Get random (but eventual) "lost connection" using scp (which uses sftp/sftp-server) when transferring huge files via 1G ethernet. No problem if use "scp -O" (don't use sftp protocol) or piping through ssh. Will also happen with a local scp via loopback (localhost) so not a network problem. Running sshd with "-ddd" shows a "write failed" and then the connection is terminated ("chan_shutdown_write"). Latest Cygwin on Windows 10
Also Reported to openssh project.
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Tue Jan 21 10:31:38 2025 Windows 10 Professional Ver 10.0 Build 19045 Path: C:\Windows\system32 C:\Windows C:\Windows\System32\Wbem C:\sys\msvs2015\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin C:\sys\msvs2015\Common7\IDE\ C:\sys\msvs2015\VC\BIN\x86_amd64 C:\sys\msvs2015\VC\BIN C:\sys\msvs2015\Common7\Tools C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 C:\sys\msvs2015\VC\VCPackages C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86 C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ c:\sys\utils c:\cygwin\bin C:\sys\AMD\ATI.ACE\Core-Static C:\sys\Git\cmd C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common C:\sys\MATLAB\R2023b\bin C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\ C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\ C:\sys\AOMEI\AOMEI Backupper\7.4.2 c:\jay\bin Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe UID: 197609(jay) GID: 197121(None) 197121(None) 114(Local account and member of Administrators group) 544(Administrators) 559(Performance Log Users) 545(Users) 4(INTERACTIVE) 66049(CONSOLE LOGON) 11(Authenticated Users) 15(This Organization) 113(Local account) 4095(CurrentSession) 66048(LOCAL) 262154(NTLM Authentication) 405504(High Mandatory Level) SysDir: C:\Windows\system32 WinDir: C:\Windows PWD = '/cygdrive/c/jay' HOME = '/cygdrive/c/jay' ProgramFiles(x86) = 'C:\Program Files (x86)' !:: = '::\' CommonProgramFiles(x86) = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files' !C: = 'C:\jay' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '16' FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING = 'Default' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '26' Platform = 'x64' USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE = 'JAY' PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files' PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC' SSH_AUTH_SOCK = 'c:\jay\.ssh\ssh_agent_socket' OS = 'Windows_NT' HOMEDRIVE = 'c:' USERDOMAIN = 'JAY' USERPROFILE = 'C:\Users\jay' VS140COMNTOOLS = 'C:\sys\msvs2015\Common7\Tools\' WindowsSdkDir = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\' include = 'C:\sys\msvs2015\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.14393.0\ucrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.14393.0\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.14393.0\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.14393.0\winrt;' ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\ProgramData' CommonProgramW6432 = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files' dircmd = '/a/o:gne' USERNAME = 'jay' VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH = 'C:\sys\virtualbox\' COMSPEC = 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe' APPDATA = 'c:\jay\settings\appdata' SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\Windows' LOCALAPPDATA = 'c:\jay\settings\LocalAppData' DevEnvDir = 'C:\sys\msvs2015\Common7\IDE\' COMPUTERNAME = 'JAY' prompt = '$p$_$_$n$g' TERM = 'xterm-256color' LOGONSERVER = '\\JAY' PSModulePath = 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules' TEMP = '/cygdrive/c/Users/jay/AppData/Local/Temp' SHLVL = '1' PROCESSOR_REVISION = '4400' DriverData = 'C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData' WindowsSDKLibVersion = '10.0.14393.0\' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files' libpath = 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319;C:\sys\msvs2015\VC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\UnionMetadata;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References;\Microsoft.VCLibs\14.0\References\CommonConfiguration\neutral;' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'AMD64 Family 26 Model 68 Stepping 0, AuthenticAMD' SESSIONNAME = 'Console' lib = 'C:\sys\msvs2015\VC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.14393.0\ucrt\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\lib\um\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.14393.0\um\x64;' WindowsSDKVersion = '10.0.14393.0\' HOMEPATH = '\jay' TMP = '/cygdrive/c/Users/jay/AppData/Local/Temp' ProgramW6432 = 'C:\Program Files' WINDIR = 'C:\Windows' FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING = 'Internet Explorer' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'AMD64' PUBLIC = 'C:\Users\Public' SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:' EXECIGNORE = '*.dll' ProgramData = 'C:\ProgramData' _ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin\Installations (default) = '\??\C:\cygwin' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin\setup (default) = 'C:\cygwin' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Cygwin\Installations (default) = '\??\C:\sys\ExactAudioCopy' obcaseinsensitive set to 1 Cygwin installations found in the registry: System: Key: c5e39b7a9d22bafb Path: C:\cygwin c: hd NTFS 1717966Mb 23% CP CS UN PA FC QU Win10_SSD_2TB d: hd NTFS 953866Mb 22% CP CS UN PA FC QU Data_HD_1TB o: cd N/A N/A p: cd N/A N/A s: hd NTFS 5723148Mb 14% CP CS UN PA FC QU Online_Backup_6TB C:\cygwin / system binary,auto C:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binary,auto C:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib system binary,auto cygdrive prefix /cygdrive user binary,noacl,posix=0,auto Found: c:\cygwin\bin\awk -> C:\cygwin\bin\gawk.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\clinfo.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\comp.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\convert.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Not Found: crontab Found: C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\expand.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\expand.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\expand.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\expand.