From 8766d230cddc2e19fa10c1ae69a4fca50d81645f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RaineAllDay <raineallday@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:01:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fixing deploy action... again

---
 .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index d85d68e..6cff8f3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -58,17 +58,18 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy via SSH
         run: |
-          # Write the private key to a temp file
+          # Write the private key
           mkdir -p ~/.ssh
           echo "${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/deploy_key
           chmod 600 ~/.ssh/deploy_key
 
-          # Disable strict host checking so first connection doesn't hang
-          echo "StrictHostKeyChecking no" >> ~/.ssh/config
+          # Pre-accept the host key so SSH doesn't hang waiting for input
+          ssh-keyscan -p ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PORT }} ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null
 
           # SSH in and run the redeploy script
           ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key \
               -p ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PORT }} \
+              -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes \
               ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_USER }}@${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }} \
               "bash /opt/etc-prs/app/scripts/redeploy.sh"