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fix(connections): show Tailscale HTTPS setup failures
voltcrash Nov 3, 2026
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test(server): cover Tailscale failure config subscription
voltcrash Nov 7, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into voltcrash/tailscale-s…
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into factory/pr-30005
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14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion apps/mobile/src/features/connection/ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import { ConnectionTraceId } from "./ConnectionTraceId";
import { SymbolView } from "../../components/ui/AppSymbol";
import { hasSavedBearerRoute, hostFreezeNotice } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/connection";
import type { AtomCommandResult } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/runtime";
import { type EnvironmentId, resolveEnvironmentMachineKind } from "@t3tools/contracts";
import {
type EnvironmentId,
resolveEnvironmentMachineKind,
tailscaleServeFailureMessage,
} from "@t3tools/contracts";
import { useAtomValue } from "@effect/atom-react";
import * as Cause from "effect/Cause";
import { AsyncResult } from "effect/reactivity";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ export function ConnectionEnvironmentRow(props: {
const statusLabel = connectionStatusLabel(props.environment);
const statusTraceId = enabled ? props.environment.connectionErrorTraceId : null;
const hasConnectionFailure = enabled && props.environment.connectionError !== null;
const tailscaleFailure = enabled
? tailscaleServeFailureMessage(serverConfig?.tailscaleServeFailure)
: null;
const freeze = enabled
? hostFreezeNotice(props.environment.environmentLabel, serverConfig?.lastEventLoopStall)
: null;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -154,6 +161,11 @@ export function ConnectionEnvironmentRow(props: {
) : null}
</Text>
) : null}
{tailscaleFailure ? (
<Text className="text-xs text-warning-foreground" selectable>

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Expose the Tailscale Serve failure text to screen readers.

The row's outer Pressable has an explicit accessibilityLabel that does not include this text. Screen readers use that label instead of the nested Text. VoiceOver and TalkBack therefore skip the Tailscale failure guidance. Users who rely on a screen reader cannot read the recovery instructions from this row.

Put the message in the accessibility label of the row, along with the other row text. Alternatively, expose it as its own accessible element. Do not move it outside the Pressable without first checking the flex layout, because the Pressable is the left column of a flex-row container.

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Review comment at @apps/mobile/src/features/connection/ConnectionEnvironmentRow.tsx at line 165:
Update the row’s Pressable accessibilityLabel to include the Tailscale Serve failure guidance along with the other row text, so screen readers announce the recovery instructions. Keep the failure Text within the Pressable and preserve the existing flex-row layout.

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{tailscaleFailure}
</Text>
) : null}
{freeze ? (
<Text
className="text-xs text-warning-foreground"
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62 changes: 62 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -306,6 +306,68 @@ const resolveWithServe = (probeStatus: number) =>
);

describe("DirectEndpoints Tailscale Serve", () => {
effectIt.effect("reports safe Serve setup failures and clears them after recovery", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const failure = yield* Ref.make<string | null>(
"Access denied: serve config denied tskey-secret",
);
const probeStatus = yield* Ref.make(502);
const spawner = ChildProcessSpawner.make((command) =>
Ref.get(failure).pipe(
Effect.map((failureStderr) => {
const status = command._tag === "StandardCommand" && command.args[0] === "status";
const stderr = status ? null : failureStderr;
return ChildProcessSpawner.makeHandle({
pid: ChildProcessSpawner.ProcessId(1),
exitCode: Effect.succeed(ChildProcessSpawner.ExitCode(stderr ? 1 : 0)),
isRunning: Effect.succeed(false),
kill: () => Effect.void,
unref: Effect.succeed(Effect.void),
stdin: Sink.drain,
stdout: Stream.make(new TextEncoder().encode(status ? TAILSCALE_STATUS_JSON : "")),
stderr: Stream.make(new TextEncoder().encode(stderr ?? "")),
all: Stream.empty,
getInputFd: () => Sink.drain,
getOutputFd: () => Stream.empty,
});
}),
),
);
const service = yield* DirectEndpoints.make.pipe(
Effect.provide(
Layer.mergeAll(
layerServeConfig(),
Layer.succeed(ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner, spawner),
Layer.succeed(
HttpClient.HttpClient,
HttpClient.make((request) =>
Ref.get(probeStatus).pipe(
Effect.map((status) => serveProbeResponse(request, status)),
),
),
),
),
),
);
const configure = service.configureTailscaleServe({ localPort: 3773 }).pipe(Effect.result);
expect((yield* configure)._tag).toBe("Failure");
expect(yield* service.tailscaleServeFailure).toBe("permission-denied");
expect(yield* service.resolve()).toEqual([]);
expect(yield* service.tailscaleServeFailure).toBe("permission-denied");
yield* Ref.set(probeStatus, 200);
expect(yield* service.resolve()).toEqual([
{ kind: "tailnet", httpBaseUrl: "https://bb-1.tail1234.ts.net/" },
]);
expect(yield* service.tailscaleServeFailure).toBeNull();
yield* Ref.set(failure, "unrecognized failure tskey-secret private-device");
expect((yield* configure)._tag).toBe("Failure");
expect(yield* service.tailscaleServeFailure).toBe("unknown");
yield* Ref.set(failure, null);
expect((yield* configure)._tag).toBe("Success");
expect(yield* service.tailscaleServeFailure).toBeNull();
}),
);

