# Timeout Before Authentication - SSH

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-before-authentication-ssh/38506>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-before-authentication-ssh/38506 "2023-10-10T10:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mshrihari3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mshrihari3/32/1113_2.png) [@mshrihari3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mshrihari3)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-before-authentication-ssh/38506/1 "2023-10-10T10:04:33Z")

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Hey all,

I am facing a timeout issue while trying to run a job template. This is our current setup:

**AWX Version** - 22.5.0 (AWX is running on OKD and is deployed using AWX Operator)

**OKD Version** - 4.11.0-0.okd-2022-12-02-145640 (Update Channel: Stable-4)

**OpenSSH version on bastion host:**  
openssh-server-7.4p1-23.el7\_9.x86\_64  
openssh-7.4p1-23.el7\_9.x86\_64  
openssh-clients-7.4p1-23.el7\_9.x86\_64

**OpenSSH version on remote server:**  
openssh-8.7p1-30.el9\_2.x86\_64  
openssh-clients-8.7p1-30.el9\_2.x86\_64  
openssh-server-8.7p1-30.el9\_2.x86\_64

**The traffic flow is as follows:**  
AWX on OKD → Bastion Host/Jumpbox → Remote Server

**Problem Statement:**

When I try to run a template, the first few tasks run successfully. But after running a few tasks, I see that the server becomes unreachable and I see “Timeout Before Authentication” in the SSH logs on the remote server. Here’s an example:

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> ![Screenshot 2023-10-10 at 3.15.17 PM.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/1/10a7a9d70df29f00594e39c50cd459a359d15c83.png)  
> [failed\_job\_high\_verbosity.txt](https://forum.ansible.com/uploads/short-url/zbu6FX2awI3lt8jhJsUmIB2tEZ4.txt) (56.7 KB)