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\find.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\find.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\ftp.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Found: c:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\hostname.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\hostname.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\hostname.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\hostname.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\klist.exe Not Found: ld Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Not Found: make Found: c:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exe Not Found: patch Not Found: perl Found: C:\Windows\system32\replace.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\sort.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sort.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\sort.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\sort.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\tar.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\tar.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\test.exe Found: C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\timeout.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\timeout.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\vi.exe Not Found: vim Found: C:\Windows\system32\whoami.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\whoami.exe Warning: C:\Windows\system32\whoami.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\whoami.exe 45k 2023/07/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygargp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygargp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-07-11 12:11 17k 2023/01/15 c:\cygwin\bin\cygattr-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygattr-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-01-15 07:39 281k 2024/04/02 c:\cygwin\bin\cygblkid-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygblkid-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-02 01:37 66k 2019/07/21 c:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-07-21 16:05 13k 2019/01/02 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcom_err-2.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygcom_err-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-01 18:39 193k 2021/05/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-2.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygcrypt-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-05-20 01:38 2487k 2023/09/12 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-1.1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygcrypto-1.1.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-09-12 10:36 3741k 2024/09/15 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-3.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygcrypto-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-09-14 23:50 174k 2023/02/08 c:\cygwin\bin\cygedit-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygedit-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-02-08 07:01 389k 2024/04/02 c:\cygwin\bin\cygfdisk-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygfdisk-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-02 01:37 27k 2015/11/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cygffi-6.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygffi-6.dll" v0.0 ts=2015-11-17 14:14 217k 2024/08/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygfido2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.15 sys=5.2 "cygfido2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-08-25 11:45 60k 2024/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygformw-10.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygformw-10.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-28 09:06 96k 2024/07/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-07-28 12:03 49k 2019/07/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-6.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyggdbm-6.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-07-10 06:53 591k 2023/07/31 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggmp-10.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyggmp-10.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-07-31 12:20 274k 2018/03/16 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggssapi_krb5-2.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyggssapi_krb5-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-15 19:38 36k 2022/10/08 c:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory7.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyghistory7.dll" v0.0 ts=2022-10-07 21:37 1063k 2022/05/23 c:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2022-05-23 04:22 106k 2024/02/26 c:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-02-26 07:39 192k 2018/03/16 c:\cygwin\bin\cygk5crypto-3.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygk5crypto-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-15 19:37 754k 2018/03/16 c:\cygwin\bin\cygkrb5-3.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygkrb5-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-15 19:37 37k 2018/03/16 c:\cygwin\bin\cygkrb5support-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygkrb5support-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-15 19:36 136k 2022/10/30 c:\cygwin\bin\cyglz4-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyglz4-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2022-10-30 09:59 172k 2024/10/03 c:\cygwin\bin\cyglzma-5.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyglzma-5.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-10-03 03:42 160k 2023/01/14 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmagic-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygmagic-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-01-14 13:35 298k 2024/09/15 c:\cygwin\bin\cygman-2-13-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygman-2-13-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-09-15 02:58 24k 2024/09/15 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmandb-2-13-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygmandb-2-13-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-09-15 02:58 29k 2024/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmenuw-10.