last run command (via up arrow) weird behaviour with ssh command

[owocado]

hello all and greetings,

I am observing this weird behaviour with Windows Terminal (PowerShell profile) since quite some time that when my last run command is ssh (ssh -i C:\Users\user\Documents\ssh.key eon@10.10.10.10) and when I close the ssh connection OR reopen windows terminal and press up arrow key to access my last run ssh command (from saved history), it doesnt show up at all. However, all the other normal commands do show up as usual when I access them via up arrow key on empty terminal which were last ran.

So, I just want to understand if Windows Terminal have special casing to not store ssh commands in terminal history but it stores other commands just fine? and how do I fix it so if my last run command is ssh cmd and when I reopen terminal or try to access it via up arrow key, it is available there?

My Windows Terminal version:

My WIndows 11 version:

My Terminal settings.json

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                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false
            },
            "id": "User.copy.644BA8F2"
        },
        {
            "command": "paste",
            "id": "User.paste"
        },
        {
            "command": "find",
            "id": "User.find"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "id": "User.splitPane.A6751878"
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    "copyFormatting": "none",
    "copyOnSelect": true,
    "defaultProfile": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
    "keybindings": 
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            "id": "User.copy.644BA8F2",
            "keys": "ctrl+c"
        },
        {
            "id": "User.find",
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
        },
        {
            "id": "User.paste",
            "keys": "ctrl+v"
        },
        {
            "id": "User.splitPane.A6751878",
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        }
    ],
    "newTabMenu": 
    [
        {
            "type": "remainingProfiles"
        }
    ],
    "profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": 
        {
            "colorScheme": "One Half Dark",
            "cursorShape": "filledBox",
            "font": 
            {
                "face": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font",
                "size": 10
            }
        },
        "list": 
        [
            {
                "antialiasingMode": "cleartype",
                "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                "hidden": false,
                "historySize": 11111,
                "name": "Windows PowerShell"
            },
            {
                "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\cmd.exe",
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Command Prompt"
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            {
                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
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            },
            {
                "guid": "{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Git Bash",
                "source": "Git"
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    },
    "schemes": [],
    "tabWidthMode": "equal",
    "themes": [],
    "useAcrylicInTabRow": true
}

please let me know if I need to provide anything else which I might've missed.

P.S. I have done search for "ssh" and "ssh history" in open discussions but it shows many results, I went and looked at some but they did not feel relevant to my issue. I'm not sure what other keywords to search for to find similar discussions to my own. I apologise!

[Niko-O]

Just passing through.
The commands entered while in an SSH session are not stored in your local computer's history, but in the remote computer's history. When you connect a new SSH session to the same remote computer with the same username, you should see the commands you are looking for.

[owocado]

You misunderstood me. That's not what I meant. When you run a command in windows terminal then close terminal and reopen it, press up arrow and last command is autofilled. But I can't see this same behavior when last run command is "ssh ...." then reopen terminal and press up arrow key.

[Niko-O]

Ah, got it.

[DHowett]

This is PowerShell's "intelligent" history at work. It is excluding the command from history because it contains the word key (or similar). It is an attempt to prevent you from storing access tokens, credentials, passwords and more in the unencrypted history file. It is not aware that this argument to ssh specifies a file path.

https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/blob/caa53f8469e35f6ba6e1a434d4fc8efae2dde20c/PSReadLine/History.cs#L691-L694

https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/blob/caa53f8469e35f6ba6e1a434d4fc8efae2dde20c/PSReadLine/History.cs#L116-L133

[DHowett]

(Links to code are optional reading - they include the list of specific words and verbs that might involve secrets, as well as the default history handler.)

[owocado]

interesting 💀 thank you for the insight. Is there any way currently to change it via config? or will I need to open a new issue to request this behavior to change?

[DHowett]

Hmm. You can override the default history handler with one that just always says "yup save it to history."

Set-PSReadLineOption -AddToHistoryHandler { Return $true }

You'd need to add that to your $PROFILE to get it to stick.

[owocado]

yep that worked wow, thanks and have a wholesome day xD