Unable to Connect via SSH for Agenst view

Is there an existing issue for this bug?

• I have searched the existing open issues and found none that apply.
• If I find any issue of interest that is related or closed, I will included a link to it in this issue.

Required Troubleshooting Steps

• I have read and performed the troubleshooting steps
• I have tried both values of the remote.SSH.useLocalServer setting
• My issue was not covered in the Tips and Tricks linked from the Troubleshooting Wiki.
• I will include a complete copy of my Remote - SSH logs by running Remote-SSH: Show Log in the command palette or from View > Output in the menu bar

[Optional] Diagnose with Copilot

I did not ask the @remote-ssh participant for help

In step 2 of the troubleshooting wiki, what was the result of running the generated SSH command verbatim outside of VS Code?

I did not try step 2 of the troubleshooting steps

Remote-SSH Log

2026-05-29 10:41:49.434 [info] [Shared] [SSHRemoteAgentHost] Connecting to ssh:<redacted>
2026-05-29 10:41:49.436 [info] [Shared] [SSHRemoteAgentHost] Built 2 auth attempt(s): agent, keyboard-interactive
2026-05-29 10:41:49.691 [error] [Shared] [SSHRemoteAgentHost] SSH connection error: 

Expected Behavior

Connection via SSH for the agents view

Actual Behavior

I see a popup: Failed to connect via SSH to : AggregateError

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open Agents-view
2. selection the connection via SSh
3. Failed to connect via SSH to : AggregateError

I do NOT have a remote-ssh log, but in shared I just see this 2026-05-29 10:41:49.691 [error] [Shared] [SSHRemoteAgentHost] SSH connection error: (this is not a failure in copying, there is no error)

Anything else?

No response

Start with the Agents view SSH connection flow and run Remote-SSH: Show Log to capture the complete diagnostic output. Follow troubleshooting wiki step 2 by running the generated SSH command verbatim outside VS Code. Done means reproducing the AggregateError and identifying the connection failure from actionable logs.