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygmenuw-10.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-28 09:06 650k 2023/08/22 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmpfr-6.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygmpfr-6.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-08-22 10:46 337k 2024/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncursesw-10.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygncursesw-10.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-28 09:04 1020k 2020/03/27 c:\cygwin\bin\cygp11-kit-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygp11-kit-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2020-03-27 14:30 13k 2024/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpanelw-10.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygpanelw-10.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-28 09:05 497k 2021/06/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygpcre-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-06-20 04:53 634k 2024/06/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre2-8-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygpcre2-8-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-06-09 09:32 44k 2022/10/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpipeline-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygpipeline-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2022-10-06 11:49 42k 2023/02/19 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-02-19 11:45 257k 2022/10/08 c:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline7.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygreadline7.dll" v0.0 ts=2022-10-07 21:37 188k 2024/04/02 c:\cygwin\bin\cygsmartcols-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygsmartcols-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-02 01:37 512k 2023/09/12 c:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-1.1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygssl-1.1.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-09-12 10:36 580k 2024/09/15 c:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygssl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-09-14 23:50 1938k 2024/07/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygstdc++-6.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygstdc++-6.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-07-28 12:10 68k 2019/07/29 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtasn1-6.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygtasn1-6.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-07-28 19:12 59k 2024/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygticw-10.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygticw-10.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-28 09:04 185k 2023/07/16 c:\cygwin\bin\cyguchardet-0.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyguchardet-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2023-07-16 00:19 27k 2024/04/02 c:\cygwin\bin\cyguuid-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cyguuid-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-02 01:36 88k 2024/01/27 c:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-01-27 01:12 656k 2024/04/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cygzstd-1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygzstd-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-04-06 05:37 2926k 2024/12/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=5.2 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2024-12-20 08:22 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 3.5.5 API major: 0 API minor: 350 Shared data: 5 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 3 Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Installations name: Installations Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Shared id: cygwin1S5 Service : sshd Display name : CYGWIN sshd Description : sshd Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/sshd_run.sh stdin path : /dev/null stdout path : /var/log/sshd.log stderr path : /var/log/sshd.log Process Type : Own Process Startup : Automatic Dependencies : tcpip Account : LocalSystem Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: C:\sys\instpackages Last downloaded files from: https://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/ Package Version Status _autorebase 001091-1 OK alternatives 1.26-1 OK base-cygwin 3.8-2 OK base-files 4.3-3 OK bash 5.2.21-1 OK bzip2 1.0.8-1 OK ca-certificates 2024.2.69_v8.0.401-1 OK coreutils 9.0-1 OK crypto-policies 20190218-1 OK csih 0.9.14-1 OK cygrunsrv 1.64-1 OK cygutils 1.4.17-1 OK cygwin 3.5.5-1 OK dash 0.5.12-5 OK diffutils 3.10-1 OK editrights 1.04-1 OK file 5.44-1 OK findutils 4.10.0-1 OK gawk 5.3.0-1 OK getent 2.18.90-5 OK grep 3.11-1 OK groff 1.23.0-1 OK gzip 1.13-1 OK hostname 3.13-1 OK info 7.1-2 OK ipc-utils 1.1-1 OK less 643-1 OK libargp 20230708-2 OK libattr1 2.5.1-1.20.g0981a7bfe487 OK libblkid1 2.39.3-2 OK libbz2_1 1.0.8-1 OK libcom_err2 1.44.5-1 OK libcrypt2 4.4.20-1 OK libedit0 20221030-4 OK libfdisk1 2.39.3-2 OK libffi6 3.2.1-2 OK libfido2 1.15.0-1 OK libgcc1 12.4.0-3 OK libgdbm6 1.18.1-1 OK libgmp10 6.3.0-1 OK libgssapi_krb5_2 1.15.2-2 OK libiconv2 1.17-1 OK libintl8 0.22.5-1 OK libk5crypto3 1.15.2-2 OK libkrb5_3 1.15.2-2 OK libkrb5support0 1.15.2-2 OK liblz4_1 1.9.4-1 OK liblzma5 5.6.3-1 OK libmpfr6 4.2.1-1 OK libncursesw10 6.5+20240427-1 OK libp11-kit0 0.23.20-1 OK libpcre1 8.45-1 OK libpcre2_8_0 10.44-1 OK libpipeline1 1.5.6-1 OK libpopt-common 1.19-1 OK libpopt0 1.19-1 OK libreadline7 8.2-2 OK libsmartcols1 2.39.3-2 OK libssl1.1 1.1.1w-1 OK libssl3 3.0.15-1 OK libstdc++6 12.4.0-3 OK libtasn1_6 4.14-1 OK libuchardet0 0.0.8-1 OK libuuid1 2.39.3-2 OK libzstd1 1.5.6-1 OK login 1.13-1 OK man-db 2.13.0-1 OK mintty 3.7.7-1 OK ncurses 6.5+20240427-1 OK openssh 9.9p1-1 OK openssl 3.0.15-1 OK p11-kit 0.23.20-1 OK p11-kit-trust 0.23.20-1 OK rebase 4.6.6-1 OK run 1.3.4-2 OK sed 4.9-1 OK tar 1.35-2 OK terminfo 6.5+20240427-1 OK tzcode 2024b-1 OK tzdata 2024b-1 OK util-linux 2.39.3-2 OK vim-minimal 9.0.2155-2 OK which 2.20-2 OK xz 5.6.3-1 OK zlib0 1.3.1-1 OK zstd 1.5.6-1 OK Use -h to see help about each section
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