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[Nick Rosbrook <2125549@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I confirmed that it's wrong to assume that:

ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/systemctl --user set-environment
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/openssh_agent

will do the right thing in the general case. This does correctly set the
environment in the user manager, and if you launch an application like
e.g.:

$ systemd-run --user --wait --pipe -q -- ssh-add

then the environment is inherited, and $SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set. But, if
one has a session spawned by login(1), this is not going to happen.

Maybe as a quick fix, we could patch openssh to try
$XDR_RUNTIME_DIR/openssh_agent (the default) if $SSH_AUTH_SOCK is unset.

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Title:
  ssh agent no longer work a questing upgrade

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ssh agent worked fine in XUbuntu 25.04. After upgrading to 25.10
  (beta) it no longer works.

  * ssh-add reports "Could not open a connection to your authentication agent."
  * ssh keeps asking for key password
  * there is no graphical dialog asking for passwords when adding ssh-keys anymore
  * no SSH variable in terminal environment

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
  Package: openssh-client 1:10.0p1-5ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-4.4-generic 6.17.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 6.17.0-4-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Wed Sep 24 07:58:24 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-26 (2920 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170924)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   ssh-askpass       N/A
   libpam-ssh        N/A
   keychain          N/A
   ssh-askpass-gnome N/A
  SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_10.0p2 Ubuntu-5ubuntu4, OpenSSL 3.5.2 5 Aug 2025
  SourcePackage: openssh
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-09-22 (2 days ago)

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