db: backfill zero-time node expiry to NULL

Versions before 0.28 persisted a pointer to a zero time.Time as
'0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00' in nodes.expiry rather than NULL. 0.29
reports those rows as expired. #3197 and #3199 stopped new writes;
this normalises the existing rows so the column once again means
"no expiry" when unset.

Fixes: #3284

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Shourya Gautam
2026-05-22 21:56:30 +05:30
committed by Kristoffer Dalby
parent 77ba225cdb
commit ea8fc72570
4 changed files with 159 additions and 1 deletions
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@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ connected" routers that maintain their control session but cannot route packets.
- Remove old migrations for the debian package [#3185](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3185)
- Install `config-example.yaml` as example for the debian package [#3186](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3186)
- Fix user-owned re-registration with zero client expiry and no default storing `0001-01-01 00:00:00` in the database instead of `NULL` [#3199](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3199)
- Pre-existing rows with `0001-01-01 00:00:00` are not backfilled; they clear themselves the next time the node re-registers
- Fix `tailscaled` restart on a node with no expiry resetting `NULL` to `0001-01-01 00:00:00` in the database, affecting both tagged and untagged nodes [#3197](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3197)
- Backfill `nodes.expiry` rows persisted by older versions as `0001-01-01 00:00:00` to `NULL`, so nodes upgraded from <0.28 stop reporting as expired [#3284](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3284)
## 0.28.0 (2026-02-04)
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@@ -722,6 +722,28 @@ WHERE tags IS NOT NULL AND tags != '[]' AND tags != '';
},
Rollback: func(db *gorm.DB) error { return nil },
},
{
// Clear zero-time node expiry values to NULL.
// Versions before 0.28 persisted a pointer to a zero
// time.Time as '0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00' rather than
// NULL, which 0.29 reports as an expired node. This
// normalises the existing rows so the column once
// again means "no expiry" when unset.
ID: "202605221435-clear-zero-time-node-expiry",
Migrate: func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
err := tx.Exec(`
UPDATE nodes
SET expiry = NULL
WHERE expiry IS NOT NULL AND expiry < '1900-01-01';
`).Error
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("clearing zero-time node expiry: %w", err)
}
return nil
},
Rollback: func(db *gorm.DB) error { return nil },
},
},
)
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@@ -144,6 +144,60 @@ func TestSQLiteMigrationAndDataValidation(t *testing.T) {
assert.NotContains(t, node7.Tags, "tag:forbidden", "node7 should NOT have tag:forbidden (unauthorized)")
},
},
// Test for the zero-time node expiry migration
// (202605221435-clear-zero-time-node-expiry). Pre-0.28 versions
// stored a zero time.Time as '0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00' rather
// than NULL, which caused 0.29 to report those nodes as expired.
// Fixes: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3284
{
dbPath: "testdata/sqlite/zero_time_expiry_migration_test.sql",
wantFunc: func(t *testing.T, hsdb *HSDatabase) {
t.Helper()
nodes, err := Read(hsdb.DB, func(rx *gorm.DB) (types.Nodes, error) {
return ListNodes(rx)
})
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Len(t, nodes, 5, "should have all 5 nodes")
byHostname := make(map[string]*types.Node, len(nodes))
for _, n := range nodes {
byHostname[n.Hostname] = n
}
// Node 1 had a zero-time expiry; should be cleared.
node1 := byHostname["node1"]
require.NotNil(t, node1, "node1 should exist")
assert.Nil(t, node1.Expiry, "node1 zero-time expiry should be cleared to NULL")
assert.False(t, node1.IsExpired(), "node1 should not be reported as expired")
// Node 2 already had NULL expiry; should still be NULL.
node2 := byHostname["node2"]
require.NotNil(t, node2, "node2 should exist")
assert.Nil(t, node2.Expiry, "node2 NULL expiry should be preserved")
assert.False(t, node2.IsExpired(), "node2 should not be reported as expired")
// Node 3 had a real future expiry; should be preserved.
