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macOS tailscale logs out after less than 5 mins of signing in

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Shows how to fix macOS tailscale logs out after less than 5 mins of signing in. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.

TL;DR

Tailscale on macOS logging out within minutes of signing in (introduced around 1.40.0) was fixed in Tailscale 1.52: the client now restarts itself when the system kills it.

Steps

  1. Tailscale on macOS logging out within minutes of signing in (introduced around 1.40.0) was fixed in Tailscale 1.52: the client now restarts itself when the system kills it. If you're on 1.40.x-1.51 and see 'Please log in' loops, upgrade to 1.52 or later.
  2. Source: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/8220 (Tailscale)

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Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: around 1.40.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Sources

  • https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/8220
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