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tailscale/control/controlclient/client.go
Will Norris 3ec5be3f51 all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it
This file was never truly necessary and has never actually been used in
the history of Tailscale's open source releases.

A Brief History of AUTHORS files
---

The AUTHORS file was a pattern developed at Google, originally for
Chromium, then adopted by Go and a bunch of other projects. The problem
was that Chromium originally had a copyright line only recognizing
Google as the copyright holder. Because Google (and most open source
projects) do not require copyright assignemnt for contributions, each
contributor maintains their copyright. Some large corporate contributors
then tried to add their own name to the copyright line in the LICENSE
file or in file headers. This quickly becomes unwieldy, and puts a
tremendous burden on anyone building on top of Chromium, since the
license requires that they keep all copyright lines intact.

The compromise was to create an AUTHORS file that would list all of the
copyright holders. The LICENSE file and source file headers would then
include that list by reference, listing the copyright holder as "The
Chromium Authors".

This also become cumbersome to simply keep the file up to date with a
high rate of new contributors. Plus it's not always obvious who the
copyright holder is. Sometimes it is the individual making the
contribution, but many times it may be their employer. There is no way
for the proejct maintainer to know.

Eventually, Google changed their policy to no longer recommend trying to
keep the AUTHORS file up to date proactively, and instead to only add to
it when requested: https://opensource.google/docs/releasing/authors.
They are also clear that:

> Adding contributors to the AUTHORS file is entirely within the
> project's discretion and has no implications for copyright ownership.

It was primarily added to appease a small number of large contributors
that insisted that they be recognized as copyright holders (which was
entirely their right to do). But it's not truly necessary, and not even
the most accurate way of identifying contributors and/or copyright
holders.

In practice, we've never added anyone to our AUTHORS file. It only lists
Tailscale, so it's not really serving any purpose. It also causes
confusion because Tailscalars put the "Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS" header
in other open source repos which don't actually have an AUTHORS file, so
it's ambiguous what that means.

Instead, we just acknowledge that the contributors to Tailscale (whoever
they are) are copyright holders for their individual contributions. We
also have the benefit of using the DCO (developercertificate.org) which
provides some additional certification of their right to make the
contribution.

The source file changes were purely mechanical with:

    git ls-files | xargs sed -i -e 's/\(Tailscale Inc &\) AUTHORS/\1 contributors/g'

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
// Package controlclient implements the client for the Tailscale
// control plane.
//
// It handles authentication, port picking, and collects the local
// network configuration.
package controlclient
import (
"context"
"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
"tailscale.com/types/key"
)
// LoginFlags is a bitmask of options to change the behavior of Client.Login
// and LocalBackend.
type LoginFlags int
const (
LoginDefault = LoginFlags(0)
LoginInteractive = LoginFlags(1 << iota) // force user login and key refresh
LoginEphemeral // set RegisterRequest.Ephemeral
// LocalBackendStartKeyOSNeutral instructs NewLocalBackend to start the
// LocalBackend without any OS-dependent StateStore StartKey behavior.
//
// See https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/6973.
LocalBackendStartKeyOSNeutral
)
// Client represents a client connection to the control server.
// Currently this is done through a pair of polling https requests in
// the Auto client, but that might change eventually.
//
// The Client must be comparable as it is used by the Observer to detect stale
// clients.
type Client interface {
// Shutdown closes this session, which should not be used any further
// afterwards.
Shutdown()
// Login begins an interactive or non-interactive login process.
// Client will eventually call the Status callback with either a
// LoginFinished flag (on success) or an auth URL (if further
// interaction is needed). It merely sets the process in motion,
// and doesn't wait for it to complete.
Login(LoginFlags)
// Logout starts a synchronous logout process. It doesn't return
// until the logout operation has been completed.
Logout(context.Context) error
// SetPaused pauses or unpauses the controlclient activity as much
// as possible, without losing its internal state, to minimize
// unnecessary network activity.
// TODO: It might be better to simply shutdown the controlclient and
// make a new one when it's time to unpause.
SetPaused(bool)
// AuthCantContinue returns whether authentication is blocked. If it
// is, you either need to visit the auth URL (previously sent in a
// Status callback) or call the Login function appropriately.
// TODO: this probably belongs in the Status itself instead.
AuthCantContinue() bool
// SetHostinfo changes the Hostinfo structure that will be sent in
// subsequent node registration requests.
// TODO: a server-side change would let us simply upload this
// in a separate http request. It has nothing to do with the rest of
// the state machine.
SetHostinfo(*tailcfg.Hostinfo)
// SetNetinfo changes the NetIinfo structure that will be sent in
// subsequent node registration requests.
// TODO: a server-side change would let us simply upload this
// in a separate http request. It has nothing to do with the rest of
// the state machine.
SetNetInfo(*tailcfg.NetInfo)
// SetTKAHead changes the TKA head hash value that will be sent in
// subsequent netmap requests.
SetTKAHead(headHash string)
// UpdateEndpoints changes the Endpoint structure that will be sent
// in subsequent node registration requests.
// TODO: a server-side change would let us simply upload this
// in a separate http request. It has nothing to do with the rest of
// the state machine.
// Note: the auto client uploads the new endpoints to control immediately.
UpdateEndpoints(endpoints []tailcfg.Endpoint)
// SetDiscoPublicKey updates the disco public key that will be sent in
// future map requests. This should be called after rotating the discovery key.
// Note: the auto client uploads the new key to control immediately.
SetDiscoPublicKey(key.DiscoPublic)
// ClientID returns the ClientID of a client. This ID is meant to
// distinguish one client from another.
ClientID() int64
}
// UserVisibleError is an error that should be shown to users.
type UserVisibleError string
func (e UserVisibleError) Error() string { return string(e) }
func (e UserVisibleError) UserVisibleError() string { return string(e) }