---
title: "How to prevent SSH timeout from hanging your terminal"
date: 2025-03-17
draft: true
lang: en
categories: [ blog ]
tags: []
translationKey: "ssh-timeout"
---

Sometimes, I open an SSH session and then forget about it. When I get back to it, it hangs indefinitely, without a way to close it other than closing the terminal.

To avoid this, add this to the client config:

```sshconfig
Host *
        ServerAliveInterval 100
```

If you're disconnected from the SSH server, you'll get this message `Timeout, server example.com not responding.` and the connection is terminated.