# Each web App has its own private Tailscale node

For #203, use one generated userspace sidecar and HTTPS `serve.json` per App
with a web page. Its state lives under `apps/tailscale/nodes/<app>/`, so
restarts preserve its identity. The Tailscale App owns the generated services;
removing a web App removes its sidecar container, keeping state for reinstall.
No Funnel, Docker socket, host port or privileged network device is needed.

This preserves normal root-relative App links and works with ordinary
Tailscale clients, including phones, Apple TV and Android TV. Tailscale
Services require policy edits and per-Service definitions; automating those
needs an overly broad API scope. One node with paths breaks root-relative
links, one node with ports misses per-App names, and TSDProxy needs a Docker
socket. These are the trade-offs established by the throwaway prototype on
`origin/omos/p203-tailscale-names`, not a live-tailnet acceptance run.

One private `tailscale.auth_key` input accepts a reusable, pre-approved auth
key or an OAuth client secret. All nodes read a shared mounted 0600 file;
OAuth adds permanent/preauthorized options and `tag:self-host`. The existing
connector node remains for compatibility. HTTPS must be enabled by the owner,
with a plain warning that App names enter public certificate logs.

Read each node's `Self.DNSName`, never infer a suffix or ignore collisions.
Addresses are additive and friendliest first: valid private HTTPS precedes
IP:port, and `url` equals the first Address. Local Doctor and Debug health
observations continue to use IP:port rather than the preferred remote Address.
`KeyExpiry` and `NeedsLogin` become plain Needs attention items. Auth-key expiry
can block adding Apps after 90 days; untagged node sign-ins expire separately.

Install and Restore reconcile nodes against the merged Project inventory.
An unrelated install never pulls or starts the connector or existing nodes.
Only absent nodes for the approved Apps start, and only when the connector was
already running. Container inventory, not fragment novelty, decides whether
a node is absent, so an approved retry recovers a declared node that a failed
pull or startup never created. Any existing container, including stopped or
unknown state, is left alone. Stopped Access stays stopped; explicitly installing or
restoring Tailscale approves starting its current nodes. The install Review
names private Access for the selected Apps, conditional on Access remaining on.
Failed status inspection is unknown, not healthy: Doctor warns with a diagnostic
command and never repeats raw command output or parsing errors.

Sources checked on 2026-10-10: [Docker parameters](https://tailscale.com/docs/features/containers/docker/docker-params),
[HTTPS](https://tailscale.com/kb/1153/enabling-https),
[Serve](https://tailscale.com/kb/1312/serve),
[auth keys](https://tailscale.com/kb/1085/auth-keys),
[OAuth clients](https://tailscale.com/kb/1215/oauth-clients).
Tests use fake status JSON, never live Docker or Tailscale. OAuth file options,
first-load certificate latency and large Immich uploads remain unverified
against a real tailnet, as recorded by the prototype.