diff --git a/.github/workflows/openssh-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/openssh-integration.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f05b780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/openssh-integration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: OpenSSH Compatibility
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  openssh-integration:
+    name: OpenSSH Integration
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v7
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - name: Verify OpenSSH client
+        run: ssh -V
+      - name: Run OpenSSH compatibility suite
+        run: go test -count=1 -tags=openssh_integration ./...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/race.yml b/.github/workflows/race.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6a6d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/race.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Race
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  race:
+    name: Race
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v7
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: go test -race ./...
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e60395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+stages:
+  - test
+
+variables:
+  GOTOOLCHAIN: local
+
+.default-go-job:
+  image: golang:1.26-bookworm
+  stage: test
+  before_script:
+    - go version
+
+unit:
+  extends: .default-go-job
+  script:
+    - go test ./...
+
+race:
+  extends: .default-go-job
+  script:
+    - go test -race ./...
+
+openssh-integration:
+  extends: .default-go-job
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update
+    - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openssh-client
+    - rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    - go version
+    - ssh -V
+  script:
+    - go test -count=1 -tags=openssh_integration ./...
diff --git a/keepalive.go b/keepalive.go
index e675d8d..70e7535 100644
--- a/keepalive.go
+++ b/keepalive.go
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ func (ska *SessionKeepAlive) ServerRequestedKeepAliveCallback() {
 	ska.metrics.ServerRequestedKeepAlive++
 }
 
-// Reset resets the keep-alive timer.
+// Reset resets the keep-alive timer after a reply to a server-requested
+// keepalive is received. Both positive and negative SSH replies prove peer
+// liveness; callers should invoke Reset whenever the request completed without
+// a transport error.
 func (ska *SessionKeepAlive) Reset() {
 	ska.m.Lock()
 	defer ska.m.Unlock()
@@ -71,12 +74,11 @@ func (ska *SessionKeepAlive) Reset() {
 	}
 }
 
-// notePeerActivity records inbound traffic from the peer. It bumps
-// lastReceived (clearing the dead-peer deadline used by TimeIsUp) and
-// resets the ticker so the next probe fires `interval` after the most
-// recent activity. Matches OpenSSH sshd, which clears keep_alive_timeouts
-// on every successfully-received packet and defers the next probe on
-// inbound traffic. Internal — driven by the package's request loops.
+// notePeerActivity records inbound request activity that this package can
+// directly observe, such as global requests and per-channel requests. Ordinary
+// SSH channel payload is consumed inside golang.org/x/crypto/ssh and is not
+// visible here. Transport liveness does not depend on observing all payload
+// traffic because server keepalive replies independently refresh the deadline.
 func (ska *SessionKeepAlive) notePeerActivity() {
 	ska.m.Lock()
 	defer ska.m.Unlock()
diff --git a/openssh_integration_test.go b/openssh_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c8315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssh_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+//go:build openssh_integration
+
+package ssh
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestOpenSSHDynamicForwardingSurvivesKeepAliveDeadline(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("ssh"); err != nil {
+		t.Skip("OpenSSH client not available")
+	}
+
+	echoLn, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer echoLn.Close()
+	go serveEcho(echoLn)
+
+	sshLn, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	srv := &Server{
+		Handler:              func(Session) {},
+		ClientAliveInterval:  100 * time.Millisecond,
+		ClientAliveCountMax:  3,
+		ChannelHandlers:      map[string]ChannelHandler{"direct-tcpip": DirectTCPIPHandler},
+		LocalPortForwardingCallback: func(Context, string, uint32) bool { return true },
+	}
+	serveDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { serveDone <- srv.Serve(sshLn) }()
+	defer func() {
+		_ = srv.Close()
+		select {
+		case <-serveDone:
+		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+			t.Error("SSH server did not stop")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	socksPort := reserveTCPPort(t)
+	_, sshPortText, err := net.SplitHostPort(sshLn.Addr().String())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "ssh",
+		"-F", "/dev/null",
+		"-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
+		"-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
+		"-o", "LogLevel=ERROR",
+		"-o", "PreferredAuthentications=none",
+		"-o", "PubkeyAuthentication=no",
+		"-o", "PasswordAuthentication=no",
+		"-o", "NumberOfPasswordPrompts=0",
+		"-o", "ExitOnForwardFailure=yes",
+		"-N",
+		"-D", net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(socksPort)),
+		"-p", sshPortText,
+		"test@127.0.0.1",
+	)
+	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	waitDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { waitDone <- cmd.Wait() }()
+
+	if err := waitForTCP(net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(socksPort)), 5*time.Second); err != nil {
+		b, _ := io.ReadAll(stderr)
+		t.Fatalf("OpenSSH SOCKS listener did not start: %v: %s", err, b)
+	}
+
+	// The server timeout window is 300ms. OpenSSH normally responds to the
+	// unsupported keepalive@openssh.com request with a negative SSH reply.
+	// Remaining connected for more than three timeout windows protects the
+	// v1.2.7 regression where negative replies were incorrectly treated as
+	// missed keepalives.
