import type { RouteKitRemote } from "../remotes.js";
export type QualificationInvokeHop = {
    readonly gatewayUrl: string;
    close(): Promise<void>;
};
/**
 * Remote qualification invoke hops through `ssh -L` to the sshHost loopback
 * data plane. Never remotes.json (velum.sh) and never the Tailscale IP.
 */
export declare function openQualificationInvokeHop(openedGatewayUrl: string, selectedRemote?: Pick<RouteKitRemote, "sshHost">): Promise<QualificationInvokeHop>;