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fix(server): stop re-spawning tailscale on every client connect on macOS - #26103
On macOS with the Tailscale app installed, each tailscale CLI spawn can raise "T3 Code would like to access data from other apps", and Allow does not stop later prompts. The server spawned tailscale status --json on every client connect: loadServerConfig calls RemoteOpenTargets.resolveTargets(), which also runs tailscale debug prefs when no local sshd listens, and DirectEndpoints.resolve() when Tailscale Serve is on. Reproduced on main d0b81ce with a logging fake tailscale on PATH: pairing a browser and reloading spawned tailscale status --json once per connect.
Change
New server service TailscaleStatusCache (apps/server/src/environment/TailscaleStatusCache.ts) holds the status and debug prefs reads. RemoteOpenTargets and DirectEndpoints both use it, so concurrent connects share one spawn.
On macOS, a successful read is kept until the set of tailnet IPv4 interface addresses changes, and a failed read is retried after 60 s. This is the same address key the desktop already uses for its own read.
On every other platform, reads expire immediately, so each connect reads fresh as before.
debug prefs is still read only when no local sshd listens and a MagicDNS name exists. The returned targets and endpoints are unchanged for the same Tailscale state.
Red first: RemoteOpenTargets > reads Tailscale once across repeated resolves while nothing changes failed at the test-only commit 651eda6 with expected { status: 3, debugPrefs: 3 } to deeply equal { status: 1, debugPrefs: 1 }.
At head, RemoteOpenTargets.test.ts and DirectEndpoints.test.ts pass (16 tests). The tests cover:
macOS: one status and one debug prefs spawn across reconnects spread over minutes, and a re-read after the tailnet address changes;
a failed read retried after 60 s;
outside macOS, a Tailscale SSH change visible on the very next resolve.
vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages), tests.
Runtime on Linux at head: the server boots with the new layer, and connects read tailscale status once each, as on main. That is the intended non-macOS behaviour.
Server-only change with no UI render path, so there are no captures.
Not checked:
cannot-verify macos: the TCC prompt itself and that the Tailscale app's utun address appears in os.networkInterfaces(). The macOS caching policy is proven by the darwin-platform unit tests only.
The desktop's own Tailscale read (DesktopServerExposure, unchanged, already cached).
The prompt-after-Cmd+Q report.
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…rgets (#11929)
These tests reproduce #11929: resolving remote-open targets
repeatedly from one RemoteOpenTargets service, with no network change between
calls, spawns `tailscale status --json` and `tailscale debug prefs` on every
call, and each spawn can raise a macOS "access data from other apps" prompt.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…connect
On macOS each `tailscale` spawn can raise a "would like to access data from
other apps" prompt, and remote-open targets resolved on every server config
read, spawning `tailscale status --json` (and `debug prefs` without sshd)
each time. Cache both reads for 60 s keyed by the tailnet IPv4 interface
addresses, as the desktop already does for its status read, so a network
change still refetches. `debug prefs` stays lazy in the no-sshd branch.
Fixes#11929
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…me lookups
Remote-open targets and direct endpoints now read `tailscale status` (and
`debug prefs`) through a TailscaleStatusCache service. A successful read is
kept until the set of tailnet IPv4 addresses changes; a failed read expires
after 60 s. A reconnect no longer spawns the CLI, so macOS stops repeating
its "access data from other apps" prompt.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Never expiring a successful read meant Tailscale SSH toggles and machine
renames went unnoticed until restart. Only macOS has the per-spawn
prompt, so other platforms read fresh on every resolve again.
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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change avoids repeated Tailscale CLI launches on macOS by discovering remote-open hosts through network interfaces and DNS. Unresolved concerns about stale hostnames and selecting another VPN's address leave remote links at risk of targeting an incorrect destination.
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Remote target discovery now avoids Tailscale CLI status calls on macOS when the open-source tailscaled socket is absent or cannot be checked. It derives the hostname from reverse DNS, with an IP-address fallback, and uses the selected hostname when building Tailscale targets.
