From 8afdfa6099937ad7410bb9ef6c5e5eb0c5603b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DuProcess <273172371+DuProcess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:14:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Report SDK SSH config load failures

---
 src/client.rs | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 5dc4d48..d26f84c 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ impl DoshClientBuilder {
             .or(host_config.port)
             .unwrap_or(self.client.config.dosh_port);
         let ssh_port = host_config.ssh_port.or(self.client.config.ssh_port);
-        let ssh_config =
-            load_sdk_ssh_config(host_config.ssh_config.as_deref(), ssh_port).unwrap_or_default();
+        let ssh_config = load_sdk_ssh_config(host_config.ssh_config.as_deref(), ssh_port)?;
         let requested_user = self
             .user
             .clone()
@@ -735,6 +734,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(parsed.identities_only);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sdk_ssh_config_without_alias_does_not_shell_out() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            load_sdk_ssh_config(None, Some(2222)).unwrap(),
+            SdkSshConfig::default()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn sdk_identity_paths_follow_cli_precedence_and_identities_only() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();