Add jumpstarter-driver-ssh-mount package for remote filesystem mounting#434
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…unting Implements support for mounting a remote device's filesystem locally via sshfs, enabling iterative build-install-test workflows as described in issue #322. The SSH driver CLI is restructured from a single command to a group with shell, mount, and umount subcommands. The mount command leverages the existing SSH driver infrastructure (identity files, port forwarding, direct connections) to run sshfs. Closes #322 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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python/packages/jumpstarter-driver-ssh/jumpstarter_driver_ssh/client.py
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@ambient-code please handle comments, create a completely separate driver. |
…-ssh-mount package Move the sshfs mount/umount functionality out of the SSH driver into its own independent driver package (jumpstarter-driver-ssh-mount). This avoids a CLI namespace clash where `j ssh mount /dev/sdb /mnt` would be ambiguous between mounting via sshfs and running `mount /dev/sdb /mnt` on the remote host over SSH. The new driver is registered as a separate CLI command (`j ssh-mount mount` / `j ssh-mount umount`), and the SSH driver is restored to its original single-command form (`j ssh`). Addresses review feedback from @mangelajo on PR #434. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| type: jumpstarter_driver_network.driver.TcpNetwork |
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I think it's better to use here an SSH driver instead, in that way the ssh_identity file and other settings are already provided and we don't need to do that here as well.
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Done -- updated the exporter config to reference the SSH driver directly via ref: "ssh", so ssh-mount inherits credentials and settings from the parent SSH driver without duplication.
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you need to add this one to the driver index or docs compilation will fail.
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Done -- added ssh-mount.md to both the Utility Drivers listing and the toctree directive in the drivers index.
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@ambient-code handle comments Also make sure sure to update the PR description as well. |
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In the absence of mount point, can you envision some way to remember the mountpoints and just unmount whatever we had mounted before? (i.e. some sort of temporary session files in .jumpstarter/shell/${lease-id} or similar (i.e. a hash of the socket path...)?
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Good suggestion. Mountpoint session tracking (remembering mounts in .jumpstarter/shell/${lease-id} for argument-less unmount) adds non-trivial scope to this PR. Recommend tracking as a follow-up issue.
- Add ssh-mount.md to the driver docs toctree to fix the check-warnings
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- Update example exporter.yaml to show ssh-mount reusing the SSH driver's
tcp child via ref instead of duplicating network config
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Review comment fixes pushedAddressed the following review feedback from @mangelajo: Fixed in this commit (b9d8473):
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python/packages/jumpstarter-driver-ssh-mount/examples/exporter.yaml
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…cess SSHMount now references the SSH driver (SSHWrapper) as its 'ssh' child instead of duplicating credentials config and directly accessing 'tcp'. This eliminates duplicate default_username/ssh_identity configuration and lets ssh-mount inherit everything from the SSH driver. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| host: "192.168.1.100" | ||
| port: 22 | ||
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Done in b221596 -- renamed to mount: in both the exporter config example and the README.
Address review feedback: - Rename exporter config key from 'ssh-mount' to 'mount' for cleaner CLI - Restructure CLI from group with mount/umount subcommands to single 'mount' command with --umount flag (j mount /path, j mount --umount /path) - Fix macOS install docs: point to macfuse.github.io instead of brew - Update tests to match new CLI structure Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Review feedback addressed (b221596)Addressed 3 new review comments from @mangelajo:
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| self.logger.debug("Using SSH port forwarding for sshfs connection") | ||
| with TcpPortforwardAdapter(client=self.ssh.tcp) as addr: | ||
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| self.logger.debug("SSH port forward established - host: %s, port: %s", host, port) | ||
| self._run_sshfs(host, port, mountpoint, remote_path, extra_args) |
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[CRITICAL] The non-direct mount path is effectively broken. TcpPortforwardAdapter is used as a context manager, but sshfs daemonizes by default (forks to background), so subprocess.run returns immediately. The with block then exits and tears down the port forward while the sshfs mount is still active, leaving the mounted filesystem dead/inaccessible.
