fix: resolve resource exhaustion with high connection counts

session/handler.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package session
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -541,6 +542,7 @@ func (s *Session) HandleForwardedConnection(conn UserConnection, sshConn *ssh.Se
 	}
 	defer channel.Close()
 
+	// Goroutine 1: Handle SSH channel requests (same as old code)
 	go func() {
 		defer func() {
 			if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -556,21 +558,60 @@ func (s *Session) HandleForwardedConnection(conn UserConnection, sshConn *ssh.Se
 		conn.Reader = bufio.NewReader(conn.Writer)
 	}
 
-	go io.Copy(channel, conn.Reader)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	go func() {
+		defer func() {
+			if r := recover(); r != nil {
+				log.Printf("Panic in reader copy: %v", r)
+			}
+			cancel()
+		}()
+
+		_, err := io.Copy(channel, conn.Reader)
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			log.Printf("Error copying from conn.Reader to channel: %v", err)
+		}
+		cancel()
+	}()
 
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(channel)
-	_, err = reader.Peek(1)
-	if err == io.EOF {
-		s.sendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("\033[33m%s -> [%s] WARNING -- \"%s\"\033[0m\r\n", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr().String(), s.TunnelType, "Could not forward request to the tunnel addr"))
+
+	peekChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		_, err := reader.Peek(1)
+		peekChan <- err
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-peekChan:
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			s.sendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("\033[33m%s -> [%s] WARNING -- \"Could not forward request to the tunnel addr\"\033[0m\r\n", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr().String(), s.TunnelType))
+			sendBadGatewayResponse(conn.Writer)
+			return
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error peeking channel data: %v", err)
+			s.sendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("\033[33m%s -> [%s] WARNING -- \"Could not forward request to the tunnel addr\"\033[0m\r\n", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr().String(), s.TunnelType))
+			sendBadGatewayResponse(conn.Writer)
+			return
+		}
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		log.Printf("Timeout waiting for channel data from %s", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr())
+		s.sendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("\033[33m%s -> [%s] WARNING -- \"Could not forward request to the tunnel addr\"\033[0m\r\n", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr().String(), s.TunnelType))
 		sendBadGatewayResponse(conn.Writer)
-		conn.Writer.Close()
-		channel.Close()
+		return
+	case <-ctx.Done():
 		return
 	}
 
-	s.sendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("\033[32m %s -> [%s] TUNNEL ADDRESS -- \"%s\" \r\n \033[0m", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr().String(), s.TunnelType, timestamp))
+	s.sendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("\033[32m%s -> [%s] TUNNEL ADDRESS -- \"%s\"\033[0m\r\n", conn.Writer.RemoteAddr().String(), s.TunnelType, timestamp))
 
-	io.Copy(conn.Writer, reader)
+	_, err = io.Copy(conn.Writer, reader)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+		log.Printf("Error copying from channel to conn.Writer: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func sendBadGatewayResponse(writer io.Writer) {