SSHFS launchdaemon returns "Host key verification failed"

[newmediacrew]

Problem

• Trying to use SSHFS on startup, but with the launchdaemon configured the identity file fails.

Version

• Installed with "brew install sshfs"
• SSHFS version 2.10
• FUSE library version: 2.9.9

What works

• id_rsa file has permissions set to 777 for testing purposes.
• Running from terminal works perfectly.
  /opt/homebrew/bin/sshfs -d -o IdentityFile=/Library/LaunchDaemons/id_rsa [email protected]..:/ /Users/macbookpro2017/mnt/test

Plist file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>local.automount.sshfs</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/opt/homebrew/bin/sshfs</string>
            <string>-d</string>
	    <string>-o</string>
            <string>IdentityFile=/Library/LaunchDaemons/id_rsa</string>
            <string>[email protected]:/</string>
            <string>/Users/macbookpro2017/mnt/test</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
	<key>StandardOutPath</key>
	<string>/var/log/sshfs.log</string>
	<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
	<string>/var/log/sshfsError.log</string>
    </dict>
</plist>

Log

nullpath_ok: 0
nopath: 0
utime_omit_ok: 0
Host key verification failed.
remote host has disconnected