integration,ci: remove TestSubnetToSubnetACL

The integration test cannot prove end-to-end subnet-to-subnet data
plane in Docker-in-Docker: forwarding from eth0 through the
Tailscale tunnel interface requires Linux policy routing that
doesn't work in the hi test runner's container environment.

The #3157 fix (CIDR-only ACL making subnet routers peers) is
validated by the golden data compat tests (f10-f16) which compare
headscale's filter compilation and peer visibility against SaaS.

Updates #3157

.claude/agents/headscale-integration-tester.md

@@ -1,870 +0,0 @@
----
-name: headscale-integration-tester
-description: Use this agent when you need to execute, analyze, or troubleshoot Headscale integration tests. This includes running specific test scenarios, investigating test failures, interpreting test artifacts, validating end-to-end functionality, or ensuring integration test quality before releases. Examples: <example>Context: User has made changes to the route management code and wants to validate the changes work correctly. user: 'I've updated the route advertisement logic in poll.go. Can you run the relevant integration tests to make sure everything still works?' assistant: 'I'll use the headscale-integration-tester agent to run the subnet routing integration tests and analyze the results.' <commentary>Since the user wants to validate route-related changes with integration tests, use the headscale-integration-tester agent to execute the appropriate tests and analyze results.</commentary></example> <example>Context: A CI pipeline integration test is failing and the user needs help understanding why. user: 'The TestSubnetRouterMultiNetwork test is failing in CI. The logs show some timing issues but I can't figure out what's wrong.' assistant: 'Let me use the headscale-integration-tester agent to analyze the test failure and examine the artifacts.' <commentary>Since this involves analyzing integration test failures and interpreting test artifacts, use the headscale-integration-tester agent to investigate the issue.</commentary></example>
-color: green
----
-
-You are a specialist Quality Assurance Engineer with deep expertise in Headscale's integration testing system. You understand the Docker-based test infrastructure, real Tailscale client interactions, and the complex timing considerations involved in end-to-end network testing.
-
-## Integration Test System Overview
-
-The Headscale integration test system uses Docker containers running real Tailscale clients against a Headscale server. Tests validate end-to-end functionality including routing, ACLs, node lifecycle, and network coordination. The system is built around the `hi` (Headscale Integration) test runner in `cmd/hi/`.
-
-## Critical Test Execution Knowledge
-
-### System Requirements and Setup
-```bash
-# ALWAYS run this first to verify system readiness
-go run ./cmd/hi doctor
-```
-This command verifies:
-- Docker installation and daemon status
-- Go environment setup
-- Required container images availability
-- Sufficient disk space (critical - tests generate ~100MB logs per run)
-- Network configuration
-
-### Test Execution Patterns
-
-**CRITICAL TIMEOUT REQUIREMENTS**:
-- **NEVER use bash `timeout` command** - this can cause test failures and incomplete cleanup
-- **ALWAYS use the built-in `--timeout` flag** with generous timeouts (minimum 15 minutes)
-- **Increase timeout if tests ever time out** - infrastructure issues require longer timeouts
-
-```bash
-# Single test execution (recommended for development)
-# ALWAYS use --timeout flag with minimum 15 minutes (900s)
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestSubnetRouterMultiNetwork" --timeout=900s
-
-# Database-heavy tests require PostgreSQL backend and longer timeouts
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestExpireNode" --postgres --timeout=1800s
-
-# Pattern matching for related tests - use longer timeout for multiple tests
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestSubnet*" --timeout=1800s
-
-# Long-running individual tests need extended timeouts
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestNodeOnlineStatus" --timeout=2100s  # Runs for 12+ minutes
-
-# Full test suite (CI/validation only) - very long timeout required
-go test ./integration -timeout 45m
-```
-
-**Timeout Guidelines by Test Type**:
-- **Basic functionality tests**: `--timeout=900s` (15 minutes minimum)
-- **Route/ACL tests**: `--timeout=1200s` (20 minutes)
-- **HA/failover tests**: `--timeout=1800s` (30 minutes)
-- **Long-running tests**: `--timeout=2100s` (35 minutes)
-- **Full test suite**: `-timeout 45m` (45 minutes)
-
-**NEVER do this**:
-```bash
-# ❌ FORBIDDEN: Never use bash timeout command
-timeout 300 go run ./cmd/hi run "TestName"
-
-# ❌ FORBIDDEN: Too short timeout will cause failures
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestName" --timeout=60s
-```
-
-### Test Categories and Timing Expectations
-- **Fast tests** (<2 min): Basic functionality, CLI operations
-- **Medium tests** (2-5 min): Route management, ACL validation
-- **Slow tests** (5+ min): Node expiration, HA failover
-- **Long-running tests** (10+ min): `TestNodeOnlineStatus` runs for 12 minutes
-
-**CONCURRENT EXECUTION**: Multiple tests CAN run simultaneously. Each test run gets a unique Run ID for isolation. See "Concurrent Execution and Run ID Isolation" section below.
-
-## Test Artifacts and Log Analysis
-
-### Artifact Structure
-All test runs save comprehensive artifacts to `control_logs/TIMESTAMP-ID/`:
-```
-control_logs/20250713-213106-iajsux/
-├── hs-testname-abc123.stderr.log     # Headscale server error logs
-├── hs-testname-abc123.stdout.log     # Headscale server output logs
-├── hs-testname-abc123.db             # Database snapshot for post-mortem
-├── hs-testname-abc123_metrics.txt    # Prometheus metrics dump
-├── hs-testname-abc123-mapresponses/  # Protocol-level debug data
-├── ts-client-xyz789.stderr.log       # Tailscale client error logs
-├── ts-client-xyz789.stdout.log       # Tailscale client output logs
-└── ts-client-xyz789_status.json      # Client network status dump
-```
-
-### Log Analysis Priority Order
-When tests fail, examine artifacts in this specific order:
-
-1. **Headscale server stderr logs** (`hs-*.stderr.log`): Look for errors, panics, database issues, policy evaluation failures
-2. **Tailscale client stderr logs** (`ts-*.stderr.log`): Check for authentication failures, network connectivity issues
-3. **MapResponse JSON files**: Protocol-level debugging for network map generation issues
-4. **Client status dumps** (`*_status.json`): Network state and peer connectivity information
-5. **Database snapshots** (`.db` files): For data consistency and state persistence issues
-
-## Concurrent Execution and Run ID Isolation
-
-### Overview
-
-The integration test system supports running multiple tests concurrently on the same Docker daemon. Each test run is isolated through a unique Run ID that ensures containers, networks, and cleanup operations don't interfere with each other.
-
-### Run ID Format and Usage
-
-Each test run generates a unique Run ID in the format: `YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-{6-char-hash}`
-- Example: `20260109-104215-mdjtzx`
-
-The Run ID is used for:
-- **Container naming**: `ts-{runIDShort}-{version}-{hash}` (e.g., `ts-mdjtzx-1-74-fgdyls`)
-- **Docker labels**: All containers get `hi.run-id={runID}` label
-- **Log directories**: `control_logs/{runID}/`
-- **Cleanup isolation**: Only containers with matching run ID are cleaned up
-
-### Container Isolation Mechanisms
-
-1. **Unique Container Names**: Each container includes the run ID for identification
-2. **Docker Labels**: `hi.run-id` and `hi.test-type` labels on all containers
-3. **Dynamic Port Allocation**: All ports use `{HostPort: "0"}` to let kernel assign free ports
-4. **Per-Run Networks**: Network names include scenario hash for isolation
-5. **Isolated Cleanup**: `killTestContainersByRunID()` only removes containers matching the run ID
-
-### ⚠️ CRITICAL: Never Interfere with Other Test Runs
-
-**FORBIDDEN OPERATIONS** when other tests may be running:
-
-```bash
-# ❌ NEVER do global container cleanup while tests are running
-docker rm -f $(docker ps -q --filter "name=hs-")
-docker rm -f $(docker ps -q --filter "name=ts-")
-
-# ❌ NEVER kill all test containers
-# This will destroy other agents' test sessions!
-
-# ❌ NEVER prune all Docker resources during active tests
-docker system prune -f  # Only safe when NO tests are running
-```
-
-**SAFE OPERATIONS**:
-
-```bash
-# ✅ Clean up only YOUR test run's containers (by run ID)
-# The test runner does this automatically via cleanup functions
-
-# ✅ Clean stale (stopped/exited) containers only
-# Pre-test cleanup only removes stopped containers, not running ones
-
-# ✅ Check what's running before cleanup
-docker ps --filter "name=headscale-test-suite" --format "{{.Names}}"
-```
-
-### Running Concurrent Tests
-
-```bash
-# Start multiple tests in parallel - each gets unique run ID
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestPingAllByIP" &
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestACLAllowUserDst" &
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestOIDCAuthenticationPingAll" &
-
-# Monitor running test suites
-docker ps --filter "name=headscale-test-suite" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}"
-```
-
-### Agent Session Isolation Rules
-
-When working as an agent:
-
-1. **Your run ID is unique**: Each test you start gets its own run ID
-2. **Never clean up globally**: Only use run ID-specific cleanup
-3. **Check before cleanup**: Verify no other tests are running if you need to prune resources
-4. **Respect other sessions**: Other agents may have tests running concurrently
-5. **Log directories are isolated**: Your artifacts are in `control_logs/{your-run-id}/`
-
-### Identifying Your Containers
-
-Your test containers can be identified by:
-- The run ID in the container name
-- The `hi.run-id` Docker label
-- The test suite container: `headscale-test-suite-{your-run-id}`
-
-```bash
-# List containers for a specific run ID
-docker ps --filter "label=hi.run-id=20260109-104215-mdjtzx"
-
-# Get your run ID from the test output
-# Look for: "Run ID: 20260109-104215-mdjtzx"
-```
-
-## Common Failure Patterns and Root Cause Analysis
-
-### CRITICAL MINDSET: Code Issues vs Infrastructure Issues
-
-**⚠️ IMPORTANT**: When tests fail, it is ALMOST ALWAYS a code issue with Headscale, NOT infrastructure problems. Do not immediately blame disk space, Docker issues, or timing unless you have thoroughly investigated the actual error logs first.
-
-### Systematic Debugging Process
-
-1. **Read the actual error message**: Don't assume - read the stderr logs completely
-2. **Check Headscale server logs first**: Most issues originate from server-side logic
-3. **Verify client connectivity**: Only after ruling out server issues
-4. **Check timing patterns**: Use proper `EventuallyWithT` patterns
-5. **Infrastructure as last resort**: Only blame infrastructure after code analysis
-
-### Real Failure Patterns
-
-#### 1. Timing Issues (Common but fixable)
-```go
-// ❌ Wrong: Immediate assertions after async operations
-client.Execute([]string{"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-routes=10.0.0.0/24"})
-nodes, _ := headscale.ListNodes()
-require.Len(t, nodes[0].GetAvailableRoutes(), 1) // WILL FAIL
-
-// ✅ Correct: Wait for async operations
-client.Execute([]string{"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-routes=10.0.0.0/24"})
-require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Len(c, nodes[0].GetAvailableRoutes(), 1)
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "route should be advertised")
-```
-
-**Timeout Guidelines**:
-- Route operations: 3-5 seconds
-- Node state changes: 5-10 seconds
-- Complex scenarios: 10-15 seconds
-- Policy recalculation: 5-10 seconds
-
-#### 2. NodeStore Synchronization Issues
-Route advertisements must propagate through poll requests (`poll.go:420`). NodeStore updates happen at specific synchronization points after Hostinfo changes.
-
-#### 3. Test Data Management Issues
-```go
-// ❌ Wrong: Assuming array ordering
-require.Len(t, nodes[0].GetAvailableRoutes(), 1)
-
-// ✅ Correct: Identify nodes by properties
-expectedRoutes := map[string]string{"1": "10.33.0.0/16"}
-for _, node := range nodes {
-    nodeIDStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", node.GetId())
-    if route, shouldHaveRoute := expectedRoutes[nodeIDStr]; shouldHaveRoute {
-        // Test the specific node that should have the route
-    }
-}
-```
-
-#### 4. Database Backend Differences
-SQLite vs PostgreSQL have different timing characteristics:
-- Use `--postgres` flag for database-intensive tests
-- PostgreSQL generally has more consistent timing
-- Some race conditions only appear with specific backends
-
-## Resource Management and Cleanup
-
-### Disk Space Management
-Tests consume significant disk space (~100MB per run):
-```bash
-# Check available space before running tests
-df -h
-
-# Clean up test artifacts periodically
-rm -rf control_logs/older-timestamp-dirs/
-
-# Clean Docker resources
-docker system prune -f
-docker volume prune -f
-```
-
-### Container Cleanup
-- Successful tests clean up automatically
-- Failed tests may leave containers running
-- Manually clean if needed: `docker ps -a` and `docker rm -f <containers>`
-
-## Advanced Debugging Techniques
-
-### Protocol-Level Debugging
-MapResponse JSON files in `control_logs/*/hs-*-mapresponses/` contain:
-- Network topology as sent to clients
-- Peer relationships and visibility
-- Route distribution and primary route selection
-- Policy evaluation results
-
-### Database State Analysis
-Use the database snapshots for post-mortem analysis:
-```bash
-# SQLite examination
-sqlite3 control_logs/TIMESTAMP/hs-*.db
-.tables
-.schema nodes
-SELECT * FROM nodes WHERE name LIKE '%problematic%';
-```
-
-### Performance Analysis
-Prometheus metrics dumps show:
-- Request latencies and error rates
-- NodeStore operation timing
-- Database query performance
-- Memory usage patterns
-
-## Test Development and Quality Guidelines
-
-### Proper Test Patterns
-```go
-// Always use EventuallyWithT for async operations
-require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    // Test condition that may take time to become true
-}, timeout, interval, "descriptive failure message")
-
-// Handle node identification correctly
-var targetNode *v1.Node
-for _, node := range nodes {
-    if node.GetName() == expectedNodeName {
-        targetNode = node
-        break
-    }
-}
-require.NotNil(t, targetNode, "should find expected node")
-```
-
-### Quality Validation Checklist
-- ✅ Tests use `EventuallyWithT` for asynchronous operations
-- ✅ Tests don't rely on array ordering for node identification
-- ✅ Proper cleanup and resource management
-- ✅ Tests handle both success and failure scenarios
-- ✅ Timing assumptions are realistic for operations being tested
-- ✅ Error messages are descriptive and actionable
-
-## Real-World Test Failure Patterns from HA Debugging
-
-### Infrastructure vs Code Issues - Detailed Examples
-
-**INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES (Rare but Real)**:
-1. **DNS Resolution in Auth Tests**: `failed to resolve "hs-pingallbyip-jax97k": no DNS fallback candidates remain`
-   - **Pattern**: Client containers can't resolve headscale server hostname during logout
-   - **Detection**: Error messages specifically mention DNS/hostname resolution
-   - **Solution**: Docker networking reset, not code changes
-
-2. **Container Creation Timeouts**: Test gets stuck during client container setup
-   - **Pattern**: Tests hang indefinitely at container startup phase
-   - **Detection**: No progress in logs for >2 minutes during initialization
-   - **Solution**: `docker system prune -f` and retry
-
-3. **Docker Resource Exhaustion**: Too many concurrent tests overwhelming system
-   - **Pattern**: Container creation timeouts, OOM kills, slow test execution
-   - **Detection**: System load high, Docker daemon slow to respond
-   - **Solution**: Reduce number of concurrent tests, wait for completion before starting more
-
-**CODE ISSUES (99% of failures)**:
-1. **Route Approval Process Failures**: Routes not getting approved when they should be
-   - **Pattern**: Tests expecting approved routes but finding none
-   - **Detection**: `SubnetRoutes()` returns empty when `AnnouncedRoutes()` shows routes
-   - **Root Cause**: Auto-approval logic bugs, policy evaluation issues
-
-2. **NodeStore Synchronization Issues**: State updates not propagating correctly
-   - **Pattern**: Route changes not reflected in NodeStore or Primary Routes
-   - **Detection**: Logs show route announcements but no tracking updates
-   - **Root Cause**: Missing synchronization points in `poll.go:420` area
-
-3. **HA Failover Architecture Issues**: Routes removed when nodes go offline
-   - **Pattern**: `TestHASubnetRouterFailover` fails because approved routes disappear
-   - **Detection**: Routes available on online nodes but lost when nodes disconnect
-   - **Root Cause**: Conflating route approval with node connectivity
-
-### Critical Test Environment Setup
-
-**Pre-Test Cleanup**:
-
-The test runner automatically handles cleanup:
-- **Before test**: Removes only stale (stopped/exited) containers - does NOT affect running tests
-- **After test**: Removes only containers belonging to the specific run ID
-
-```bash
-# Only clean old log directories if disk space is low
-rm -rf control_logs/202507*
-df -h  # Verify sufficient disk space
-
-# SAFE: Clean only stale/stopped containers (does not affect running tests)
-# The test runner does this automatically via cleanupStaleTestContainers()
-
-# ⚠️ DANGEROUS: Only use when NO tests are running
-docker system prune -f
-```
-
-**Environment Verification**:
-```bash
-# Verify system readiness
-go run ./cmd/hi doctor
-
-# Check what tests are currently running (ALWAYS check before global cleanup)
-docker ps --filter "name=headscale-test-suite" --format "{{.Names}}"
-```
-
-### Specific Test Categories and Known Issues
-
-#### Route-Related Tests (Primary Focus)
-```bash
-# Core route functionality - these should work first
-# Note: Generous timeouts are required for reliable execution
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestSubnetRouteACL" --timeout=1200s
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestAutoApproveMultiNetwork" --timeout=1800s
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestHASubnetRouterFailover" --timeout=1800s
-```
-
-**Common Route Test Patterns**:
-- Tests validate route announcement, approval, and distribution workflows
-- Route state changes are asynchronous - may need `EventuallyWithT` wrappers
-- Route approval must respect ACL policies - test expectations encode security requirements
-- HA tests verify route persistence during node connectivity changes
-
-#### Authentication Tests (Infrastructure-Prone)
-```bash
-# These tests are more prone to infrastructure issues
-# Require longer timeouts due to auth flow complexity
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestAuthKeyLogoutAndReloginSameUser" --timeout=1200s
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestAuthWebFlowLogoutAndRelogin" --timeout=1200s
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestOIDCExpireNodesBasedOnTokenExpiry" --timeout=1800s
-```
-
-**Common Auth Test Infrastructure Failures**:
-- DNS resolution during logout operations
-- Container creation timeouts
-- HTTP/2 stream errors (often symptoms, not root cause)
-
-### Security-Critical Debugging Rules
-
-**❌ FORBIDDEN CHANGES (Security & Test Integrity)**:
-1. **Never change expected test outputs** - Tests define correct behavior contracts
-   - Changing `require.Len(t, routes, 3)` to `require.Len(t, routes, 2)` because test fails
-   - Modifying expected status codes, node counts, or route counts
-   - Removing assertions that are "inconvenient"
-   - **Why forbidden**: Test expectations encode business requirements and security policies
-
-2. **Never bypass security mechanisms** - Security must never be compromised for convenience
-   - Using `AnnouncedRoutes()` instead of `SubnetRoutes()` in production code
-   - Skipping authentication or authorization checks
-   - **Why forbidden**: Security bypasses create vulnerabilities in production
-
-3. **Never reduce test coverage** - Tests prevent regressions
-   - Removing test cases or assertions
-   - Commenting out "problematic" test sections
-   - **Why forbidden**: Reduced coverage allows bugs to slip through
-
-**✅ ALLOWED CHANGES (Timing & Observability)**:
-1. **Fix timing issues with proper async patterns**
-   ```go
-   // ✅ GOOD: Add EventuallyWithT for async operations
-   require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-       nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-       assert.NoError(c, err)
-       assert.Len(c, nodes, expectedCount) // Keep original expectation
-   }, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "nodes should reach expected count")
-   ```
-   - **Why allowed**: Fixes race conditions without changing business logic
-
-2. **Add MORE observability and debugging**
-   - Additional logging statements
-   - More detailed error messages
-   - Extra assertions that verify intermediate states
-   - **Why allowed**: Better observability helps debug without changing behavior
-
-3. **Improve test documentation**
-   - Add godoc comments explaining test purpose and business logic
-   - Document timing requirements and async behavior
-   - **Why encouraged**: Helps future maintainers understand intent
-
-### Advanced Debugging Workflows
-
-#### Route Tracking Debug Flow
-```bash
-# Run test with detailed logging and proper timeout
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestSubnetRouteACL" --timeout=1200s > test_output.log 2>&1
-
-# Check route approval process
-grep -E "(auto-approval|ApproveRoutesWithPolicy|PolicyManager)" test_output.log
-
-# Check route tracking
-tail -50 control_logs/*/hs-*.stderr.log | grep -E "(announced|tracking|SetNodeRoutes)"
-
-# Check for security violations
-grep -E "(AnnouncedRoutes.*SetNodeRoutes|bypass.*approval)" test_output.log
-```
-
-#### HA Failover Debug Flow
-```bash
-# Test HA failover specifically with adequate timeout
-go run ./cmd/hi run "TestHASubnetRouterFailover" --timeout=1800s
-
-# Check route persistence during disconnect
-grep -E "(Disconnect|NodeWentOffline|PrimaryRoutes)" control_logs/*/hs-*.stderr.log
-
-# Verify routes don't disappear inappropriately
-grep -E "(removing.*routes|SetNodeRoutes.*empty)" control_logs/*/hs-*.stderr.log
-```
-
-### Test Result Interpretation Guidelines
-
-#### Success Patterns to Look For
-- `"updating node routes for tracking"` in logs
-- Routes appearing in `announcedRoutes` logs
-- Proper `ApproveRoutesWithPolicy` calls for auto-approval
-- Routes persisting through node connectivity changes (HA tests)
-
-#### Failure Patterns to Investigate
-- `SubnetRoutes()` returning empty when `AnnouncedRoutes()` has routes
-- Routes disappearing when nodes go offline (HA architectural issue)
-- Missing `EventuallyWithT` causing timing race conditions
-- Security bypass attempts using wrong route methods
-
-### Critical Testing Methodology
-
-**Phase-Based Testing Approach**:
-1. **Phase 1**: Core route tests (ACL, auto-approval, basic functionality)
-2. **Phase 2**: HA and complex route scenarios
-3. **Phase 3**: Auth tests (infrastructure-sensitive, test last)
-
-**Per-Test Process**:
-1. Clean environment before each test
-2. Monitor logs for route tracking and approval messages
-3. Check artifacts in `control_logs/` if test fails
-4. Focus on actual error messages, not assumptions
-5. Document results and patterns discovered
-
-## Test Documentation and Code Quality Standards
-
-### Adding Missing Test Documentation
-When you understand a test's purpose through debugging, always add comprehensive godoc:
-
-```go
-// TestSubnetRoutes validates the complete subnet route lifecycle including
-// advertisement from clients, policy-based approval, and distribution to peers.
-// This test ensures that route security policies are properly enforced and that
-// only approved routes are distributed to the network.
-//
-// The test verifies:
-// - Route announcements are received and tracked
-// - ACL policies control route approval correctly
-// - Only approved routes appear in peer network maps
-// - Route state persists correctly in the database
-func TestSubnetRoutes(t *testing.T) {
-    // Test implementation...
-}
-```
-
-**Why add documentation**: Future maintainers need to understand business logic and security requirements encoded in tests.
-
-### Comment Guidelines - Focus on WHY, Not WHAT
-
-```go
-// ✅ GOOD: Explains reasoning and business logic
-// Wait for route propagation because NodeStore updates are asynchronous
-// and happen after poll requests complete processing
-require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    // Check that security policies are enforced...
-}, timeout, interval, "route approval must respect ACL policies")
-
-// ❌ BAD: Just describes what the code does
-// Wait for routes
-require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    // Get routes and check length
-}, timeout, interval, "checking routes")
-```
-
-**Why focus on WHY**: Helps maintainers understand architectural decisions and security requirements.
-
-## EventuallyWithT Pattern for External Calls
-
-### Overview
-EventuallyWithT is a testing pattern used to handle eventual consistency in distributed systems. In Headscale integration tests, many operations are asynchronous - clients advertise routes, the server processes them, updates propagate through the network. EventuallyWithT allows tests to wait for these operations to complete while making assertions.
-
-### External Calls That Must Be Wrapped
-The following operations are **external calls** that interact with the headscale server or tailscale clients and MUST be wrapped in EventuallyWithT:
-- `headscale.ListNodes()` - Queries server state
-- `client.Status()` - Gets client network status
-- `client.Curl()` - Makes HTTP requests through the network
-- `client.Traceroute()` - Performs network diagnostics
-- `client.Execute()` when running commands that query state
-- Any operation that reads from the headscale server or tailscale client
-
-### Five Key Rules for EventuallyWithT
-
-1. **One External Call Per EventuallyWithT Block**
-   - Each EventuallyWithT should make ONE external call (e.g., ListNodes OR Status)
-   - Related assertions based on that single call can be grouped together
-   - Unrelated external calls must be in separate EventuallyWithT blocks
-
-2. **Variable Scoping**
-   - Declare variables that need to be shared across EventuallyWithT blocks at function scope
-   - Use `=` for assignment inside EventuallyWithT, not `:=` (unless the variable is only used within that block)
-   - Variables declared with `:=` inside EventuallyWithT are not accessible outside
-
-3. **No Nested EventuallyWithT**
-   - NEVER put an EventuallyWithT inside another EventuallyWithT
-   - This is a critical anti-pattern that must be avoided
-
-4. **Use CollectT for Assertions**
-   - Inside EventuallyWithT, use `assert` methods with the CollectT parameter
-   - Helper functions called within EventuallyWithT must accept `*assert.CollectT`
-
-5. **Descriptive Messages**
-   - Always provide a descriptive message as the last parameter
-   - Message should explain what condition is being waited for
-
-### Correct Pattern Examples
-
-```go
-// CORRECT: Single external call with related assertions
-var nodes []*v1.Node
-var err error
-
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err = headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Len(c, nodes, 2)
-    // These assertions are all based on the ListNodes() call
-    requireNodeRouteCountWithCollect(c, nodes[0], 2, 2, 2)
-    requireNodeRouteCountWithCollect(c, nodes[1], 1, 1, 1)
-}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "nodes should have expected route counts")
-
-// CORRECT: Separate EventuallyWithT for different external call
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    status, err := client.Status()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    // All these assertions are based on the single Status() call
-    for _, peerKey := range status.Peers() {
-        peerStatus := status.Peer[peerKey]
-        requirePeerSubnetRoutesWithCollect(c, peerStatus, expectedPrefixes)
-    }
-}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "client should see expected routes")
-
-// CORRECT: Variable scoping for sharing between blocks
-var routeNode *v1.Node
-var nodeKey key.NodePublic
-
-// First EventuallyWithT to get the node
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-
-    for _, node := range nodes {
-        if node.GetName() == "router" {
-            routeNode = node
-            nodeKey, _ = key.ParseNodePublicUntyped(mem.S(node.GetNodeKey()))
-            break
-        }
-    }
-    assert.NotNil(c, routeNode, "should find router node")
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "router node should exist")
-
-// Second EventuallyWithT using the nodeKey from first block
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    status, err := client.Status()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-
-    peerStatus, ok := status.Peer[nodeKey]
-    assert.True(c, ok, "peer should exist in status")
-    requirePeerSubnetRoutesWithCollect(c, peerStatus, expectedPrefixes)
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "routes should be visible to client")
-```
-
-### Incorrect Patterns to Avoid
-
-```go
-// INCORRECT: Multiple unrelated external calls in same EventuallyWithT
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    // First external call
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Len(c, nodes, 2)
-
-    // Second unrelated external call - WRONG!
-    status, err := client.Status()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.NotNil(c, status)
-}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "mixed operations")
-
-// INCORRECT: Nested EventuallyWithT
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-
-    // NEVER do this!
-    assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c2 *assert.CollectT) {
-        status, _ := client.Status()
-        assert.NotNil(c2, status)
-    }, 5*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "nested")
-}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "outer")
-
-// INCORRECT: Variable scoping error
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes() // This shadows outer 'nodes' variable
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "get nodes")
-
-// This will fail - nodes is nil because := created a new variable inside the block
-require.Len(t, nodes, 2) // COMPILATION ERROR or nil pointer
-
-// INCORRECT: Not wrapping external calls
-nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes() // External call not wrapped!
-require.NoError(t, err)
-```
-
-### Helper Functions for EventuallyWithT
-
-When creating helper functions for use within EventuallyWithT:
-
-```go
-// Helper function that accepts CollectT
-func requireNodeRouteCountWithCollect(c *assert.CollectT, node *v1.Node, available, approved, primary int) {
-    assert.Len(c, node.GetAvailableRoutes(), available, "available routes for node %s", node.GetName())
-    assert.Len(c, node.GetApprovedRoutes(), approved, "approved routes for node %s", node.GetName())
-    assert.Len(c, node.GetPrimaryRoutes(), primary, "primary routes for node %s", node.GetName())
-}
-
-// Usage within EventuallyWithT
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    requireNodeRouteCountWithCollect(c, nodes[0], 2, 2, 2)
-}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "route counts should match expected")
-```
-
-### Operations That Must NOT Be Wrapped
-
-**CRITICAL**: The following operations are **blocking/mutating operations** that change state and MUST NOT be wrapped in EventuallyWithT:
-- `tailscale set` commands (e.g., `--advertise-routes`, `--accept-routes`)
-- `headscale.ApproveRoute()` - Approves routes on server
-- `headscale.CreateUser()` - Creates users
-- `headscale.CreatePreAuthKey()` - Creates authentication keys
-- `headscale.RegisterNode()` - Registers new nodes
-- Any `client.Execute()` that modifies configuration
-- Any operation that creates, updates, or deletes resources
-
-These operations:
-1. Complete synchronously or fail immediately
-2. Should not be retried automatically
-3. Need explicit error handling with `require.NoError()`
-
-### Correct Pattern for Blocking Operations
-
-```go
-// CORRECT: Blocking operation NOT wrapped
-status := client.MustStatus()
-command := []string{"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-routes=" + expectedRoutes[string(status.Self.ID)]}
-_, _, err = client.Execute(command)
-require.NoErrorf(t, err, "failed to advertise route: %s", err)
-
-// Then wait for the result with EventuallyWithT
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Contains(c, nodes[0].GetAvailableRoutes(), expectedRoutes[string(status.Self.ID)])
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "route should be advertised")
-
-// INCORRECT: Blocking operation wrapped (DON'T DO THIS)
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    _, _, err = client.Execute([]string{"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-routes=10.0.0.0/24"})
-    assert.NoError(c, err) // This might retry the command multiple times!
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "advertise routes")
-```
-
-### Assert vs Require Pattern
-
-When working within EventuallyWithT blocks where you need to prevent panics:
-
-```go
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-
-    // For array bounds - use require with t to prevent panic
-    assert.Len(c, nodes, 6)  // Test expectation
-    require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(nodes), 3, "need at least 3 nodes to avoid panic")
-
-    // For nil pointer access - use require with t before dereferencing
-    assert.NotNil(c, srs1PeerStatus.PrimaryRoutes)  // Test expectation
-    require.NotNil(t, srs1PeerStatus.PrimaryRoutes, "primary routes must be set to avoid panic")
-    assert.Contains(c,
-        srs1PeerStatus.PrimaryRoutes.AsSlice(),
-        pref,
-    )
-}, 5*time.Second, 200*time.Millisecond, "checking route state")
-```
-
-**Key Principle**:
-- Use `assert` with `c` (*assert.CollectT) for test expectations that can be retried
-- Use `require` with `t` (*testing.T) for MUST conditions that prevent panics
-- Within EventuallyWithT, both are available - choose based on whether failure would cause a panic
-
-### Common Scenarios
-
-1. **Waiting for route advertisement**:
-```go
-client.Execute([]string{"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-routes=10.0.0.0/24"})
-
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Contains(c, nodes[0].GetAvailableRoutes(), "10.0.0.0/24")
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "route should be advertised")
-```
-
-2. **Checking client sees routes**:
-```go
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    status, err := client.Status()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-
-    // Check all peers have expected routes
-    for _, peerKey := range status.Peers() {
-        peerStatus := status.Peer[peerKey]
-        assert.Contains(c, peerStatus.AllowedIPs, expectedPrefix)
-    }
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "all peers should see route")
-```
-
-3. **Sequential operations**:
-```go
-// First wait for node to appear
-var nodeID uint64
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Len(c, nodes, 1)
-    nodeID = nodes[0].GetId()
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "node should register")
-
-// Then perform operation
-_, err := headscale.ApproveRoute(nodeID, "10.0.0.0/24")
-require.NoError(t, err)
-
-// Then wait for result
-assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-    nodes, err := headscale.ListNodes()
-    assert.NoError(c, err)
-    assert.Contains(c, nodes[0].GetApprovedRoutes(), "10.0.0.0/24")
-}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "route should be approved")
-```
-
-## Your Core Responsibilities
-
-1. **Test Execution Strategy**: Execute integration tests with appropriate configurations, understanding when to use `--postgres` and timing requirements for different test categories. Follow phase-based testing approach prioritizing route tests.
-   - **Why this priority**: Route tests are less infrastructure-sensitive and validate core security logic
-
-2. **Systematic Test Analysis**: When tests fail, systematically examine artifacts starting with Headscale server logs, then client logs, then protocol data. Focus on CODE ISSUES first (99% of cases), not infrastructure. Use real-world failure patterns to guide investigation.
-   - **Why this approach**: Most failures are logic bugs, not environment issues - efficient debugging saves time
-
-3. **Timing & Synchronization Expertise**: Understand asynchronous Headscale operations, particularly route advertisements, NodeStore synchronization at `poll.go:420`, and policy propagation. Fix timing with `EventuallyWithT` while preserving original test expectations.
-   - **Why preserve expectations**: Test assertions encode business requirements and security policies
-   - **Key Pattern**: Apply the EventuallyWithT pattern correctly for all external calls as documented above
-
-4. **Root Cause Analysis**: Distinguish between actual code regressions (route approval logic, HA failover architecture), timing issues requiring `EventuallyWithT` patterns, and genuine infrastructure problems (DNS, Docker, container issues).
-   - **Why this distinction matters**: Different problem types require completely different solution approaches
-   - **EventuallyWithT Issues**: Often manifest as flaky tests or immediate assertion failures after async operations
-
-5. **Security-Aware Quality Validation**: Ensure tests properly validate end-to-end functionality with realistic timing expectations and proper error handling. Never suggest security bypasses or test expectation changes. Add comprehensive godoc when you understand test business logic.
-   - **Why security focus**: Integration tests are the last line of defense against security regressions
-   - **EventuallyWithT Usage**: Proper use prevents race conditions without weakening security assertions
-
-6. **Concurrent Execution Awareness**: Respect run ID isolation and never interfere with other agents' test sessions. Each test run has a unique run ID - only clean up YOUR containers (by run ID label), never perform global cleanup while tests may be running.
-   - **Why this matters**: Multiple agents/users may run tests concurrently on the same Docker daemon
-   - **Key Rule**: NEVER use global container cleanup commands - the test runner handles cleanup automatically per run ID
-
-**CRITICAL PRINCIPLE**: Test expectations are sacred contracts that define correct system behavior. When tests fail, fix the code to match the test, never change the test to match broken code. Only timing and observability improvements are allowed - business logic expectations are immutable.
-
-**ISOLATION PRINCIPLE**: Each test run is isolated by its unique Run ID. Never interfere with other test sessions. The system handles cleanup automatically - manual global cleanup commands are forbidden when other tests may be running.
-
-**EventuallyWithT PRINCIPLE**: Every external call to headscale server or tailscale client must be wrapped in EventuallyWithT. Follow the five key rules strictly: one external call per block, proper variable scoping, no nesting, use CollectT for assertions, and provide descriptive messages.
-
-**Remember**: Test failures are usually code issues in Headscale that need to be fixed, not infrastructure problems to be ignored. Use the specific debugging workflows and failure patterns documented above to efficiently identify root causes. Infrastructure issues have very specific signatures - everything else is code-related.

