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Builds on #27996 (merged), which added the t3 up setup command. This PR adds Tailscale as one of its choices.

Tailscale users had a rough time next to T3 Connect:

  • Every device needed a pairing code, and direct sessions expired after 30 days.
  • Machines had to be added by hand.
  • Every Tailscale failure said "T3 Code on X did not answer".

Now, on a personal tailnet, Tailscale already knows which devices are yours, and T3 Code trusts that.

Stand up a box in one command. Run npx t3 up --tailscale on a server. Plain t3 up offers Tailscale too, and picks it first when Tailscale runs there. It does 4 things:

  • turns on Tailscale sign-in
  • opens the box to your tailnet only, unless you also choose the local network
  • installs the background service
  • prints a QR code of the box's tailnet address

Your tailnet policy decides, once it says anything. Access follows Tailscale grants with the app capability t3.codes/cap/t3code:

  • If no grant names this app, your own untagged devices get in. A personal tailnet needs no policy.
  • Once a grant names this app, the policy decides who gets in and with which scopes (read, standard, admin, or single scopes). The owner's other devices need a grant too.
  • t3 up --require-grant turns off the fallback to your own devices.
  • A denial names the missing scope and the grant to add. Each session holds exactly its grant, and a changed or removed grant ends sessions within about 30 seconds.

Your devices connect with no code.

  • The box runs tailscale whois on each connection. When the device is your own untagged device, the box issues a 1-hour DPoP session through the same grant path T3 Connect uses.
  • Renewal reruns every check, so the 30-day lockout is gone.
  • The desktop app adds the T3 machines it finds on your tailnet. Phones get the same list from any machine they are connected to. A machine you remove stays removed.

Status tells the truth.

  • A failed route names itself and gives the likely cause.
  • The host reports its Tailscale state, such as signed out or a node key about to expire.
  • The desktop app knows when this device is off the tailnet.
  • The composer picker and the sidebar show static status dots.
  • t3 tailscale status prints the same facts on the command line.

Connections are more reliable.

  • A healthy session never closes to try a better route.
  • Tailscale Serve retries after a failed start and leaves other servers' mappings alone.
  • The Serve switch shows your setting, not the last probe result.
  • The startup QR shows the HTTPS URL.

Security.

  • Sign-in refuses:
    • tagged nodes
    • nodes shared in from another tailnet
    • other users
    • subnet routers (exit nodes are allowed: they never forward other devices into the tailnet)
    • the box's own node
    • loopback, Serve and Funnel traffic
  • Browser origins get a hard 403.
  • DPoP is required.
  • Each box can block a device. A sign-in code is exchanged in one write that checks the block list, and a block revokes the device's sessions once it lands, so no session outlives a block.
  • Tradeoff: an agent on one of your untagged machines can sign in to your other boxes. That includes containers and VMs on that machine, because it NATs them into the tailnet under its own identity. To stop that, tag the servers that run agents. t3 up prints this tip.
  • Browser clients keep pairing codes for now.
  • A switch to another Tailscale account is another tailnet: the policy scan, cached whois answers and Serve cleanup records never carry over.

Turning it off is immediate.

  • t3 up --no-tailscale or the desktop switch restarts T3 Code. At start, it ends every Tailscale session and unused Tailscale sign-in code.
  • Off switches are written as false, so a value the service inherits cannot turn them back on.
  • A Serve mapping that a stopped run left (Tailscale was down, or the port changed) is removed once Tailscale answers. Records follow the Tailscale login profile, so a mapping on another account waits for a switch back.

