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Problem

p0 ssh and p0 scp could not request a custom access duration. p0 request and p0 kubeconfig already accept --duration, so users connecting over SSH or SCP had no way to ask for a shorter or longer access window and always got the default.

Status: N/A

Change

Adds an optional string --duration to p0 ssh and p0 scp. When passed, the value is forwarded as --duration <value> in the request ssh session call that both commands make through the shared provisionRequest. Without the flag, the request arguments are unchanged. The CLI does not validate the string; the backend does, as it does for p0 request and p0 kubeconfig.

Check off any of the following areas of code that are modified:

  • authentication / authorization
  • workflow
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  • lifecycle SDK
  • datastore abstractions
  • none of the above

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Breaking change
  • Refactoring
  • Documentation update
  • Dependency update
  • Performance improvement
  • Security fix

Validation

  • Testing: unit tests for provisionRequest (with and without duration), command-level tests for p0 ssh (both access types) and a new scp.test.ts, each checking that --duration reaches the request and is absent without the flag. The ssh and scp command tests now mock ensureSsmInstall, so they no longer depend on the AWS CLI being installed locally. Existing snapshots are unchanged. Results from the last review pass:
    • yarn prettier --check .: pass (only untracked handoff files in .ship-ticket/ are flagged, and they are not part of the change)
    • yarn eslint --max-warnings 0 .: pass
    • yarn tsc: pass
    • yarn test:unit: pass (43 files, 364 tests; 2 pre-existing obsolete snapshots in ls.test.ts.snap)
  • Blast radius: provisionRequest is shared by p0 ssh and p0 scp only. With no --duration, the argument list is the same as before.
  • Risks & mitigations: an invalid duration string is rejected by the backend, not the CLI, so the error text comes from the API. This matches p0 request.

Rollout / rollback

N/A

Tracking (optional)

https://linear.app/p0-security/issue/CUS-245/cli-p0-ssh-cant-request-a-custom-access-duration

Follow-up Work (optional)

  • Docs, the CLI version bump and release, and notifying customers are tracked separately in CUS-249 and are intentionally not part of this PR.
  • Review nit, left open: the --duration option definition is now repeated in ssh.ts, scp.ts and kubeconfig.ts. It could move to a shared helper, but a five-line option did not seem worth a new abstraction yet.
  • Review nit, left open: scp.test.ts copies fixtures and the mockStreaming helper from ssh.test.ts. They could be shared if more command-level tests are added.

p0 ssh and p0 scp now accept an optional --duration option, in the same format as p0 request and p0 kubeconfig ('10 minutes', '2 hours', '5 days', '1 week'). When it is set, the value is passed as --duration in the underlying "request ssh session" call. When it is not set, the request is identical to what the CLI sent before.

Users could not ask for a shorter or longer access window when connecting over SSH or SCP, and had to take the default. The CLI does not parse the value; the backend validates it, as it does for the other commands that take a duration. New tests cover both commands with and without the option. The ssh command tests now mock the AWS tooling check so they pass on machines without the AWS CLI installed.
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The SSH and SCP commands now accept an optional string --duration argument. The shared request builder adds --duration and its value when the duration is not undefined. Tests cover set, unset, and empty durations, as well as SSH persistent and ephemeral access and SCP requests.

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SSH and SCP can forward an optional duration with no material merge-readiness risk identified.

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Review comments at @src/commands/shared/ssh.ts:
- Line 193: Update the duration argument handling to include --duration whenever
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CodeRabbit pointed out that an empty string was dropped by a truthiness check, so the default window was used instead of letting the backend reject the value. Check for undefined instead and add a test.
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