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Pick up Tailscale without restarting Ace Helper #539

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@iamnbutler

Ace Helper reads the Tailscale identity and tailnet once, when it starts (catalog.ts:72-79, gateway.ts:1083). If Tailscale comes on later, or you switch tailnets:

  • Settings → Team's Tailscale row reads Connected, from a fresh tailscale status;
  • the running host still has no tailnet, so it serves no tailnet listener and finds no peers;
  • creating a channel fails with "Start Tailscale first: every channel belongs to a tailnet."

Nothing says that Ace Helper needs a Restart. Docs mention restarting only after switching tailnets.

The host should pick up a tailnet that appears or changes while it's running, or at least say in Settings and in the failure that it needs a restart, with the Restart button beside it.

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  1. iamnbutler commented on Oct 21, 2026

    @iamnbutler
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    #555 makes Settings → Team and channel creation say when Ace Helper needs a restart to use Tailscale, with a Restart button. A live pickup without restart is still open here.

  2. iamnbutler commented on Oct 22, 2026

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    Still open for a live pickup. #555 says when a restart is needed, and the /join page tells people to start Tailscale before Ace.

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