.github/workflows/container-main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+---
+name: Build (main)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "*.nix"
+      - "go.*"
+      - "**/*.go"
+      - ".github/workflows/container-main.yml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  container:
+    if: github.repository == 'juanfont/headscale'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Login to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@2c9db80fb984ceb1bcaa77cdda3fdf8cfba92035 # v34
+      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@135667ec418502fa5a3598af6fb9eb733888ce6a # v6.1.3
+        with:
+          primary-key: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.nix',
+            '**/flake.lock') }}
+          restore-prefixes-first-match: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}
+
+      - name: Set commit timestamp
+        run: echo "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --format=%ct)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build and push to GHCR
+        env:
+          KO_DOCKER_REPO: ghcr.io/juanfont/headscale
+          KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE: gcr.io/distroless/base-debian13
+          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+        run: |
+          nix develop --command -- ko build \
+            --bare \
+            --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --tags=main-${GITHUB_SHA::7} \
+            ./cmd/headscale
+
+      - name: Push to Docker Hub
+        env:
+          KO_DOCKER_REPO: headscale/headscale
+          KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE: gcr.io/distroless/base-debian13
+          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+        run: |
+          nix develop --command -- ko build \
+            --bare \
+            --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --tags=main-${GITHUB_SHA::7} \
+            ./cmd/headscale
+
+  binaries:
+    if: github.repository == 'juanfont/headscale'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - goos: linux
+            goarch: amd64
+          - goos: linux
+            goarch: arm64
+          - goos: darwin
+            goarch: amd64
+          - goos: darwin
+            goarch: arm64
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@2c9db80fb984ceb1bcaa77cdda3fdf8cfba92035 # v34
+      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@135667ec418502fa5a3598af6fb9eb733888ce6a # v6.1.3
+        with:
+          primary-key: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.nix',
+            '**/flake.lock') }}
+          restore-prefixes-first-match: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}
+
+      - name: Build binary
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+          GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
+          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
+        run: nix develop --command -- go build -o headscale ./cmd/headscale
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: headscale-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
+          path: headscale

.github/workflows/gh-action-integration-generator.go

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func findTests() []string {
 	}
 
 	args := []string{
+		"--type", "go",
 		"--regexp", "func (Test.+)\\(.*",
 		"../../integration/",
 		"--replace", "$1",

.github/workflows/integration-test-template.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     env:
       # Github does not allow us to access secrets in pull requests,
       # so this env var is used to check if we have the secret or not.

.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   # sqlite: Runs all integration tests with SQLite backend.
   # postgres: Runs a subset of tests with PostgreSQL to verify database compatibility.
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     outputs:
       files-changed: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.files }}
     steps:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           path: tailscale-head-image.tar.gz
           retention-days: 10
   build-postgres:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     needs: build
     if: needs.build.outputs.files-changed == 'true'
     steps:
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ jobs:
           - TestNodeOnlineStatus
           - TestPingAllByIPManyUpDown
           - Test2118DeletingOnlineNodePanics
+          - TestGrantCapRelay
+          - TestGrantCapDrive
           - TestEnablingRoutes
           - TestHASubnetRouterFailover
           - TestSubnetRouteACL
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ jobs:
           - TestAutoApproveMultiNetwork/webauth-user.*
           - TestAutoApproveMultiNetwork/webauth-group.*
           - TestSubnetRouteACLFiltering
+          - TestGrantViaSubnetSteering
           - TestHeadscale
           - TestTailscaleNodesJoiningHeadcale
           - TestSSHOneUserToAll

.gitignore

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config*.yaml
 !config-example.yaml
 derp.yaml
 *.hujson
+!hscontrol/policy/v2/testdata/*/*.hujson
 *.key
 /db.sqlite
 *.sqlite3

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ builds:
       - linux_arm64
     flags:
       - -mod=readonly
-    tags:
-      - ts2019
 
 archives:
   - id: golang-cross

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ overall our implementation was very close.
 
 SSH rules with `"action": "check"` are now supported. When a client initiates a SSH connection to a node
 with a `check` action policy, the user is prompted to authenticate via OIDC or CLI approval before access
-is granted.
+is granted. OIDC approval requires the authenticated user to own the source node; tagged source nodes
+cannot use SSH check-mode.
 
 A new `headscale auth` CLI command group supports the approval flow:
 
@@ -24,12 +25,28 @@ A new `headscale auth` CLI command group supports the approval flow:
 - `headscale auth register --auth-id <id> --user <user>` registers a node (replaces deprecated `headscale nodes register`)
 
 [#1850](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/1850)
+[#3180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3180)
+
+### Grants
+
+We now support [Tailscale grants](https://tailscale.com/kb/1324/grants) alongside ACLs. Grants
+extend what you can express in a policy beyond packet filtering: the `app` field controls
+application-level features like Taildrive file sharing and peer relay, and the `via` field steers
+traffic through specific tagged subnet routers or exit nodes. The `ip` field works like an ACL rule.
+Grants can be mixed with ACLs in the same policy file.
+[#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+
+As part of this, we added `autogroup:danger-all`. It resolves to `0.0.0.0/0` and `::/0` — all IP
+addresses, including those outside the tailnet. This replaces the old behaviour where `*` matched
+all IPs (see BREAKING below). The name is intentionally scary: accepting traffic from the entire
+internet is a security-sensitive choice. `autogroup:danger-all` can only be used as a source.
 