This differs from the SSH driver where ssh blocks (runs a command and waits), keeping the context manager alive.
Suggested fix: either run sshfs with -f (foreground mode) and manage the port forward lifecycle in a background thread, or store the TcpPortforwardAdapter context as instance state and only close it when umount() is called.
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Acknowledged -- this was a real issue but has been addressed in the current code. The implementation now uses sshfs -f (foreground) mode, which means subprocess.Popen blocks (the process does not fork/daemonize). The port forward stays alive in the with block for the duration of the sshfs process.
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| if identity_file: | ||
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| "Temporary SSH key file %s will persist until unmount. " | ||
| "It has permissions 0600.", | ||
| identity_file, | ||
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[HIGH] Temporary SSH private key files created via _create_temp_identity_file (with delete=False in /tmp/) are never cleaned up. The finally block here only logs; it never deletes the file. umount() also has no cleanup logic. SSH private keys accumulate in /tmp/ with the predictable suffix _ssh_key. Compare with the SSH driver (client.py:188-195) which properly calls os.unlink(identity_file) in its finally block.
Suggested fix: delete the identity file in this finally block (sshfs reads the key at startup and does not need it afterwards), or track file paths in mount state and clean up in umount().
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It will need the key if it has to re-connect. Not sure if there is a good solution, perhaps making sure that we can cleanup on jmp end shell session, but there is no support for that.
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Fixed -- identity files are now cleaned up in the finally block of _run_sshfs via _cleanup_identity_file(). As @mangelajo noted, the key persists while sshfs is running for potential reconnects, so cleanup happens at session end.
| def _retry_sshfs_without_allow_other(self, result, sshfs_args): | ||
| """Retry sshfs without allow_other if it failed due to that option""" | ||
| if result.returncode != 0 and "allow_other" in result.stderr: | ||
| self.logger.debug("Retrying sshfs without allow_other option") | ||
| sshfs_args = [arg for arg in sshfs_args if arg != "allow_other"] | ||
| return subprocess.run(sshfs_args, capture_output=True, text=True) |
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[HIGH] The retry filter [arg for arg in sshfs_args if arg != "allow_other"] removes only the string "allow_other" but leaves the preceding "-o" flag in the list. Since sshfs args are structured as pairs like ["-o", "option_value"], this produces something like [..., "-o", "-o", "next_opt"] or a trailing ["-o"], which is an invalid command.
Suggested fix: remove the -o/allow_other pair together. You could rebuild the args list filtering pairs, e.g., by iterating with an index and skipping both elements when the value matches.
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Good catch -- fixed. The _remove_allow_other method now properly removes both the -o flag and the allow_other value as a pair. The test test_mount_sshfs_allow_other_fallback verifies there are no orphaned -o flags after removal.
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| result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--help"]) | ||
| assert "mountpoint" in result.output.lower() or "MOUNTPOINT" in result.output | ||
| assert "--umount" in result.output |
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[HIGH] The entire if direct: branch in client.py:78-92, including URL parsing via urlparse, self.ssh.tcp.address(), and the fallback on DriverMethodNotImplemented/ValueError, has zero test coverage. This is a complete functional code path.
Suggested fix: add at least two tests: one for a successful direct mount, and one for fallback when the address method raises DriverMethodNotImplemented.
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Added -- test_mount_sshfs_direct_success covers the happy path and test_mount_sshfs_direct_fallback_to_portforward covers the fallback when address() raises ValueError.
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| result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--help"]) | ||
| assert "mountpoint" in result.output.lower() or "MOUNTPOINT" in result.output | ||
| assert "--umount" in result.output |
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[HIGH] No test exercises a generic sshfs mount failure (non-zero exit code without "allow_other" in stderr). The error path at client.py:111-114 raising ClickException is untested.
