fix(ssh): switch CI SSH to permissive mode (no known_hosts)

Root cause: ssh-keygen -R prints 'Host X not found in F:\CI\State\known_hosts'
to stderr when the IP has no prior entry. In PS5.1 with ErrorActionPreference=Stop,
native stderr is converted to ErrorRecords before 2>$null can discard them,
making the command a terminating error caught by the job's catch block.

This caused all 4 concurrent burn-in jobs to fail after ~15s with:
  Error: Host 192.168.79.XXX not found in F:\CI\State\known_hosts

Additionally, 4 concurrent SSH connections writing to the same known_hosts file
with no advisory locking risk file corruption under concurrent load.

Fix: set SshKnownHostsFile default to '' in Invoke-CIJob, Invoke-RemoteBuild,
and Get-BuildArtifacts. When KnownHostsFile='' _Transport.psm1 uses
StrictHostKeyChecking=no + UserKnownHostsFile=NUL (permissive mode), consistent
with Wait-VMReady and Prepare-LinuxBuild2404.ps1. Ephemeral CI VMs on a
local NAT network have no meaningful MITM risk.

Remove the ssh-keygen purge block from Invoke-CIJob.ps1 (no longer needed).

AGENTS.md: document PS5.1 native stderr / 2>$null interaction (error #12).

AGENTS.md

@@ -153,3 +153,4 @@ Configurazione in `PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1`. Regole principali:
 9. **Snapshot template catturato con VM accesa** — produce file `*.vmem` / `*.vmsn` con memoria; `vmrun clone ... linked -snapshot=<name>` rifiuta con `Error: The virtual machine should not be powered on. It is already running.` anche se `vmrun list` mostra 0 VM. Catturare snapshot SOLO da stato fully powered-off (verificare assenza di `.vmem` nella dir template).
 10. **`vmrun getGuestIPAddress` per check "VM running"** — richiede VMware Tools attivi nel guest; in headless Tools puo' impiegare 30-60s a rispondere e il check appare bloccato. Usare `vmrun list` e cercare il path del VMX nell'output.
 11. **Machine-id identico tra clone Linux** — le cloud image Ubuntu hanno un `/etc/machine-id` fisso. VMware DHCP assegna l'IP tramite DHCP client-id derivato da machine-id: se tutti i clone hanno lo stesso machine-id ottengono lo stesso IP e si bloccano per "IP collision". Fix nel template (prima di prendere lo snapshot): `sudo truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id && sudo rm -f /var/lib/dbus/machine-id && sudo shutdown -h now`, poi ricreare lo snapshot `BaseClean-Linux` da stato powered-off.
+12. **`& nativecmd 2>$null` NON sopprime stderr in PS 5.1 con `$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'`** — la stderr del processo nativo viene convertita in ErrorRecord nel pipeline di PowerShell; sotto `'Stop'` questo diventa un errore terminante PRIMA che `2>$null` possa scartarlo. Esempio: `ssh-keygen -R <ip> -f <file>` stampa "Host X not found in file" su stderr → eccezione terminante. Fix: usare `$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'` attorno alla chiamata oppure `2>&1 | Out-Null`. Per i job CI su VM ephemere locali, usare direttamente `StrictHostKeyChecking=no UserKnownHostsFile=NUL` (default in `_Transport.psm1` con `KnownHostsFile=''`) — nessun `ssh-keygen` necessario.

scripts/Get-BuildArtifacts.ps1

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ param(
     [string] $SshUser = 'ci_build',
 
     # Persistent known_hosts file for SSH calls (CI jobs).
-    # Pass an empty string to disable host-key checking (template provisioning only).
+    # Empty string (default) = permissive mode (StrictHostKeyChecking=no, UserKnownHostsFile=NUL).
-    [string] $SshKnownHostsFile = 'F:\CI\State\known_hosts'
+    [string] $SshKnownHostsFile = ''
 )
 
 Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

scripts/Invoke-CIJob.ps1

@@ -147,8 +147,10 @@ param(
     [string] $SshUser    = 'ci_build',
 
     # Persistent known_hosts file used for CI-job SSH calls.
-    # Set to empty string to disable host-key checking (template provisioning only).
+    # Empty string (default) = permissive mode (StrictHostKeyChecking=no, UserKnownHostsFile=NUL).
-    [string] $SshKnownHostsFile = 'F:\CI\State\known_hosts',
+    # Ephemeral CI VMs on a local NAT network do not need strict host-key verification.
+    # Pass a file path only if you need accept-new mode for a specific deployment.
+    [string] $SshKnownHostsFile = '',
 
     # Extra environment variables injected into the guest VM before the build command (§6.5).
     # Keys must be valid environment variable names. Values must be plain strings.
@@ -438,20 +440,6 @@ try {
             Write-Host "[Invoke-CIJob] Could not detect GuestOS from VMX — defaulting to Windows"
         }
     }
-    # ── Purge stale known_hosts entry for this IP (Linux only) ───────────
-    # Each clone gets a new SSH host key. Remove any previous entry for this
-    # IP from the CI-local known_hosts file before the first SSH connection,
-    # so ssh.exe uses accept-new instead of refusing a changed key.
-    if ($GuestOS -eq 'Linux' -and $SshKnownHostsFile -ne '') {
-        $khDir = Split-Path $SshKnownHostsFile -Parent
-        if (-not (Test-Path $khDir)) {
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $khDir -Force | Out-Null
-        }
-        if (Test-Path $SshKnownHostsFile) {
-            & ssh-keygen -R $VMIPAddress -f $SshKnownHostsFile 2>$null | Out-Null
-            Write-Host "[Invoke-CIJob] Purged known_hosts entry for $VMIPAddress (fresh clone)."
-        }
-    }
     # ── Phase 4: Wait for readiness ───────────────────────────────────────
     Write-Host "`n[Phase 4/6] Waiting for VM readiness..."
     Write-JobEvent -Phase 'phase4.wait-ready' -Status 'start' -Data @{ ip = $VMIPAddress }

scripts/Invoke-RemoteBuild.ps1

@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ param(
     [string] $SshUser = 'ci_build',
 
     # Persistent known_hosts file for SSH calls (CI jobs).
-    # Pass an empty string to disable host-key checking (template provisioning only).
+    # Empty string (default) = permissive mode (StrictHostKeyChecking=no, UserKnownHostsFile=NUL).
-    [string] $SshKnownHostsFile = 'F:\CI\State\known_hosts',
+    [string] $SshKnownHostsFile = '',
 
     # Work directory inside the Linux guest.
     [string] $GuestLinuxWorkDir = '/opt/ci/build',