Regarding feature "Option to skip Password-Dialog for identity file"

Hi Dave/Hackers,

I am working on the feature "Option to Skip Password Dialog for Identity
File" #6996 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/6996>.

I initially tried implementing it so that the tunnel password would not be
requested upfront, and would only be prompted on error. However, the
*sshtunnel* library currently returns a generic error message, for which I
have created an issue on the SSHTunnel GitHub repository #305
<https://github.com/pahaz/sshtunnel/issues/305>.

This approach introduces multiple scenarios for when to prompt for the
tunnel password, making the code more complex and harder to maintain.

*Proposed solution:*
Add a new switch *"Prompt for password?"* in the server dialog under the
*SSHTunnel* tab. By default, the switch is set to *false* and is enabled
only when the authentication method is *Identity File*. See the screenshot
below for reference.
[image: Screenshot 2025-09-29 at 7.12.17 PM.png]

Thoughts/suggestions?

Akshay Joshi

Principal Engineer | Engineering Manager | pgAdmin Hacker

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