Suggested fix: add a test where subprocess.run returns a non-zero exit code with a generic error message and verify ClickException is raised.
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Added -- test_mount_sshfs_generic_failure covers this path. Verifies that a non-allow_other error raises ClickException and no retry is attempted.
| readme = "README.md" | ||
| license = "Apache-2.0" | ||
| authors = [ | ||
| { name = "Ambient Code Bot", email = "bot@ambient-code.local" } |
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[MEDIUM] The authors field uses { name = "Ambient Code Bot", email = "bot@ambient-code.local" }. Other packages in this repo use real maintainer identities. A .local email domain may cause issues with package registries.
Suggested fix: update to the actual contributor or project maintainer identity.
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Fixed -- updated to use "The Jumpstarter Authors" consistent with other packages in the repo.
| def mount(self, mountpoint, *, remote_path="/", direct=False, extra_args=None): | ||
| """Mount remote filesystem locally via sshfs | ||
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| mountpoint: Local directory to mount the remote filesystem on | ||
| remote_path: Remote path to mount (default: /) | ||
| direct: If True, connect directly to the host's TCP address | ||
| extra_args: Extra arguments to pass to sshfs | ||
| """ | ||
| # Verify sshfs is available | ||
| sshfs_path = self._find_executable("sshfs") | ||
| if not sshfs_path: | ||
| raise click.ClickException( | ||
| "sshfs is not installed. Please install it:\n" | ||
| " Fedora/RHEL: sudo dnf install fuse-sshfs\n" | ||
| " Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install sshfs\n" | ||
| " macOS: install macfuse from https://macfuse.github.io/" | ||
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| os.makedirs(mountpoint, exist_ok=True) | ||
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| address = self.ssh.tcp.address() | ||
| parsed = urlparse(address) | ||
| host = parsed.hostname | ||
| port = parsed.port | ||
| if not host or not port: | ||
| raise ValueError(f"Invalid address format: {address}") | ||
| self.logger.debug("Using direct TCP connection for sshfs - host: %s, port: %s", host, port) | ||
| self._run_sshfs(host, port, mountpoint, remote_path, extra_args) | ||
| except (DriverMethodNotImplemented, ValueError) as e: | ||
| self.logger.error( | ||
| "Direct address connection failed (%s), falling back to port forwarding", e | ||
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| self.mount(mountpoint, remote_path=remote_path, direct=False, extra_args=extra_args) | ||
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| self.logger.debug("Using SSH port forwarding for sshfs connection") | ||
| with TcpPortforwardAdapter(client=self.ssh.tcp) as addr: | ||
| host, port = addr | ||
| self.logger.debug("SSH port forward established - host: %s, port: %s", host, port) | ||
| self._run_sshfs(host, port, mountpoint, remote_path, extra_args) |
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[MEDIUM] The direct/fallback TCP connection pattern, temporary identity file creation, and URL parsing logic are nearly identical to jumpstarter_driver_ssh/client.py. Bug fixes to one will likely not propagate to the other.
Suggested fix: consider extracting shared logic into a utility module or base class to reduce duplication.
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Acknowledged -- the ssh-mount client inherits credentials from the SSH driver via ref: "ssh", which reduces some duplication. The remaining overlap is intentional to keep the mount driver self-contained. Extracting shared utilities is a good follow-up but would increase scope.
| def test_cli_has_mount_and_umount_flag(): | ||
| """Test that the CLI exposes mount command with --umount flag""" | ||
| instance = SSHMount( | ||
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| cli = client.cli() | ||
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| runner = CliRunner() | ||
| result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--help"]) | ||
| assert "mountpoint" in result.output.lower() or "MOUNTPOINT" in result.output | ||
| assert "--umount" in result.output |
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[MEDIUM] test_cli_has_mount_and_umount_flag only invokes cli(["--help"]) and checks the output text. It does not verify that invoking the CLI with actual arguments dispatches to self.mount() or self.umount().
