feat: use sudo fallback for tailscale configuration commands

To avoid permission denied errors when modifying Tailscale configuration (serve/funnel),
we now attempt the command directly first. If it fails, we catch the error and retry
with `sudo -n`. This preserves existing behavior for users where it works, but
attempts to escalate privileges (non-interactively) if needed.

- Added `execWithSudoFallback` helper in `src/infra/tailscale.ts`.
- Updated `ensureFunnel`, `enableTailscaleServe`, `disableTailscaleServe`,
  `enableTailscaleFunnel`, and `disableTailscaleFunnel` to use the fallback helper.
- Added tests in `src/infra/tailscale.test.ts` to verify fallback behavior.
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google-labs-jules[bot]
2026-01-23 23:16:19 +00:00
committed by Peter Steinberger
parent 29f0463f65
commit 908d9331af
2 changed files with 171 additions and 21 deletions

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@@ -206,6 +206,25 @@ export async function ensureTailscaledInstalled(
await exec("brew", ["install", "tailscale"]);
}
// Helper to attempt a command, and retry with sudo if it fails.
async function execWithSudoFallback(
exec: typeof runExec,
bin: string,
args: string[],
opts: { maxBuffer?: number; timeoutMs?: number },
): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
try {
return await exec(bin, args, opts);
} catch (err) {
// If the error suggests permission denied or access denied, try with sudo.
// Or honestly, for any error in these specific ops, trying sudo is a reasonable fallback
// given the context of what we're doing (system-level network config).
// We'll log a verbose message that we're falling back.
logVerbose(`Command failed, retrying with sudo: ${bin} ${args.join(" ")}`);
return await exec("sudo", ["-n", bin, ...args], opts);
}
}
export async function ensureFunnel(
port: number,
exec: typeof runExec = runExec,
@@ -237,10 +256,16 @@ export async function ensureFunnel(
}
logVerbose(`Enabling funnel on port ${port}`);
const { stdout } = await exec("sudo", ["-n", tailscaleBin, "funnel", "--yes", "--bg", `${port}`], {
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
});
// Attempt with fallback
const { stdout } = await execWithSudoFallback(
exec,
tailscaleBin,
["funnel", "--yes", "--bg", `${port}`],
{
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
},
);
if (stdout.trim()) console.log(stdout.trim());
} catch (err) {
const errOutput = err as { stdout?: unknown; stderr?: unknown };
@@ -288,32 +313,52 @@ export async function ensureFunnel(
export async function enableTailscaleServe(port: number, exec: typeof runExec = runExec) {
const tailscaleBin = await getTailscaleBinary();
await exec("sudo", ["-n", tailscaleBin, "serve", "--bg", "--yes", `${port}`], {
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
});
await execWithSudoFallback(
exec,
tailscaleBin,
["serve", "--bg", "--yes", `${port}`],
{
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
},
);
}
export async function disableTailscaleServe(exec: typeof runExec = runExec) {
const tailscaleBin = await getTailscaleBinary();
await exec("sudo", ["-n", tailscaleBin, "serve", "reset"], {
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
});
await execWithSudoFallback(
exec,
tailscaleBin,
["serve", "reset"],
{
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
},
);
}
export async function enableTailscaleFunnel(port: number, exec: typeof runExec = runExec) {
const tailscaleBin = await getTailscaleBinary();
await exec("sudo", ["-n", tailscaleBin, "funnel", "--bg", "--yes", `${port}`], {
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
});
await execWithSudoFallback(
exec,
tailscaleBin,
["funnel", "--bg", "--yes", `${port}`],
{
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
},
);
}
export async function disableTailscaleFunnel(exec: typeof runExec = runExec) {
const tailscaleBin = await getTailscaleBinary();
await exec("sudo", ["-n", tailscaleBin, "funnel", "reset"], {
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
});
await execWithSudoFallback(
exec,
tailscaleBin,
["funnel", "reset"],
{
maxBuffer: 200_000,
timeoutMs: 15_000,
},
);
}