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fix(server): client connects no longer start the Tailscale app's CLI on macOS - #36348
Both rework items were checked against the code, found right, and fixed in one follow-up commit on top of 9007140. (1) packages/tailscale/src/discovery.ts: the process-free reader used the presence of a tailnet IPv4 address as 'running', so a tailnet with IPv4 turned off looked stopped and lost its MagicDNS target and Serve hostname. It now reports running whenever a confirmed Tailscale interface (named tailscale*, or holding an fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48 address) exists, and looks the machine name up by the IPv4 address when there is one and by the fd7a address otherwise. A new case in discovery.test.ts covers an IPv6-only Tailscale interface next to a WARP interface. (2) apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.ts: the 60 s Tailscale status cache behind getAdvertisedEndpoints called readTailscaleStatus directly, so reopening Settings > Connections after the cache ran out started the macOS app's CLI again; it now calls readTailscaleStatusForDiscovery, the same reader the server uses. The desktop test harness pins the platform to linux so its CLI-answering cases behave the same on a Mac. Overall change, unchanged from the first pass: on macOS without a tailscaled socket, RemoteOpenTargets, DirectEndpoints and now the desktop endpoint list read Tailscale's interface and ask Tailscale's resolver (100.100.100.100) for the name instead of running tailscale status --json, which is what made macOS repeatedly ask for access to other apps' data (#11929). Remaining limits: on an IPv6-only tailnet where the name lookup fails there is no tailnet remote-open target, because the bare-address fallback uses IPv4 only; the macOS path was not run on a real Mac, only through unit tests and live resolver lookups on Linux. No open pull request exists for the branch, so nothing was watched.
On macOS, install the Tailscale app and its CLI wrapper, connect Tailscale, enable Remote Login, and launch T3 Code with Tailscale Serve disabled. Allow the app-data prompt, wait more than 60 seconds, then use View → Reload repeatedly at intervals longer than 60 seconds. Main re-runs the Tailscale CLI; this head discovers the remote-open host through interfaces and DNS instead. Repeat with Tailscale Serve enabled to expose the remaining CLI path. Separately, connect another VPN using a CGNAT IPv4 address before the Tailscale interface and open a file in a remote editor: this head can advertise the unrelated VPN address. These steps were derived from the issue and code, not executed.
Evidence
Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.
Tests
vp test run packages/tailscale/src/discovery.test.ts apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.test.ts apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.test.ts: 3 files, 23 tests passed. vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (5 packages) and test (5 files) all passed. Live check: reverse lookup of this VM's fd7a address against 100.100.100.100 returned a .ts.net name.
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Desktop getAdvertisedEndpoints (DesktopServerExposure) still calls the Tailscale CLI on macOS; it runs only when Settings > Connections loads with network access or Serve on, and is cached per interface addresses for 60 s, so it was left as is.
Startup and explicit paths still use the CLI on macOS: Tailscale Serve setup and teardown in server.ts, managed-policy Serve checks, t3 pair --tailscale and dev share.
The issue's report of a prompt appearing after Cmd+Q was not investigated separately.
The pull request's stale description (shared cache proposal) and its original branch were not carried over.
resolveTailscaleAdvertisedEndpoints in apps/desktop/src/backend/tailscaleEndpointProvider.ts still defaults to the CLI reader when no readStatus is passed; the only production caller passes the cached discovery reader, so the default was left alone.
RemoteOpenTargets falls back to a bare tailnet address only for IPv4; an IPv6-only tailnet with a failed name lookup gets no tailnet target.
Startup and explicit paths still use the CLI on macOS: Tailscale Serve setup and teardown, managed-policy Serve checks, t3 pair --tailscale and dev share.
Who did the work
Written by Claude Fable 5.2, in Claude Code
Reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol, in Codex, and by Claude Opus 5.5, each on its own
Proof captured by GPT-6.1 Sol and checked by Claude Opus 5.5
…on macOS
Every client connect read `tailscale status --json` for the remote-open
targets, and again for the Serve endpoint when Serve is on. On macOS the
CLI lives in the Tailscale app, so each run made macOS ask whether T3 Code
may access data from other apps.