Changes: Tailscale target discovery
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Summary
Select the tailnet hostname apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts, apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.test.ts
On macOS without the open-source tailscaled socket, the resolver reverse-resolves a Tailscale IPv4 address. Lookup failures and timeouts fall back to the address. Other cases continue to obtain the hostname from Tailscale status.
Apply hostname to SSH targets apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts, apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.test.ts
The resolver uses the selected hostname for Tailscale targets. Without a local SSH listener, the CLI-avoidance path does not add a Tailscale target. Tests cover lookup success and failure, CLI avoidance, and the open-source tailscaled case.
pingdotgg/t3code#26450: This change falls back to a numeric Tailscale IPv4 address when reverse lookup fails, which matches the issue’s reported hostname-validation problem.
pingdotgg/t3code#15919: This change avoids some macOS Tailscale CLI status reads, but it does not change CLI path resolution.
Possibly related PRs
pingdotgg/t3code#26757: This PR changes the same remote Tailscale discovery path and the resolution of remote-open targets.
pingdotgg/t3code#30110: This PR changes Tailscale endpoint discovery and status access in related endpoint resolution code.
Suggested reviewers:t3dotgg, maria-rcks
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 673d8
On macOS machines running another VPN that uses the 100.64.0.0/10 range, the remote-open list can show an unreachable address in place of the Tailscale SSH target. Restrict address selection to the Tailscale interface before merging. The earlier cache-staleness concern no longer applies to this version of the change.
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Issue #11929 requires passive discovery to avoid repeated macOS data-access prompts and to cause no prompt after T3 Code quits. The change avoids the CLI only in RemoteOpenTargets on macOS when `/va…
Remove or otherwise prevent CLI spawns from every passive macOS discovery path, including DirectEndpoints, and add automated coverage for the post-quit lifecycle requirement.
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The changed RemoteOpenTargets logic and tests address issue #11929 by avoiding the macOS Tailscale app CLI and resolving the tailnet address through network interfaces and reverse DNS. The open-sour…
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The changed RemoteOpenTargets logic and tests address issue #11929 by avoiding the macOS Tailscale app CLI and resolving the tailnet address through network interfaces and reverse DNS. The open-source tailscaled exception preserves existing discovery behavior. No unrelated product behavior is evident in the reviewed diff.
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Issue #11929 requires passive discovery to avoid repeated macOS data-access prompts and to cause no prompt after T3 Code quits. The change avoids the CLI only in RemoteOpenTargets on macOS when /var/run/tailscaled.socket is absent. DirectEndpoints.resolve() still calls readTailscaleStatus when Tailscale Serve is enabled, so passive configuration discovery can still spawn the macOS Tailscale CLI. The diff also contains no shutdown handling or test that establishes the post-quit requirement.
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Remove or otherwise prevent CLI spawns from every passive macOS discovery path, including DirectEndpoints, and add automated coverage for the post-quit lifecycle requirement.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/environment/TailscaleStatusCache.ts:
- Around line 54-55: Update the successful-read TTL in TailscaleStatusCache so
cached status refreshes after a bounded interval or is invalidated when
Tailscale settings change, rather than remaining cached indefinitely via
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Refresh successful reads when Tailscale settings change.
On macOS, Duration.infinity keeps both successful reads until the interface address changes. A user can enable Tailscale SSH or rename the machine while its Tailscale IP remains the same. RemoteOpenTargets can then omit an available SSH target or return an obsolete MagicDNS name for the lifetime of the server. A renamed Serve endpoint can also remain undiscovered. Add an invalidation mechanism for these changes, or use a bounded refresh that preserves the prompt-reduction goal. Test a settings change with an unchanged address. (tailscale.com)
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lines 54 - 55:
Update the successful-read TTL in TailscaleStatusCache so cached status
refreshes after a bounded interval or is invalidated when Tailscale settings
change, rather than remaining cached indefinitely via Duration.infinity. Add a
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Main's stale-while-revalidate cache in RemoteOpenTargets now sits above the
Tailscale reads, so the policy tests move to TailscaleStatusCache itself.