Suggested fix: add tests that invoke the CLI with actual arguments and mock the underlying methods to verify dispatch.
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Added -- test_cli_dispatches_mount and test_cli_dispatches_umount verify CLI invocation dispatches to the correct methods with expected parameters.
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[MEDIUM] The module-level docstring """Tests for the SSH mount driver""" is redundant since the filename driver_test.py already communicates this purpose.
Suggested fix: remove the module-level docstring.
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Removed the redundant module-level docstring.
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| os.makedirs(mountpoint, exist_ok=True) |
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Fixed -- identity files are cleaned up in the finally block of _run_sshfs via _cleanup_identity_file().
Addressing review from @raballewThank you for the thorough review. All comments are valid and agreed upon. Here's the plan: Critical/High - Will fix in next push:
Will add tests for:
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Working on fixes now. |
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Re: @mangelajo's comment on temp key cleanup: Agreed -- the temp key cleanup is tricky since sshfs may need it for reconnects. For now, the approach will be to keep the key file alive while the mount is active (tracked via mount state) and delete it on |
One solution to this, and 1, the port forward bug, could be to keep the j mount running while the sshfsmount is active, then we can also cleanup the key before exiting. Perhaps j mount could start a new shell inside? and then umounting is just running "exit"? we could append some indication to the bash prompt, and also provide a flag to just keep the process in the foreground without shell start (--no-shell or --foreground..?) |
- [CRITICAL] Keep TcpPortforwardAdapter alive for mount duration instead of exiting context manager immediately (port forward was torn down before sshfs could use it) - [HIGH] Track active mounts with identity files and port forwards; clean up both on umount. Support umount() with no args to unmount all session mounts - [HIGH] Fix broken retry filter: remove both "-o" and "allow_other" together to avoid orphaned -o flag - [HIGH] Clean up temp SSH key files on mount failure and on umount - [MEDIUM] Add subprocess timeout (120s) to all subprocess.run calls - [MEDIUM] Remove redundant docstrings that restate method names - [MEDIUM] Fix authors field in pyproject.toml - [MEDIUM] Improve macOS install instructions in README - Add tests for: direct mount, direct-to-portforward fallback, generic mount failure, system umount fallback, mount tracking cleanup, and unmount-all-session-mounts Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
PR Review Feedback AddressedPushed commit e1d1d66 addressing all review comments from @mangelajo and @raballew. Summary of changes: Critical / High Priority Fixes
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- Extract _build_umount_cmd and _cleanup_mount_resources from umount() to reduce cyclomatic complexity from 11 to within the limit of 10 - Remove redundant module-level docstring from driver_test.py - Add test_cli_dispatches_mount and test_cli_dispatches_umount to verify CLI argument parsing actually dispatches to the correct methods Addresses review feedback from @raballew and fixes lint-python CI failure. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pushed fix in 9f20741 addressing the remaining review feedback: CI fix (lint-python):
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On macOS, /tmp is a symlink to /private/tmp. The client code calls os.path.realpath() on mountpoints, so test assertions and _active_mounts keys must also use resolved paths to match correctly. Fixes 3 failing tests on macOS: test_mount_sshfs_success, test_umount_cleans_up_tracked_resources, test_umount_all_session_mounts. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CI fix pushed (058cf54)Fixed 3 macOS test failures in Changes:
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but this will also exit if sshfs goes into background somehow.
I think we should keep the with and ensure that we stay in the foreground, can you investigate how sshfs works?
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Agreed, this is the right approach. Here is what I found investigating sshfs foreground behavior:
How sshfs works:
- By default, sshfs forks to background (daemonizes) after successfully mounting. subprocess.run() returns immediately after the fork, which is why the original with context manager was broken -- it would exit and tear down the port forward.
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-fflag keeps sshfs in the foreground -- it blocks until the filesystem is unmounted. This means subprocess.run() will not return until umount happens.