Where the CLI is the macOS app's (no tailscaled socket), discovery now
reads Tailscale's interface, identified by its fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48 address
rather than the 100.64.0.0/10 range other VPNs share, and asks Tailscale's
own resolver for the machine name. Pairing, Serve setup and other platforms
still use the CLI.
Fixes#11929
Co-authored-by: Julius Marminge <julius0216@outlook.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… macOS
The desktop endpoint list read `tailscale status --json` again each time its
60 second cache ran out, so it now uses the same process-free discovery as
the server.
Discovery also took a tailnet with IPv4 turned off for a stopped Tailscale.
Its interface alone now means it is up, and the machine name is looked up
by the fd7a address when there is no IPv4 one.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Passive Tailscale discovery avoids launching the macOS app CLI and supports tailnet IP fallback when MagicDNS is unavailable. Existing exposure settings and endpoint verification remain unchanged, keeping the impact limited to discovery.
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Connecting to the socket needs no Effect diagnostic suppression, and a
socket file left by a dead tailscaled no longer counts as one that answers.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:
the fix is written and reviewed, but proving it needs something no worker has:
Permanent blocker: A macOS desktop outside the device pool is required to observe repeated Tailscale data-access prompts during reloads more than 60 seconds apart, with Serve disabled and enabled, and after quitting T3 Code. This worker is Linux; neither base failure nor head success was observed.
Permanent blocker: The remote-editor target reproduction requires that macOS environment with another VPN advertising a CGNAT IPv4 address before the Tailscale interface. Correct target selection was not verified.
No actionable comments were generated in the recent review.
Walkthrough
Adds platform-aware Tailscale discovery and routes desktop and server discovery through discovery-specific readers. Remote target selection can use a tailnet IPv4 address when a MagicDNS name is unavailable.
Changes: Tailscale discovery and consumers
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Summary
Host-based discovery and CLI fallback packages/tailscale/src/discovery.ts, packages/tailscale/src/discovery.test.ts, packages/tailscale/src/index.ts
Adds host-based status discovery for macOS when the tailscaled socket is absent. It identifies Tailscale interfaces, selects an address, and attempts reverse DNS lookup. Other cases use the CLI-backed readers. Tests cover interface, DNS, platform, and CLI-spawn behavior.
Desktop and DirectEndpoints integration apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.ts, apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.test.ts, apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.ts, apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.test.ts
DesktopServerExposure and DirectEndpoints use the discovery status reader. DirectEndpoints uses the shared interface detector. Tests configure Linux for CLI-backed cases.
RemoteOpenTargets prefers a MagicDNS name, then a tailnet IPv4 address. It uses discovery-specific status and SSH readers. A test covers targets when Tailscale status and MagicDNS data are unavailable.
sequenceDiagram
participant RemoteOpenTargets
participant DiscoveryReader
participant TailscaleHost
participant CLIReaders
RemoteOpenTargets->>DiscoveryReader: Request discovery status
DiscoveryReader->>TailscaleHost: Check platform and tailscaled socket
alt macOS app without tailscaled socket
DiscoveryReader->>TailscaleHost: Read network interfaces
DiscoveryReader->>TailscaleHost: Resolve selected address through MagicDNS
TailscaleHost-->>DiscoveryReader: Return host-derived status
else Other platforms or socket present
DiscoveryReader->>CLIReaders: Read CLI-backed status
CLIReaders-->>DiscoveryReader: Return status
end
DiscoveryReader-->>RemoteOpenTargets: Return discovery status
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Merge Risk: Low · up to 0eecb
On IPv6-only Tailscale setups on macOS, the machine name lookup may fail. Remote-open and Serve advertisements could then be missing. This is a narrow edge case, and the PR otherwise avoids launching the Tailscale CLI on macOS. The real-Mac behavior has not been confirmed.
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The description follows the template. It has Problem (macOS repeated Tailscale CLI data-access prompts, with reproduction steps), Change (interface and DNS discovery, desktop cache switch, test platform pin), Scope (references #11929 and a superseded PR, but does not clearly state a linked issue for the bug or why one is needed beyond that reference), and Verification (focused test and check results, plus a live resolver check). It also notes the untested real-Mac path and includes the model attribution the template asks for. The Evidence section is explicitly pending, and the 'Not in this change' and 'Who did the work' sections are extra. Overall the description is mostly complete.