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Caching `tailscale status` only made the macOS data-access prompts rarer:
address changes and failed reads still spawned the CLI, and a cached status
kept a renamed node's old MagicDNS name. Drop the cache. On macOS,
connect-time discovery now reads the tailnet name with a system-resolver
reverse lookup of the tailnet IPv4 address and skips the Tailscale SSH
prefs read. Serve endpoint discovery keeps main's fresh CLI read, since
Serve is opt-in and its setup already runs the CLI.
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Skip the tailscale CLI only for the macOS Tailscale apps, whose CLI runs
from the app bundle. Open-source tailscaled creates
/var/run/tailscaled.socket, and there the CLI reads work as before,
including the Tailscale SSH target. When the reverse lookup has no answer,
for example with accept-dns=false, advertise the tailnet IPv4 address
instead of dropping the target.
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the reviewers still had findings after 3 rounds (the work is on main...fix/issue-11929):
[major] apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.ts:152: Not fixed: passive Serve endpoint discovery still runs readTailscaleStatus on client configuration discovery. The macOS CLI avoidance applies only to RemoteOpenTargets, so the reported repeated app-data prompt trigger remains when Tailscale Serve is enabled. Deferred discovery changes when this runs, not whether it spawns.
Fails with: A macOS user with the Tailscale app and Tailscale Serve enabled connects or reloads a client repeatedly. Each DirectEndpoints.resolve() runs tailscale status --json through the app-bundle executable.
[major] apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts:30: Worse than main: selecting the first address in 100.64.0.0/10 identifies an address range, not Tailscale's interface. WARP shares that range. With both VPNs present, head can replace main's correct MagicDNS target with WARP's address, breaking remote editor links. DirectEndpoints already documents and handles this distinction.
Fails with: On macOS with sshd enabled and no tailscaled socket, networkInterfaces enumerates WARP utun3 at 100.96.0.1 before Tailscale utun4 at 100.64.1.2 with its fd7a:115c:a1e0:: address. Reverse lookup of 100.96.0.1 fails. Head advertises 100.96.0.1 first; a remote tailnet client cannot use it to reach this Mac. Main instead advertises the correct Self.DNSName returned by Tailscale status.
[major] apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts:30: Worse than main: on macOS without the open-source tailscaled socket, lookupTailnetHost treats the first non-internal IPv4 in 100.64.0.0/10 as the Tailscale address and advertises the bare IP when the reverse lookup returns no name. Nothing confirms Tailscale is running, and other VPNs use this range (Cloudflare WARP 100.96.0.x, NetBird 100.64.0.0/10). The web client opens remote links with remoteOpenTargets[0] (apps/web/src/remoteOpen.ts:90), so the unreachable address replaces the working mDNS target. On main, readTailscaleStatus fails without Tailscale, no tailscale target is advertised, and the mdns target comes first. Possible fix: send the PTR query to Tailscale's resolver at 100.100.100.100, whose answer proves the address is Tailscale's and gives the name, and fall back to the IP only when that resolver answers.
Fails with: A macOS host with Remote Login (sshd) on, no Tailscale installed, Cloudflare WARP or NetBird connected (utun address 100.96.0.2). A remote web or mobile client connects. Main advertises [mdns bb-1.local]; this head advertises [tailscale 100.96.0.2, mdns bb-1.local], so remote file links open SSH to the WARP address, which other devices cannot reach. A Mac running both Tailscale and WARP can also pick the WARP address, depending on interface order.
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🟠 Highenvironment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts:34
lookupTailnetHost can return another VPN's address or reverse hostname as the Tailscale host, causing remote editor links to target the wrong machine. isTailscaleIpv4Address only checks the 100.64.0.0/10 range, so an earlier adapter such as Proton at 100.85.0.1 is selected even when the actual Tailscale interface is present; verify interface identity or status membership before choosing an address.
