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TRAMP is actually kind of terrible, has it ever worked well? There are some alternatives on EmacsWiki like Sudo Save, or using SSHFS, or Hobo Mode, etc. I may give these another look at a later date. Anyway on that particular bug (which can be worked around by the user) my best guess is that this actually has something to do with my GNU Emacs install. I might try nuking it and see if things improve at all.