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  There are few things more frustrating in a developer’s workflow than a cryptic error message interrupting a remote session. If you are using Windsurf (the AI-powered IDE fork of VS Code) on macOS and attempting to connect to a remote server, you may have encountered a modal simply stating   "Undefined error: 0" . This error is notoriously vague. It provides no stack trace, no error code to Google, and often persists even after restarting the IDE. While it can stem from various sources, on macOS Sequoia and Sonoma, this is frequently a symptom of the operating system’s strict  Local Network Privacy  controls silently blocking the IDE's ability to establish local sockets required for SSH tunneling. This guide provides the technical root cause analysis and the specific steps required to resolve this connectivity issue permanently. The Root Cause: macOS Sandbox vs. Electron IPC To fix the error, we must understand what "Error 0" represents in this context. Windsur...

  There are few context switches more jarring than moving from a seamless local development environment to a production server that refuses to let you in. You have generated your SSH keys, you have added the public key to the server, yet the terminal returns the infamous, flat rejection: user@server.dreamhost.com: Permission denied (publickey). On most raw Linux VPS instances, this indicates a file permission error or a missing entry in  authorized_keys . However, on managed hosting platforms like DreamHost, the issue is rarely within the Linux filesystem itself. The root cause usually lies within the proprietary orchestration layer that manages user privileges. This guide details the specific architectural constraints of DreamHost’s user management system and provides a rigorous, step-by-step resolution to restore your shell access. The Architecture of the Failure To fix the problem, we must understand the environment. DreamHost, like many managed hosting providers, does not ...