ServerAliveInterval=60 makes the client send a keepalive every 60 seconds, so NAT gateways and firewalls that drop idle connections won't silently kill your session — common during long deploys and tail -f monitoring. The server-side counterpart is ClientAliveInterval. Without it, a quiet session can freeze and only respond after a long timeout.
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