tailscale/cmd
Alex Chan 5b62f98894 ipn, cmd/tailscale/cli: allow setting FQDN sans dot as an exit node
In #10057, @seigel pointed out an inconsistency in the help text for
`exit-node list` and `set --exit-node`:

1.  Use `tailscale exit-node list`, which has a column titled "hostname"
    and tells you that you can use a hostname with `set --exit-node`:

    ```console
    $ tailscale exit-node list
     IP                  HOSTNAME                               COUNTRY            CITY                   STATUS
     100.98.193.6        linode-vps.tailfa84dd.ts.net           -                  -                      -
    […]
     100.93.242.75       ua-iev-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net           Ukraine            Kyiv                   -

    # To view the complete list of exit nodes for a country, use `tailscale exit-node list --filter=` followed by the country name.
    # To use an exit node, use `tailscale set --exit-node=` followed by the hostname or IP.
    # To have Tailscale suggest an exit node, use `tailscale exit-node suggest`.
    ```

    (This is the same format hostnames are presented in the admin
    console.)

2.  Try copy/pasting a hostname into `set --exit-node`:

    ```console
    $ tailscale set --exit-node=linode-vps.tailfa84dd.ts.net
    invalid value "linode-vps.tailfa84dd.ts.net" for --exit-node; must be IP or unique node name
    ```

3.  Note that the command allows some hostnames, if they're from nodes
    in a different tailnet:

    ```console
    $ tailscale set --exit-node= ua-iev-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net
    $ echo $?
    0
    ```

This patch addresses the inconsistency in two ways:

1.  Allow using `tailscale set --exit-node=` with an FQDN that's missing
    the trailing dot, matching the formatting used in `exit-node list`
    and the admin console.

2.  Make the description of valid exit nodes consistent across commands
    ("hostname or IP").

Updates #10057

Change-Id: If5d74f950cc1a9cc4b0ebc0c2f2d70689ffe4d73
Signed-off-by: Alex Chan <alexc@tailscale.com>
2026-04-01 20:42:35 +01:00
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addlicense all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
build-webclient all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
checkmetrics all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
cigocacher cmd/cigocacher: make --stats flag best-effort (#18761) 2026-02-19 16:06:12 +00:00
cloner types/ptr: deprecate ptr.To, use Go 1.26 new 2026-03-05 20:13:18 -08:00
connector-gen all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
containerboot cmd/{containerboot,k8s-operator}: reissue auth keys for broken proxies (#16450) 2026-03-11 10:25:57 +00:00
derper derp,types,util: use bufio Peek+Discard for allocation-free fast reads (#19067) 2026-03-24 10:52:20 -04:00
derpprobe all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
dist all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
distsign all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
featuretags all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
get-authkey all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
gitops-pusher cmd/gitops-pusher: fix precedence when id token env var is empty 2026-01-30 17:37:11 -07:00
hello all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
jsonimports all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
k8s-nameserver all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
k8s-operator derp,types,util: use bufio Peek+Discard for allocation-free fast reads (#19067) 2026-03-24 10:52:20 -04:00
k8s-proxy types/ptr: deprecate ptr.To, use Go 1.26 new 2026-03-05 20:13:18 -08:00
mkmanifest all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
mkpkg all: use Go 1.26 things, run most gofix modernizers 2026-03-06 13:32:03 -08:00
mkversion all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
nardump all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
natc all: use bart.Lite instead of bart.Table where appropriate 2026-03-24 14:45:23 +00:00
netlogfmt all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
nginx-auth all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
omitsize all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
pgproxy all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
printdep cmd/printdep: add --next flag to use rc Go build hash instead 2026-01-27 14:49:56 -08:00
proxy-test-server all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
proxy-to-grafana all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
sniproxy all: use Go 1.26 things, run most gofix modernizers 2026-03-06 13:32:03 -08:00
speedtest all: use Go 1.26 things, run most gofix modernizers 2026-03-06 13:32:03 -08:00
ssh-auth-none-demo all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
stunc all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
stund derp,types,util: use bufio Peek+Discard for allocation-free fast reads (#19067) 2026-03-24 10:52:20 -04:00
stunstamp all: use Go 1.26 things, run most gofix modernizers 2026-03-06 13:32:03 -08:00
sync-containers all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
systray all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
tailscale ipn, cmd/tailscale/cli: allow setting FQDN sans dot as an exit node 2026-04-01 20:42:35 +01:00
tailscaled feature/*,net/tstun: add tundev_txq_drops clientmetric on Linux 2026-03-24 09:44:58 -07:00
testcontrol all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
testwrapper cmd/testwrapper: make test tolerant of a GOEXPERIMENT being set 2026-03-06 14:05:35 -08:00
tl-longchain all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
tsconnect go.toolchain.branch: switch to Go 1.26 2026-03-04 21:57:05 -08:00
tsidp derp,types,util: use bufio Peek+Discard for allocation-free fast reads (#19067) 2026-03-24 10:52:20 -04:00
tsshd all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
tta all: use Go 1.26 things, run most gofix modernizers 2026-03-06 13:32:03 -08:00
vet all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
viewer all: use Go 1.26 things, run most gofix modernizers 2026-03-06 13:32:03 -08:00
vnet all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00
xdpderper all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it 2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00