Activating the “broadcast input” feature for SSH connections should systematically display a confirmation popup (with Yes/No buttons).
In this confirmation popup, I’d put a message like “Warning: you are about to activate the broadcast input feature. Be careful!” and add a link to the documentation.
Here are 3 reasons to do so:
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Broadcast input is a very powerful feature, but it’s also dangerous because you’re applying commands to different servers, and the slightest deviation could result in unwanted actions.
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Because the button can easily be activated by mistake/misclick. You can judge by yourself with a case that often happens to me:
- Because there’s already been a bug on Royal TS that activated this feature by mistake when closing a tab, which almost had serious consequences for me.
See incident ticket #77063 and the correction in version 7.02.50304 :