Design and decisions: https://2oxi2x73wv2n.postplan.dev

Folded in, with Co-authored-by credit

Testing

  • vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck, and tests beside the changes.
  • Focused tests cover:
    • every sign-in refusal (exit nodes now accepted) and the browser guard
    • the race between Block and grant exchange
    • the route rules (no Tailscale session on LAN routes, the upgrade path, and pruning stale route results)
    • the discovery decisions, and no repeat sign-in for a found machine that cannot be saved
    • the t3 up port check, including a server started by hand
  • Multi-device run with builds of this branch, nothing published:
    • Two Ubuntu 24.04 VMs, each its own tailnet node, set up with t3 up
    • A third VM running the Linux desktop app, driven headless
    • An Android emulator on a Mac, reaching the tailnet through that Mac, which is an exit node
  • What passed:
    • t3 up and a second t3 up run; LAN connections refused; t3 tailscale status
    • First-run setup lists both boxes, signed in with no code
    • The phone adds a box by name with no code through an exit node
    • Block and Unblock both ways, the self-block warning, and the blocked device's own message
    • Pairing with a code while blocked; t3 pair prints the tailnet URL
    • Box down: "T3 Code on t3ts-box1 did not answer", then reconnects on its own in about 20 s
    • Tailscale off on the laptop: "Tailscale is off on this device", then reconnects about 10 s after Tailscale is back
  • That run found 10 problems, now fixed in this PR:
    • Exit nodes were refused
    • No discovery during first-run setup
    • t3 pair printed a LAN URL the box refuses
    • A bare 100.x address with a code used port 443 or 80; the add form now asks for the pairing link, which carries the port, so a code never goes over plain HTTP by guess
    • Raw refusal codes in the add form
    • The wrong unblock path
    • No warning before blocking your own device
    • A "did not answer over Tailscale" headline when Tailscale was fine
    • A session leaked on every failed save
    • A mobile row that said "Retrying" when it was not
  • A separate older bug, the Linux t3 binary needing libatomic1 on fresh Ubuntu, is being fixed in its own PR.
  • Not verified:
    • a real iPhone
    • the macOS and Windows Tailscale CLI paths
    • Tailscale HTTPS (Serve)
    • a tagged box
    • renewal after the 1-hour session
First-run setup finds your boxes Devices on each box
First-run setup lists two tailnet boxes, connected with no code Environments settings with Tailscale devices per box, This device marked
Blocking yourself warns first Phone adds a box by name, no code
Block dialog: This is the device you are using Phone environments list with t3ts-box2 connected over Tailscale

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How much would Corey Quinn like it?

Rounds: 67

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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — New installations now prefer Tailscale access when available, allowing eligible owner devices to connect without pairing codes—a consequential access-default change requiring human review. The PR also adds a lint-suppression directive in TailnetDiscoveryCoordinator.tsx, independently requiring human review.

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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider Metric Main baseline This PR Impact PR ceiling
Codex Total thread wire 5.0 KiB 5.0 KiB +6 B (+0.1%) 6.8 KiB ✅
Codex Thread snapshot wire 3.8 KiB 3.8 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 4.9 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket wire 1.2 KiB 1.3 KiB +6 B (+0.5%) 2.0 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket decoded 21.6 KiB 21.6 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 24.4 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅
Claude Total thread wire 5.0 KiB 5.1 KiB +6 B (+0.1%) 6.8 KiB ✅
Claude Thread snapshot wire 3.8 KiB 3.8 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 4.9 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket wire 1.3 KiB 1.3 KiB +6 B (+0.5%) 2.0 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket decoded 21.9 KiB 21.9 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 24.4 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅

Baseline: 58a407c · PR result: ae97b61 · Source CI: success

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10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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This pull request adds Tailscale sign-in across contracts, server authentication, client authorization, desktop and mobile discovery, route handling, health reporting, device management, and setup interfaces.

Changes: Tailscale contracts and operations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared contracts and Tailscale operations
packages/contracts/*, packages/tailscale/*, apps/server/src/tailscale/*
Adds schemas and helpers for Tailscale status, sign-in, peers, devices, grants, Whois, Serve mappings, and environment identity checks.
Server sign-in and access
apps/server/src/auth/*, apps/server/src/environment/*, apps/server/src/server.ts
Adds Tailnet authentication, grant evaluation, device blocking, session revocation, peer discovery, health reporting, Tailnet-only filtering, and Serve lifecycle wiring.
CLI setup and persistence
apps/server/src/cli/*, apps/server/src/persistence/*, apps/server/src/serverRuntimeState.ts
Adds Tailscale setup flags, owner and grant handling, status commands, service configuration, device-block persistence, and runtime-state support.

