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Document PATH behavior for SSH tmux sessions#1153

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@radiantjade radiantjade commented May 15, 2026

Summary

Documents that railway ssh --session starts through tmux and may not inherit the same PATH adjustments visible in a direct railway ssh shell.

This came up in Central Station thread https://station.railway.com/questions/railway-ssh-session-has-a-different-pa-b7eea7d5 where the user specifically asked why the known behavior was not documented.

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  • git diff --check

A Central Station bounty thread reported that commands available in direct railway ssh were missing from railway ssh --session. The CLI starts --session through tmux, so this documents the observable PATH difference and gives a minimal verification/remediation path without promising image-specific shell startup behavior.

Constraint: Station thread railway-ssh-session-has-a-different-pa-b7eea7d5 asks why the known behavior is not documented

Rejected: Change CLI tmux startup behavior here | broader runtime compatibility risk and not needed for a docs clarification

Confidence: medium

Scope-risk: narrow

Tested: git diff --check

Not-tested: local docs site render
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This contains blatantly incorrect information.

@brody192 brody192 closed this May 15, 2026
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