 ### BREAKING
 
 - **ACL Policy**: Wildcard (`*`) in ACL sources and destinations now resolves to Tailscale's CGNAT range (`100.64.0.0/10`) and ULA range (`fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48`) instead of all IPs (`0.0.0.0/0` and `::/0`) [#3036](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3036)
   - This better matches Tailscale's security model where `*` means "any node in the tailnet" rather than "any IP address"
-  - Policies relying on wildcard to match non-Tailscale IPs will need to use explicit CIDR ranges instead
+  - Policies that need to match all IP addresses including non-Tailscale IPs should use `autogroup:danger-all` as a source, or explicit CIDR ranges as destinations [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+  - `autogroup:danger-all` can only be used as a source; it cannot be used as a destination
   - **Note**: Users with non-standard IP ranges configured in `prefixes.ipv4` or `prefixes.ipv6` (which is unsupported and produces a warning) will need to explicitly specify their CIDR ranges in ACL rules instead of using `*`
 - **ACL Policy**: Validate autogroup:self source restrictions matching Tailscale behavior - tags, hosts, and IPs are rejected as sources for autogroup:self destinations [#3036](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3036)
   - Policies using tags, hosts, or IP addresses as sources for autogroup:self destinations will now fail validation
@@ -45,6 +62,14 @@ A new `headscale auth` CLI command group supports the approval flow:
 
 ### Changes
 
+- **OIDC registration**: Add a confirmation page before completing node registration, showing the device hostname and machine key fingerprint [#3180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3180)
+- **Debug endpoints**: Omit secret fields (`Pass`, `ClientSecret`, `APIKey`) from `/debug/config` JSON output [#3180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3180)
+- **Debug endpoints**: Route `statsviz` through `tsweb.Protected` [#3180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3180)
+- Remove gRPC reflection from the remote (TCP) server [#3180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3180)
+- **Node Expiry**: Add `node.expiry` configuration option to set a default node key expiry for nodes registered via auth key [#3122](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3122)
+  - Tagged nodes (registered with tagged pre-auth keys) are exempt from default expiry
+  - `oidc.expiry` has been removed; use `node.expiry` instead (applies to all registration methods including OIDC)
+  - `ephemeral_node_inactivity_timeout` is deprecated in favour of `node.ephemeral.inactivity_timeout`
 - **SSH Policy**: Add support for `localpart:*@<domain>` in SSH rule `users` field, mapping each matching user's email local-part as their OS username [#3091](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3091)
 - **ACL Policy**: Add ICMP and IPv6-ICMP protocols to default filter rules when no protocol is specified [#3036](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3036)
 - **ACL Policy**: Fix autogroup:self handling for tagged nodes - tagged nodes no longer incorrectly receive autogroup:self filter rules [#3036](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3036)
@@ -58,6 +83,24 @@ A new `headscale auth` CLI command group supports the approval flow:
 - Deprecate `headscale nodes register --key` in favour of `headscale auth register --auth-id` [#1850](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/1850)
 - Generalise auth templates into reusable `AuthSuccess` and `AuthWeb` components [#1850](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/1850)
 - Unify auth pipeline with `AuthVerdict` type, supporting registration, reauthentication, and SSH checks [#1850](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/1850)
+- Add support for policy grants with `ip`, `app`, and `via` fields [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Add `autogroup:danger-all` as a source-only autogroup resolving to all IP addresses [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Add capability grants for Taildrive (`cap/drive`) and peer relay (`cap/relay`) with automatic companion capabilities [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Add per-viewer via route steering — grants with `via` tags control which subnet router or exit node handles traffic for each group of viewers [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Enable Taildrive node attributes on all nodes; actual access is controlled by `cap/drive` grants [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Fix exit nodes incorrectly receiving filter rules for destinations that only overlap via exit routes [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Fix address-based aliases (hosts, raw IPs) incorrectly expanding to include the matching node's other address family [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Fix identity-based aliases (tags, users, groups) resolving to IPv4 only; they now include both IPv4 and IPv6 matching Tailscale behavior [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Fix wildcard (`*`) source in ACLs now using actually-approved subnet routes instead of autoApprover policy prefixes [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Fix non-wildcard source IPs being dropped when combined with wildcard `*` in the same ACL rule [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Fix exit node approval not triggering filter rule recalculation for peers [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+- Policy validation error messages now include field context (e.g., `src=`, `dst=`) and are more descriptive [#2180](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2180)
+
+## 0.28.1 (202x-xx-xx)
+
+### Changes
+
+- **User deletion**: Fix `DestroyUser` deleting all pre-auth keys in the database instead of only the target user's keys [#3155](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3155)
 
 ## 0.28.0 (2026-02-04)
 

Dockerfile.derper

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # For testing purposes only
 
-FROM golang:1.26.1-alpine AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.26.2-alpine AS build-env
 
 WORKDIR /go/src
 

Dockerfile.tailscale-HEAD

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This Dockerfile is more or less lifted from tailscale/tailscale
 # to ensure a similar build process when testing the HEAD of tailscale.
 
-FROM golang:1.26.1-alpine AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.26.2-alpine AS build-env
 
 WORKDIR /go/src
 

README.md

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ Please have a look at the [`documentation`](https://headscale.net/stable/).
 
 For NixOS users, a module is available in [`nix/`](./nix/).
 
+## Builds from `main`
+
+Development builds from the `main` branch are available as container images and
+binaries. See the [development builds](https://headscale.net/stable/setup/install/main/)
+documentation for details.
+
 ## Talks
 
 - Fosdem 2026 (video): [Headscale & Tailscale: The complementary open source clone](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KYQ3LL-headscale-the-complementary-open-source-clone/)

cmd/headscale/cli/policy.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func bypassDatabase() (*db.HSDatabase, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("loading config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	d, err := db.NewHeadscaleDatabase(cfg, nil)
+	d, err := db.NewHeadscaleDatabase(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("opening database: %w", err)
 	}

cmd/hi/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,262 @@
-# hi
+# hi — Headscale Integration test runner
 
-hi (headscale integration runner) is an entirely "vibe coded" wrapper around our
-[integration test suite](../integration). It essentially runs the docker
-commands for you with some added benefits of extracting resources like logs and
-databases.
+`hi` wraps Docker container orchestration around the tests in
+[`../../integration`](../../integration) and extracts debugging artefacts
+(logs, database snapshots, MapResponse protocol captures) for post-mortem
+analysis.
+
+**Read this file in full before running any `hi` command.** The test
+runner has sharp edges — wrong flags produce stale containers, lost
+artefacts, or hung CI.
+
+For test-authoring patterns (scenario setup, `EventuallyWithT`,
+`IntegrationSkip`, helper variants), read
+[`../../integration/README.md`](../../integration/README.md).
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# Verify system requirements (Docker, Go, disk space, images)
+go run ./cmd/hi doctor
+
+# Run a single test (the default flags are tuned for development)
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestPingAllByIP"
+
+# Run a database-heavy test against PostgreSQL
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestExpireNode" --postgres
+
+# Pattern matching
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestSubnet*"
+```
+
+Run `doctor` before the first `run` in any new environment. Tests
+generate ~100 MB of logs per run in `control_logs/`; `doctor` verifies
+there is enough space and that the required Docker images are available.
+
+## Commands
+
+| Command            | Purpose                                              |
+| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| `run [pattern]`    | Execute the test(s) matching `pattern`               |
+| `doctor`           | Verify system requirements                           |
+| `clean networks`   | Prune unused Docker networks                         |
+| `clean images`     | Clean old test images                                |
+| `clean containers` | Kill **all** test containers (dangerous — see below) |
+| `clean cache`      | Clean Go module cache volume                         |
+| `clean all`        | Run all cleanup operations                           |
+
+## Flags
+
+Defaults are tuned for single-test development runs. Review before
+changing.
+
+| Flag                | Default        | Purpose                                                                     |
+| ------------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `--timeout`         | `120m`         | Total test timeout. Use the built-in flag — never wrap with bash `timeout`. |
+| `--postgres`        | `false`        | Use PostgreSQL instead of SQLite                                            |
+| `--failfast`        | `true`         | Stop on first test failure                                                  |
+| `--go-version`      | auto           | Detected from `go.mod` (currently 1.26.1)                                   |
+| `--clean-before`    | `true`         | Clean stale (stopped/exited) containers before starting                     |
+| `--clean-after`     | `true`         | Clean this run's containers after completion                                |
+| `--keep-on-failure` | `false`        | Preserve containers for manual inspection on failure                        |
+| `--logs-dir`        | `control_logs` | Where to save run artefacts                                                 |
+| `--verbose`         | `false`        | Verbose output                                                              |
+| `--stats`           | `false`        | Collect container resource-usage stats                                      |
+| `--hs-memory-limit` | `0`            | Fail if any headscale container exceeds N MB (0 = disabled)                 |
+| `--ts-memory-limit` | `0`            | Fail if any tailscale container exceeds N MB                                |
+
+### Timeout guidance
+
+The default `120m` is generous for a single test. If you must tune it,
+these are realistic floors by category:
+
+| Test type                 | Minimum     | Examples                              |
+| ------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| Basic functionality / CLI | 900s (15m)  | `TestPingAllByIP`, `TestCLI*`         |
+| Route / ACL               | 1200s (20m) | `TestSubnet*`, `TestACL*`             |
+| HA / failover             | 1800s (30m) | `TestHASubnetRouter*`                 |
+| Long-running              | 2100s (35m) | `TestNodeOnlineStatus` (~12 min body) |
+| Full suite                | 45m         | `go test ./integration -timeout 45m`  |
+
+**Never** use the shell `timeout` command around `hi`. It kills the
+process mid-cleanup and leaves stale containers:
+
+```bash
+timeout 300 go run ./cmd/hi run "TestName"   # WRONG — orphaned containers
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestName" --timeout=900s  # correct
+```
+
+## Concurrent Execution
+
+Multiple `hi run` invocations can run simultaneously on the same Docker
+daemon. Each invocation gets a unique **Run ID** (format
+`YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-6charhash`, e.g. `20260409-104215-mdjtzx`).
+
+- **Container names** include the short run ID: `ts-mdjtzx-1-74-fgdyls`
+- **Docker labels**: `hi.run-id={runID}` on every container
+- **Port allocation**: dynamic — kernel assigns free ports, no conflicts
+- **Cleanup isolation**: each run cleans only its own containers
+- **Log directories**: `control_logs/{runID}/`
+
+```bash
+# Start three tests in parallel — each gets its own run ID
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestPingAllByIP" &
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestACLAllowUserDst" &
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestOIDCAuthenticationPingAll" &
+```
+
+### Safety rules for concurrent runs
+
+- ✅ Your run cleans only containers labelled with its own `hi.run-id`
+- ✅ `--clean-before` removes only stopped/exited containers
+- ❌ **Never** run `docker rm -f $(docker ps -q --filter name=hs-)` —
+  this destroys other agents' live test sessions
+- ❌ **Never** run `docker system prune -f` while any tests are running
+- ❌ **Never** run `hi clean containers` / `hi clean all` while other
+  tests are running — both kill all test containers on the daemon
+
+To identify your own containers:
+
+```bash
+docker ps --filter "label=hi.run-id=20260409-104215-mdjtzx"
+```
+
+The run ID appears at the top of the `hi run` output — copy it from
+there rather than trying to reconstruct it.
+
+## Artefacts
+
+Every run saves debugging artefacts under `control_logs/{runID}/`:
+
+```
+control_logs/20260409-104215-mdjtzx/
+├── hs-<test>-<hash>.stderr.log        # headscale server errors
+├── hs-<test>-<hash>.stdout.log        # headscale server output
+├── hs-<test>-<hash>.db                # database snapshot (SQLite)
+├── hs-<test>-<hash>_metrics.txt       # Prometheus metrics dump
+├── hs-<test>-<hash>-mapresponses/     # MapResponse protocol captures
+├── ts-<client>-<hash>.stderr.log      # tailscale client errors
+├── ts-<client>-<hash>.stdout.log      # tailscale client output
+└── ts-<client>-<hash>_status.json     # client network-status dump
+```
+
+Artefacts persist after cleanup. Old runs accumulate fast — delete
+unwanted directories to reclaim disk.
+
+## Debugging workflow
+
+When a test fails, read the artefacts **in this order**:
+
+1. **`hs-*.stderr.log`** — headscale server errors, panics, policy
+   evaluation failures. Most issues originate server-side.
+
+   ```bash
+   grep -E "ERROR|panic|FATAL" control_logs/*/hs-*.stderr.log
+   ```
+
+2. **`ts-*.stderr.log`** — authentication failures, connectivity issues,
+   DNS resolution problems on the client side.
+
+3. **MapResponse JSON** in `hs-*-mapresponses/` — protocol-level
+   debugging for network map generation, peer visibility, route
+   distribution, policy evaluation results.
+
+   ```bash
+   ls control_logs/*/hs-*-mapresponses/
+   jq '.Peers[] | {Name, Tags, PrimaryRoutes}' \
+       control_logs/*/hs-*-mapresponses/001.json
+   ```
+
+4. **`*_status.json`** — client peer-connectivity state.
+
+5. **`hs-*.db`** — SQLite snapshot for post-mortem consistency checks.
+
+   ```bash
+   sqlite3 control_logs/<runID>/hs-*.db
+   sqlite> .tables
+   sqlite> .schema nodes
+   sqlite> SELECT id, hostname, user_id, tags FROM nodes WHERE hostname LIKE '%problematic%';
+   ```
+
+6. **`*_metrics.txt`** — Prometheus dumps for latency, NodeStore
+   operation timing, database query performance, memory usage.
+
+## Heuristic: infrastructure vs code
+
+**Before blaming Docker, disk, or network: read `hs-*.stderr.log` in
+full.** In practice, well over 99% of failures are code bugs (policy
+evaluation, NodeStore sync, route approval) rather than infrastructure.
+
+Actual infrastructure failures have signature error messages:
+
+| Signature                                                       | Cause                     | Fix                                                           |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `failed to resolve "hs-...": no DNS fallback candidates remain` | Docker DNS                | Reset Docker networking                                       |
+| `container creation timeout`, no progress >2 min                | Resource exhaustion       | `docker system prune -f` (when no other tests running), retry |
+| OOM kills, slow Docker daemon                                   | Too many concurrent tests | Reduce concurrency, wait for completion                       |
+| `no space left on device`                                       | Disk full                 | Delete old `control_logs/`                                    |
+
+If you don't see a signature error, **assume it's a code regression** —
+do not retry hoping the flake goes away.
+
+## Common failure patterns (code bugs)
+
+### Route advertisement timing
+
+Test asserts route state before the client has finished propagating its
+Hostinfo update. Symptom: `nodes[0].GetAvailableRoutes()` empty when
+the test expects a route.
+
+- **Wrong fix**: `time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)` — fragile and slow.
+- **Right fix**: wrap the assertion in `EventuallyWithT`. See
+  [`../../integration/README.md`](../../integration/README.md).
+
+### NodeStore sync issues
+
+Route changes not reflected in the NodeStore snapshot. Symptom: route
+advertisements in logs but no tracking updates in subsequent reads.
+
+The sync point is `State.UpdateNodeFromMapRequest()` in
+`hscontrol/state/state.go`. If you added a new kind of client state
+update, make sure it lands here.
+
+### HA failover: routes disappearing on disconnect
+
+`TestHASubnetRouterFailover` fails because approved routes vanish when
+a subnet router goes offline. **This is a bug, not expected behaviour.**
+Route approval must not be coupled to client connectivity — routes
+stay approved; only the primary-route selection is affected by
+connectivity.
+
+### Policy evaluation race
+
+Symptom: tests that change policy and immediately assert peer visibility
+fail intermittently. Policy changes trigger async recomputation.
+
+- See recent fixes in `git log -- hscontrol/state/` for examples (e.g.
+  the `PolicyChange` trigger on every Connect/Disconnect).
+
+### SQLite vs PostgreSQL timing differences
+
+Some race conditions only surface on one backend. If a test is flaky,
+try the other backend with `--postgres`:
+
+```bash
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestName" --postgres --verbose
+```
+
+PostgreSQL generally has more consistent timing; SQLite can expose
+races during rapid writes.
+
+## Keeping containers for inspection
+
+If you need to inspect a failed test's state manually:
+
+```bash
+go run ./cmd/hi run "TestName" --keep-on-failure
+# containers survive — inspect them
+docker exec -it ts-<runID>-<...> /bin/sh
+docker logs hs-<runID>-<...>
+# clean up manually when done
+go run ./cmd/hi clean all   # only when no other tests are running
+```

config-example.yaml

@@ -50,12 +50,21 @@ noise:
 # List of IP prefixes to allocate tailaddresses from.
 # Each prefix consists of either an IPv4 or IPv6 address,
 # and the associated prefix length, delimited by a slash.
-# It must be within IP ranges supported by the Tailscale
-# client - i.e., subnets of 100.64.0.0/10 and fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48.
-# See below:
-# IPv6: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/22ebb25e833264f58d7c3f534a8b166894a89536/net/tsaddr/tsaddr.go#LL81C52-L81C71
+#
+# WARNING: These prefixes MUST be subsets of the standard Tailscale ranges:
+#   - IPv4: 100.64.0.0/10 (CGNAT range)
+#   - IPv6: fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48 (Tailscale ULA range)
+#
+# Using a SUBSET of these ranges is supported and useful if you want to
+# limit IP allocation to a smaller block (e.g., 100.64.0.0/24).
+#
+# Using ranges OUTSIDE of CGNAT/ULA is NOT supported and will cause
+# undefined behaviour. The Tailscale client has hard-coded assumptions
+# about these ranges and will break in subtle, hard-to-debug ways.
+#
+# See:
 # IPv4: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/22ebb25e833264f58d7c3f534a8b166894a89536/net/tsaddr/tsaddr.go#L33
-# Any other range is NOT supported, and it will cause unexpected issues.
+# IPv6: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/22ebb25e833264f58d7c3f534a8b166894a89536/net/tsaddr/tsaddr.go#LL81C52-L81C71
 prefixes:
   v4: 100.64.0.0/10
   v6: fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48
@@ -136,8 +145,25 @@ derp:
 # Disables the automatic check for headscale updates on startup
 disable_check_updates: false
 
-# Time before an inactive ephemeral node is deleted?
-ephemeral_node_inactivity_timeout: 30m
+# Node lifecycle configuration.
+node:
+  # Default key expiry for non-tagged nodes, regardless of registration method
+  # (auth key, CLI, web auth). Tagged nodes are exempt and never expire.
+  #
+  # This is the base default. OIDC can override this via oidc.expiry.
+  # If a client explicitly requests a specific expiry, the client value is used.
+  #
+  # Setting the value to "0" means no default expiry (nodes never expire unless
+  # explicitly expired via `headscale nodes expire`).
+  #
+  # Tailscale SaaS uses 180d; set to a positive duration to match that behaviour.
+  #
+  # Default: 0 (no default expiry)
+  expiry: 0
+
+  ephemeral:
+    # Time before an inactive ephemeral node is deleted.
+    inactivity_timeout: 30m
 
 database:
   # Database type. Available options: sqlite, postgres
@@ -346,15 +372,11 @@ unix_socket_permission: "0770"
 #   # `LoadCredential` straightforward:
 #   client_secret_path: "${CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY}/oidc_client_secret"
 #
-#   # The amount of time a node is authenticated with OpenID until it expires
-#   # and needs to reauthenticate.
-#   # Setting the value to "0" will mean no expiry.
-#   expiry: 180d
-#
 #   # Use the expiry from the token received from OpenID when the user logged
 #   # in. This will typically lead to frequent need to reauthenticate and should
 #   # only be enabled if you know what you are doing.
-#   # Note: enabling this will cause `oidc.expiry` to be ignored.
+#   # Note: enabling this will cause `node.expiry` to be ignored for
+#   # OIDC-authenticated nodes.
 #   use_expiry_from_token: false
 #
 #   # The OIDC scopes to use, defaults to "openid", "profile" and "email".
@@ -428,6 +450,11 @@ taildrop:
 # Only modify these if you have identified a specific performance issue.
 #
 # tuning:
+#   # Maximum number of pending registration entries in the auth cache.
+#   # Oldest entries are evicted when the cap is reached.
+#   #
+#   # register_cache_max_entries: 1024
+#
 #   # NodeStore write batching configuration.
 #   # The NodeStore batches write operations before rebuilding peer relationships,
 #   # which is computationally expensive. Batching reduces rebuild frequency.

docs/ref/oidc.md

@@ -145,16 +145,12 @@ oidc:
 ### Customize node expiration
 
 The node expiration is the amount of time a node is authenticated with OpenID Connect until it expires and needs to
-reauthenticate. The default node expiration is 180 days. This can either be customized or set to the expiration from the
-Access Token.
+reauthenticate. The default node expiration can be configured via the top-level `node.expiry` setting.
 
