fix(tailscale): preserve occupied Serve handlers by lastobelus · Pull Request #8338 · pingdotgg/t3code

lastobelus · 2026-08-27T00:23:55Z

T3 currently treats an unreachable Serve backend as permission to replace its port, and shared development clears an existing mapping before configuring its own. This can overwrite another application's persistent handler.

This change uses live Serve configuration to decide whether a mapping can be reused or removed. T3 preserves foreign handlers, multiple routes, and Funnel mappings. Pairing can repoint a simple private root handler only after verifying that it serves the same environment. Shutdown removes only the matching target.

The rebase retains upstream's localhost dev proxy fix (#9324), shared reload/HMR behavior (#9543), and current Effect error types and package visibility. Vite and the dev runner are unchanged.

Validation: 309 tests across Tailscale, dev sharing, dev runner, pairing, and server; Tailscale, scripts, and server typechecks; scoped lint and formatting.

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New Features
- Improved Tailscale Serve handling for existing mappings and occupied ports.
- Pairing can safely replace a verified mapping that points to the same development server.
- Clearer errors are shown when a port is already used by another handler.
Bug Fixes
- Prevented cleanup from removing Tailscale handlers owned by another service.
- Preserved unrelated Serve configurations during sharing and unsharing.
Documentation
- Clarified port ownership rules and guidance for resolving occupied HTTPS ports.

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Tailscale Serve setup and cleanup now inspect configured handlers before changing them. Development sharing and pairing handle occupied ports and verified replacements. Server cleanup supplies local proxy details. Tests and documentation cover ownership, replacement, and user-facing errors.

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Tailscale Serve ownership

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Serve state inspection and enforcement `packages/tailscale/src/tailscale.ts`, `packages/tailscale/src/tailscale.test.ts`	The Tailscale API decodes Serve status, classifies handlers, reuses exact matches, rejects occupied or Funnel-enabled ports, and disables only matching handlers.
Development sharing integration `scripts/lib/dev-share.ts`, `scripts/lib/dev-share.test.ts`	Development sharing uses the ownership-aware API, reports occupied ports, and removes only matching localhost mappings.
Pairing and server cleanup `apps/server/src/cli/pair.ts`, `apps/server/src/server.ts`, `docs/internals/remote.md`, `docs/user/remote-access.md`	Pairing can replace a verified development mapping, shutdown passes local proxy details, and documentation describes handler ownership rules and alternate-port guidance.

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PairCommand
  participant TailscaleServe
  participant ServeStatus
  PairCommand->>TailscaleServe: Ensure configured proxy
  TailscaleServe->>ServeStatus: Read serve status --json
  ServeStatus-->>TailscaleServe: Return existing handler
  TailscaleServe-->>PairCommand: Reuse, replace verified handler, or report occupied port

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Pairing can reuse a Funnel-enabled or multi-route Serve mapping instead of reporting the port as occupied. Enforce the exact-handler check before merging.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title is concise, specific, and accurately describes the main change: preserving occupied Tailscale Serve handlers.
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One finding: the widened ensureTailscaleServe error channel is collapsed into a generic wrapper at the pair translation boundary, so the new occupied-port failure surfaces the wrong caller-visible message.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The change materially alters shared Tailscale Serve setup, replacement, and cleanup across pairing, server shutdown, and development sharing, including new external-status parsing and ownership decisions. Its intent is protective, but the cross-cutting stateful behavior and persistent handler side effects merit human review.

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lastobelus · 2026-08-27T00:36:45Z

The patch-identical LastCode port is open as lastobelus#102. Downstream head f153060389a857a8a717c5ace0fe9884ffe17556 preserves -x provenance to this exact upstream series.

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Tailscale Serve mappings persist independently of their loopback backends. LastCode previously treated a failed HTTP probe as permission to replace a configured port, and development sharing could proxy IPv4 while Vite listened only on IPv6 localhost. This ports pingdotgg#8338 exactly into LastCode. It treats the live Serve configuration as authoritative, reuses or removes only a handler whose root proxy exactly matches the current LastCode lifecycle, refuses occupied foreign handlers even when their backend is unavailable, and makes shared development bind both Vite and its proxy to `127.0.0.1`. Ordinary non-shared development remains on `localhost`. Upstream source: pingdotgg#8338 Upstream head: `858e5eed8675b2025ec39118c7c9ae23edb7a4ad` Validation: - 6 focused files, 242 tests - shared, tailscale, web, scripts, and server typechecks - scoped lint, formatting, and diff checks - normal guarded LastCode quick CI, including 2,837 server tests Authored with GPT-5.6 Sol through the Codex harness.

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- Around line 392-394: Update the matching-environment branch in the
regular-server handler flow so a defined input.target.state.devUrl sets
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coderabbitai · 2026-09-21T17:03:06Z

      if (input.target.state.devUrl === undefined) {
        return { baseUrl, notes };
      }


🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Inspect regular-server handlers before reuse.

A matching environment descriptor causes an immediate return. This bypasses ensureTailscaleServe.

A Funnel-enabled or multi-route handler can therefore be reused without the new ownership check. Continue to ensureTailscaleServe with replaceVerifiedHandler set to false. The exact handler will remain unchanged, while other handler shapes will produce ServePortOccupiedError.

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- if (input.target.state.devUrl === undefined) { - return { baseUrl, notes }; + if (input.target.state.devUrl !== undefined) { + replaceVerifiedHandler = true; } - replaceVerifiedHandler = true;

Add a test where a matching regular environment uses a Funnel or an additional route.

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fix(tailscale): preserve occupied Serve handlers lastobelus/lastCode#102

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lastobelus added 8 commits September 21, 2026 09:53

fix(tailscale): preserve occupied serve handlers

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