Summary

Users may experience SSH hanging when using sshpass in combination with a private key that has a passphrase, for example:

sshpass -p password ssh $user@server -v
debug1: Trying private key: /opt/atlassian/pipelines/agent/ssh/id_rsa

Solution

Include the -P assphrase flag in the sshpass command. Here's an example of how to use the command:

sshpass -p password -P assphrase ssh $user@server -v

Adding the -P assphrase flag, you can prevent SSH from hanging and ensure a successful connection using the private key with a passphrase.