SSHD service not available #2469

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1. github-actions commented on Oct 17, 2026

   

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   Thanks for the report. This looks like a real Windows sshd service startup failure, but the current details are not enough to reproduce or route it confidently yet.

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   Please add the following details:

   1. The exact OpenSSH for Windows version from:

      (Get-Item (Get-Command sshd).Source).VersionInfo.FileVersion

   2. The server OS version and whether this is Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 or another Windows build.
   3. The client OS version, if a client connection is involved.
   4. The complete, untruncated Start-Service sshd error text. The current error appears cut off after Ca / ice on computer '.'.
   5. Relevant sshd logs or Windows Event Viewer entries from the failed startup, plus any reproduction details such as how OpenSSH was installed and whether sshd.exe exists at the configured service path.

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   Windows-specific vs. upstream: This appears Windows-specific because it involves the Windows sshd service managed by Start-Service, so if confirmed the fix would likely belong in PowerShell/openssh-portable. Confidence: medium, pending full logs.

   Reproducibility: Not reproducible from the report as written. It includes a service-start command and partial PowerShell environment output, but the service error is truncated, the OS is not stated explicitly, and there are no sshd/Event Viewer logs.

   Copilot-fix suitability: Maybe, but only after logs identify a concrete failure path. A service startup/configuration bug could be localized; a platform support or installer/environment issue may not be.

   Likely area: Area-sshd, because the failure is starting the Windows OpenSSH SSH Server service.

   Related issues: Exact-message searches mainly found this issue. #1676 is closed and also mentions sshd as a Windows service, but it describes service behavior after startup rather than this service-start failure, so it does not look like a duplicate based on current evidence.

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