diff --git a/hscontrol/auth.go b/hscontrol/auth.go
index ed135783e..327a1d459 100644
--- a/hscontrol/auth.go
+++ b/hscontrol/auth.go
@@ -258,9 +258,10 @@ func (h *Headscale) handleLogout(
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("deleting ephemeral node: %w", err)
 			}
 
+			// The node was authorised to log out; Tailscale answers so too.
 			return &tailcfg.RegisterResponse{
 				NodeKeyExpired:    true,
-				MachineAuthorized: false,
+				MachineAuthorized: true,
 			}, nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/hscontrol/auth_test.go b/hscontrol/auth_test.go
index 0e0f64951..d536a25a4 100644
--- a/hscontrol/auth_test.go
+++ b/hscontrol/auth_test.go
@@ -660,10 +660,10 @@ func TestAuthenticationFlows(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 			machineKey:  machineKey1.Public,
+			wantAuth:    true, // the logout is answered as authorised
 			wantExpired: true,
 			validate: func(t *testing.T, resp *tailcfg.RegisterResponse, app *Headscale) { //nolint:thelper //nolint:thelper
 				assert.True(t, resp.NodeKeyExpired)
-				assert.False(t, resp.MachineAuthorized)
 
 				// Ephemeral node should be deleted, not just marked expired
 				_, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey1.Public())
diff --git a/hscontrol/servertest/lifecycle_compat_test.go b/hscontrol/servertest/lifecycle_compat_test.go
index b4c01dfa1..a54d26015 100644
--- a/hscontrol/servertest/lifecycle_compat_test.go
+++ b/hscontrol/servertest/lifecycle_compat_test.go
@@ -36,16 +36,12 @@ import (
 // the step of what killed nodes leave behind. A listed check that matches
 // fails, so a fix must delete its entry.
 var lifecycleSkipReasons = map[string]string{
-	"ephemeral-lifecycle/E1-logout/eph-logout/outcome":      logoutAnswerUnauthorized,
-	"ephemeral-lifecycle/E1-logout/eph-logout-user/outcome": logoutAnswerUnauthorized,
-
 	"ephemeral-lifecycle/E3-key-delete/2/keys":   deletedKeyListed,
 	"ephemeral-lifecycle/E3-key-delete/3/keys":   deletedKeyListed,
 	"ephemeral-lifecycle/E3-key-delete/4/status": deletedKeyDeleteNotFound,
 }
 
 const (
-	logoutAnswerUnauthorized = "LOGOUT_ANSWER_UNAUTHORIZED: headscale answers the logout that deletes an ephemeral node with MachineAuthorized false; SaaS answers true"
 	deletedKeyListed         = "DELETED_KEY_LISTED: headscale lists a deleted auth key; SaaS leaves it out of both key lists, while a read by ID still answers"
 	deletedKeyDeleteNotFound = "DELETED_KEY_DELETE_NOT_FOUND: headscale answers 404 to a second delete of an auth key; SaaS answers 200"
 )