 === "Customize node expiration"
 
-    ```yaml hl_lines="5"
-    oidc:
-      issuer: "https://sso.example.com"
-      client_id: "headscale"
-      client_secret: "generated-secret"
+    ```yaml hl_lines="2"
+    node:
       expiry: 30d   # Use 0 to disable node expiration
     ```
 
@@ -191,8 +187,10 @@ You may refer to users in the Headscale policy via:
 !!! note "A user identifier in the policy must contain a single `@`"
 
     The Headscale policy requires a single `@` to reference a user. If the username or provider identifier doesn't
-    already contain a single `@`, it needs to be appended at the end. For example: the username `ssmith` has to be
-    written as `ssmith@` to be correctly identified as user within the policy.
+    already contain a single `@`, it needs to be appended at the end. For example: the Headscale username `ssmith` has
+    to be written as `ssmith@` to be correctly identified as user within the policy.
+
+    Ensure that the Headscale username itself does not end with `@`.
 
 !!! warning "Email address or username might be updated by users"
 

docs/ref/registration.md

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ node can be approved with:
 - [Headscale API](api.md)
 - Or delegated to an identity provider via [OpenID Connect](oidc.md)
 
-Web authentication relies on the presence of a Headscale user. Use the `headscale users` command to create a new user:
+Web authentication relies on the presence of a Headscale user. Use the `headscale users` command to create a new
+user[^1]:
 
 ```console
 headscale users create <USER>
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ Its best suited for automation.
 
 === "Personal devices"
 
-    A personal node is always assigned to a Headscale user. Use the `headscale users` command to create a new user:
+    A personal node is always assigned to a Headscale user. Use the `headscale users` command to create a new user[^1]:
 
     ```console
     headscale users create <USER>
@@ -139,3 +140,5 @@ Its best suited for automation.
     The registration of a tagged node is complete and it should be listed as "online" in the output of
     `headscale nodes list`. The "User" column displays `tagged-devices` as the owner of the node. See the "Tags" column for the list of
     assigned tags.
+
+[^1]: [Ensure that the Headscale username does not end with `@`.](oidc.md#reference-a-user-in-the-policy)

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 mike~=2.1
-mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin~=7.1
-mkdocs-macros-plugin~=1.3
-mkdocs-material[imaging]~=9.5
-mkdocs-minify-plugin~=0.7
+mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin~=7.2
+mkdocs-macros-plugin~=1.5
+mkdocs-materialx[imaging]~=10.1
+mkdocs-minify-plugin~=0.8
 mkdocs-redirects~=1.2

docs/setup/install/main.md

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Development builds
+
+!!! warning
+
+    Development builds are created automatically from the latest `main` branch
+    and are **not versioned releases**. They may contain incomplete features,
+    breaking changes, or bugs. Use them for testing only.
+
+Each push to `main` produces container images and cross-compiled binaries.
+Container images are multi-arch (amd64, arm64) and use the same distroless
+base image as official releases.
+
+## Container images
+
+Images are available from both Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry, tagged
+with the short commit hash of the build (e.g. `main-abc1234`):
+
+- Docker Hub: `docker.io/headscale/headscale:main-<sha>`
+- GitHub Container Registry: `ghcr.io/juanfont/headscale:main-<sha>`
+
+To find the latest available tag, check the
+[GitHub Actions workflow](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/actions/workflows/container-main.yml)
+or the [GitHub Container Registry package page](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pkgs/container/headscale).
+
+For example, to run a specific development build:
+
+```shell
+docker run \
+  --name headscale \
+  --detach \
+  --read-only \
+  --tmpfs /var/run/headscale \
+  --volume "$(pwd)/config:/etc/headscale:ro" \
+  --volume "$(pwd)/lib:/var/lib/headscale" \
+  --publish 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
+  --publish 127.0.0.1:9090:9090 \
+  --health-cmd "CMD headscale health" \
+  docker.io/headscale/headscale:main-<sha> \
+  serve
+```
+
+See [Running headscale in a container](./container.md) for full container setup instructions.
+
+## Binaries
+
+Pre-built binaries from the latest successful build on `main` are available
+via [nightly.link](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main):
+
+| OS    | Arch  | Download                                                                                                                   |
+| ----- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Linux | amd64 | [headscale-linux-amd64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-linux-amd64.zip)   |
+| Linux | arm64 | [headscale-linux-arm64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-linux-arm64.zip)   |
+| macOS | amd64 | [headscale-darwin-amd64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-darwin-amd64.zip) |
+| macOS | arm64 | [headscale-darwin-arm64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-darwin-arm64.zip) |
+
+After downloading and extracting the archive, make the binary executable and follow the
+[standalone binary installation](./official.md#using-standalone-binaries-advanced)
+instructions for setting up the service.

docs/usage/getting-started.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ options, run:
 ## Manage headscale users
 
 In headscale, a node (also known as machine or device) is [typically assigned to a headscale
-user](../ref/registration.md#identity-model). Such a headscale user may have many nodes assigned to them and can be
+user](../ref/registration.md#identity-model). Such a headscale user[^1] may have many nodes assigned to them and can be
 managed with the `headscale users` command. Invoke the built-in help for more information: `headscale users --help`.
 
 ### Create a headscale user
@@ -149,3 +149,5 @@ The command returns the preauthkey on success which is used to connect a node to
 ```shell
 tailscale up --login-server <YOUR_HEADSCALE_URL> --authkey <YOUR_AUTH_KEY>
 ```
+
+[^1]: [Ensure that the Headscale username does not end with `@`.](../ref/oidc.md#reference-a-user-in-the-policy)

flake.lock

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1772956932,
-        "narHash": "sha256-M0yS4AafhKxPPmOHGqIV0iKxgNO8bHDWdl1kOwGBwRY=",
+        "lastModified": 1775701739,
+        "narHash": "sha256-2FWWY1rr/+pGUJK1npcVcsWNEblzmKs6VxD3VEvwJSs=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "608d0cadfed240589a7eea422407a547ad626a14",
+        "rev": "0f7663154ff2fec150f9dbf5f81ec2785dc1e0db",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         let
           pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${prev.stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
           buildGo = pkgs.buildGo126Module;
-          vendorHash = "sha256-oUN53ELb3+xn4yA7lEfXyT2c7NxbQC6RtbkGVq6+RLU=";
+          vendorHash = "sha256-x0xXxa7sjyDwWLq8fO0Z/pbPefctzctK3TAdBea7FtY=";
         in
         {
           headscale = buildGo {
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@
 
           protoc-gen-grpc-gateway = buildGo rec {
             pname = "grpc-gateway";
-            version = "2.27.7";
+            version = "2.28.0";
 
             src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
               owner = "grpc-ecosystem";
               repo = "grpc-gateway";
               rev = "v${version}";
-              sha256 = "sha256-6R0EhNnOBEISJddjkbVTcBvUuU5U3r9Hu2UPfAZDep4=";
+              sha256 = "sha256-93omvHb+b+S0w4D+FGEEwYYDjgumJFDAruc1P4elfvA=";
             };
 
-            vendorHash = "sha256-SOAbRrzMf2rbKaG9PGSnPSLY/qZVgbHcNjOLmVonycY=";
+            vendorHash = "sha256-jVP5zfFPfHeAEApKNJzZwuZLA+DjKgkL7m2DFG72UNs=";
 
             nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.installShellFiles ];
 
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
 
           protobuf-language-server = buildGo rec {
             pname = "protobuf-language-server";
-            version = "1cf777d";
+            version = "ab4c128";
 
             src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
               owner = "lasorda";
               repo = "protobuf-language-server";
-              rev = "1cf777de4d35a6e493a689e3ca1a6183ce3206b6";
-              sha256 = "sha256-9MkBQPxr/TDr/sNz/Sk7eoZwZwzdVbE5u6RugXXk5iY=";
+              rev = "ab4c128f00774d51bd6d1f4cfa735f4b7c8619e3";
+              sha256 = "sha256-yF6kG+qTRxVO/qp2V9HgTyFBeOm5RQzeqdZFrdidwxM=";
             };
 
             vendorHash = "sha256-4nTpKBe7ekJsfQf+P6edT/9Vp2SBYbKz1ITawD3bhkI=";
@@ -97,16 +97,16 @@
           # Build golangci-lint with Go 1.26 (upstream uses hardcoded Go version)
           golangci-lint = buildGo rec {
             pname = "golangci-lint";
-            version = "2.9.0";
+            version = "2.11.4";
 
             src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
               owner = "golangci";
               repo = "golangci-lint";
               rev = "v${version}";
-              hash = "sha256-8LEtm1v0slKwdLBtS41OilKJLXytSxcI9fUlZbj5Gfw=";
+              hash = "sha256-B19aLvfNRY9TOYw/71f2vpNUuSIz8OI4dL0ijGezsas=";
             };
 
-            vendorHash = "sha256-w8JfF6n1ylrU652HEv/cYdsOdDZz9J2uRQDqxObyhkY=";
+            vendorHash = "sha256-xuoj4+U4tB5gpABKq4Dbp2cxnljxdYoBbO8A7DqPM5E=";
 
             subPackages = [ "cmd/golangci-lint" ];
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
             golangci-lint
             golangci-lint-langserver
             golines
-            nodePackages.prettier
+            prettier
             nixpkgs-fmt
             goreleaser
             nfpm

gen/go/headscale/v1/headscale_grpc.pb.go

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go-grpc. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// - protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.6.0
+// - protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.6.1
 // - protoc             (unknown)
 // source: headscale/v1/headscale.proto
 

go.mod

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3
 	github.com/chasefleming/elem-go v0.31.0
 	github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.14
-	github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.17.0
-	github.com/creachadair/command v0.2.0
+	github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.18.0
+	github.com/creachadair/command v0.2.2
 	github.com/creachadair/flax v0.0.5
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.5.2+incompatible
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.5
 	github.com/go-chi/metrics v0.1.1
 	github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.5
-	github.com/go-json-experiment/json v0.0.0-20251027170946-4849db3c2f7e
+	github.com/go-json-experiment/json v0.0.0-20260214004413-d219187c3433
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.4.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.28.0
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/jagottsicher/termcolor v1.0.2
 	github.com/oauth2-proxy/mockoidc v0.0.0-20240214162133-caebfff84d25
 	github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 v3.12.0
@@ -29,32 +30,31 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5
-	github.com/pterm/pterm v0.12.82
+	github.com/pterm/pterm v0.12.83
 	github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v4 v4.4.0
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
-	github.com/samber/lo v1.52.0
-	github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.6
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.35.0
+	github.com/samber/lo v1.53.0
+	github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.9
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20250605163823-992244df8c5a
-	github.com/tailscale/squibble v0.0.0-20251104223530-a961feffb67f
-	github.com/tailscale/tailsql v0.0.0-20260105194658-001575c3ca09
+	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260302212456-ecc657c15afd
+	github.com/tailscale/squibble v0.0.0-20260303070345-3ac5157f405e
+	github.com/tailscale/tailsql v0.0.0-20260322172246-3ab0c1744d9c
 	github.com/tcnksm/go-latest v0.0.0-20170313132115-e3007ae9052e
 	go4.org/netipx v0.0.0-20231129151722-fdeea329fbba
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96
-	golang.org/x/net v0.49.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260203192932-546029d2fa20
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260312153236-7ab1446f8b90
+	golang.org/x/net v0.52.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260406210006-6f92a3bedf2d
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.6.0
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.31.1
-	tailscale.com v1.94.1
-	zgo.at/zcache/v2 v2.4.1
+	tailscale.com v1.96.5
 	zombiezen.com/go/postgrestest v1.0.1
 )
 
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ require (
 // together, e.g:
 // go get modernc.org/libc@v1.55.3 modernc.org/sqlite@v1.33.1
 require (
-	modernc.org/libc v1.67.6 // indirect
+	modernc.org/libc v1.70.0 // indirect
 	modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1 // indirect
 	modernc.org/memory v1.11.0 // indirect
-	modernc.org/sqlite v1.44.3
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.48.2
 )
 
 // NOTE: gvisor must be updated in lockstep with
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ require (
 // To find the correct version, check tailscale.com's
 // go.mod file for the gvisor.dev/gvisor version:
 // https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/main/go.mod
-require gvisor.dev/gvisor v0.0.0-20250205023644-9414b50a5633 // indirect
+require gvisor.dev/gvisor v0.0.0-20260224225140-573d5e7127a8 // indirect
 
 require (
 	atomicgo.dev/cursor v0.2.0 // indirect
 	atomicgo.dev/keyboard v0.2.9 // indirect
 	atomicgo.dev/schedule v0.1.0 // indirect
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 // indirect
-	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
+	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Nvveen/Gotty v0.0.0-20120604004816-cd527374f1e5 // indirect
@@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/clipperhouse/stringish v0.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/creachadair/mds v0.25.15 // indirect
+	github.com/creachadair/mds v0.26.2 // indirect
 	github.com/creachadair/msync v0.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/dblohm7/wingoes v0.0.0-20250822163801-6d8e6105c62d // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-metro v0.0.0-20250106013310-edb8663e5e33 // indirect
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gaissmai/bart v0.26.1 // indirect
 	github.com/glebarez/go-sqlite v1.22.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch v1.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -225,18 +224,19 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	go4.org/mem v0.0.0-20240501181205-ae6ca9944745 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.39.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.42.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.36.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.43.0 // indirect
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wintun v0.0.0-20230126152724-0fa3db229ce2 // indirect
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/windows v0.5.3 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260203192932-546029d2fa20 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9 // indirect
 )
 
 tool (
+	golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stress
 	golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
 	tailscale.com/cmd/viewer
 )

go.sum

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ atomicgo.dev/schedule v0.1.0 h1:nTthAbhZS5YZmgYbb2+DH8uQIZcTlIrd4eYr3UQxEjs=
 atomicgo.dev/schedule v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xeUa3oAkiuHYh8bKiQBRojqAMq3PXXbJujjb0hw8pEU=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 h1:85+piFYR1tMbRrLcDwR18y4UKJ3aH1Tbzi24VRW1TK8=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2/go.mod h1:E/hbnu0NxMFBjpMIE34DRGLWqDy0g5FuKDhCb31ngxA=
-filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 h1:FNf4tywRC1HmFuKW5xopWpigGjJKiJSV0Cqo0cJWDaA=
-filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BxyFTGdWcka3PhytdK4V28tE5sGfRvvvRV7EaN4VDT4=
+filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.2.0 h1:crnVqOiS4jqYleHd9vaKZ+HKtHfllngJIiOpNpoJsjo=
+filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:xzAOLCNug/yB62zG1bQ8uziwrIqIuxhctzJT18Q77mc=
 filippo.io/mkcert v1.4.4 h1:8eVbbwfVlaqUM7OwuftKc2nuYOoTDQWqsoXmzoXZdbc=
 filippo.io/mkcert v1.4.4/go.mod h1:VyvOchVuAye3BoUsPUOOofKygVwLV2KQMVFJNRq+1dA=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c h1:udKWzYgxTojEKWjV8V+WSxDXJ4NFATAsZjh8iIbsQIg=
@@ -103,10 +103,8 @@ github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMn
 github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0/go.mod h1:2JlltgoNkt4TW/z9V/IzDdFaMTM2JPIi26O1pF38GC8=
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.3 h1:FnP4r16PWYSE4ux6zN+//jMcW4nMVRvuTLVTvCjyyjg=
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.3/go.mod h1:G5EDHij8yiLzaqn0WjyfJHvRa+3aDlReIaLVRMvOyJk=
-github.com/clipperhouse/stringish v0.1.1 h1:+NSqMOr3GR6k1FdRhhnXrLfztGzuG+VuFDfatpWHKCs=
-github.com/clipperhouse/stringish v0.1.1/go.mod h1:v/WhFtE1q0ovMta2+m+UbpZ+2/HEXNWYXQgCt4hdOzA=
-github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.5.0 h1:x7T0T4eTHDONxFJsL94uKNKPHrclyFI0lm7+w94cO8U=
-github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:Wn1g7MK6OoeDT0vL+Q0SQLDz/KpfsVRgg6W7ihQeh4g=
+github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0 h1:+gs4oBZ2gPfVrKPthwbMzWZDaAFPGYK72F0NJv2v7Vk=
+github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:EFJ2TJMRUaplDxHKj1qAEhCtQPW2tJSwu5BF98AuoVM=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.14 h1:9L0p0iKiNOibykf283eHkKUHHrpG7f65OE3BhhO7v9g=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.14/go.mod h1:NX3SzP+inril6yawo5CQXx8+fk145lPDC6pumgx0mVg=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3/go.mod h1:7LqA/THxQ86k76b8c/EMSiaJ3h1eZkMkXar0TQ1gf3U=
@@ -122,16 +120,15 @@ github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.7.1-0.20240112124308-65c67c9f46e6 h1:8h5+bWd7R6AYUslN6c6iuZWTKsKxUFDlpnmilO6R2n0=
 github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.7.1-0.20240112124308-65c67c9f46e6/go.mod h1:Qe8Bv2Xik5FyTXwgIbLAnv2sWSBmvWdFETJConOQ//Q=
-github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.17.0 h1:hWBGaQfbi0iVviX4ibC7bk8OKT5qNr4klBaCHVNvehc=
-github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.17.0/go.mod h1:wqPbKFrVnE90vty060SB40FCJ8fTHTxSwyXJqZH+sI8=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
+github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.18.0 h1:V9orjXynvu5wiC9SemFTWnG4F45v403aIcjWo0d41+A=
+github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.18.0/go.mod h1:DYCf24+ncYi+XkIH97GY1+dqoRlbaSI26KVTCI9SrY4=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
-github.com/creachadair/command v0.2.0 h1:qTA9cMMhZePAxFoNdnk6F6nn94s1qPndIg9hJbqI9cA=
-github.com/creachadair/command v0.2.0/go.mod h1:j+Ar+uYnFsHpkMeV9kGj6lJ45y9u2xqtg8FYy6cm+0o=
+github.com/creachadair/command v0.2.2 h1:4RGsUhqFf1imFC+vMWOOCiQdncThCdcdMJp0JNCjxxc=
+github.com/creachadair/command v0.2.2/go.mod h1:Z6Zp6CSJcnaWWR4wHgdqzODnFdxFJAaa/DrcVkeUu3E=
 github.com/creachadair/flax v0.0.5 h1:zt+CRuXQASxwQ68e9GHAOnEgAU29nF0zYMHOCrL5wzE=
 github.com/creachadair/flax v0.0.5/go.mod h1:F1PML0JZLXSNDMNiRGK2yjm5f+L9QCHchyHBldFymj8=
-github.com/creachadair/mds v0.25.15 h1:i8CUqtfgbCqbvZ++L7lm8No3cOeic9YKF4vHEvEoj+Y=
-github.com/creachadair/mds v0.25.15/go.mod h1:XtMfRW15sjd1iOi1Z1k+dq0pRsR5xPbulpoTrpyhk8w=
+github.com/creachadair/mds v0.26.2 h1:rCtvEV/bCRY0hGfwvvMg0p3yzKgBE8l/9OV4fjF9QQ8=
+github.com/creachadair/mds v0.26.2/go.mod h1:dMBTCSy3iS3dwh4Rb1zxeZz2d7K8+N24GCTsayWtQRI=
 github.com/creachadair/msync v0.8.2 h1:ujvc/SVJPn+bFwmjUHucXNTTn3opVe2YbQ46mBCnP08=
 github.com/creachadair/msync v0.8.2/go.mod h1:LzxqD9kfIl/O3DczkwOgJplLPqwrTbIhINlf9bHIsEY=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.13.2 h1:3KyqakBuFsm3KkXi/9XIb0QcA8tEzLHLgaoidf0MdVc=
@@ -189,10 +186,10 @@ github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.5 h1:1OyorA5LtdQw12cyJDEHuTrEV3GiXiI
 github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.5/go.mod h1:mj9ekk/7CPF3VjopaFvWKN2v7fN3D9d3eEOAXRhi/+M=
 github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.4 h1:Wp5HA7bLQcKnf6YYao/4kpRpVMp/yf6+pJKV8WFSaNY=
 github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:5b+7YgP7ZICgJDBdfjZaIt+H/9L9T/YQrVfLAMboGkQ=
-github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 h1:CVLmWDhDVRa6Mi/IgCgaopNosCaHz7zrMeF9MlZRkrs=
-github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3/go.mod h1:x4oUasVrzR7071A4TnHLGSPpNOm2a21K9Kf04k1rs08=
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-modernc.org/libc v1.67.6/go.mod h1:JAhxUVlolfYDErnwiqaLvUqc8nfb2r6S6slAgZOnaiE=
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hscontrol/app.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5"
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ type Headscale struct {
 	// Things that generate changes
 	extraRecordMan *dns.ExtraRecordsMan
 	authProvider   AuthProvider
-	mapBatcher     mapper.Batcher
+	mapBatcher     *mapper.Batcher
 
 	clientStreamsOpen sync.WaitGroup
 }
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) createRouter(grpcMux *grpcRuntime.ServeMux) *chi.Mux {
 
 	if provider, ok := h.authProvider.(*AuthProviderOIDC); ok {
 		r.Get("/oidc/callback", provider.OIDCCallbackHandler)
+		r.Post("/register/confirm/{auth_id}", provider.RegisterConfirmHandler)
 	}
 
 	r.Get("/apple", h.AppleConfigMessage)
@@ -582,7 +584,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) Serve() error {
 
 	ephmNodes := h.state.ListEphemeralNodes()
 	for _, node := range ephmNodes.All() {
-		h.ephemeralGC.Schedule(node.ID(), h.cfg.EphemeralNodeInactivityTimeout)
+		h.ephemeralGC.Schedule(node.ID(), h.cfg.Node.Ephemeral.InactivityTimeout)
 	}
 
 	if h.cfg.DNSConfig.ExtraRecordsPath != "" {
@@ -726,7 +728,6 @@ func (h *Headscale) Serve() error {
 		grpcServer = grpc.NewServer(grpcOptions...)
 
 		v1.RegisterHeadscaleServiceServer(grpcServer, newHeadscaleV1APIServer(h))
-		reflection.Register(grpcServer)
 
 		grpcListener, err = new(net.ListenConfig).Listen(context.Background(), "tcp", h.cfg.GRPCAddr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1069,6 +1070,56 @@ func (h *Headscale) Change(cs ...change.Change) {
 	h.mapBatcher.AddWork(cs...)
 }
 
+// HTTPHandler returns an http.Handler for the Headscale control server.
+// The handler serves the Tailscale control protocol including the /key
+// endpoint and /ts2021 Noise upgrade path.
+func (h *Headscale) HTTPHandler() http.Handler {
+	return h.createRouter(grpcRuntime.NewServeMux())
+}
+
