke-SSHCommand with timeouts. If I set the timeout to e.g. 2 minutes, I still get an exception from within the CheckAsyncProcessing function and the EndExecute method after approx 30 seconds:
At G:\My Drive\PowerShell\Modules\posh-ssh\2.2\Posh-SSH.psm1:260 char:25
+ $Output = $_.cmd.EndExecute($_.Async)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SshOperationTimeoutException
Looking elsewhere, the timeout on the BeginExecute seems to be set to 50ms.
Is it possible to set a user defined timeout for this background processing?
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Start in Posh-SSH.psm1 around line 260 and trace CheckAsyncProcessing through BeginExecute and EndExecute, focusing on how the Timeout parameter is applied to background processing. Reproduce the approximately 30-second failure with a longer timeout, then verify that the configured timeout controls the operation instead.
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- powershell
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- cli
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- Bug
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