SSH Command Execution Hangs, although interactive shell functions fine

Question

When I attempt to execute a command on a remote server with ssh, the ssh command hangs after the exec request accepted debug message, and eventually times out.

The failing command: ssh -v -v <username>@<server> uptime (also tried echo hello etc.)

debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
Authenticated to <server> (<ip>:22).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug2: channel 0: send open
debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug2: callback start
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug2: fd 4 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
debug1: Sending command: uptime
debug2: channel 0: request exec confirm 1
debug2: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: exec request accepted on channel 0

And there it hangs, indefinitely.

When I ssh without a command into my remote server, however, I get an interactive shell and all is good.

Successful Command: ssh -v -v <username>@<server>

Output:

debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
Authenticated to <server> (<ip>:22).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug2: channel 0: send open
debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug2: callback start
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug2: fd 4 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1
debug2: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: PTY allocation request accepted on channel 0
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0
Welcome!
<prompt>%
...

Has anyone an idea why an interactive session would be successful but a command execution not?

Has been haunting me for months now because I cannot use unison to sync my files any more (it used to work). Any help much appreciated.