Same problem here, it occurred when I upgraded to 2.5. I’ve tried a clean install of openhabian on my RPi and the problem is still present:
openhab.log
2020-01-16 21:47:37.035 [WARN ] [shd.server.session.ServerSessionImpl] - exceptionCaught(ServerSessionImpl[openhab@/127.0.0.1:45320])[state=Opened] RuntimeSshException: null
ssh openhab@localhost -p 8101 -vvvv
OpenSSH_7.9p1 Raspbian-10+deb10u1, OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/openhabian/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug2: resolving "localhost" port 8101
debug2: ssh_connect_direct
debug1: Connecting to localhost [::1] port 8101.
debug1: connect to address ::1 port 8101: Connection refused
debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 8101.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_xmss type -1
debug1: identity file /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.9p1 Raspbian-10+deb10u1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version SSHD-CORE-1.7.0
debug1: no match: SSHD-CORE-1.7.0
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Authenticating to localhost:8101 as 'openhab'
debug3: put_host_port: [localhost]:8101
debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/home/openhabian/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: record_hostkey: found key type RSA in file /home/openhabian/.ssh/known_hosts:2
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys from [localhost]:8101
debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: prefer hostkeyalgs: rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
debug3: send packet: type 20
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug3: receive packet: type 20
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: local client KEXINIT proposal
debug2: KEX algorithms: curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,ext-info-c
debug2: host key algorithms: rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519
debug2: ciphers ctos: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com
debug2: ciphers stoc: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com
debug2: MACs ctos: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: MACs stoc: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: compression ctos: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: compression stoc: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: languages ctos:
debug2: languages stoc:
debug2: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: reserved 0
debug2: peer server KEXINIT proposal
debug2: KEX algorithms: ecdh-sha2-nistp521,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
debug2: host key algorithms: ssh-rsa
debug2: ciphers ctos: aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
debug2: ciphers stoc: aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
debug2: MACs ctos: hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256
debug2: MACs stoc: hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256
debug2: compression ctos: none,zlib,zlib@openssh.com
debug2: compression stoc: none,zlib,zlib@openssh.com
debug2: languages ctos:
debug2: languages stoc:
debug2: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: reserved 0
debug1: kex: algorithm: ecdh-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-rsa
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: hmac-sha2-256 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: hmac-sha2-256 compression: none
debug3: send packet: type 30
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug3: receive packet: type 31
debug1: Server host key: ssh-rsa SHA256:S9zhp6o/PE9RHZpHJ0CW/pgTEaku+C1eKHA6FeZF6ZU
debug3: put_host_port: [127.0.0.1]:8101
debug3: put_host_port: [localhost]:8101
debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/home/openhabian/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: record_hostkey: found key type RSA in file /home/openhabian/.ssh/known_hosts:2
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys from [localhost]:8101
debug1: Host '[localhost]:8101' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/openhabian/.ssh/known_hosts:2
debug3: send packet: type 21
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: rekey after 4294967296 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug3: receive packet: type 21
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: rekey after 4294967296 blocks
debug1: Will attempt key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Will attempt key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Will attempt key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Will attempt key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Will attempt key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_xmss
debug2: pubkey_prepare: done
debug3: send packet: type 5
debug3: receive packet: type 6
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: keyboard-interactive,password,publickey
debug3: start over, passed a different list keyboard-interactive,password,publickey
debug3: preferred gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_rsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_rsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_dsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_dsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ecdsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug3: no such identity: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_xmss
debug3: no such identity: /home/openhabian/.ssh/id_xmss: No such file or directory
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug3: authmethod_lookup keyboard-interactive
debug3: remaining preferred: password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug2: userauth_kbdint
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 60
debug2: input_userauth_info_req
Password authentication
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: num_prompts 1
Password:
debug3: send packet: type 61
debug3: receive packet: type 52
debug1: Authentication succeeded (keyboard-interactive).
Authenticated to localhost ([127.0.0.1]:8101).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0
debug2: channel 0: send open
debug3: send packet: type 90
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: pledge: network
debug3: receive packet: type 91
debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback start
debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug3: ssh_packet_set_tos: set IP_TOS 0x10
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1
debug3: send packet: type 98
debug1: Sending environment.
debug3: Ignored env SHELL
debug3: Ignored env LANGUAGE
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_HOME
debug3: Ignored env NO_AT_BRIDGE
debug3: Ignored env EDITOR
debug3: Ignored env PWD
debug3: Ignored env LOGNAME
debug3: Ignored env XDG_SESSION_TYPE
debug3: Ignored env HOME
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
debug3: send packet: type 98
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_USERDATA
debug3: Ignored env LS_COLORS
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_CONF
debug3: Ignored env SSH_CONNECTION
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_HTTPS_PORT
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_BACKUPS
debug3: Ignored env LESSCLOSE
debug3: Ignored env XDG_SESSION_CLASS
debug3: Ignored env TERM
debug3: Ignored env LESSOPEN
debug3: Ignored env USER
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_HTTP_PORT
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_LOGDIR
debug3: Ignored env SHLVL
debug3: Ignored env XDG_SESSION_ID
debug1: Sending env LC_CTYPE = en_US.UTF-8
debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
debug3: send packet: type 98
debug3: Ignored env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
debug3: Ignored env SSH_CLIENT
debug1: Sending env LC_ALL = en_US.UTF-8
debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
debug3: send packet: type 98
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_GROUP
debug3: Ignored env GCC_COLORS
debug3: Ignored env PATH
debug3: Ignored env MAIL
debug3: Ignored env SSH_TTY
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_RUNTIME
debug3: Ignored env OPENHAB_USER
debug3: Ignored env TEXTDOMAIN
debug3: Ignored env _
debug3: Ignored env OLDPWD
debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1
debug3: send packet: type 98
debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 2097152 rmax 32768
debug3: receive packet: type 99
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: PTY allocation request accepted on channel 0
debug3: receive packet: type 99
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0
debug3: send packet: type 1
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
debug3: channel 0: status: The following connections are open:
#0 client-session (t4 r0 i0/0 o0/0 e[write]/0 fd 4/5/6 sock -1 cc -1)
debug3: fd 1 is not O_NONBLOCK
Connection to localhost closed by remote host.
Connection to localhost closed.
Transferred: sent 2336, received 1384 bytes, in 0.2 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 13902.9, received 8237.0
debug1: Exit status -1
Any help is greatly appreciated.