effectIt.effect("lists the tailnet name once Serve answers for this server", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
expect(yield* resolveWithServe(200)).toEqual([
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36 changes: 35 additions & 1 deletion apps/server/src/environment/DirectEndpoints.ts
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@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
import type { ServerDirectEndpoint } from "@t3tools/contracts";
import type { ServerDirectEndpoint, TailscaleServeFailure } from "@t3tools/contracts";
import {
buildTailscaleHttpsBaseUrl,
ensureTailscaleServe,
type TailscaleCommandError,
type TailscaleServeHttpsDisabledError,
probeTailscaleHttpsEndpoint,
readTailscaleStatus,
} from "@t3tools/tailscale";
Expand All @@ -10,6 +13,8 @@ import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
import * as Option from "effect/Option";
import * as Ref from "effect/Ref";
import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
import * as SubscriptionRef from "effect/SubscriptionRef";
import { HttpClient } from "effect/http";
import * as ChildProcessSpawner from "effect/process/ChildProcessSpawner";
import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
Expand All @@ -34,6 +39,13 @@ const TAILSCALE_ENDPOINT_TIMEOUT = Duration.seconds(3);
export class DirectEndpoints extends Context.Service<
DirectEndpoints,
{
readonly configureTailscaleServe: (input: {
readonly localPort: number;
readonly servePort?: number;
readonly localHost?: string;
}) => Effect.Effect<void, TailscaleCommandError | TailscaleServeHttpsDisabledError>;
readonly tailscaleServeFailure: Effect.Effect<TailscaleServeFailure | null>;
readonly tailscaleServeFailureChanges: Stream.Stream<TailscaleServeFailure | null>;
readonly resolveAvailable: () => Effect.Effect<ReadonlyArray<ServerDirectEndpoint>>;
readonly resolve: () => Effect.Effect<ReadonlyArray<ServerDirectEndpoint>>;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -130,6 +142,24 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
: Effect.succeed(false);
yield* Effect.forkDetach(onCloudVm);

const failure = yield* SubscriptionRef.make<TailscaleServeFailure | null>(null);
const configureTailscaleServe = Effect.fn("DirectEndpoints.configureTailscaleServe")(
(input: Parameters<typeof ensureTailscaleServe>[0]) =>
ensureTailscaleServe(input).pipe(
Effect.provideService(ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner, spawner),
Effect.tap(() => SubscriptionRef.set(failure, null)),
Effect.tapError((error) =>
SubscriptionRef.set(
failure,
error._tag === "TailscaleCommandExitError" &&
error.stderrDiagnostic === "permission-denied"
? "permission-denied"
: "unknown",
),
),
),
);

const servedEndpoint = yield* Ref.make<Option.Option<string>>(Option.none());
const resolveAvailable = Effect.fn("DirectEndpoints.resolveAvailable")(function* () {
const endpoints = [
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -168,11 +198,15 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
Effect.provideService(HttpClient.HttpClient, httpClient),
);
yield* Ref.set(servedEndpoint, servedUrl);
if (Option.isSome(servedUrl)) yield* SubscriptionRef.set(failure, null);
}
return yield* resolveAvailable();
});

return DirectEndpoints.of({
configureTailscaleServe,
tailscaleServeFailure: SubscriptionRef.get(failure),
tailscaleServeFailureChanges: SubscriptionRef.changes(failure).pipe(Stream.changes),
resolveAvailable,
resolve: Effect.fn("DirectEndpoints.resolve")(function () {
return resolve;
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70 changes: 42 additions & 28 deletions apps/server/src/server.ts
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Expand Up @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import * as HttpApiBuilder from "effect/http-api/HttpApiBuilder";