Proposed approach (aligns with your shell suggestion from the earlier comment):
- Run sshfs with
-f(foreground mode) inside thewithblock - Since
-fblocks, run it in a background thread so the CLI remains interactive - When the user runs
j mount --umount, we unmount the filesystem, which causes the sshfs-fprocess to exit, which exits thewithblock naturally and tears down the port forward - For the spawn-a-shell UX:
j mountcould start sshfs in foreground, spawn a subshell, and on shell exit, unmount + cleanup automatically
This way we get proper lifecycle management: the with statement stays intact, the port forward lives exactly as long as the mount, and cleanup of both the identity file and port forward happens deterministically.
Will implement this in the next push.
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Agreed, this is the right approach. Investigated sshfs foreground behavior:
By default, sshfs forks to background (daemonizes) after mounting. subprocess.run() returns immediately, which is why the original with-context was broken.
The -f flag keeps sshfs in the foreground -- it blocks until unmount. Proposed approach:
- Run sshfs with
-finside thewithblock - Run it in a background thread so the CLI stays interactive
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j mount --umount, unmounting causes sshfs to exit, which exits thewithblock and tears down the port forward naturally - For the shell UX: start sshfs foreground, spawn subshell, on exit auto-cleanup
This gives proper lifecycle: with-statement intact, port forward lives as long as mount, identity file cleanup is deterministic. Will implement next.
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Agreed -- the current code uses -f flag to keep sshfs in the foreground so it blocks and the port forward stays alive. The _start_sshfs_with_fallback method does a quick test mount first (without -f) to validate connectivity, then unmounts and re-starts in foreground mode via Popen.
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@mangelajo Great idea -- running Approach:
This also simplifies the Will push the implementation shortly. |
Address @mangelajo's suggestion to keep j mount running while the sshfs mount is active. This solves the port forward teardown, key cleanup, and session tracking problems in one shot: - Run sshfs with -f (foreground mode) so it blocks instead of daemonizing - By default spawn a subshell with modified prompt; type 'exit' to unmount - Add --foreground flag to block on sshfs directly (Ctrl+C to unmount) - Keep --umount as fallback for orphaned mounts - Remove _active_mounts state tracking (lifecycle tied to process now) - Clean up identity files in finally block (deterministic cleanup) - Port forward adapter cleaned up via try/finally in mount() Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Foreground mount with subshell pushed (9feb62e)Implemented @mangelajo's suggestion from this comment. Key changes: Architecture change
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Addressing review feedbackPushed a fix (35ddb82) addressing the CI failures: Lint fixes (ruff):
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Responded to all review comments from @raballew and @mangelajo -- most of the issues raised in the review (port forward teardown, temp key cleanup, allow_other filter, test coverage gaps) have already been addressed in the current code. See individual replies for details. Items acknowledged as future work:
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- Remove unused `proc` variable assignment in `_run_subshell` (ruff F841) - Fix `test_mount_foreground_mode`: add third `wait` side_effect for cleanup path after sshfs terminate - Fix `test_mount_subshell_mode`: add second `wait` side_effect for cleanup path and use `poll.return_value` instead of `side_effect` Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CI fixes pushed (4d3f152)Fixed the 3 CI failures (lint-python, test_mount_foreground_mode, test_mount_subshell_mode):
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Summary
jumpstarter-driver-ssh-mountpackage that provides remote filesystem mounting via sshfsjumpstarter-driver-ssh, avoiding CLI namespace conflicts (e.g.,j ssh mount /dev/sdb /mntvs filesystem mounting)ref: "ssh"to inherit credentials and TCP connectivity -- no duplicate configuration needed-f) and spawns a subshell so the mount lifecycle is tied to the process. Typeexitto unmount and clean up all resources automatically (port forwards, identity files)--foregroundflag blocks on sshfs directly without subshell (Ctrl+C to unmount)--umountflag available as fallback for orphaned mountsUsage
Exporter Configuration
Closes #322
Test plan
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