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AI-generatedOpenSSH transport failure and remote command idempotency
When executing a non-idempotent command via OpenSSH, a network disconnection during the write phase can leave the remote process in an ambiguous state. Because the SSH protocol does not provide a built-in mechanism to track the completion status of a remote command after a transport-layer failure, the client cannot natively determine if the command was fully