import * as BackgroundPolicy from "./background/BackgroundPolicy.ts";
import * as HostPowerMonitor from "./background/HostPowerMonitor.ts";
import { tailscaleServeFailureMessage } from "@t3tools/contracts";
import * as KeepAwake from "./background/KeepAwake.ts";
import * as ServerConfig from "./config.ts";
import { withUntracedRequests } from "./http.ts";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -221,7 +222,6 @@ import * as NetService from "@t3tools/shared/Net";
import * as RelayClient from "@t3tools/shared/relayClient";
import {
disableTailscaleServe,
ensureTailscaleServe,
readTailscaleServeRootHolder,
readTailscaleServeRoutesTo,
readTailscaleStatus,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -953,28 +953,39 @@ const layerMakeServer = Layer.unwrap(
);
return route;
}
return yield* ensureTailscaleServe({
localPort,
servePort: config.tailscaleServePort,
localHost,
}).pipe(
Effect.as(route),
Effect.tap(() =>
Effect.logInfo("Tailscale Serve configured", {
localPort,
servePort: config.tailscaleServePort,
}),
),
Effect.catch((cause) =>
Effect.logWarning(
cause._tag === "TailscaleCommandExitError" &&
cause.stderrDiagnostic === "unsupported-target"
? `Tailscale Serve left off; this Tailscale install can only proxy to localhost, not ${localHost}. Bind --host 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 instead`
: "Failed to configure Tailscale Serve",
{ cause, localPort, servePort: config.tailscaleServePort },
).pipe(Effect.as(null)),
),
);
const directEndpoints = yield* DirectEndpoints.DirectEndpoints;
return yield* directEndpoints
.configureTailscaleServe({
localPort,
servePort: config.tailscaleServePort,
localHost,
})
.pipe(
Effect.as(route),
Effect.tap(() =>
Effect.logInfo("Tailscale Serve configured", {
localPort,
servePort: config.tailscaleServePort,
}),
),
Effect.catch((cause) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const message =
cause._tag === "TailscaleCommandExitError" &&
cause.stderrDiagnostic === "unsupported-target"
? `Tailscale Serve left off; this Tailscale install can only proxy to localhost, not ${localHost}. Bind --host 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 instead`
: (tailscaleServeFailureMessage(
yield* directEndpoints.tailscaleServeFailure,
) ?? "Failed to configure Tailscale Serve");
yield* Effect.logWarning(message, {
cause,
localPort,
servePort: config.tailscaleServePort,
});
return null;
}),
),
);
}),
(configured) =>
configured
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1040,11 +1051,14 @@ const layerMakeServer = Layer.unwrap(
),
Effect.flatMap((holder) =>
holder === "dead"
? ensureTailscaleServe({
localPort: configured.localPort,
servePort: configured.servePort,
localHost: configured.urlHost,
}).pipe(
? DirectEndpoints.DirectEndpoints.pipe(
Effect.flatMap((directEndpoints) =>
directEndpoints.configureTailscaleServe({
localPort: configured.localPort,
servePort: configured.servePort,
localHost: configured.urlHost,
}),
),
Effect.andThen(
Effect.logInfo("Tailscale Serve repaired", {
localPort: configured.localPort,
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24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/ws.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
type ServerConfig,
type ServerConfigStreamEvent,
type ServerProvider,
type TailscaleServeFailure,
} from "@t3tools/contracts";
import * as Deferred from "effect/Deferred";
import type { ProviderInstance } from "@t3tools/provider-core/server/driver";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -924,6 +925,7 @@ it.effect.each([
const finishDirect = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
const directStopped = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
const responses = yield* Queue.unbounded<ServerConfigStreamEvent>();
const serveFailures = yield* Queue.unbounded<TailscaleServeFailure | null>();
const configRpcServices = Layer.mergeAll(
layerUnusedConfigRpcServices,
Layer.mock(ExternalLauncher.ExternalLauncher)({
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -951,6 +953,8 @@ it.effect.each([
),
}),
Layer.mock(DirectEndpoints.DirectEndpoints)({
tailscaleServeFailure: Effect.succeed(null),
tailscaleServeFailureChanges: Stream.fromQueue(serveFailures),
resolveAvailable: () => Effect.succeed(discovery === "direct-cached" ? endpoints : bound),
resolve: () =>
direct
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1055,6 +1059,7 @@ it.effect.each([
snapshot.config.directEndpoints,
discovery === "direct-cached" ? endpoints : bound,
);
assert.isNull(snapshot.config.tailscaleServeFailure);
assert.isFalse(snapshot.config.settings.defaultAutoPull);
assert.deepEqual(snapshot.config.keybindings, initialKeybindings);
const duringAck = yield* keybindings.upsertKeybindingRule({
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1130,6 +1135,23 @@ it.effect.each([
yield* acknowledge;
}
}
if (discovery === "cached") {
for (const failure of ["permission-denied", null] as const) {
yield* Queue.offer(serveFailures, failure);
const event = yield* Queue.take(responses);
assert.equal(event.type, "snapshot");
if (event.type !== "snapshot") return yield* Effect.die("Missing Serve failure update");
assert.equal(event.config.tailscaleServeFailure, failure);
assert.deepEqual(
event.config.settings,
ServerSettings.redactServerSettingsForClient(latestSettings, {
secretReferences: true,
}),
);
assert.deepEqual(event.config.keybindings, latestKeybindings.keybindings);
yield* acknowledge;
}
}
yield* server.write(0, { _tag: "Interrupt", requestId, interruptors: [] });
if (direct) yield* Deferred.await(directStopped);
}).pipe(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1334,6 +1356,8 @@ it.effect("on-demand clients get provider config without workspace snapshots", (
resolveTargets: () => Effect.succeed([]),
}),
Layer.mock(DirectEndpoints.DirectEndpoints)({
tailscaleServeFailure: Effect.succeed(null),
tailscaleServeFailureChanges: Stream.empty,
resolve: () => Effect.succeed([]),
resolveAvailable: () => Effect.succeed([]),
}),
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21 changes: 20 additions & 1 deletion apps/server/src/ws.ts
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Expand Up @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ export const withLateConfigDiscovery = <E, R>(
launcher: EditorDiscovery,
remoteOpenTargets: RemoteOpenTargets.RemoteOpenTargets["Service"],
directEndpoints: Pick<DirectEndpoints.DirectEndpoints["Service"], "resolve">,
tailscaleServeFailureChanges: DirectEndpoints.DirectEndpoints["Service"]["tailscaleServeFailureChanges"] = Stream.empty,
) => {
const lateEditorConfig = Stream.fromEffect(launcher.resolveAvailableEditors()).pipe(
Stream.filter(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -365,7 +366,18 @@ export const withLateConfigDiscovery = <E, R>(

