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command tech-support archive upload - Not working under certain conditions
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Description

While using command

generate tech-support archive upload user <user> ticket <ticket>

And introducing appropriate credentials (and also wrong credentials) we get next output:

vyos@vyos:~$ generate tech-support archive upload user USER ticket TICKET
Enter host password for user 'USER':
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (2) Failure establishing ssh session: -5, Unable to exchange encryption keys
Debug file is generated and located in /tmp/vyos_tech-support-archive_2025-05-08T12-31-27.tar.gz
vyos@vyos:~$

How to reproduce
Ensure file /root/.ssh/known_hosts exists.
IF such file is not present, then the tool is working

Details

Version
1.4.2
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)