Client authorization and connection runtime

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tailnet credentials and onboarding
packages/client-runtime/src/authorization/*, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/catalog.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/onboarding.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/tailnet.ts
Adds DPoP-based Tailnet sign-in, credential renewal, Tailnet registrations, discovery filtering, refusal handling, and saved-connection updates.
Route state and supervision
packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/model.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/routes.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/supervisor.ts
Adds route outcomes and Tailnet route authorization. Removes preferred-route failback and periodic better-route preflight behavior.
Diagnosis and persistence
packages/client-runtime/src/connection/diagnosis.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/registry.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/platform/*
Adds Tailscale diagnosis data, policy guidance, route hints, dismissed-environment tracking, and credential-aware learned-route handling.

Desktop, mobile, and web integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Desktop integration
apps/desktop/src/backend/*, apps/desktop/src/ipc/*, apps/desktop/src/settings/*
Adds desktop Tailscale status, environment discovery, sign-in persistence, IPC methods, and Tailnet-aware endpoint resolution.
Mobile and web integration
apps/mobile/src/*, apps/web/src/*, packages/client-runtime/src/state/*
Adds Tailnet onboarding, discovery workers, device controls, route outcomes, health notices, settings controls, and connection-state indicators.
Documentation and supporting tests
docs/*, apps/*/**/*.test.ts*, packages/*/**/*.test.ts*
Updates setup and troubleshooting documentation and adds coverage for the new contracts, access paths, discovery, route behavior, and device controls.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant TailnetSignIn
  participant TailscaleHost
  participant SessionStore
  Client->>TailnetSignIn: Submit DPoP sign-in request
  TailnetSignIn->>TailscaleHost: Read status and device policy
  TailnetSignIn->>SessionStore: Create or revoke subject session
  TailnetSignIn-->>Client: Return credential or refusal
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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to a6ca1

Tailscale sign-in works as designed. On large tailnets the periodic policy scan may spawn many short-lived Tailscale CLI processes each minute while an owner-device session is active. That is a bounded efficiency concern and does not block merging.

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/features/connection/tailnetDiscovery.ts:
- Around line 58-61: In update, move the connectedKey assignment until after the
DISCOVERY_MIN_GAP_MS check and immediately before run() starts, so a throttled
connection-set change remains detectable on the next trigger.

Review comments at @apps/server/src/startupAccess.ts:
- Around line 184-190: Update the `tailscaleOnly` branch to select its host from
`tailscaleInterfaceIpv4Addresses(interfaces)` instead of searching
`interfaceEntries` by address range, so the printed address matches the
listener’s Tailscale interface filter. Preserve the `"localhost"` fallback when
no Tailscale IPv4 address is available.

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- Line 1814: Update the config stream that emits the `tailscale` field to
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/cli/up.ts:
- Around line 196-197: Update upPortCheck and its runUp flow to probe the
configured port when no live service-managed server owns that exact port,
returning "taken" if it cannot be bound; preserve the exception for a running
service-managed server on that port. Update the configured 3773 test case with
free set to false and no running server to expect "taken".

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…nd skip that line on an ownerless host

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rants decide either way

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…tup stops suggesting require-grant off on an ownerless host

Sign-in refuses a caller whose fresh status disagrees with its lookup on whether it is tagged,
so a device tagged meanwhile is not judged as the owner's untagged device. The policy scan's
final check compares the host's owner itself before and after. `t3 up` on a tagged host
with no owner no longer suggests `require-grant off`, and `require-grant` skips the
untagged-devices line where Tailscale names no node. The test host lists a caller's tags,
as a real one does.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…s it again after an owner-rule scan

The caller check compares the device's tags in the status with its lookup's as sets, so a
tag swap (say admin to reader) is refused rather than keeping the older grant. An owner-rule
decision waits on a policy scan, so sign-in reads the status again after it and checks the
caller once more before issuing a code. `require-grant` on a host Tailscale names no node for
says only granted devices get in.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…nyone, and the guide names the ownerless case

