Upgrading from `1.0.3` to `1.2.0` causes ssh-action to `i/o timeout`

[jcarroll-ls]

Describe the bug

ssh-action was previously working on 1.0.3 but has stopped connecting since upgrading to 1.2.0.

The error being throw in 1.2.0 as follows:

Screenshot of the successful run using 1.0.3:

Yaml Config

Please post your Yaml configuration file along with the output results.

name: test-ssh-update

on: push

jobs:
  ssh-103:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: staging
    steps:
      - uses: ORG-OMITTED/github-actions/openvpn@main
        with:
          config: ${{ secrets.VPN_CONFIG }}
          username: ${{ secrets.VPN_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.VPN_PASSWORD }}

      - uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEVOPS_WORKFLOWS_PAT }}
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          script: |
            echo hello world 103

  ssh-120:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: staging
    steps:
      - uses: ORG-OMITTED/github-actions/openvpn@main
        with:
          config: ${{ secrets.VPN_CONFIG }}
          username: ${{ secrets.VPN_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.VPN_PASSWORD }}

      - uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.2.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEVOPS_WORKFLOWS_PAT }}
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          script: |
            echo hello world 120

Related environment

Please provide the following information:

1. Test host ssh service is OpenSSH 6.6.1.

[appleboy]

@jcarroll-ls Any firewall rule?

[aknkaplanoglu]

No rule was defined. I have this problem too.

[cengizemre]

I still get this error.

[appleboy]

@aknkaplanoglu @cengizemre What is your hosting? maybe I can try it.

[Eminlin]

遇到了同樣的問題，看了下好像是代理的問題

好了......定位後是runs-on: self-hosted的問題

[jcarroll-ls]

yeah, no rules defined I'm afraid. The servers are behind a VPN.

However, the timeouts begin immediately after upgrading the previously working v1.0.3 task to 1.2.0. It consistently fails, so not an intermittent issue either by looks of it.

[jcarroll-ls]

Might there be some useful logging I could pull from the github runner? I could capture and write out as artefacts for review.

[lanmaster53]

Having the same issue. Always times out regardless of configuration. Using private key with passphrase.

Also, as seen below, when using 1.0.3, the action gets to the point where it pulls down the SSH dependency and seems to run the command, but it always times out there as well. I've not gotten this action to finish successfully with any configuration/setup.

on:
  #push:
  #  branches:
  #  - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update_journal:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    steps:
    - name: run commands via ssh
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.2.0
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOSTNAME }}
        username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
        key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
        passphrase: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSPHRASE }}
        script: | 
          whoami

Run appleboy/ssh-action@v1.2.0
Run echo "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH" >> $GITHUB_PATH
Run entrypoint.sh
Will download drone-ssh-1.8.0-linux-amd64 from https://github.com/appleboy/drone-ssh/releases/download/v1.8.0
======= CLI Version =======
Drone SSH version 1.8.0
===========================
2024/12/13 17:56:08 dial tcp ***:22: i/o timeout
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

on:
  #push:
  #  branches:
  #  - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update_journal:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    steps:
    - name: run commands via ssh
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOSTNAME }}
        username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
        key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
        passphrase: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSPHRASE }}
        script: | 
          whoami

Run appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
...
======CMD======
whoami
======END======
2024/12/13 17:58:11 dial tcp ***:22: i/o timeout

[FoxTes]

I get the same error. Is there a solution at the moment?

[lanmaster53]

I get the same error. Is there a solution at the moment?

Yes. Use a private key without a passphrase and it works just fine. I never could get it to work with a passphrase.

[cengizemre]

I get the same error. Is there a solution at the moment?

Yes. Use a certificate without a passphrase and it works just fine. I never could get it to work with a passphrase.

What do you mean by "certificate"?

[lanmaster53]

I get the same error. Is there a solution at the moment?

Yes. Use a certificate without a passphrase and it works just fine. I never could get it to work with a passphrase.

What do you mean by "certificate"?

My apologies for not being more clear. I meant to say a private key. I'll edit my original response.