diff --git a/ios/FrameControl/App/AppModel.swift b/ios/FrameControl/App/AppModel.swift
index b019b5e..018d333 100644
--- a/ios/FrameControl/App/AppModel.swift
+++ b/ios/FrameControl/App/AppModel.swift
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ final class AppModel: ObservableObject {
         invalidate()
         let mine = attempt
         await teardown()
+        guard mine == attempt else { return }
         phase = .connecting("Signing in to \(target.host)")
         let pin = PinnedHostKey(expected: nil)
         do {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ final class AppModel: ObservableObject {
                                  + "[ -s \(file) ] && [ -n \"$(tail -c 1 \(file))\" ] && printf '\\n' >> \(file); "
                                  + "printf '%s\\n' \(shellQuote(line)) >> \(file); }; }",
                                  "Couldn't add the key on the Frame")
+            guard mine == attempt else { return }  // cancelled meanwhile: save nothing
             guard let seen = pin.seen else { throw FrameFailure("The Frame didn't show a host key") }
             UserDefaults.standard.set(seen, forKey: Self.hostKeyKey)
             UserDefaults.standard.set(try JSONEncoder().encode(target), forKey: Self.settingsKey)
@@ -168,17 +170,19 @@ final class AppModel: ObservableObject {
             let f = try await PortForwarder.start(over: l, to: server.port)
             forwarder = f
             guard current() else { throw CancellationError() }
+            if let tail = server.exited {  // stopped while the tunnel was opening
+                throw FrameFailure("Frame Control on the headset stopped. \(tail.suffix(200))")
+            }
             // Only now does this attempt's connection become the app's.
             self.link = l
             self.server = server
             self.forwarder = f
             readySince = Date()
-            // Runs at once if the server already stopped while the tunnel was opening.
+            phase = .ready(URL(string: "http://127.0.0.1:\(f.localPort)/?key=\(key)")!)
+            // Runs at once if it stopped in the moment since the check above.
             server.whenExited { [weak self] tail in
                 Task { @MainActor in self?.lost(mine, "Frame Control on the headset stopped. \(tail.suffix(200))") }
             }
-            guard server.exited == nil else { return }
-            phase = .ready(URL(string: "http://127.0.0.1:\(f.localPort)/?key=\(key)")!)
             watchHealth(mine)
         } catch {
             forwarder?.stop()
diff --git a/ios/FrameControl/SSH/FrameLink.swift b/ios/FrameControl/SSH/FrameLink.swift
index 12f4e84..9c57ebc 100644
--- a/ios/FrameControl/SSH/FrameLink.swift
+++ b/ios/FrameControl/SSH/FrameLink.swift
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ final class FrameLink: @unchecked Sendable {
 
     var isConnected: Bool { client.isConnected }
 
-    /// Whether the Frame answers a trivial command within a few seconds.
+    /// Whether the Frame answers a trivial command within a few seconds. The probe
+    /// runs unstructured: a dead link can keep it waiting well past the deadline,
+    /// and the answer mustn't wait for it.
     func answers(within seconds: Double = 6) async -> Bool {
         guard client.isConnected else { return false }
-        return await withTaskGroup(of: Bool.self) { group in
-            group.addTask { (try? await self.run("true").status) == 0 }
-            group.addTask { try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: UInt64(seconds * 1e9)); return false }
-            let first = await group.next() ?? false
-            group.cancelAll()
-            return first
+        let once = Once()
+        return await withCheckedContinuation { (c: CheckedContinuation<Bool, Never>) in
+            Task { let ok = (try? await self.run("true").status) == 0; if once.claim() { c.resume(returning: ok) } }
+            Task { try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: UInt64(seconds * 1e9)); if once.claim() { c.resume(returning: false) } }
         }
     }
 
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ final class FrameLink: @unchecked Sendable {
     }
 }
 
+/// True for the first caller only.
+final class Once: @unchecked Sendable {
+    private let lock = NSLock()
+    private var done = false
+    func claim() -> Bool { lock.withLock { defer { done = true }; return !done } }
+}
+
 func shellQuote(_ s: String) -> String {
     "'" + s.replacingOccurrences(of: "'", with: "'\\''") + "'"
 }
diff --git a/ios/FrameControl/SSH/HeadsetServer.swift b/ios/FrameControl/SSH/HeadsetServer.swift
index d273ee2..443e99d 100644
--- a/ios/FrameControl/SSH/HeadsetServer.swift
+++ b/ios/FrameControl/SSH/HeadsetServer.swift
@@ -69,18 +69,20 @@ final class HeadsetServer: @unchecked Sendable {
             try await link.check("rm -rf \(dir).tmp && mkdir \(dir).tmp && tar xzf \(archive) -C \(dir).tmp && rm -f \(archive) "
                                  + "&& rm -rf \(dir) && mv \(dir).tmp \(dir)", "Couldn't unpack Frame Control on the headset")
         }
-        // Another phone or iPad may be running a different version right now, so only
-        // versions (and interrupted unpacks) untouched for two weeks go. This one is
-        // marked as used.
-        _ = try? await link.run("touch \(dir) && find \(cacheDir) -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name \(bundle.version) "
-                                + "-mtime +14 -exec rm -rf {} +")
+        // Another phone or iPad may be running a different version right now: a version
+        // goes only when no server runs from it and it hasn't been used for two weeks
+        // (this one is marked as used). Servers run by absolute path, so pgrep sees it.
+        _ = try? await link.run("touch \(dir) && cd \(cacheDir) && for d in */; do d=${d%/}; "
+                                + "[ \"$d\" = \(bundle.version) ] && continue; "
+                                + "[ -n \"$(find \"$d\" -maxdepth 0 -mtime +14)\" ] || continue; "
+                                + "pgrep -f \"$PWD/$d/\" >/dev/null && continue; rm -rf -- \"$d\"; done")
         return dir
     }
 
     /// Starts the server in dir and waits for it to say which port it took.
     static func start(in dir: String, over link: FrameLink, key: String, device: String) async throws -> HeadsetServer {
         let command = "cd \(dir) && FRAME_LOCAL=1 FRAME_UI_KEY=\(key) FRAME_DEVICE=\(shellQuote(device)) "
-            + "exec python3 -I -u -B ui/server.py --port 0 --exit-on-eof 2>&1"
+            + "exec python3 -I -u -B \"$PWD/ui/server.py\" --port 0 --exit-on-eof 2>&1"
         let stream = try await link.client.executeCommandStream(command)
         let box = PortWaiter()
         let reader = Task { () -> Void in
diff --git a/ui/local-bin/ssh b/ui/local-bin/ssh
index f73b5bf..733b1b8 100755
--- a/ui/local-bin/ssh
+++ b/ui/local-bin/ssh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Stand-in for ssh when Frame Control's server runs on the Frame itself
 # (FRAME_LOCAL=1, started by the iPhone app). The server and its helpers call
 # `ssh [options] frame COMMAND`, and rsync calls it as its transport; here that
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cd "$HOME" || exit 255
 # Stopping ssh ends everything the command started (sshd hangs up the session).
 # To do the same, run COMMAND as its own process group and pass on a TERM, HUP
 # or INT to all of it, so e.g. a live-video ffmpeg can't outlive its stream.
-set -m  # job control: the background job gets its own process group, and keeps stdin
+set -m  # job control (bash allows it without a terminal): own process group, and stdin kept
 "${SHELL:-/bin/sh}" -c "$*" &
 child=$!
 trap 'kill -TERM -- "-$child" 2>/dev/null' TERM HUP INT