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Problem

Turn on Network access in the desktop app, then move the laptop to another network. Settings → Connections still says "Reachable at" the old address, and new pairing links and QR codes point there too. The backend listens on 0.0.0.0 the whole time, so the server is reachable at its new address. Only the advertised address is stale, and the phone that scans the code can't connect. It stays that way until the app relaunches or network access is toggled off and on.

The cause is in DesktopServerExposure. It picks the LAN address once, at startup or on a mode change, and stores it. getAdvertisedEndpoints reads the network interfaces on every call, but only for Tailscale. The LAN endpoint and getState both return the stored address.

Change

When network access is on, getState and getAdvertisedEndpoints now pick the LAN address from the current interfaces on each read, using the same resolveDesktopServerExposure rules as startup. Nothing else changes. The bind host, the mode and the relaunch logic stay as they were, and a T3CODE_DESKTOP_LAN_HOST override still wins. Local-only state is returned as is.

Connections already refetches both values when it reopens after its 30-second snapshot goes stale (#16026), so no client change is needed. os.networkInterfaces() is a cheap synchronous call, and getAdvertisedEndpoints already made it on every read.

Scope and approval

No issue exists for this. It's a small fix for an obvious bug: the app advertises an address the machine no longer has. It touches one desktop service and its existing test file, and it doesn't change any contract, setting or UI.

Verification

• New test in DesktopServerExposure.test.ts. It starts network-accessible on 192.168.1.20, switches the interface to 10.0.0.5, then checks getState, getAdvertisedEndpoints and that the bind host is still 0.0.0.0. It fails on main and passes with this change. The other 10 tests in the file still pass.
• vp run check:changed main: format, lint, knip, typecheck (2 packages) and tests pass.
• Real app: production build:desktop of main and of this branch on Linux. Each ran in a private network namespace with one interface, an app home copied from a real install with existing projects and threads, and an Xvfb display, driven by Playwright through the UI. The app started with network access on at 192.168.1.20. The script then changed the address to 10.0.0.5, opened General, waited 35 seconds, reopened Connections and shared a new pairing link.

Network access on, first network (same on main and this branch):

Main, after the address moved to 10.0.0.5. Connections and the new pairing link still use 192.168.1.20:

This branch, same steps. Connections and the new pairing link use 10.0.0.5:

The new test on main, then on this branch:

Not checked:

• A physical Wi-Fi switch or a DHCP renewal. The namespace swaps the address on a dummy interface.
• macOS and Windows desktop builds. The change is platform-neutral service code, but I only ran Linux.
• Pairing a phone over the new address.
• The WSL backend path.

Prior PRs

• fix(web): reopening Connections picks up new network addresses #15840 by lnieuwenhuis made the Tailscale endpoints follow address changes in this same service. This PR does the same for the LAN endpoint.
• fix(web): refresh stale desktop endpoints when Connections reopens #16026 by arthurkatcher made Connections refetch stale desktop endpoints when it reopens. This fix relies on that.
• feat(desktop): choose the network interface used for LAN pairing URLs #10838 by PJalv also handled stale LAN addresses, as part of a larger interface-picker feature, and closed for missing verification evidence. This PR is a smaller fix and adds no setting.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 4def412

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a contained desktop bug fix that refreshes stale LAN pairing addresses from current network interfaces while preserving the existing backend binding and local-only behavior. A focused regression test covers the network transition, with no schema, configuration-default, or sensitive-package changes.

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Walkthrough

When network-accessible mode is active, state and advertised endpoint reads now resolve the advertised host from current network interfaces. The backend bind host and other exposure modes remain unchanged. A test covers an interface address change.

Changes: Advertised LAN address refresh

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Refresh and verify advertised address apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.ts, apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopServerExposure.test.ts	getState and getAdvertisedEndpoints apply the current interface address to network-accessible state. The test checks the updated advertised address and confirms the backend remains bound to 0.0.0.0.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#17362: This change updates the stale advertised-address path described in the issue, but it does not restore a loopback-bound backend when Tailscale connects late.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#24111: The deep-link flow opens pairing URLs, which can use the refreshed LAN origin.

Suggested reviewers: lnieuwenhuis, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to 4def4

Local-only state can become unavailable if network-interface enumeration fails. This is a bounded risk, but the read should not depend on the network before merging.

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Keep local-only state reads independent of network enumeration.

If DesktopNetworkInterfaces.read fails, getState now fails even when the stored mode is local-only. That mode does not use the interface data. Read the state first, and enumerate interfaces only for network-accessible mode.

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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

verified unchanged head 4def41275be94469b63ab9cf0b67884d97d6a722 on this linux boat vm. reproduced the bug first on github/main at 32ecd71726fee16f335484c1f95cbce126d461f6, in a separate worktree.

ran vp i in both checkouts and one background vp run dev:desktop at a time, with isolated homes and a private network namespace. desktop dev is necessary here because the changed service and network-access controls belong to electron. drove the actual ui with repository playwright, and used /usr/bin/google-chrome for the paired web client. created the project and thread through the app, and completed real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns on both revisions. no mocks or seeded data.

changed the real namespace interface from 192.168.50.20 to 10.50.0.5, without restarting the app or toggling network access. after the settings cache became stale, left and reopened connections:

• main kept the removed address in the ui, getServerExposureState, and getAdvertisedEndpoints.
• this head returned the new address in all three. the backend process kept listening on 0.0.0.0:16733.
• created and shared a new pairing link through connections. it used http://10.50.0.5:16733/pair#token=[redacted]. chrome paired with that link, loaded the existing thread, and completed another real sol turn through ws://10.50.0.5:16733/ws.
• switched network access off through the ui. the backend bound only to loopback, removed the lan endpoint, and the desktop retained the project, thread, and completed responses.

short runtime transcript, from the real interface, desktop ipc, socket listener, and browser:

interface en0: 10.50.0.5/24
main state/endpoints: http://192.168.50.20:16733
pr state/endpoints:   http://10.50.0.5:16733
network-accessible listener: 0.0.0.0:16733
paired chrome origin: http://10.50.0.5:16733
session: authenticated, browser-session-cookie
websocket: ws://10.50.0.5:16733/ws
model: GPT-6.1-Sol
actual git branch response: maria/takeover-pr-24474
local-only state: endpointUrl=null, advertisedHost=null
local-only endpoints: [http://127.0.0.1:16733/]
local-only listener: 127.0.0.1:16733
loopback HTTP: 302; LAN HTTP: connection refused

desktop dev initially served web assets pinned to loopback. for the lan browser check, rebuilt this head's web assets on blacksmith with normal single-origin settings and served them from the same desktop backend. no source changes or security bypasses.

blacksmith: the existing exposure suite passed on main (10 tests) and on this head (11 tests). the pr currently reports 29 successful checks, no pending or failing checks. no fix or push was needed.

main after the address change:

pr after the same address change:

Not verified

physical wi-fi roaming or dhcp renewal, native ios/android clients, macos/windows desktop, wsl, and live tailscale/https behavior. this vm used a real linux dummy interface address change in an isolated namespace. the explicit lan-host override was covered by the existing suite, but was not separately exercised in the running ui.