v1.7.0

Summary

• SSH keepalive support to prevent idle connection timeouts
• Major dependency updates including russh 0.56, ratatui 0.30, and whoami 2.0

New Features

• SSH Keepalive Support (#122)
  • --server-alive-interval option: Configure keepalive interval in seconds (default: 60, 0 to disable)
  • --server-alive-count-max option: Maximum keepalive messages without response before disconnect (default: 3)
  • Configuration support in config.yaml via server_alive_interval and server_alive_count_max fields
  • Helps maintain long-running sessions through firewalls and NATs that drop idle connections
  • Full integration with exec, interactive, and file transfer modes

Improvements

• Added GitHub downloads badge to README

Bug Fixes

None

CI/CD Improvements

None

Technical Details

• Implemented SSH keepalive packet sending at configurable intervals
• Automatic connection termination after max retries without response
• Keepalive settings work with jump host connections
• Adapted to whoami 2.0 API changes (username() now returns Result)

Dependencies

• Updated russh from 0.55.0 to 0.56.0
• Updated ratatui from 0.29.0 to 0.30.0
• Updated signal-hook from 0.3.18 to 0.4.1
• Updated whoami from 1.6.1 to 2.0.1
• Updated unicode-width from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2

Breaking Changes

None

Known Issues

None

What's Changed

• feat: Implement SSH keepalive to prevent idle connection timeouts by @inureyes in #122

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0