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Expand Up @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Turn on Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID under **Settings > Security**. A cold lau

Each connection carries its own [safe mode](/features/safe-mode) level, synced from the Mac. Set it with **Safe Mode** under **Organization** in the connection's form. iOS has three: **Off**, **Confirm Writes**, and **Read-Only**, which refuses writes outright. **Default Safe Mode** under **Settings > New Connections** sets the level a new connection starts at.

SSH tunnels authenticate with a password or a private key. A tunnel set to **SSH Agent** on the Mac signs in here with a private key on this device and stays **SSH Agent** on the Mac. An unknown host key, the SSH server's or a jump host's, prompts with its fingerprint first, on the connection's own screen. The question waits there until you answer it, and leaving the screen ends that attempt. A key pasted under **Paste Key**, or picked as a text file, is kept in the Keychain beside the connection's passwords, never in the saved connection list. A key file that is not text is copied into the app and read from there. Setting **Auth Method** to **Password**, choosing **Import File**, or turning **SSH Tunnel** off deletes the saved key when you tap **Save**.
SSH tunnels authenticate with a password or a private key. A password also answers a server that asks for it through keyboard-interactive. A tunnel set to **SSH Agent** on the Mac signs in here with a private key on this device and stays **SSH Agent** on the Mac. A private key on a security key and a second sign-in step such as a one-time code do not work here, and the **SSH Sign-In Unavailable** alert names the one that stopped the connection. An unknown host key, the SSH server's or a jump host's, prompts with its fingerprint first, on the connection's own screen. The question waits there until you answer it, and leaving the screen ends that attempt. A key pasted under **Paste Key**, or picked as a text file, is kept in the Keychain beside the connection's passwords, never in the saved connection list. A key file that is not text is copied into the app and read from there. Setting **Auth Method** to **Password**, choosing **Import File**, or turning **SSH Tunnel** off deletes the saved key when you tap **Save**.

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