Nope, I disagree.
The interface goes down.
SSH server buffers the requests until it can get back through. As long as the tunnel construction hasn't failed it should still be there... It is sort of like pushing stop on your DVD once. When you remove and re-insert the DVD, the DVD Player starts exactly where left off.
It is the same idea, just implemented in Network protocol. Of course Timeouts apply with SSH but the DVD only fails when power has been removed.
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