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Review comments at @packages/tailscale/src/discovery.ts:
- Line 36: Update the resolver selection in discovery.ts to choose the MagicDNS
server based on the address family: use the IPv6 Quad100 resolver for IPv6
lookups and keep 100.100.100.100 for IPv4 lookups. Preserve the existing lookup
behavior apart from selecting the appropriate resolver.
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Use the IPv6 Quad100 resolver for IPv6 lookups.
When the tailnet has no IPv4 address, discovery.ts looks up the machine name for an fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48 address. Line 36 still sends that query to 100.100.100.100. Tailscale's IPv6-only configuration advertises fd7a:115c:a1e0::53 as the MagicDNS service address. The IPv4 resolver may not answer in this case. A failed lookup returns null, and the remote-open target then has no name and no IPv4 fallback.
Select the resolver by address family. IPv4 lookups keep 100.100.100.100.
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const MAGIC_DNS_RESOLVER = "100.100.100.100";
+/** Quad100's IPv6 address. Tailscale's IPv6-only configuration uses it instead of the IPv4 resolver. */+const MAGIC_DNS_RESOLVER_IPV6 = "fd7a:115c:a1e0::53";
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Update the resolver selection in discovery.ts to choose the MagicDNS server based on the address family: use the IPv6 Quad100 resolver for IPv6 lookups and keep 100.100.100.100 for IPv4 lookups. Preserve the existing lookup behavior apart from selecting the appropriate resolver.
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Both rework items were checked against the code, found right, and fixed in one follow-up commit on top of 9007140. (1) packages/tailscale/src/discovery.ts: the process-free reader used the presence of a tailnet IPv4 address as 'running', so a tailnet with IPv4 turned off looked stopped and lost its MagicDNS target and Serve hostname. It now reports running whenever a confirmed Tailscale interface (named tailscale*, or holding an fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48 address) exists, and looks the machine name up by the IPv4 address when there is one and by the fd7a address otherwise. A new case in discovery.test.ts covers an IPv6-only Tailscale interface next to a WARP interface. (2) apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.ts: the 60 s Tailscale status cache behind getAdvertisedEndpoints called readTailscaleStatus directly, so reopening Settings > Connections after the cache ran out started the macOS app's CLI again; it now calls readTailscaleStatusForDiscovery, the same reader the server uses. The desktop test harness pins the platform to linux so its CLI-answering cases behave the same on a Mac. Overall change, unchanged from the first pass: on macOS without a tailscaled socket, RemoteOpenTargets, DirectEndpoints and now the desktop endpoint list read Tailscale's interface and ask Tailscale's resolver (100.100.100.100) for the name instead of running
tailscale status --json, which is what made macOS repeatedly ask for access to other apps' data (#11929). Remaining limits: on an IPv6-only tailnet where the name lookup fails there is no tailnet remote-open target, because the bare-address fallback uses IPv4 only; the macOS path was not run on a real Mac, only through unit tests and live resolver lookups on Linux. No open pull request exists for the branch, so nothing was watched.Supersedes #26103. The change is @juliusmarminge's; their commits are kept.
Reproduction on main
On macOS, install the Tailscale app and its CLI wrapper, connect Tailscale, enable Remote Login, and launch T3 Code with Tailscale Serve disabled. Allow the app-data prompt, wait more than 60 seconds, then use View → Reload repeatedly at intervals longer than 60 seconds. Main re-runs the Tailscale CLI; this head discovers the remote-open host through interfaces and DNS instead. Repeat with Tailscale Serve enabled to expose the remaining CLI path. Separately, connect another VPN using a CGNAT IPv4 address before the Tailscale interface and open a file in a remote editor: this head can advertise the unrelated VPN address. These steps were derived from the issue and code, not executed.
Evidence
Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.
Tests
vp test run packages/tailscale/src/discovery.test.ts apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.test.ts apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.test.ts: 3 files, 23 tests passed. vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (5 packages) and test (5 files) all passed. Live check: reverse lookup of this VM's fd7a address against 100.100.100.100 returned a .ts.net name.
Not in this change
t3 pair --tailscaleand dev share.t3 pair --tailscaleand dev share.Who did the work
Run by the t3code factory in T3 Code.