[Remote-SSH Bug]: "remote.SSH.connectTimeout" overrides ConnectTimeout from config file

[jeanp413]

Is there an existing issue for this bug?

• I have searched the existing issues

Required Troubleshooting Steps

• I have followed these troubleshooting steps
• I have tried both values of the remote.SSH.useLocalServer setting

Connect Locally

It connects successfully

-> Description

The "remote.SSH.connectTimeout" setting value overrides ConnectTimeout from config file

Expected Behavior

I expect ConnectTimeout from config file to have precedence over "remote.SSH.connectTimeout" as I have some host that require more time but in general I'm fine with the default value in vscode when no ConnectTimeout value is specified in config file

[akosyakov]

To add: it should also respect when ConnectTimeout is configured as 0, meaning to disable it.

[akosyakov]

If it would be helpful one can test using the following shell script

#!/bin/bash

# Variables for the host and port from SSH configuration
HOST="$1"   # SSH will pass the host as the first argument
PORT="$2"   # SSH will pass the port as the second argument

# Sleep for 1 minute while printing a line every second
for i in {1..60}; do
    echo "Sleeping... $i seconds elapsed"
    sleep 1
done

# Now use nc to connect to the given host and port
echo "Attempting to connect to $HOST on port $PORT"
nc $HOST $PORT

And the configure the host in ssh config like:

Host my-host
  ProxyCommand /Users/my-user/.ssh/pause.sh %h %p
  ConnectTimeout 0

Given default Remote SSH settings, it fails right now like:

Compare without Remote SSH:

[joshspicer]

This is shipped in the latest pre-release build (v0.115.2024092017 (pre-release)). I've tested with your repro steps and it is working well for me! Please give it a go and let me know if you have any feedback.