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…re-grant setting after its scan, and the caller's user

After an owner-rule decision's policy scan, sign-in refuses when the host's account or owner
changed (`policy_unknown`) or require-grant was turned on (`no_grant`), as well as when the
caller changed. The caller check also compares its user between the lookup and the status.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… comments say what holds

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…he grant to add, and the guide notes grants are seen through their devices

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rant to add, and a test comment counts reads right

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…blocked, and the guide says who require-grant keeps out

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…and the guide covers another user's machine

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… up says discovery covers your own devices

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…cked, and the guide names shared-in machines

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…y line fits tagged hosts

Blocking and unblocking need access-management scope, which your own devices hold only while
the policy grants nothing; the guide and the blocked refusal now name a device paired with a
code, one granted admin, or yours while nothing is granted. On a tagged host, `t3 up` says
tailnet devices find it, as discovery shows tagged hosts to everyone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…net device finds

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…on port 80 keeps its port, and t3 up says phones add it by address

Typing a one-word name with a pairing code sent the code to `http://<name>:3773`, where `main`
used HTTPS; a one-word name could resolve on a LAN, so with a code only a 100.x address or a
MagicDNS name takes the tailnet address. The mobile pairing parser keeps a typed `:80`, which
URL drops, so a `t3 up` QR on port 80 is not read as 3773. `t3 up` says desktops find the
machine and a phone adds it by the address shown.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…so the code keeps HTTPS

This PR had rewritten a bare 100.x address, MagicDNS name, or one-word name to T3 Code's
plain-HTTP tailnet port even with a pairing code; none of those proves the client is on
Tailscale, and a pasted port-80 link lost its port that way. With a code, the address now
resolves exactly as on `main`; an address alone still signs in through Tailscale. The
"does not offer Tailscale sign-in" prompt asks for a pairing link, which carries the port,
instead of a bare code. Unblock guidance names the `access:write` scope.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…plainly

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…same machine, and unblock and status copy says what holds

A route saved at `http://host/` and one signed in at `http://host:80/` now key the same, so
adding the same machine again no longer reads as a different address. The blocked refusal
names both scopes Settings needs, and its `t3 pair` recovery step says to revoke that
pairing afterwards, so a full-access session does not outlive the unblock. With Tailscale
sign-in on, `t3 status` says a pairing code guards LAN devices, not every peer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… known, and recovery and lock copy say what holds

Route discovery keys saved routes like the same-address check, so a host reported at
`http://host/` is known when saved at `http://host:80/`. The blocked refusal's recovery step
revokes the recovery pairing on the host with `t3 auth session`, as a device cannot revoke
its own session. `t3 up --help` and the guide note Tailscale sign-in beside "the only lock",
and the guide names `orchestration:read` with `access:write`.

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…0 when parsed again

A URL with `http://` and no port means port 80; only a bare host means T3 Code's 3773. So a
saved `http://100.88.1.2/`, parsed again when a Tailscale connection is renamed or moved,
keeps port 80 instead of moving to 3773.

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…ngs keeps those controls

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…he CLI revoke says to restart

The blocked steps split who can manage access into its own sentence, and the
guide names Sharing & access on the machine itself.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…y pairs with the printed link

A pairing-code session outlives a block, so the dialogs and guide say so. The
owner rule is noted as off while grants are required.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…dress, and Block says where to revoke a pairing

The self-block warning says the device loses Tailscale access until it is
unblocked, as it can unblock itself through a pairing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…le address, and t3 pair names its code

A blocked client waits for the app to come to the front before it retries.
`t3 pair` printed "Token:" while every form asks for a pairing code.

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…es its button, and pairing output says code

Add environment refuses a new address for a saved machine, so recovery uses
Add route. A blocked retry needs Retry now or a fresh form submit. `t3 serve`
and `t3 pair --help` call the credential a pairing code like every form.

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