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	select {
+	case err := <-waitDone:
+		b, _ := io.ReadAll(stderr)
+		t.Fatalf("OpenSSH exited after keepalive deadline: %v: %s", err, b)
+	default:
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		payload := fmt.Sprintf("forward-%d", i)
+		got, err := socksRoundTrip(
+			net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(socksPort)),
+			echoLn.Addr().String(),
+			payload,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("forward %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+		if got != payload {
+			t.Fatalf("forward %d: got %q, want %q", i, got, payload)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Exercise another idle period after channel churn, then prove the parent
+	// SSH connection can still create a fresh direct-tcpip channel.
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	if got, err := socksRoundTrip(
+		net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(socksPort)),
+		echoLn.Addr().String(),
+		"after-idle",
+	); err != nil || got != "after-idle" {
+		t.Fatalf("forward after idle: got %q err=%v", got, err)
+	}
+
+	cancel()
+	select {
+	case <-waitDone:
+	case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
+		t.Fatal("OpenSSH process did not exit after cancellation")
+	}
+}
+
+func reserveTCPPort(t *testing.T) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer ln.Close()
+	return ln.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port
+}
+
+func waitForTCP(addr string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, 50*time.Millisecond)
+		if err == nil {
+			_ = conn.Close()
+			return nil
+		}
+		time.Sleep(25 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for %s", addr)
+}
+
+func serveEcho(ln net.Listener) {
+	for {
+		conn, err := ln.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		go func() {
+			defer conn.Close()
+			_, _ = io.Copy(conn, conn)
+		}()
+	}
+}
+
+func socksRoundTrip(socksAddr, targetAddr, payload string) (string, error) {
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", socksAddr, 2*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	_ = conn.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second))
+
+	if _, err := conn.Write([]byte{0x05, 0x01, 0x00}); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	r := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	method := make([]byte, 2)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, method); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if method[0] != 0x05 || method[1] != 0x00 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected SOCKS method response %v", method)
+	}
+
+	host, portText, err := net.SplitHostPort(targetAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	ip := net.ParseIP(host).To4()
+	if ip == nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("target is not IPv4: %s", host)
+	}
+	port, err := strconv.Atoi(portText)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	request := []byte{0x05, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, ip[0], ip[1], ip[2], ip[3], byte(port >> 8), byte(port)}
+	if _, err := conn.Write(request); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	header := make([]byte, 4)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, header); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if header[1] != 0x00 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("SOCKS connect failed with status %d", header[1])
+	}
+	var addrLen int
+	switch header[3] {
+	case 0x01:
+		addrLen = 4
+	case 0x04:
+		addrLen = 16
+	case 0x03:
+		b, err := r.ReadByte()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		addrLen = int(b)
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown SOCKS address type %d", header[3])
+	}
+	if _, err := io.CopyN(io.Discard, r, int64(addrLen+2)); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(conn, payload); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	buf := make([]byte, len(payload))
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(buf), nil
+}
diff --git a/server_hardening_test.go b/server_hardening_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..495b703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_hardening_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package ssh
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	gossh "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+)
+
+type testChannel struct {
+	bytes.Buffer
+	stderr bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+func (c *testChannel) Close() error      { return nil }
+func (c *testChannel) CloseWrite() error { return nil }
+func (c *testChannel) SendRequest(string, bool, []byte) (bool, error) {
+	return true, nil
+}
+func (c *testChannel) Stderr() io.ReadWriter { return &c.stderr }
+
+func TestOpenChannelSetLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	set := &openChannelSet{}
+	if got := set.any(); got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("empty set returned channel %v", got)
+	}
+
+	first := &testChannel{}
+	second := &testChannel{}
+	set.add(first)
+	set.add(second)
+	if got := set.any(); got != gossh.Channel(first) {
+		t.Fatalf("any() = %v, want first channel", got)
+	}
+
+	set.remove(first)
+	if got := set.any(); got != gossh.Channel(second) {
+		t.Fatalf("any() after removal = %v, want second channel", got)
+	}
+
+	// Removing an absent channel is intentionally idempotent.
+	set.remove(first)
+	set.remove(second)
+	if got := set.any(); got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("empty set after removals returned %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOpenChannelSetConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	set := &openChannelSet{}
+	channels := make([]*testChannel, 64)
+	for i := range channels {
+		channels[i] = &testChannel{}
+	}
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for _, ch := range channels {
+		ch := ch
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+				set.add(ch)
+				_ = set.any()
+				set.remove(ch)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// Each goroutine removes its own final registration. Duplicate transient
+	// registrations are removed one-at-a-time during the loop; no operation may
+	// race or panic under -race.
+	for _, ch := range channels {
+		for {
+			set.mu.Lock()
+			found := false
+			for _, existing := range set.chans {
+				if existing == ch {
+					found = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			set.mu.Unlock()
+			if !found {
+				break
+			}
+			set.remove(ch)
+		}
+	}
+	if got := set.any(); got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("set not empty after concurrent lifecycle test: %v", got)
+	}
+}