return Stream.merge(
liveUpdates,
Stream.merge(lateEditorConfig, Stream.merge(lateRemoteOpenTargets, lateDirectEndpoints)),
Stream.merge(
lateEditorConfig,
Stream.merge(
lateRemoteOpenTargets,
Stream.merge(
lateDirectEndpoints,
tailscaleServeFailureChanges.pipe(
Stream.map((failure) => ({ type: "tailscaleServeFailure" as const, failure })),
),
),
),
),
).pipe(
Stream.mapAccum(
(): ClientServerConfig => config,
Expand All @@ -392,6 +404,11 @@ export const withLateConfigDiscovery = <E, R>(
const next = { ...current, directEndpoints: event.endpoints };
return [next, [{ version: 1, type: "snapshot", config: next }]];
}
case "tailscaleServeFailure": {
if (current.tailscaleServeFailure === event.failure) return [current, []];
const next = { ...current, tailscaleServeFailure: event.failure };
return [next, [{ version: 1, type: "snapshot", config: next }]];
}
case "keybindingsUpdated":
return [{ ...current, ...event.payload }, [event]];
case "providerStatuses":
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1836,6 +1853,7 @@ export const layerWsRpc = (
issues: keybindingsConfig.issues,
providers,
...discovery,
tailscaleServeFailure: yield* directEndpoints.tailscaleServeFailure,
observability: {
logsDirectoryPath: config.logsDir,
localTracingEnabled: true,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3409,6 +3427,7 @@ export const layerWsRpc = (
resolveTargets: () => Fiber.join(remoteTargets),
},
{ resolve: () => Fiber.join(directResult) },
directEndpoints.tailscaleServeFailureChanges,
);
return Stream.concat(
rpcInitialItems([
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