lib/client: reopen an agent connection for each request - #69600
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Our SSH agent client would open a connection to the local SSH agent and then never close it. This is okay for short-lived tsh processes, but leaks connections for long-lived processes like the tsh daemon in Teleport Connect. This commit introduces a client implementation that establishes a client per-request and closes the connection when the request completes.
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* Fix nil connection returned from dialCygwin. * Cache the resolved Cygwin UID so repeated dials can skip UID resolution, which may shell out to Cygwin's slow `ps`.
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Our SSH agent client would open a connection to the local SSH agent and then never close it. This is okay for short-lived tsh processes, but leaks connections for long-lived processes like the tsh daemon in Teleport Connect.
This commit introduces a client implementation that establishes a client per-request and closes the connection when the request completes.
Closes #69549
Closes gravitational/customer-sensitive-requests#701
Changelog: fixed an issue that caused Teleport Connect to leak connections to the local SSH agent.
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Test Environment
Local Connect (
pnpm start-term) connected to platform.teleport.sh.Test Cases
lsofloop above in a terminal tab. Navigate around in Connect. Verify connections stay contstant.tshsuccessfully connects to a Cygwin agent and caches the UID between dials (custom build to force re-dial and log)