From 5786dc675df7401383ef5799e950ebdea69c4116 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkorwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:23:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(offload): apply empirically verified nic0 hostname
 construction to setup

---
 .gemini/skills/offload/scripts/setup.ts | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/setup.ts b/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/setup.ts
index 97ac8906a1..054e74647a 100644
--- a/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/setup.ts
+++ b/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/setup.ts
@@ -62,16 +62,12 @@ export async function runSetup(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env) {
   }
 
   // 1. Configure Isolated SSH Alias (Direct Internal Hostname)
-  console.log(`\n🚀 Configuring Isolated SSH Alias...`);
-  let dnsSuffix = await prompt('Internal DNS Suffix (e.g. .internal or .internal.gcpnode.com)', '.internal.gcpnode.com');
-  
-  // FIX: Ensure exactly ONE dot between projectId and suffix
-  if (dnsSuffix && !dnsSuffix.startsWith('.')) {
-      dnsSuffix = '.' + dnsSuffix;
-  }
-  
-  // PREPEND nic0. for direct internal routing
-  const internalHostname = `nic0.${targetVM}.${zone}.c.${projectId}${dnsSuffix}`;
+  console.log(`\n🚀 Configuring Isolated SSH Alias (Direct Internal Path)...`);
+  const dnsSuffix = await prompt('Internal DNS Suffix', '.internal.gcpnode.com');
+
+  // Construct the empirically verified high-performance hostname
+  const internalHostname = `nic0.${targetVM}.${zone}.c.${projectId}${dnsSuffix.startsWith('.') ? dnsSuffix : '.' + dnsSuffix}`;
+
 
   const sshAlias = 'gcli-worker';
   const sshConfigPath = path.join(REPO_ROOT, '.gemini/offload_ssh_config');