node3 := byHostname["node3"]
require.NotNil(t, node3, "node3 should exist")
require.NotNil(t, node3.Expiry, "node3 future expiry should be preserved")
assert.Equal(t, 2099, node3.Expiry.UTC().Year(), "node3 expiry year should be 2099")
assert.False(t, node3.IsExpired(), "node3 with future expiry should not be expired")
// Node 4 had a real past expiry; should be preserved.
node4 := byHostname["node4"]
require.NotNil(t, node4, "node4 should exist")
require.NotNil(t, node4.Expiry, "node4 past expiry should be preserved")
assert.Equal(t, 2020, node4.Expiry.UTC().Year(), "node4 expiry year should be 2020")
assert.True(t, node4.IsExpired(), "node4 with past expiry should still be expired")
// Node 5 also had a zero-time expiry; should be cleared.
node5 := byHostname["node5"]
require.NotNil(t, node5, "node5 should exist")
assert.Nil(t, node5.Expiry, "node5 zero-time expiry should be cleared to NULL")
assert.False(t, node5.IsExpired(), "node5 should not be reported as expired")
},
},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
-- Test SQL dump for zero-time node expiry migration
-- (202605221435-clear-zero-time-node-expiry)
--
-- Pre-0.28 versions of Headscale persisted a zero time.Time as the string
-- '0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00' in nodes.expiry instead of NULL. Upgrading
-- to 0.29 surfaces those rows as "expired" because they look like a
-- timestamp at year 1. This dump exercises the data fix.
-- Fixes: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3284
PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
-- Migrations table: all entries BEFORE the zero-time fix have been applied.
-- The new migration is intentionally absent so it runs against this dump.
CREATE TABLE `migrations` (`id` text,PRIMARY KEY (`id`));
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202312101416');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202312101430');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202402151347');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('2024041121742');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202406021630');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202409271400');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202407191627');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202408181235');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202501221827');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202501311657');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202502070949');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202502131714');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202502171819');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202505091439');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202505141324');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202507021200');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202510311551');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202511101554-drop-old-idx');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202511011637-preauthkey-bcrypt');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202511122344-remove-newline-index');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202511131445-node-forced-tags-to-tags');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202601121700-migrate-hostinfo-request-tags');
INSERT INTO migrations VALUES('202602201200-clear-tagged-node-user-id');
-- Users table
CREATE TABLE `users` (`id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,`created_at` datetime,`updated_at` datetime,`deleted_at` datetime,`name` text,`display_name` text,`email` text,`provider_identifier` text,`provider` text,`profile_pic_url` text);
INSERT INTO users VALUES(1,'2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL,'user1','User One','user1@example.com',NULL,NULL,NULL);
-- Pre-auth keys table
CREATE TABLE `pre_auth_keys` (`id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,`key` text,`user_id` integer,`reusable` numeric,`ephemeral` numeric DEFAULT false,`used` numeric DEFAULT false,`tags` text,`created_at` datetime,`expiration` datetime,`prefix` text,`hash` blob,CONSTRAINT `fk_pre_auth_keys_user` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users`(`id`) ON DELETE SET NULL);
-- API keys table
CREATE TABLE `api_keys` (`id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,`prefix` text,`hash` blob,`created_at` datetime,`expiration` datetime,`last_seen` datetime);
-- Nodes table - current schema (after the tags rename + last_seen/expiry reordering)
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "nodes" (`id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,`machine_key` text,`node_key` text,`disco_key` text,`endpoints` text,`host_info` text,`ipv4` text,`ipv6` text,`hostname` text,`given_name` varchar(63),`user_id` integer,`register_method` text,`tags` text,`auth_key_id` integer,`last_seen` datetime,`expiry` datetime,`approved_routes` text,`created_at` datetime,`updated_at` datetime,`deleted_at` datetime,CONSTRAINT `fk_nodes_user` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users`(`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE,CONSTRAINT `fk_nodes_auth_key` FOREIGN KEY (`auth_key_id`) REFERENCES `pre_auth_keys`(`id`));
-- Node 1: zero-time expiry. After migration: expiry IS NULL.
