The block of code inside RSEPublishMethod attempts to stop and restart the deployment scanners on the remote server. The current implementation is only fit for AS < 7. There does not currently exist an implementation (in our code) for AS>=7.

This block of code is entered, and attempts to ssh into the remote machine, and execute a twiddle command, to turn off (and restart) the scanners. It also delays for 3 seconds hoping that the change goes through.

This code is questionable already for AS < 7, but for AS >= 7, it is only a wasted 3-second delay with no purpose at all. Deploy-only servers also suffer from this delay, and deploy-only servers have no such scanners to even be turned off.

Since larger-scale refactors are not currently possible at this time, the best solution is to simply exit the block of code early if the target server is not < AS7.