Why is /root/.ssh trashed?

Why is /root/.ssh trashed on both ODA nodes?

We use dsa/rsa keypair authentication extensively for all o/s authentication by DBAs, sysadmins, users, etc. No password to keep secret and maintained/changed regularly.

However, on ODA the /root/.ssh directory is explicitly trashed when doing certain oakcli commands. Very frustrating.

So frustrating I am considering creating a cron job to ensure that the directory (with keys) are restored automatically when trashed by oakcli. Before I do that though, I assume there are good reason why the .ssh directory is being trashed - which I would like to hear.