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In file @apps/server/src/environment/RemoteOpenTargets.ts around line 34:
`lookupTailnetHost` can return another VPN's address or reverse hostname as the Tailscale host, causing remote editor links to target the wrong machine. `isTailscaleIpv4Address` only checks the `100.64.0.0/10` range, so an earlier adapter such as Proton at `100.85.0.1` is selected even when the actual Tailscale interface is present; verify interface identity or status membership before choosing an address.
Extend this case to cover macOS without local sshd.
Before checking spawned, resolve with both listeners set to false and assert []. Supply another DNS result for that resolution.
The current macOS-app assertions exercise only the local-sshd path. They would not catch removal of the !avoidTailscaleCli guard, which permits a debug prefs spawn in the no-listener path. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Extend the macOS app case in the existing test before its current spawned-process assertion: perform another resolution with both listeners set to false and provide a separate DNS result for it. Assert that this resolution leaves spawned empty, preserving coverage that the no-listener path does not spawn debug prefs.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Identify the Tailscale interface before selecting its IPv4 address.
isTailscaleIpv4Address checks the shared CGNAT range, not interface ownership. Other VPNs can use this range. (tailscale.com)
If another VPN interface appears first, .find selects its address and ignores the actual Tailscale interface. A failed reverse lookup then advertises that unrelated address as the Tailscale SSH target.
Preserve interface grouping and verify ownership before selecting an address. apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.ts, Lines 43-49, already identifies Tailscale interfaces through their name or Tailscale IPv6 address. Extend the regression coverage with an unrelated CGNAT interface before the Tailscale interface. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the network-interface selection around isTailscaleIpv4Address to preserve interface grouping and verify the interface is Tailscale-owned, using the interface-name or Tailscale IPv6 identification approach already used by DirectEndpoints before selecting its IPv4 address. Add regression coverage with an unrelated CGNAT interface listed before the Tailscale interface and confirm the Tailscale address is selected.
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Problem
On macOS with the Tailscale app installed, each
tailscaleCLI spawn can raise "T3 Code would like to access data from other apps", and Allow does not stop later prompts. The server spawnedtailscale status --jsonon every client connect:loadServerConfigcallsRemoteOpenTargets.resolveTargets(), which also runstailscale debug prefswhen no local sshd listens, andDirectEndpoints.resolve()when Tailscale Serve is on. Reproduced on main d0b81ce with a logging faketailscaleon PATH: pairing a browser and reloading spawnedtailscale status --jsononce per connect.Change
TailscaleStatusCache(apps/server/src/environment/TailscaleStatusCache.ts) holds thestatusanddebug prefsreads.RemoteOpenTargetsandDirectEndpointsboth use it, so concurrent connects share one spawn.debug prefsis still read only when no local sshd listens and a MagicDNS name exists. The returned targets and endpoints are unchanged for the same Tailscale state.Scope and approval
Fixes #11929
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Verification
RemoteOpenTargets > reads Tailscale once across repeated resolves while nothing changesfailed at the test-only commit 651eda6 withexpected { status: 3, debugPrefs: 3 } to deeply equal { status: 1, debugPrefs: 1 }.RemoteOpenTargets.test.tsandDirectEndpoints.test.tspass (16 tests). The tests cover:statusand onedebug prefsspawn across reconnects spread over minutes, and a re-read after the tailnet address changes;vp run check:changedpasses: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages), tests.tailscale statusonce each, as on main. That is the intended non-macOS behaviour.tailscaledrivercannot-verify macos: the TCC prompt itself and that the Tailscale app's utun address appears inos.networkInterfaces(). The macOS caching policy is proven by the darwin-platform unit tests only.DesktopServerExposure, unchanged, already cached).Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code) and GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) for review, orchestrated by T3 Code.
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