# SSH Execute Command -1 timeout not working

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**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ssh-execute-command-1-timeout-not-working/7717 "2025-09-25T12:37:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ssh-execute-command-1-timeout-not-working/7717/6 "2026-08-11T12:32:33Z")

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@Vincent I’m seeing some sort of regression around this again.

I’m currently using FinalBuilder 8.6.0.3656 and an **SSH Execute Command** action is returning:

```auto
Response reading timed out..
Exit Code [999].

```

The first line is in red, the second in white (in dark mode). The action previously had a **Command timeout (ms)** of 5400000 (90 minutes), but I’ve also tried -1. The action itself only has a **Run Time** of **00:01:40:125**. The action _also_ isn’t marked as failing in this case, so the script continues running the rest of the commands.

I’m seeing the same failure connecting to both a Linux system and a macOS on. It seems to have started failing sometime since yesterday morning, though I can’t find anything that would have changed in that time. I had been previously running 8.6.0.3648 from [the WinARM64EC thread](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/delphi-winarm64ec-dccarm64ec-exe/7798/15), and upgrading to the stable release didn’t help. Restarting the remote systems also didn’t help.

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