INSERT INTO nodes VALUES(1,'mkey:a0ab77456320823945ae0331823e3c0d516fae9585bd42698dfa1ac3d7679e01','nodekey:7c84167ab68f494942de14deb83587fd841843de2bac105b6c670048c1605501','discokey:53075b3c6cad3b62a2a29caea61beeb93f66b8c75cb89dac465236a5bbf57701','[]','{}','100.64.0.1','fd7a:115c:a1e0::1','node1','node1',1,'cli','[]',NULL,'2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','[]','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL);
-- Node 2: NULL expiry already. After migration: still NULL.
INSERT INTO nodes VALUES(2,'mkey:a0ab77456320823945ae0331823e3c0d516fae9585bd42698dfa1ac3d7679e02','nodekey:7c84167ab68f494942de14deb83587fd841843de2bac105b6c670048c1605502','discokey:53075b3c6cad3b62a2a29caea61beeb93f66b8c75cb89dac465236a5bbf57702','[]','{}','100.64.0.2','fd7a:115c:a1e0::2','node2','node2',1,'cli','[]',NULL,'2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL,'[]','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL);
-- Node 3: real future expiry. After migration: preserved.
INSERT INTO nodes VALUES(3,'mkey:a0ab77456320823945ae0331823e3c0d516fae9585bd42698dfa1ac3d7679e03','nodekey:7c84167ab68f494942de14deb83587fd841843de2bac105b6c670048c1605503','discokey:53075b3c6cad3b62a2a29caea61beeb93f66b8c75cb89dac465236a5bbf57703','[]','{}','100.64.0.3','fd7a:115c:a1e0::3','node3','node3',1,'cli','[]',NULL,'2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2099-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','[]','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL);
-- Node 4: real past expiry (legitimately expired). After migration: preserved.
INSERT INTO nodes VALUES(4,'mkey:a0ab77456320823945ae0331823e3c0d516fae9585bd42698dfa1ac3d7679e04','nodekey:7c84167ab68f494942de14deb83587fd841843de2bac105b6c670048c1605504','discokey:53075b3c6cad3b62a2a29caea61beeb93f66b8c75cb89dac465236a5bbf57704','[]','{}','100.64.0.4','fd7a:115c:a1e0::4','node4','node4',1,'cli','[]',NULL,'2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2020-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','[]','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL);
-- Node 5: another zero-time row to confirm the WHERE clause matches multiple rows.
INSERT INTO nodes VALUES(5,'mkey:a0ab77456320823945ae0331823e3c0d516fae9585bd42698dfa1ac3d7679e05','nodekey:7c84167ab68f494942de14deb83587fd841843de2bac105b6c670048c1605505','discokey:53075b3c6cad3b62a2a29caea61beeb93f66b8c75cb89dac465236a5bbf57705','[]','{}','100.64.0.5','fd7a:115c:a1e0::5','node5','node5',1,'cli','[]',NULL,'2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','[]','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00','2024-01-01 00:00:00+00:00',NULL);
-- Policies table (empty)
CREATE TABLE `policies` (`id` integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,`created_at` datetime,`updated_at` datetime,`deleted_at` datetime,`data` text);
DELETE FROM sqlite_sequence;
INSERT INTO sqlite_sequence VALUES('users',1);
INSERT INTO sqlite_sequence VALUES('nodes',5);
CREATE INDEX idx_users_deleted_at ON users(deleted_at);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_api_keys_prefix ON api_keys(prefix);
CREATE INDEX idx_policies_deleted_at ON policies(deleted_at);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_provider_identifier ON users(provider_identifier) WHERE provider_identifier IS NOT NULL;
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_name_provider_identifier ON users(name, provider_identifier);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_name_no_provider_identifier ON users(name) WHERE provider_identifier IS NULL;
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_pre_auth_keys_prefix ON pre_auth_keys(prefix) WHERE prefix IS NOT NULL AND prefix != '';
COMMIT;