+// NoisePublicKey returns the server's Noise protocol public key.
+func (h *Headscale) NoisePublicKey() key.MachinePublic {
+	return h.noisePrivateKey.Public()
+}
+
+// GetState returns the server's state manager for programmatic access
+// to users, nodes, policies, and other server state.
+func (h *Headscale) GetState() *state.State {
+	return h.state
+}
+
+// SetServerURLForTest updates the server URL in the configuration.
+// This is needed for test servers where the URL is not known until
+// the HTTP test server starts.
+// It panics when called outside of tests.
+func (h *Headscale) SetServerURLForTest(tb testing.TB, url string) {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	h.cfg.ServerURL = url
+}
+
+// StartBatcherForTest initialises and starts the map response batcher.
+// It registers a cleanup function on tb to stop the batcher.
+// It panics when called outside of tests.
+func (h *Headscale) StartBatcherForTest(tb testing.TB) {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	h.mapBatcher = mapper.NewBatcherAndMapper(h.cfg, h.state)
+	h.mapBatcher.Start()
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { h.mapBatcher.Close() })
+}
+
+// StartEphemeralGCForTest starts the ephemeral node garbage collector.
+// It registers a cleanup function on tb to stop the collector.
+// It panics when called outside of tests.
+func (h *Headscale) StartEphemeralGCForTest(tb testing.TB) {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	go h.ephemeralGC.Start()
+
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { h.ephemeralGC.Close() })
+}
+
 // Provide some middleware that can inspect the ACME/autocert https calls
 // and log when things are failing.
 type acmeLogger struct {

hscontrol/auth.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package hscontrol
 
 import (
-	"cmp"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -71,6 +70,20 @@ func (h *Headscale) handleRegister(
 		// We do not look up nodes by [key.MachinePublic] as it might belong to multiple
 		// nodes, separated by users and this path is handling expiring/logout paths.
 		if node, ok := h.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(req.NodeKey); ok {
+			// Refuse to act on a node looked up purely by NodeKey unless
+			// the Noise session's machine key matches the cached node.
+			// Without this check anyone holding a target's NodeKey could
+			// open a Noise session with a throwaway machine key and read
+			// the owner's User/Login back through nodeToRegisterResponse.
+			// handleLogout enforces the same check on its own path.
+			if node.MachineKey() != machineKey {
+				return nil, NewHTTPError(
+					http.StatusUnauthorized,
+					"node exists with a different machine key",
+					nil,
+				)
+			}
+
 			// When tailscaled restarts, it sends RegisterRequest with Auth=nil and Expiry=zero.
 			// Return the current node state without modification.
 			// See: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/2862
@@ -302,31 +315,10 @@ func (h *Headscale) reqToNewRegisterResponse(
 		return nil, NewHTTPError(http.StatusInternalServerError, "failed to generate registration ID", err)
 	}
 
-	// Ensure we have a valid hostname
-	hostname := util.EnsureHostname(
-		req.Hostinfo.View(),
-		machineKey.String(),
-		req.NodeKey.String(),
+	authRegReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(
+		registrationDataFromRequest(req, machineKey),
 	)
 
-	// Ensure we have valid hostinfo
-	hostinfo := cmp.Or(req.Hostinfo, &tailcfg.Hostinfo{})
-	hostinfo.Hostname = hostname
-
-	nodeToRegister := types.Node{
-		Hostname:   hostname,
-		MachineKey: machineKey,
-		NodeKey:    req.NodeKey,
-		Hostinfo:   hostinfo,
-		LastSeen:   new(time.Now()),
-	}
-
-	if !req.Expiry.IsZero() {
-		nodeToRegister.Expiry = &req.Expiry
-	}
-
-	authRegReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(nodeToRegister)
-
 	log.Info().Msgf("new followup node registration using auth id: %s", newAuthID)
 	h.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(newAuthID, authRegReq)
 
@@ -335,6 +327,36 @@ func (h *Headscale) reqToNewRegisterResponse(
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// registrationDataFromRequest builds the RegistrationData payload stored
+// in the auth cache for a pending registration. The original Hostinfo is
+// retained so that consumers (auth callback, observability) see the
+// fields the client originally announced; the bounded-LRU cap on the
+// cache is what bounds the unauthenticated cache-fill DoS surface.
+func registrationDataFromRequest(
+	req tailcfg.RegisterRequest,
+	machineKey key.MachinePublic,
+) *types.RegistrationData {
+	hostname := util.EnsureHostname(
+		req.Hostinfo.View(),
+		machineKey.String(),
+		req.NodeKey.String(),
+	)
+
+	regData := &types.RegistrationData{
+		MachineKey: machineKey,
+		NodeKey:    req.NodeKey,
+		Hostname:   hostname,
+		Hostinfo:   req.Hostinfo,
+	}
+
+	if !req.Expiry.IsZero() {
+		expiry := req.Expiry
+		regData.Expiry = &expiry
+	}
+
+	return regData
+}
+
 func (h *Headscale) handleRegisterWithAuthKey(
 	req tailcfg.RegisterRequest,
 	machineKey key.MachinePublic,
@@ -408,50 +430,24 @@ func (h *Headscale) handleRegisterInteractive(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("generating registration ID: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Ensure we have a valid hostname
-	hostname := util.EnsureHostname(
-		req.Hostinfo.View(),
-		machineKey.String(),
-		req.NodeKey.String(),
-	)
-
-	// Ensure we have valid hostinfo
-	hostinfo := cmp.Or(req.Hostinfo, &tailcfg.Hostinfo{})
 	if req.Hostinfo == nil {
 		log.Warn().
 			Str("machine.key", machineKey.ShortString()).
 			Str("node.key", req.NodeKey.ShortString()).
-			Str("generated.hostname", hostname).
 			Msg("Received registration request with nil hostinfo, generated default hostname")
 	} else if req.Hostinfo.Hostname == "" {
 		log.Warn().
 			Str("machine.key", machineKey.ShortString()).
 			Str("node.key", req.NodeKey.ShortString()).
-			Str("generated.hostname", hostname).
 			Msg("Received registration request with empty hostname, generated default")
 	}
 
-	hostinfo.Hostname = hostname
-
-	nodeToRegister := types.Node{
-		Hostname:   hostname,
-		MachineKey: machineKey,
-		NodeKey:    req.NodeKey,
-		Hostinfo:   hostinfo,
-		LastSeen:   new(time.Now()),
-	}
-
-	if !req.Expiry.IsZero() {
-		nodeToRegister.Expiry = &req.Expiry
-	}
-
-	authRegReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(nodeToRegister)
-
-	h.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(
-		authID,
-		authRegReq,
+	authRegReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(
+		registrationDataFromRequest(req, machineKey),
 	)
 
+	h.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(authID, authRegReq)
+
 	log.Info().Msgf("starting node registration using auth id: %s", authID)
 
 	return &tailcfg.RegisterResponse{

hscontrol/auth_tags_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/mapper"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -11,6 +12,49 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/types/key"
 )
 
+// createTestAppWithNodeExpiry creates a test app with a specific node.expiry config.
+func createTestAppWithNodeExpiry(t *testing.T, nodeExpiry time.Duration) *Headscale {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	cfg := types.Config{
+		ServerURL:           "http://localhost:8080",
+		NoisePrivateKeyPath: tmpDir + "/noise_private.key",
+		Node: types.NodeConfig{
+			Expiry: nodeExpiry,
+		},
+		Database: types.DatabaseConfig{
+			Type: "sqlite3",
+			Sqlite: types.SqliteConfig{
+				Path: tmpDir + "/headscale_test.db",
+			},
+		},
+		OIDC: types.OIDCConfig{},
+		Policy: types.PolicyConfig{
+			Mode: types.PolicyModeDB,
+		},
+		Tuning: types.Tuning{
+			BatchChangeDelay: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+			BatcherWorkers:   1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	app, err := NewHeadscale(&cfg)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	app.mapBatcher = mapper.NewBatcherAndMapper(&cfg, app.state)
+	app.mapBatcher.Start()
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		if app.mapBatcher != nil {
+			app.mapBatcher.Close()
+		}
+	})
+
+	return app
+}
+
 // TestTaggedPreAuthKeyCreatesTaggedNode tests that a PreAuthKey with tags creates
 // a tagged node with:
 // - Tags from the PreAuthKey
@@ -652,7 +696,7 @@ func TestExpiryDuringPersonalToTaggedConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	// Step 1: Create user-owned node WITH expiry set
 	clientExpiry := time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour)
 	registrationID1 := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry1 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry1 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(),
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey1.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "personal-to-tagged",
@@ -674,7 +718,7 @@ func TestExpiryDuringPersonalToTaggedConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	// Step 2: Re-auth with tags (Personal → Tagged conversion)
 	nodeKey2 := key.NewNode()
 	registrationID2 := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry2 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry2 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(),
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey2.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "personal-to-tagged",
@@ -724,7 +768,7 @@ func TestExpiryDuringTaggedToPersonalConversion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Step 1: Create tagged node (expiry should be nil)
 	registrationID1 := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry1 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry1 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(),
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey1.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "tagged-to-personal",
@@ -746,7 +790,7 @@ func TestExpiryDuringTaggedToPersonalConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeKey2 := key.NewNode()
 	clientExpiry := time.Now().Add(48 * time.Hour)
 	registrationID2 := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry2 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry2 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(),
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey2.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "tagged-to-personal",
@@ -833,3 +877,245 @@ func TestReAuthWithDifferentMachineKey(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, node2.IsTagged())
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, tags, node2.Tags().AsSlice())
 }
+
+// TestUntaggedAuthKeyZeroExpiryGetsDefault tests that when node.expiry is configured
+// and a client registers with an untagged auth key without requesting a specific expiry,
+// the node gets the configured default expiry.
+// This is the core fix for https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1711
+func TestUntaggedAuthKeyZeroExpiryGetsDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	nodeExpiry := 180 * 24 * time.Hour // 180 days
+	app := createTestAppWithNodeExpiry(t, nodeExpiry)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("node-owner")
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), true, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	// Client sends zero expiry (the default behaviour of tailscale up --authkey).
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "default-expiry-test",
+		},
+		Expiry: time.Time{}, // zero — no client-requested expiry
+	}
+
+	resp, err := app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp.MachineAuthorized)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	assert.False(t, node.IsTagged())
+	assert.True(t, node.Expiry().Valid(), "node should have expiry set from config default")
+	assert.False(t, node.IsExpired(), "node should not be expired yet")
+
+	expectedExpiry := time.Now().Add(nodeExpiry)
+	assert.WithinDuration(t, expectedExpiry, node.Expiry().Get(), 10*time.Second,
+		"node expiry should be ~180 days from now")
+}
+
+// TestTaggedAuthKeyIgnoresNodeExpiry tests that tagged nodes still get nil
+// expiry even when node.expiry is configured.
+func TestTaggedAuthKeyIgnoresNodeExpiry(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	nodeExpiry := 180 * 24 * time.Hour
+	app := createTestAppWithNodeExpiry(t, nodeExpiry)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("tag-creator")
+	tags := []string{"tag:server"}
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), true, false, nil, tags)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "tagged-no-expiry",
+		},
+		Expiry: time.Time{},
+	}
+
+	resp, err := app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp.MachineAuthorized)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	assert.True(t, node.IsTagged())
+	assert.False(t, node.Expiry().Valid(),
+		"tagged node should have expiry disabled (nil) even with node.expiry configured")
+}
+
+// TestNodeExpiryZeroDisablesDefault tests that setting node.expiry to 0
+// preserves the old behaviour where nodes registered without a client-requested
+// expiry get no expiry (never expire).
+func TestNodeExpiryZeroDisablesDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// node.expiry = 0 means "no default expiry"
+	app := createTestAppWithNodeExpiry(t, 0)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("node-owner")
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), true, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "no-default-expiry",
+		},
+		Expiry: time.Time{}, // zero
+	}
+
+	resp, err := app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp.MachineAuthorized)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	assert.False(t, node.IsTagged())
+	assert.False(t, node.IsExpired(), "node should not be expired")
+
+	// With node.expiry=0 and zero client expiry, the node gets a zero expiry
+	// which IsExpired() treats as "never expires" — backwards compatible.
+	if node.Expiry().Valid() {
+		assert.True(t, node.Expiry().Get().IsZero(),
+			"with node.expiry=0 and zero client expiry, expiry should be zero time")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClientNonZeroExpiryTakesPrecedence tests that when a client explicitly
+// requests an expiry, that value is used instead of the configured default.
+func TestClientNonZeroExpiryTakesPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	nodeExpiry := 180 * 24 * time.Hour // 180 days
+	app := createTestAppWithNodeExpiry(t, nodeExpiry)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("node-owner")
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), true, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	// Client explicitly requests 24h expiry
+	clientExpiry := time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour)
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "client-expiry-test",
+		},
+		Expiry: clientExpiry,
+	}
+
+	resp, err := app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp.MachineAuthorized)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	assert.True(t, node.Expiry().Valid(), "node should have expiry set")
+	assert.WithinDuration(t, clientExpiry, node.Expiry().Get(), 5*time.Second,
+		"client-requested expiry should take precedence over node.expiry default")
+}
+
+// TestReregistrationAppliesDefaultExpiry tests that when a node re-registers
+// with an untagged auth key and the client sends zero expiry, the configured
+// default is applied.
+func TestReregistrationAppliesDefaultExpiry(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	nodeExpiry := 90 * 24 * time.Hour // 90 days
+	app := createTestAppWithNodeExpiry(t, nodeExpiry)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("node-owner")
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), true, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	// Initial registration with zero expiry
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "reregister-test",
+		},
+		Expiry: time.Time{},
+	}
+
+	resp, err := app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp.MachineAuthorized)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+	assert.True(t, node.Expiry().Valid(), "initial registration should get default expiry")
+
+	firstExpiry := node.Expiry().Get()
+
+	// Re-register with a new node key but same machine key
+	nodeKey2 := key.NewNode()
+	regReq2 := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey2.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "reregister-test",
+		},
+		Expiry: time.Time{}, // still zero
+	}
+
+	resp2, err := app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq2, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp2.MachineAuthorized)
+
+	node2, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey2.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+	assert.True(t, node2.Expiry().Valid(), "re-registration should also get default expiry")
+
+	// The expiry should be refreshed (new 90d from now), not the old one
+	expectedExpiry := time.Now().Add(nodeExpiry)
+	assert.WithinDuration(t, expectedExpiry, node2.Expiry().Get(), 10*time.Second,
+		"re-registration should refresh the default expiry")
+	assert.True(t, node2.Expiry().Get().After(firstExpiry),
+		"re-registration expiry should be later than initial registration expiry")
+}

hscontrol/auth_test.go

@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationFlows(t *testing.T) {
 					return "", err
 				}
 
-				nodeToRegister := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+				nodeToRegister := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 					Hostname: "followup-success-node",
 				})
 				app.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(regID, nodeToRegister)
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationFlows(t *testing.T) {
 					return "", err
 				}
 
-				nodeToRegister := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+				nodeToRegister := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 					Hostname: "followup-timeout-node",
 				})
 				app.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(regID, nodeToRegister)
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationFlows(t *testing.T) {
 					return "", err
 				}
 
-				nodeToRegister := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+				nodeToRegister := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 					Hostname: "nil-response-node",
 				})
 				app.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(regID, nodeToRegister)
@@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationFlows(t *testing.T) {
 			if req.Followup != "" {
 				var cancel context.CancelFunc
 
-				ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+				ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 				defer cancel()
 			}
 
@@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@ func runInteractiveWorkflowTest(t *testing.T, tt struct {
 				cacheEntry, found := app.state.GetAuthCacheEntry(registrationID)
 				require.True(t, found, "registration cache entry should exist")
 				require.NotNil(t, cacheEntry, "cache entry should not be nil")
-				require.Equal(t, req.NodeKey, cacheEntry.Node().NodeKey(), "cache entry should have correct node key")
+				require.Equal(t, req.NodeKey, cacheEntry.RegistrationData().NodeKey, "cache entry should have correct node key")
 			}
 
 		case stepTypeAuthCompletion:
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@ func TestWebAuthRejectsUnauthorizedRequestTags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Simulate a registration cache entry (as would be created during web auth)
 	registrationID := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(),
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "webauth-tags-node",
@@ -3633,7 +3633,7 @@ func TestWebAuthReauthWithEmptyTagsRemovesAllTags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Step 1: Initial registration with tags
 	registrationID1 := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry1 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry1 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(),
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey1.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "reauth-untag-node",
@@ -3660,7 +3660,7 @@ func TestWebAuthReauthWithEmptyTagsRemovesAllTags(t *testing.T) {
 	// Step 2: Reauth with EMPTY tags to untag
 	nodeKey2 := key.NewNode() // New node key for reauth
 	registrationID2 := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry2 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry2 := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(), // Same machine key
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey2.Public(),   // Different node key (rotation)
 		Hostname:   "reauth-untag-node",
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ func TestAuthKeyTaggedToUserOwnedViaReauth(t *testing.T) {
 	// Step 2: Reauth via web auth with EMPTY tags to transition to user-owned
 	nodeKey2 := key.NewNode() // New node key for reauth
 	registrationID := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(), // Same machine key
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey2.Public(),   // Different node key (rotation)
 		Hostname:   "authkey-tagged-node",
@@ -3945,7 +3945,7 @@ func TestTaggedNodeWithoutUserToDifferentUser(t *testing.T) {
 	// This is what happens when running: headscale auth register --auth-id <id> --user alice
 	nodeKey2 := key.NewNode()
 	registrationID := types.MustAuthID()
-	regEntry := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(types.Node{
+	regEntry := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
 		MachineKey: machineKey.Public(), // Same machine key as the tagged node
 		NodeKey:    nodeKey2.Public(),
 		Hostname:   "tagged-orphan-node",

hscontrol/capver/capver_generated.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var tailscaleToCapVer = map[string]tailcfg.CapabilityVersion{
 	"v1.90": 130,
 	"v1.92": 131,
 	"v1.94": 131,
+	"v1.96": 133,
 }
 
 var capVerToTailscaleVer = map[tailcfg.CapabilityVersion]string{
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ var capVerToTailscaleVer = map[tailcfg.CapabilityVersion]string{
 	125: "v1.88",
 	130: "v1.90",
 	131: "v1.92",
+	133: "v1.96",
 }
 
 // SupportedMajorMinorVersions is the number of major.minor Tailscale versions supported.
@@ -82,4 +84,4 @@ const SupportedMajorMinorVersions = 10
 
 // MinSupportedCapabilityVersion represents the minimum capability version
 // supported by this Headscale instance (latest 10 minor versions)
-const MinSupportedCapabilityVersion tailcfg.CapabilityVersion = 106
+const MinSupportedCapabilityVersion tailcfg.CapabilityVersion = 109

hscontrol/capver/capver_test_data.go

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ var tailscaleLatestMajorMinorTests = []struct {
 	stripV   bool
 	expected []string
 }{
-	{3, false, []string{"v1.90", "v1.92", "v1.94"}},
-	{2, true, []string{"1.92", "1.94"}},
+	{3, false, []string{"v1.92", "v1.94", "v1.96"}},
+	{2, true, []string{"1.94", "1.96"}},
 	{10, true, []string{
-		"1.76",
 		"1.78",
 		"1.80",
 		"1.82",
