Thanks! We will try this out and update you with the results.

Apologies! That was from the CentOS Server. Below are the current details
for the recently upgraded Alma Linux servers. Will upgrading to the most
recent version fix the issue?

The behavior is different between the old and the new versions. gpg-agent, the backend exits with the shell closing in the old version. But, if I start it with the new version, it stays running unless explicitly closed. I wonder if this means that we should run gpg-agent on all servers?