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ var tailscaleLatestMajorMinorTests = []struct {
 		"1.90",
 		"1.92",
 		"1.94",
+		"1.96",
 	}},
 	{0, false, nil},
 }
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var capVerMinimumTailscaleVersionTests = []struct {
 	input    tailcfg.CapabilityVersion
 	expected string
 }{
-	{106, "v1.74"},
+	{109, "v1.78"},
 	{32, "v1.24"},
 	{41, "v1.30"},
 	{46, "v1.32"},

hscontrol/db/db.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/logger"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/schema"
-	"zgo.at/zcache/v2"
 )
 
 //go:embed schema.sql
@@ -45,19 +44,15 @@ const (
 )
 
 type HSDatabase struct {
-	DB       *gorm.DB
-	cfg      *types.Config
-	regCache *zcache.Cache[types.AuthID, types.AuthRequest]
+	DB  *gorm.DB
+	cfg *types.Config
 }
 
 // NewHeadscaleDatabase creates a new database connection and runs migrations.
 // It accepts the full configuration to allow migrations access to policy settings.
 //
 //nolint:gocyclo // complex database initialization with many migrations
-func NewHeadscaleDatabase(
-	cfg *types.Config,
-	regCache *zcache.Cache[types.AuthID, types.AuthRequest],
-) (*HSDatabase, error) {
+func NewHeadscaleDatabase(cfg *types.Config) (*HSDatabase, error) {
 	dbConn, err := openDB(cfg.Database)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -677,7 +672,7 @@ AND auth_key_id NOT IN (
 							continue
 						}
 
-						mergedTags := append(existingTags, validatedTags...)
+						mergedTags := append(slices.Clone(existingTags), validatedTags...)
 						slices.Sort(mergedTags)
 						mergedTags = slices.Compact(mergedTags)
 
@@ -838,9 +833,8 @@ WHERE tags IS NOT NULL AND tags != '[]' AND tags != '';
 	}
 
 	db := HSDatabase{
-		DB:       dbConn,
-		cfg:      cfg,
-		regCache: regCache,
+		DB:  dbConn,
+		cfg: cfg,
 	}
 
 	return &db, err

hscontrol/db/db_test.go

@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
-	"zgo.at/zcache/v2"
 )
 
 // TestSQLiteMigrationAndDataValidation tests specific SQLite migration scenarios
@@ -162,10 +160,6 @@ func TestSQLiteMigrationAndDataValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func emptyCache() *zcache.Cache[types.AuthID, types.AuthRequest] {
-	return zcache.New[types.AuthID, types.AuthRequest](time.Minute, time.Hour)
-}
-
 func createSQLiteFromSQLFile(sqlFilePath, dbPath string) error {
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dbPath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -379,7 +373,6 @@ func dbForTestWithPath(t *testing.T, sqlFilePath string) *HSDatabase {
 				Mode: types.PolicyModeDB,
 			},
 		},
-		emptyCache(),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("setting up database: %s", err)
@@ -439,7 +432,6 @@ func TestSQLiteAllTestdataMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 						Mode: types.PolicyModeDB,
 					},
 				},
-				emptyCache(),
 			)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		})

hscontrol/db/main_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package db
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestMain ensures the working directory is set to the package source directory
+// so that relative testdata/ paths resolve correctly when the test binary is
+// executed from an arbitrary location (e.g., via "go tool stress").
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	_, filename, _, ok := runtime.Caller(0)
+	if !ok {
+		panic("could not determine test source directory")
+	}
+
+	err := os.Chdir(filepath.Dir(filename))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("could not chdir to test source directory: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}

hscontrol/db/preauth_keys.go

@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ func ListPreAuthKeys(tx *gorm.DB) ([]types.PreAuthKey, error) {
 	return keys, nil
 }
 
+// ListPreAuthKeysByUser returns all PreAuthKeys belonging to a specific user.
+func ListPreAuthKeysByUser(tx *gorm.DB, uid types.UserID) ([]types.PreAuthKey, error) {
+	var keys []types.PreAuthKey
+
+	err := tx.Preload("User").Where("user_id = ?", uint(uid)).Find(&keys).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return keys, nil
+}
+
 var (
 	ErrPreAuthKeyFailedToParse    = errors.New("failed to parse auth-key")
 	ErrPreAuthKeyNotTaggedOrOwned = errors.New("auth-key must be either tagged or owned by user")
@@ -319,11 +331,22 @@ func (hsdb *HSDatabase) DeletePreAuthKey(id uint64) error {
 	})
 }
 
-// UsePreAuthKey marks a PreAuthKey as used.
+// UsePreAuthKey atomically marks a PreAuthKey as used. The UPDATE is
+// guarded by `used = false` so two concurrent registrations racing for
+// the same single-use key cannot both succeed: the first commits and
+// the second returns PAKError("authkey already used"). Without the
+// guard the previous code (Update("used", true) with no WHERE) would
+// silently let both transactions claim the key.
 func UsePreAuthKey(tx *gorm.DB, k *types.PreAuthKey) error {
-	err := tx.Model(k).Update("used", true).Error
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("updating key used status in database: %w", err)
+	res := tx.Model(&types.PreAuthKey{}).
+		Where("id = ? AND used = ?", k.ID, false).
+		Update("used", true)
+	if res.Error != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("updating key used status in database: %w", res.Error)
+	}
+
+	if res.RowsAffected == 0 {
+		return types.PAKError("authkey already used")
 	}
 
 	k.Used = true

hscontrol/db/preauth_keys_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
 func TestCreatePreAuthKey(t *testing.T) {
@@ -444,3 +445,45 @@ func TestMultipleLegacyKeysAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err, "duplicate non-empty prefix should be rejected")
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "UNIQUE constraint failed", "should fail with UNIQUE constraint error")
 }
+
+// TestUsePreAuthKeyAtomicCAS verifies that UsePreAuthKey is an atomic
+// compare-and-set: a second call against an already-used key reports
+// PAKError("authkey already used") rather than silently succeeding.
+func TestUsePreAuthKeyAtomicCAS(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := newSQLiteTestDB()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	user, err := db.CreateUser(types.User{Name: "atomic-cas"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pakNew, err := db.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), false /* reusable */, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pak, err := db.GetPreAuthKey(pakNew.Key)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.False(t, pak.Reusable, "test sanity: key must be single-use")
+
+	// First Use should commit cleanly.
+	err = db.Write(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+		return UsePreAuthKey(tx, pak)
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "first UsePreAuthKey should succeed")
+
+	// Reload from disk to drop the in-memory Used=true the first call
+	// set on the struct, simulating a second concurrent transaction
+	// that loaded the same row before the first one committed.
+	stale, err := db.GetPreAuthKey(pakNew.Key)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	stale.Used = false
+
+	err = db.Write(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+		return UsePreAuthKey(tx, stale)
+	})
+	require.Error(t, err, "second UsePreAuthKey on the same single-use key must fail")
+
+	var pakErr types.PAKError
+	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &pakErr,
+		"second UsePreAuthKey error must be a PAKError, got: %v", err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "authkey already used", pakErr.Error())
+}

hscontrol/db/suite_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"zombiezen.com/go/postgrestest"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ func newSQLiteTestDB() (*HSDatabase, error) {
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("database path: %s", tmpDir+"/headscale_test.db")
-	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.Disabled)
 
 	db, err := NewHeadscaleDatabase(
 		&types.Config{
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ func newSQLiteTestDB() (*HSDatabase, error) {
 				Mode: types.PolicyModeDB,
 			},
 		},
-		emptyCache(),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ func newPostgresDBForTest(t *testing.T) *url.URL {
 
 	srv, err := postgrestest.Start(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+		t.Skipf("start postgres: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	t.Cleanup(srv.Cleanup)
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ func newHeadscaleDBFromPostgresURL(t *testing.T, pu *url.URL) *HSDatabase {
 				Mode: types.PolicyModeDB,
 			},
 		},
-		emptyCache(),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)

hscontrol/db/users.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func DestroyUser(tx *gorm.DB, uid types.UserID) error {
 		return ErrUserStillHasNodes
 	}
 
-	keys, err := ListPreAuthKeys(tx)
+	keys, err := ListPreAuthKeysByUser(tx, uid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

hscontrol/db/users_test.go

@@ -160,6 +160,48 @@ func TestDestroyUserErrors(t *testing.T) {
 				require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrUserStillHasNodes)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// Regression test for https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3154
+			// DestroyUser must only delete the target user's pre-auth keys,
+			// not all pre-auth keys in the database.
+			name: "success_only_deletes_own_preauthkeys",
+			test: func(t *testing.T, db *HSDatabase) {
+				t.Helper()
+
+				userA := db.CreateUserForTest("usera")
+				userB := db.CreateUserForTest("userb")
+
+				// Create 2 keys for userA, 1 key for userB.
+				_, err := db.CreatePreAuthKey(userA.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				_, err = db.CreatePreAuthKey(userA.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				_, err = db.CreatePreAuthKey(userB.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				// Sanity check: 3 keys exist.
+				allKeys, err := db.ListPreAuthKeys()
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Len(t, allKeys, 3)
+
+				// Delete userB.
+				err = db.DestroyUser(types.UserID(userB.ID))
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				// Only userA's 2 keys should remain.
+				remaining, err := db.ListPreAuthKeys()
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Len(t, remaining, 2,
+					"expected 2 keys for userA, got %d — DestroyUser deleted keys from other users",
+					len(remaining))
+
+				for _, key := range remaining {
+					assert.NotNil(t, key.UserID)
+					assert.Equal(t, userA.ID, *key.UserID,
+						"remaining key should belong to userA")
+				}
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

hscontrol/debug.go

@@ -3,16 +3,46 @@ package hscontrol
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/arl/statsviz"
-	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/mapper"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"tailscale.com/tsweb"
 )
 
+// protectedDebugHandler wraps an http.Handler with an access check that
+// allows requests from loopback, Tailscale CGNAT IPs, and private
+// (RFC 1918 / RFC 4193) addresses. This extends tsweb.Protected which
+// only allows loopback and Tailscale IPs.
+func protectedDebugHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if tsweb.AllowDebugAccess(r) {
+			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		// tsweb.AllowDebugAccess rejects X-Forwarded-For and non-TS IPs.
+		// Additionally allow private/LAN addresses so operators can reach
+		// debug endpoints from their local network without tailscaled.
+		ipStr, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+		if err == nil {
+			ip, parseErr := netip.ParseAddr(ipStr)
+			if parseErr == nil && ip.IsPrivate() {
+				h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		http.Error(w, "debug access denied", http.StatusForbidden)
+	})
+}
+
 func (h *Headscale) debugHTTPServer() *http.Server {
 	debugMux := http.NewServeMux()
 	debug := tsweb.Debugger(debugMux)
@@ -294,8 +324,13 @@ func (h *Headscale) debugHTTPServer() *http.Server {
 		}
 	}))
 
-	err := statsviz.Register(debugMux)
+	// statsviz.Register would mount handlers directly on the raw mux,
+	// bypassing the access gate. Build the server by hand and wrap
+	// each handler with protectedDebugHandler.
+	statsvizSrv, err := statsviz.NewServer()
 	if err == nil {
+		debugMux.Handle("/debug/statsviz/", protectedDebugHandler(statsvizSrv.Index()))
+		debugMux.Handle("/debug/statsviz/ws", protectedDebugHandler(statsvizSrv.Ws()))
 		debug.URL("/debug/statsviz", "Statsviz (visualise go metrics)")
 	}
 
@@ -329,38 +364,18 @@ func (h *Headscale) debugBatcher() string {
 
 	var nodes []nodeStatus
 
-	// Try to get detailed debug info if we have a LockFreeBatcher
-	if batcher, ok := h.mapBatcher.(*mapper.LockFreeBatcher); ok {
-		debugInfo := batcher.Debug()
-		for nodeID, info := range debugInfo {
-			nodes = append(nodes, nodeStatus{
-				id:                nodeID,
-				connected:         info.Connected,
-				activeConnections: info.ActiveConnections,
-			})
-			totalNodes++
-
-			if info.Connected {
-				connectedCount++
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Fallback to basic connection info
-		connectedMap := h.mapBatcher.ConnectedMap()
-		connectedMap.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, connected bool) bool {
-			nodes = append(nodes, nodeStatus{
-				id:                nodeID,
-				connected:         connected,
-				activeConnections: 0,
-			})
-			totalNodes++
-
-			if connected {
-				connectedCount++
-			}
-
-			return true
+	debugInfo := h.mapBatcher.Debug()
+	for nodeID, info := range debugInfo {
+		nodes = append(nodes, nodeStatus{
+			id:                nodeID,
+			connected:         info.Connected,
+			activeConnections: info.ActiveConnections,
 		})
+		totalNodes++
+
+		if info.Connected {
+			connectedCount++
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Sort by node ID
@@ -410,28 +425,13 @@ func (h *Headscale) debugBatcherJSON() DebugBatcherInfo {
 		TotalNodes:     0,
 	}
 
-	// Try to get detailed debug info if we have a LockFreeBatcher
-	if batcher, ok := h.mapBatcher.(*mapper.LockFreeBatcher); ok {
-		debugInfo := batcher.Debug()
-		for nodeID, debugData := range debugInfo {
-			info.ConnectedNodes[fmt.Sprintf("%d", nodeID)] = DebugBatcherNodeInfo{
-				Connected:         debugData.Connected,
-				ActiveConnections: debugData.ActiveConnections,
-			}
-			info.TotalNodes++
+	debugInfo := h.mapBatcher.Debug()
+	for nodeID, debugData := range debugInfo {
+		info.ConnectedNodes[fmt.Sprintf("%d", nodeID)] = DebugBatcherNodeInfo{
+			Connected:         debugData.Connected,
+			ActiveConnections: debugData.ActiveConnections,
 		}
-	} else {
-		// Fallback to basic connection info
-		connectedMap := h.mapBatcher.ConnectedMap()
-		connectedMap.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, connected bool) bool {
-			info.ConnectedNodes[fmt.Sprintf("%d", nodeID)] = DebugBatcherNodeInfo{
-				Connected:         connected,
-				ActiveConnections: 0,
-			}
-			info.TotalNodes++
-
-			return true
-		})
+		info.TotalNodes++
 	}
 
 	return info

hscontrol/grpcv1.go

@@ -802,27 +802,16 @@ func (api headscaleV1APIServer) DebugCreateNode(
 		Interface("route-str", request.GetRoutes()).
 		Msg("Creating routes for node")
 
-	hostinfo := tailcfg.Hostinfo{
-		RoutableIPs: routes,
-		OS:          "TestOS",
-		Hostname:    request.GetName(),
-	}
-
 	registrationId, err := types.AuthIDFromString(request.GetKey())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	newNode := types.Node{
+	regData := &types.RegistrationData{
 		NodeKey:    key.NewNode().Public(),
 		MachineKey: key.NewMachine().Public(),
 		Hostname:   request.GetName(),
-		User:       user,
-
-		Expiry:   &time.Time{},
-		LastSeen: &time.Time{},
-
-		Hostinfo: &hostinfo,
+		Expiry:     &time.Time{}, // zero time, not nil — preserves proto JSON round-trip semantics
 	}
 
 	log.Debug().
@@ -830,10 +819,27 @@ func (api headscaleV1APIServer) DebugCreateNode(
 		Str("registration_id", registrationId.String()).
 		Msg("adding debug machine via CLI, appending to registration cache")
 
-	authRegReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(newNode)
+	authRegReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(regData)
 	api.h.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(registrationId, authRegReq)
 
-	return &v1.DebugCreateNodeResponse{Node: newNode.Proto()}, nil
+	// Echo back a synthetic Node so the debug response surface stays
+	// stable. The actual node is created later by AuthApprove via
+	// HandleNodeFromAuthPath using the cached RegistrationData.
+	echoNode := types.Node{
+		NodeKey:    regData.NodeKey,
+		MachineKey: regData.MachineKey,
+		Hostname:   regData.Hostname,
+		User:       user,
+		Expiry:     &time.Time{},
+		LastSeen:   &time.Time{},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname:    request.GetName(),
+			OS:          "TestOS",
+			RoutableIPs: routes,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return &v1.DebugCreateNodeResponse{Node: echoNode.Proto()}, nil
 }
 
 func (api headscaleV1APIServer) Health(

hscontrol/grpcv1_test.go

@@ -264,6 +264,284 @@ func TestSetTags_CannotRemoveAllTags(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, resp.GetNode())
 }
 
+// TestSetTags_ClearsUserIDInDatabase tests that converting a user-owned node
+// to a tagged node via SetTags correctly persists user_id = NULL in the
+// database, not just in-memory.
+// https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3161
+func TestSetTags_ClearsUserIDInDatabase(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("tag-owner")
+	err := app.state.UpdatePolicyManagerUsersForTest()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = app.state.SetPolicy([]byte(`{
+		"tagOwners": {"tag:server": ["tag-owner@"]},
+		"acls": [{"action": "accept", "src": ["*"], "dst": ["*:*"]}]
+	}`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Register a user-owned node (untagged PreAuthKey).
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "user-owned-node",
+		},
+	}
+	_, err = app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.False(t, node.IsTagged(), "node should start as user-owned")
+	require.True(t, node.UserID().Valid(), "user-owned node must have UserID")
+
+	nodeID := node.ID()
+
+	// Convert to tagged via SetTags API.
+	apiServer := newHeadscaleV1APIServer(app)
+	_, err = apiServer.SetTags(context.Background(), &v1.SetTagsRequest{
+		NodeId: uint64(nodeID),
+		Tags:   []string{"tag:server"},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify in-memory state is correct.
+	nsNode, found := app.state.GetNodeByID(nodeID)
+	require.True(t, found)
+	assert.True(t, nsNode.IsTagged(), "NodeStore: node should be tagged")
+	assert.False(t, nsNode.UserID().Valid(),
+		"NodeStore: UserID should be nil for tagged node")
+
+	// THE CRITICAL CHECK: verify database has user_id = NULL.
+	dbNode, err := app.state.DB().GetNodeByID(nodeID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, dbNode.UserID,
+		"Database: user_id must be NULL after converting to tagged node")
+	assert.True(t, dbNode.IsTagged(),
+		"Database: tags must be set")
+}
+
+// TestSetTags_NodeDisappearsFromUserListing tests issue #3161:
+// after converting a user-owned node to tagged, it must no longer appear
+// when listing nodes filtered by the original user.
+// https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3161
+func TestSetTags_NodeDisappearsFromUserListing(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("list-user")
+	err := app.state.UpdatePolicyManagerUsersForTest()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = app.state.SetPolicy([]byte(`{
+		"tagOwners": {"tag:web": ["list-user@"]},
+		"acls": [{"action": "accept", "src": ["*"], "dst": ["*:*"]}]
+	}`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Register a user-owned node.
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "web-server",
+		},
+	}
+	_, err = app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	// Verify node appears under user before tagging.
+	apiServer := newHeadscaleV1APIServer(app)
+	resp, err := apiServer.ListNodes(context.Background(), &v1.ListNodesRequest{
+		User: "list-user",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, resp.GetNodes(), 1, "user-owned node should appear under user")
+
+	// Convert to tagged.
+	_, err = apiServer.SetTags(context.Background(), &v1.SetTagsRequest{
+		NodeId: uint64(node.ID()),
+		Tags:   []string{"tag:web"},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Node must NOT appear when listing by original user.
+	resp, err = apiServer.ListNodes(context.Background(), &v1.ListNodesRequest{
+		User: "list-user",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.GetNodes(),
+		"tagged node must not appear when listing nodes for original user")
+
+	// Node must still appear in unfiltered listing.
+	allResp, err := apiServer.ListNodes(context.Background(), &v1.ListNodesRequest{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, allResp.GetNodes(), 1)
+	assert.Contains(t, allResp.GetNodes()[0].GetTags(), "tag:web")
+}
+
+// TestSetTags_NodeStoreAndDBConsistency verifies that after SetTags, the
+// in-memory NodeStore and the database agree on the node's ownership state.
+// https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3161
+func TestSetTags_NodeStoreAndDBConsistency(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("consistency-user")
+	err := app.state.UpdatePolicyManagerUsersForTest()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = app.state.SetPolicy([]byte(`{
+		"tagOwners": {"tag:db": ["consistency-user@"]},
+		"acls": [{"action": "accept", "src": ["*"], "dst": ["*:*"]}]
+	}`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "db-node",
+		},
+	}
+	_, err = app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	nodeID := node.ID()
+
+	// Convert to tagged.
+	apiServer := newHeadscaleV1APIServer(app)
+	_, err = apiServer.SetTags(context.Background(), &v1.SetTagsRequest{
+		NodeId: uint64(nodeID),
+		Tags:   []string{"tag:db"},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// In-memory state.
+	nsNode, found := app.state.GetNodeByID(nodeID)
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	// Database state.
+	dbNode, err := app.state.DB().GetNodeByID(nodeID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Both must agree: tagged, no UserID.
+	assert.True(t, nsNode.IsTagged(), "NodeStore: should be tagged")
+	assert.True(t, dbNode.IsTagged(), "Database: should be tagged")
+
+	assert.False(t, nsNode.UserID().Valid(),
+		"NodeStore: UserID should be nil")
+	assert.Nil(t, dbNode.UserID,
+		"Database: user_id should be NULL")
+
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		nsNode.UserID().Valid(),
+		dbNode.UserID != nil,
+		"NodeStore and database must agree on UserID state")
+}
+
+// TestSetTags_UserDeletionDoesNotCascadeToTaggedNode tests that deleting the
+// original user does not cascade-delete a node that was converted to tagged
+// via SetTags. This catches the real-world consequence of stale user_id:
+// ON DELETE CASCADE would destroy the tagged node.
+// https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/3161
+func TestSetTags_UserDeletionDoesNotCascadeToTaggedNode(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("doomed-user")
+	err := app.state.UpdatePolicyManagerUsersForTest()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = app.state.SetPolicy([]byte(`{
+		"tagOwners": {"tag:survivor": ["doomed-user@"]},
+		"acls": [{"action": "accept", "src": ["*"], "dst": ["*:*"]}]
+	}`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pak, err := app.state.CreatePreAuthKey(user.TypedID(), false, false, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	machineKey := key.NewMachine()
+	nodeKey := key.NewNode()
+
+	regReq := tailcfg.RegisterRequest{
+		Auth: &tailcfg.RegisterResponseAuth{
+			AuthKey: pak.Key,
+		},
+		NodeKey: nodeKey.Public(),
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			Hostname: "survivor-node",
+		},
+	}
+	_, err = app.handleRegisterWithAuthKey(regReq, machineKey.Public())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	node, found := app.state.GetNodeByNodeKey(nodeKey.Public())
+	require.True(t, found)
+
+	nodeID := node.ID()
+
+	// Convert to tagged.
+	apiServer := newHeadscaleV1APIServer(app)
+	_, err = apiServer.SetTags(context.Background(), &v1.SetTagsRequest{
+		NodeId: uint64(nodeID),
+		Tags:   []string{"tag:survivor"},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Delete the original user.
+	_, err = app.state.DeleteUser(*user.TypedID())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// The tagged node must survive in both NodeStore and database.
+	nsNode, found := app.state.GetNodeByID(nodeID)
+	require.True(t, found, "tagged node must survive user deletion in NodeStore")
+	assert.True(t, nsNode.IsTagged())
+
+	dbNode, err := app.state.DB().GetNodeByID(nodeID)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "tagged node must survive user deletion in database")
+	assert.True(t, dbNode.IsTagged())
+	assert.Nil(t, dbNode.UserID)
+}
+
 // TestDeleteUser_ReturnsProperChangeSignal tests issue #2967 fix:
 // When a user is deleted, the state should return a non-empty change signal
 // to ensure policy manager is updated and clients are notified immediately.

hscontrol/handlers.go

@@ -80,13 +80,19 @@ func parseCapabilityVersion(req *http.Request) (tailcfg.CapabilityVersion, error
 	return tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(clientCapabilityVersion), nil
 }
 
+// verifyBodyLimit caps the request body for /verify. The DERP verify
+// protocol payload (tailcfg.DERPAdmitClientRequest) is a few hundred
+// bytes; 4 KiB is generous and prevents an unauthenticated client from
+// OOMing the public router with arbitrarily large POSTs.
+const verifyBodyLimit int64 = 4 * 1024
+
 func (h *Headscale) handleVerifyRequest(
 	req *http.Request,
 	writer io.Writer,
 ) error {
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("reading request body: %w", err)
+		return NewHTTPError(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, "request body too large", fmt.Errorf("reading request body: %w", err))
 	}
 
 	var derpAdmitClientRequest tailcfg.DERPAdmitClientRequest
@@ -124,6 +130,8 @@ func (h *Headscale) VerifyHandler(
 		return
 	}
 
+	req.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(writer, req.Body, verifyBodyLimit)
+
 	err := h.handleVerifyRequest(req, writer)
 	if err != nil {
 		httpError(writer, err)

hscontrol/handlers_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package hscontrol
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestHandleVerifyRequest_OversizedBodyRejected verifies that the
+// /verify handler refuses POST bodies larger than verifyBodyLimit.
+// The MaxBytesReader is applied in VerifyHandler, so we simulate
+// the same wrapping here.
+func TestHandleVerifyRequest_OversizedBodyRejected(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	body := strings.Repeat("x", int(verifyBodyLimit)+128)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(),
+		http.MethodPost,
+		"/verify",
+		bytes.NewReader([]byte(body)),
+	)
+	req.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(rec, req.Body, verifyBodyLimit)
+
+	h := &Headscale{}
+
+	err := h.handleVerifyRequest(req, &bytes.Buffer{})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("oversized verify body must be rejected")
+	}
+
+	httpErr, ok := errorAsHTTPError(err)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("error must be an HTTPError, got: %T (%v)", err, err)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, httpErr.Code,
+		"oversized body must surface 413")
+}
+
+// errorAsHTTPError is a small local helper that unwraps an HTTPError
+// from an error chain.
+func errorAsHTTPError(err error) (HTTPError, bool) {
+	var h HTTPError
+	if errors.As(err, &h) {
+		return h, true
+	}
+
+	return HTTPError{}, false
+}

hscontrol/mapper/batcher.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package mapper
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/state"
@@ -24,43 +26,31 @@ var (
 	ErrNodeNotFoundMapper = errors.New("node not found")
 )
 
+// offlineNodeCleanupThreshold is how long a node must be disconnected
+// before cleanupOfflineNodes removes its in-memory state.
+const offlineNodeCleanupThreshold = 15 * time.Minute
+
 var mapResponseGenerated = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 	Namespace: "headscale",
 	Name:      "mapresponse_generated_total",
 	Help:      "total count of mapresponses generated by response type",
 }, []string{"response_type"})
 
-type batcherFunc func(cfg *types.Config, state *state.State) Batcher
-
-// Batcher defines the common interface for all batcher implementations.
-type Batcher interface {
-	Start()
-	Close()
-	AddNode(id types.NodeID, c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse, version tailcfg.CapabilityVersion, stop func()) error
-	RemoveNode(id types.NodeID, c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse) bool
-	IsConnected(id types.NodeID) bool
-	ConnectedMap() *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, bool]
-	AddWork(r ...change.Change)
-	MapResponseFromChange(id types.NodeID, r change.Change) (*tailcfg.MapResponse, error)
-	DebugMapResponses() (map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.MapResponse, error)
-}
-
-func NewBatcher(batchTime time.Duration, workers int, mapper *mapper) *LockFreeBatcher {
-	return &LockFreeBatcher{
+func NewBatcher(batchTime time.Duration, workers int, mapper *mapper) *Batcher {
+	return &Batcher{
 		mapper:  mapper,
 		workers: workers,
 		tick:    time.NewTicker(batchTime),
 
 		// The size of this channel is arbitrary chosen, the sizing should be revisited.
-		workCh:         make(chan work, workers*200),
-		nodes:          xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, *multiChannelNodeConn](),
-		connected:      xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, *time.Time](),
-		pendingChanges: xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, []change.Change](),
+		workCh: make(chan work, workers*200),
+		done:   make(chan struct{}),
+		nodes:  xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, *multiChannelNodeConn](),
 	}
 }
 
-// NewBatcherAndMapper creates a Batcher implementation.
-func NewBatcherAndMapper(cfg *types.Config, state *state.State) Batcher {
+// NewBatcherAndMapper creates a new Batcher with its mapper.
+func NewBatcherAndMapper(cfg *types.Config, state *state.State) *Batcher {
 	m := newMapper(cfg, state)
 	b := NewBatcher(cfg.Tuning.BatchChangeDelay, cfg.Tuning.BatcherWorkers, m)
 	m.batcher = b
@@ -138,6 +128,30 @@ func generateMapResponse(nc nodeConnection, mapper *mapper, r change.Change) (*t
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("generating map response for nodeID %d: %w", nodeID, err)
 	}
 
+	// When a full update (SendAllPeers=true) produces zero visible peers
+	// (e.g., a restrictive policy isolates this node), the resulting
+	// MapResponse has Peers: []*tailcfg.Node{} (empty non-nil slice).
+	//
+	// The Tailscale client only treats Peers as a full authoritative
+	// replacement when len(Peers) > 0 (controlclient/map.go:462).
+	// An empty Peers slice is indistinguishable from a delta response,
+	// so the client silently preserves its existing peer state.
+	//
+	// This matters when a FullUpdate() replaces a pending PolicyChange()
+	// in the batcher (addToBatch short-circuits on HasFull). The
+	// PolicyChange would have computed PeersRemoved via computePeerDiff,
+	// but the FullUpdate path uses WithPeers which sets Peers: [].
+	//
+	// Fix: when a full update results in zero peers, compute the diff
+	// against lastSentPeers and add explicit PeersRemoved entries so
+	// the client correctly clears its stale peer state.
+	if mapResp != nil && r.SendAllPeers && len(mapResp.Peers) == 0 {
+		removedPeers := nc.computePeerDiff(nil)
+		if len(removedPeers) > 0 {
+			mapResp.PeersRemoved = removedPeers
+		}
+	}
+
 	return mapResp, nil
 }
 
@@ -164,10 +178,20 @@ func handleNodeChange(nc nodeConnection, mapper *mapper, r change.Change) error
 	// Send the map response
 	err = nc.send(data)
 	if err != nil {
+		// If the node has no active connections, the data was not
+		// delivered. Do not update lastSentPeers — recording phantom
+		// peer state would corrupt future computePeerDiff calculations,
+		// causing the node to miss peer additions or removals after
+		// reconnection.
+		if errors.Is(err, errNoActiveConnections) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		return fmt.Errorf("sending map response to node %d: %w", nodeID, err)
 	}
 
-	// Update peer tracking after successful send
+	// Update peer tracking only after confirmed delivery to at
+	// least one active connection.
 	nc.updateSentPeers(data)
 
 	return nil
@@ -180,8 +204,568 @@ type workResult struct {
 }
 
 // work represents a unit of work to be processed by workers.
+// All pending changes for a node are bundled into a single work item
+// so that one worker processes them sequentially. This prevents
+// out-of-order MapResponse delivery and races on lastSentPeers
+// that occur when multiple workers process changes for the same node.
 type work struct {
-	c        change.Change
+	changes  []change.Change
 	nodeID   types.NodeID
 	resultCh chan<- workResult // optional channel for synchronous operations
 }
+
+// Batcher errors.
+var (
+	errConnectionClosed      = errors.New("connection channel already closed")
+	ErrInitialMapSendTimeout = errors.New("sending initial map: timeout")
+	ErrBatcherShuttingDown   = errors.New("batcher shutting down")
+	ErrConnectionSendTimeout = errors.New("timeout sending to channel (likely stale connection)")
+)
+
+// Batcher batches and distributes map responses to connected nodes.
+// It uses concurrent maps, per-node mutexes, and a worker pool.
+//
+// Lifecycle: Call Start() to spawn workers, then Close() to shut down.
+// Close() blocks until all workers have exited. A Batcher must not
+// be reused after Close().
+type Batcher struct {
+	tick    *time.Ticker
+	mapper  *mapper
+	workers int
+
+	nodes *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, *multiChannelNodeConn]
+
+	// Work queue channel
+	workCh   chan work
+	done     chan struct{}
+	doneOnce sync.Once // Ensures done is only closed once
+
+	// wg tracks the doWork and all worker goroutines so that Close()
+	// can block until they have fully exited.
+	wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	started atomic.Bool // Ensures Start() is only called once
+
+	// Metrics
+	totalNodes      atomic.Int64
+	workQueuedCount atomic.Int64
+	workProcessed   atomic.Int64
+	workErrors      atomic.Int64
+}
+
+// AddNode registers a new node connection with the batcher and sends an initial map response.
+// It creates or updates the node's connection data, validates the initial map generation,
+// and notifies other nodes that this node has come online.
+// The stop function tears down the owning session if this connection is later declared stale.
+func (b *Batcher) AddNode(
+	id types.NodeID,
+	c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse,
+	version tailcfg.CapabilityVersion,
+	stop func(),
+) error {
+	addNodeStart := time.Now()
+	nlog := log.With().Uint64(zf.NodeID, id.Uint64()).Logger()
+
+	// Generate connection ID
+	connID := generateConnectionID()
+
+	// Create new connection entry
+	now := time.Now()
+	newEntry := &connectionEntry{
+		id:      connID,
+		c:       c,
+		version: version,
+		created: now,
+		stop:    stop,
+	}
+	// Initialize last used timestamp
+	newEntry.lastUsed.Store(now.Unix())
+
+	// Get or create multiChannelNodeConn - this reuses existing offline nodes for rapid reconnection
+	nodeConn, loaded := b.nodes.LoadOrStore(id, newMultiChannelNodeConn(id, b.mapper))
+
+	if !loaded {
+		b.totalNodes.Add(1)
+	}
+
+	// Add connection to the list (lock-free)
+	nodeConn.addConnection(newEntry)
+
+	// Use the worker pool for controlled concurrency instead of direct generation
+	initialMap, err := b.MapResponseFromChange(id, change.FullSelf(id))
+	if err != nil {
+		nlog.Error().Err(err).Msg("initial map generation failed")
+		nodeConn.removeConnectionByChannel(c)
+
+		if !nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
+			nodeConn.markDisconnected()
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("generating initial map for node %d: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
+	// Use a blocking send with timeout for initial map since the channel should be ready
+	// and we want to avoid the race condition where the receiver isn't ready yet
+	select {
+	case c <- initialMap:
+		// Success
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second): //nolint:mnd
+		nlog.Error().Err(ErrInitialMapSendTimeout).Msg("initial map send timeout")
+		nlog.Debug().Caller().Dur("timeout.duration", 5*time.Second). //nolint:mnd
+										Msg("initial map send timed out because channel was blocked or receiver not ready")
+		nodeConn.removeConnectionByChannel(c)
+
+		if !nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
+			nodeConn.markDisconnected()
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w for node %d", ErrInitialMapSendTimeout, id)
+	}
+
+	// Mark the node as connected now that the initial map was sent.
+	nodeConn.markConnected()
+
+	// Node will automatically receive updates through the normal flow
+	// The initial full map already contains all current state
+
+	nlog.Debug().Caller().Dur(zf.TotalDuration, time.Since(addNodeStart)).
+		Int("active.connections", nodeConn.getActiveConnectionCount()).
+		Msg("node connection established in batcher")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RemoveNode disconnects a node from the batcher, marking it as offline and cleaning up its state.
+// It validates the connection channel matches one of the current connections, closes that specific connection,
+// and keeps the node entry alive for rapid reconnections instead of aggressive deletion.
+// Reports if the node still has active connections after removal.
+func (b *Batcher) RemoveNode(id types.NodeID, c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse) bool {
+	nlog := log.With().Uint64(zf.NodeID, id.Uint64()).Logger()
+
+	nodeConn, exists := b.nodes.Load(id)
+	if !exists || nodeConn == nil {
+		nlog.Debug().Caller().Msg("removeNode called for non-existent node")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Remove specific connection
+	removed := nodeConn.removeConnectionByChannel(c)
+	if !removed {
+		nlog.Debug().Caller().Msg("removeNode: channel not found, connection already removed or invalid")
+	}
+
+	// Check if node has any remaining active connections
+	if nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
+		nlog.Debug().Caller().
+			Int("active.connections", nodeConn.getActiveConnectionCount()).
+			Msg("node connection removed but keeping online, other connections remain")
+
+		return true // Node still has active connections
+	}
+
+	// No active connections - keep the node entry alive for rapid reconnections
+	// The node will get a fresh full map when it reconnects
+	nlog.Debug().Caller().Msg("node disconnected from batcher, keeping entry for rapid reconnection")
+	nodeConn.markDisconnected()
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// AddWork queues a change to be processed by the batcher.
+func (b *Batcher) AddWork(r ...change.Change) {
+	b.addToBatch(r...)
+}
+
+func (b *Batcher) Start() {
+	if !b.started.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	b.wg.Add(1)
+
+	go b.doWork()
+}
+
+func (b *Batcher) Close() {
+	// Signal shutdown to all goroutines, only once.
+	// Workers and queueWork both select on done, so closing it
+	// is sufficient for graceful shutdown. We intentionally do NOT
+	// close workCh here because processBatchedChanges or
+	// MapResponseFromChange may still be sending on it concurrently.
+	b.doneOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(b.done)
+	})
+
+	// Wait for all worker goroutines (and doWork) to exit before
+	// tearing down node connections. This prevents workers from
+	// sending on connections that are being closed concurrently.
+	b.wg.Wait()
+
+	// Stop the ticker to prevent resource leaks.
+	b.tick.Stop()
+
+	// Close the underlying channels supplying the data to the clients.
+	b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, conn *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+		if conn == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		conn.close()
+
+		return true
+	})
+}
+
+func (b *Batcher) doWork() {
+	defer b.wg.Done()
+
+	for i := range b.workers {
+		b.wg.Add(1)
+
+		go b.worker(i + 1)
+	}
+
+	// Create a cleanup ticker for removing truly disconnected nodes
+	cleanupTicker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
+	defer cleanupTicker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-b.tick.C:
+			// Process batched changes
+			b.processBatchedChanges()
+		case <-cleanupTicker.C:
+			// Clean up nodes that have been offline for too long
+			b.cleanupOfflineNodes()
+		case <-b.done:
+			log.Info().Msg("batcher done channel closed, stopping to feed workers")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *Batcher) worker(workerID int) {
+	defer b.wg.Done()
+
+	wlog := log.With().Int(zf.WorkerID, workerID).Logger()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case w, ok := <-b.workCh:
+			if !ok {
+				wlog.Debug().Msg("worker channel closing, shutting down")
+				return
+			}
+
+			b.workProcessed.Add(1)
+
+			// Synchronous path: a caller is blocking on resultCh
+			// waiting for a generated MapResponse (used by AddNode
+			// for the initial map). Always contains a single change.
+			if w.resultCh != nil {
+				var result workResult
+
+				if nc, exists := b.nodes.Load(w.nodeID); exists && nc != nil {
+					// Hold workMu so concurrent async work for this
+					// node waits until the initial map is sent.
+					nc.workMu.Lock()
+
+					var err error
+
+					result.mapResponse, err = generateMapResponse(nc, b.mapper, w.changes[0])
+
+					result.err = err
+					if result.err != nil {
+						b.workErrors.Add(1)
+						wlog.Error().Err(result.err).
+							Uint64(zf.NodeID, w.nodeID.Uint64()).
+							Str(zf.Reason, w.changes[0].Reason).
+							Msg("failed to generate map response for synchronous work")
+					} else if result.mapResponse != nil {
+						nc.updateSentPeers(result.mapResponse)
+					}
+
+					nc.workMu.Unlock()
+				} else {
+					result.err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %d", ErrNodeNotFoundMapper, w.nodeID)
+
+					b.workErrors.Add(1)
+					wlog.Error().Err(result.err).
+						Uint64(zf.NodeID, w.nodeID.Uint64()).
+						Msg("node not found for synchronous work")
+				}
+
+				select {
+				case w.resultCh <- result:
+				case <-b.done:
+					return
+				}
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Async path: process all bundled changes sequentially.
+			// workMu ensures that if another worker picks up the next
+			// tick's bundle for the same node, it waits until we
+			// finish — preventing out-of-order delivery and races
+			// on lastSentPeers (Clear+Store vs Range).
+			if nc, exists := b.nodes.Load(w.nodeID); exists && nc != nil {
+				nc.workMu.Lock()
+				for _, ch := range w.changes {
+					err := nc.change(ch)
+					if err != nil {
+						b.workErrors.Add(1)
+						wlog.Error().Err(err).
+							Uint64(zf.NodeID, w.nodeID.Uint64()).
+							Str(zf.Reason, ch.Reason).
+							Msg("failed to apply change")
+					}
+				}
+				nc.workMu.Unlock()
+			}
+		case <-b.done:
+			wlog.Debug().Msg("batcher shutting down, exiting worker")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// queueWork safely queues work.
+func (b *Batcher) queueWork(w work) {
+	b.workQueuedCount.Add(1)
+
+	select {
+	case b.workCh <- w:
+		// Successfully queued
+	case <-b.done:
+		// Batcher is shutting down
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+// addToBatch adds changes to the pending batch.
+func (b *Batcher) addToBatch(changes ...change.Change) {
+	// Clean up any nodes being permanently removed from the system.
+	//
+	// This handles the case where a node is deleted from state but the batcher
+	// still has it registered. By cleaning up here, we prevent "node not found"
+	// errors when workers try to generate map responses for deleted nodes.
+	//
+	// Safety: change.Change.PeersRemoved is ONLY populated when nodes are actually
+	// deleted from the system (via change.NodeRemoved in state.DeleteNode). Policy
+	// changes that affect peer visibility do NOT use this field - they set
+	// RequiresRuntimePeerComputation=true and compute removed peers at runtime,
+	// putting them in tailcfg.MapResponse.PeersRemoved (a different struct).
+	// Therefore, this cleanup only removes nodes that are truly being deleted,
+	// not nodes that are still connected but have lost visibility of certain peers.
+	//
+	// See: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/2924
+	for _, ch := range changes {
+		for _, removedID := range ch.PeersRemoved {
+			if _, existed := b.nodes.LoadAndDelete(removedID); existed {
+				b.totalNodes.Add(-1)
+				log.Debug().
+					Uint64(zf.NodeID, removedID.Uint64()).
+					Msg("removed deleted node from batcher")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Short circuit if any of the changes is a full update, which
+	// means we can skip sending individual changes.
+	if change.HasFull(changes) {
+		b.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+			if nc == nil {
+				return true
+			}
+
+			nc.pendingMu.Lock()
+			nc.pending = []change.Change{change.FullUpdate()}
+			nc.pendingMu.Unlock()
+
+			return true
+		})
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	broadcast, targeted := change.SplitTargetedAndBroadcast(changes)
+
+	// Handle targeted changes - send only to the specific node
+	for _, ch := range targeted {
+		if nc, ok := b.nodes.Load(ch.TargetNode); ok && nc != nil {
+			nc.appendPending(ch)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Handle broadcast changes - send to all nodes, filtering as needed
+	if len(broadcast) > 0 {
+		b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+			if nc == nil {
+				return true
+			}
+
+			filtered := change.FilterForNode(nodeID, broadcast)
+
+			if len(filtered) > 0 {
+				nc.appendPending(filtered...)
+			}
+
+			return true
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// processBatchedChanges processes all pending batched changes.
+func (b *Batcher) processBatchedChanges() {
+	b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+		if nc == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		pending := nc.drainPending()
+		if len(pending) == 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		// Queue a single work item containing all pending changes.
+		// One item per node ensures a single worker processes them
+		// sequentially, preventing out-of-order delivery.
+		b.queueWork(work{changes: pending, nodeID: nodeID, resultCh: nil})
+
+		return true
+	})
+}
+
+// cleanupOfflineNodes removes nodes that have been offline for too long to prevent memory leaks.
+// Uses Compute() for atomic check-and-delete to prevent TOCTOU races where a node
+// reconnects between the hasActiveConnections() check and the Delete() call.
+func (b *Batcher) cleanupOfflineNodes() {
+	var nodesToCleanup []types.NodeID
+
+	// Find nodes that have been offline for too long by scanning b.nodes
+	// and checking each node's disconnectedAt timestamp.
+	b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+		if nc != nil && !nc.hasActiveConnections() && nc.offlineDuration() > offlineNodeCleanupThreshold {
+			nodesToCleanup = append(nodesToCleanup, nodeID)
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
+
+	// Clean up the identified nodes using Compute() for atomic check-and-delete.
+	// This prevents a TOCTOU race where a node reconnects (adding an active
+	// connection) between the hasActiveConnections() check and the Delete() call.
+	cleaned := 0
+
+	for _, nodeID := range nodesToCleanup {
+		b.nodes.Compute(
+			nodeID,
+			func(conn *multiChannelNodeConn, loaded bool) (*multiChannelNodeConn, xsync.ComputeOp) {
+				if !loaded || conn == nil || conn.hasActiveConnections() {
+					return conn, xsync.CancelOp
+				}
+
+				// Perform all bookkeeping inside the Compute callback so
+				// that a concurrent AddNode (which calls LoadOrStore on
+				// b.nodes) cannot slip in between the delete and the
+				// counter update.
+				b.totalNodes.Add(-1)
+
+				cleaned++
+
+				log.Info().Uint64(zf.NodeID, nodeID.Uint64()).
+					Dur("offline_duration", offlineNodeCleanupThreshold).
+					Msg("cleaning up node that has been offline for too long")
+
+				return conn, xsync.DeleteOp
+			},
+		)
+	}
+
+	if cleaned > 0 {
+		log.Info().Int(zf.CleanedNodes, cleaned).
+			Msg("completed cleanup of long-offline nodes")
+	}
+}
+
+// IsConnected is a lock-free read that checks if a node is connected.
+// A node is considered connected if it has active connections or has
+// not been marked as disconnected.
+func (b *Batcher) IsConnected(id types.NodeID) bool {
+	nodeConn, exists := b.nodes.Load(id)
+	if !exists || nodeConn == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return nodeConn.isConnected()
+}
+
+// ConnectedMap returns a lock-free map of all known nodes and their
+// connection status (true = connected, false = disconnected).
+func (b *Batcher) ConnectedMap() *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, bool] {
+	ret := xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, bool]()
+
+	b.nodes.Range(func(id types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+		if nc != nil {
+			ret.Store(id, nc.isConnected())
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
+
+	return ret
+}
+
+// MapResponseFromChange queues work to generate a map response and waits for the result.
+// This allows synchronous map generation using the same worker pool.
+func (b *Batcher) MapResponseFromChange(id types.NodeID, ch change.Change) (*tailcfg.MapResponse, error) {
+	resultCh := make(chan workResult, 1)
+
+	// Queue the work with a result channel using the safe queueing method
+	b.queueWork(work{changes: []change.Change{ch}, nodeID: id, resultCh: resultCh})
+
+	// Wait for the result
+	select {
+	case result := <-resultCh:
+		return result.mapResponse, result.err
+	case <-b.done:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w while generating map response for node %d", ErrBatcherShuttingDown, id)
+	}
+}
+
+// DebugNodeInfo contains debug information about a node's connections.
+type DebugNodeInfo struct {
+	Connected         bool `json:"connected"`
+	ActiveConnections int  `json:"active_connections"`
+}
+
+// Debug returns a pre-baked map of node debug information for the debug interface.
+func (b *Batcher) Debug() map[types.NodeID]DebugNodeInfo {
+	result := make(map[types.NodeID]DebugNodeInfo)
+
+	b.nodes.Range(func(id types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+		if nc == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		result[id] = DebugNodeInfo{
+			Connected:         nc.isConnected(),
+			ActiveConnections: nc.getActiveConnectionCount(),
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func (b *Batcher) DebugMapResponses() (map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.MapResponse, error) {
+	return b.mapper.debugMapResponses()
+}
+
+// WorkErrors returns the count of work errors encountered.
+// This is primarily useful for testing and debugging.
+func (b *Batcher) WorkErrors() int64 {
+	return b.workErrors.Load()
+}

hscontrol/mapper/batcher_bench_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,742 @@
+package mapper
+
+// Benchmarks for batcher components and full pipeline.
+//
+// Organized into three tiers:
+// - Component benchmarks: individual functions (connectionEntry.send, computePeerDiff, etc.)
+// - System benchmarks: batching mechanics (addToBatch, processBatchedChanges, broadcast)
+// - Full pipeline benchmarks: end-to-end with real DB (gated behind !testing.Short())
+//
+// All benchmarks use sub-benchmarks with 10/100/1000 node counts for scaling analysis.
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/change"
+	"github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v4"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+)
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Component Benchmarks
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkConnectionEntry_Send measures the throughput of sending a single
+// MapResponse through a connectionEntry with a buffered channel.
+func BenchmarkConnectionEntry_Send(b *testing.B) {
+	ch := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, b.N+1)
+	entry := makeConnectionEntry("bench-conn", ch)
+	data := testMapResponse()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for range b.N {
+		_ = entry.send(data)
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkMultiChannelSend measures broadcast throughput to multiple connections.
+func BenchmarkMultiChannelSend(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, connCount := range []int{1, 3, 10} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dconn", connCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			channels := make([]chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, connCount)
+			for i := range channels {
+				channels[i] = make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, b.N+1)
+				mc.addConnection(makeConnectionEntry(fmt.Sprintf("conn-%d", i), channels[i]))
+			}
+
+			data := testMapResponse()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				_ = mc.send(data)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkComputePeerDiff measures the cost of computing peer diffs at scale.
+func BenchmarkComputePeerDiff(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, peerCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dpeers", peerCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			// Populate tracked peers: 1..peerCount
+			for i := 1; i <= peerCount; i++ {
+				mc.lastSentPeers.Store(tailcfg.NodeID(i), struct{}{})
+			}
+
+			// Current peers: remove ~10% (every 10th peer is missing)
+			current := make([]tailcfg.NodeID, 0, peerCount)
+			for i := 1; i <= peerCount; i++ {
+				if i%10 != 0 {
+					current = append(current, tailcfg.NodeID(i))
+				}
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				_ = mc.computePeerDiff(current)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkUpdateSentPeers measures the cost of updating peer tracking state.
+func BenchmarkUpdateSentPeers(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, peerCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dpeers_full", peerCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			// Pre-build response with full peer list
+			peerIDs := make([]tailcfg.NodeID, peerCount)
+			for i := range peerIDs {
+				peerIDs[i] = tailcfg.NodeID(i + 1)
+			}
+
+			resp := testMapResponseWithPeers(peerIDs...)
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				mc.updateSentPeers(resp)
+			}
+		})
+
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dpeers_incremental", peerCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			// Pre-populate with existing peers
+			for i := 1; i <= peerCount; i++ {
+				mc.lastSentPeers.Store(tailcfg.NodeID(i), struct{}{})
+			}
+
+			// Build incremental response: add 10% new peers
+			addCount := peerCount / 10
+			if addCount == 0 {
+				addCount = 1
+			}
+
+			resp := testMapResponse()
+
+			resp.PeersChanged = make([]*tailcfg.Node, addCount)
+			for i := range addCount {
+				resp.PeersChanged[i] = &tailcfg.Node{ID: tailcfg.NodeID(peerCount + i + 1)}
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				mc.updateSentPeers(resp)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// System Benchmarks (no DB, batcher mechanics only)
+// ============================================================================
+
+// benchBatcher creates a lightweight batcher for benchmarks. Unlike the test
+// helper, it doesn't register cleanup and suppresses logging.
+func benchBatcher(nodeCount, bufferSize int) (*Batcher, map[types.NodeID]chan *tailcfg.MapResponse) {
+	b := &Batcher{
+		tick:    time.NewTicker(1 * time.Hour), // never fires during bench
+		workers: 4,
+		workCh:  make(chan work, 4*200),
+		nodes:   xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, *multiChannelNodeConn](),
+		done:    make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+
+	channels := make(map[types.NodeID]chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, nodeCount)
+	for i := 1; i <= nodeCount; i++ {
+		id := types.NodeID(i) //nolint:gosec // benchmark with small controlled values
+		mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(id, nil)
+		ch := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, bufferSize)
+		entry := &connectionEntry{
+			id:      fmt.Sprintf("conn-%d", i),
+			c:       ch,
+			version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+			created: time.Now(),
+		}
+		entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+		mc.addConnection(entry)
+		b.nodes.Store(id, mc)
+		channels[id] = ch
+	}
+
+	b.totalNodes.Store(int64(nodeCount))
+
+	return b, channels
+}
+
+// BenchmarkAddToBatch_Broadcast measures the cost of broadcasting a change
+// to all nodes via addToBatch (no worker processing, just queuing).
+func BenchmarkAddToBatch_Broadcast(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				// Clear pending to avoid unbounded growth
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					nc.drainPending()
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkAddToBatch_Targeted measures the cost of adding a targeted change
+// to a single node.
+func BenchmarkAddToBatch_Targeted(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				targetID := types.NodeID(1 + (i % nodeCount)) //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+				ch := change.Change{
+					Reason:     "bench-targeted",
+					TargetNode: targetID,
+					PeerPatches: []*tailcfg.PeerChange{
+						{NodeID: tailcfg.NodeID(targetID)}, //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+					},
+				}
+				batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				// Clear pending periodically to avoid growth
+				if i%100 == 99 {
+					batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+						nc.drainPending()
+						return true
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkAddToBatch_FullUpdate measures the cost of a FullUpdate broadcast.
+func BenchmarkAddToBatch_FullUpdate(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.addToBatch(change.FullUpdate())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkProcessBatchedChanges measures the cost of moving pending changes
+// to the work queue.
+func BenchmarkProcessBatchedChanges(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dpending", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+			// Use a very large work channel to avoid blocking
+			batcher.workCh = make(chan work, nodeCount*b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				b.StopTimer()
+				// Seed pending changes
+				for i := 1; i <= nodeCount; i++ {
+					if nc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(types.NodeID(i)); ok { //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+						nc.appendPending(change.DERPMap())
+					}
+				}
+
+				b.StartTimer()
+
+				batcher.processBatchedChanges()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkBroadcastToN measures end-to-end broadcast: addToBatch + processBatchedChanges
+// to N nodes. Does NOT include worker processing (MapResponse generation).
+func BenchmarkBroadcastToN(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+			batcher.workCh = make(chan work, nodeCount*b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				batcher.processBatchedChanges()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkMultiChannelBroadcast measures the cost of sending a MapResponse
+// to N nodes each with varying connection counts.
+func BenchmarkMultiChannelBroadcast(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			// Add extra connections to every 3rd node
+			for i := 1; i <= nodeCount; i++ {
+				if i%3 == 0 {
+					if mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(types.NodeID(i)); ok { //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+						for j := range 2 {
+							ch := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, b.N+1)
+							entry := &connectionEntry{
+								id:      fmt.Sprintf("extra-%d-%d", i, j),
+								c:       ch,
+								version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+								created: time.Now(),
+							}
+							entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+							mc.addConnection(entry)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			data := testMapResponse()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, mc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					_ = mc.send(data)
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkConcurrentAddToBatch measures addToBatch throughput under
+// concurrent access from multiple goroutines.
+func BenchmarkConcurrentAddToBatch(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			// Background goroutine to drain pending periodically
+			drainDone := make(chan struct{})
+
+			go func() {
+				defer close(drainDone)
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-batcher.done:
+						return
+					default:
+						batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+							nc.drainPending()
+							return true
+						})
+						time.Sleep(time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo // benchmark drain loop
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+				for pb.Next() {
+					batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				}
+			})
+			b.StopTimer()
+
+			// Cleanup
+			close(batcher.done)
+			<-drainDone
+			// Re-open done so the defer doesn't double-close
+			batcher.done = make(chan struct{})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkIsConnected measures the read throughput of IsConnected checks.
+func BenchmarkIsConnected(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % nodeCount)) //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+				_ = batcher.IsConnected(id)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkConnectedMap measures the cost of building the full connected map.
+func BenchmarkConnectedMap(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			// Disconnect 10% of nodes for a realistic mix
+			for i := 1; i <= nodeCount; i++ {
+				if i%10 == 0 {
+					id := types.NodeID(i) //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+					if mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id); ok {
+						mc.removeConnectionByChannel(channels[id])
+						mc.markDisconnected()
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				_ = batcher.ConnectedMap()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkConnectionChurn measures the cost of add/remove connection cycling
+// which simulates client reconnection patterns.
+func BenchmarkConnectionChurn(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100, 1000} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % nodeCount)) //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+
+				mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id)
+				if !ok {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// Remove old connection
+				oldCh := channels[id]
+				mc.removeConnectionByChannel(oldCh)
+
+				// Add new connection
+				newCh := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, 10)
+				entry := &connectionEntry{
+					id:      fmt.Sprintf("churn-%d", i),
+					c:       newCh,
+					version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+					created: time.Now(),
+				}
+				entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+				mc.addConnection(entry)
+
+				channels[id] = newCh
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkConcurrentSendAndChurn measures the combined cost of sends happening
+// concurrently with connection churn - the hot path in production.
+func BenchmarkConcurrentSendAndChurn(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(nodeCount, 100)
+
+			var mu sync.Mutex // protect channels map
+
+			stopChurn := make(chan struct{})
+			defer close(stopChurn)
+
+			// Background churn on 10% of nodes
+			go func() {
+				i := 0
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-stopChurn:
+						return
+					default:
+						id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % nodeCount)) //nolint:gosec // benchmark
+						if i%10 == 0 {                          // only churn 10%
+							mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id)
+							if ok {
+								mu.Lock()
+								oldCh := channels[id]
+								mu.Unlock()
+								mc.removeConnectionByChannel(oldCh)
+
+								newCh := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, 100)
+								entry := &connectionEntry{
+									id:      fmt.Sprintf("churn-%d", i),
+									c:       newCh,
+									version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+									created: time.Now(),
+								}
+								entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+								mc.addConnection(entry)
+								mu.Lock()
+								channels[id] = newCh
+								mu.Unlock()
+							}
+						}
+
+						i++
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			data := testMapResponse()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, mc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					_ = mc.send(data)
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Full Pipeline Benchmarks (with DB)
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkAddNode measures the cost of adding nodes to the batcher,
+// including initial MapResponse generation from a real database.
+func BenchmarkAddNode(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			// Start consumers
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				// Connect all nodes (measuring AddNode cost)
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					node := &allNodes[i]
+					_ = batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				}
+
+				b.StopTimer()
+				// Disconnect for next iteration
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					node := &allNodes[i]
+					batcher.RemoveNode(node.n.ID, node.ch)
+				}
+				// Drain channels
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					for {
+						select {
+						case <-allNodes[i].ch:
+						default:
+							goto drained
+						}
+					}
+
+				drained:
+				}
+
+				b.StartTimer()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkFullPipeline measures the full pipeline cost: addToBatch → processBatchedChanges
+// → worker → generateMapResponse → send, with real nodes from a database.
+func BenchmarkFullPipeline(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			// Start consumers
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			// Connect all nodes first
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				node := &allNodes[i]
+
+				err := batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to add node %d: %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Wait for initial maps to settle
+			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo // benchmark coordination
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.AddWork(change.DERPMap())
+				// Allow workers to process (the batcher tick is what normally
+				// triggers processBatchedChanges, but for benchmarks we need
+				// to give the system time to process)
+				time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo // benchmark coordination
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkMapResponseFromChange measures the cost of synchronous
+// MapResponse generation for individual nodes.
+func BenchmarkMapResponseFromChange(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 100} {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dnodes", nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			// Start consumers
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			// Connect all nodes
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				node := &allNodes[i]
+
+				err := batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to add node %d: %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo // benchmark coordination
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				nodeIdx := i % len(allNodes)
+				_, _ = batcher.MapResponseFromChange(allNodes[nodeIdx].n.ID, ch)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

hscontrol/mapper/batcher_lockfree.go

@@ -1,889 +0,0 @@
-package mapper
-
-import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
-	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/change"
-	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util/zlog/zf"
-	"github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v4"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
-)
-
-// LockFreeBatcher errors.
-var (
-	errConnectionClosed      = errors.New("connection channel already closed")
-	ErrInitialMapSendTimeout = errors.New("sending initial map: timeout")
-	ErrBatcherShuttingDown   = errors.New("batcher shutting down")
-	ErrConnectionSendTimeout = errors.New("timeout sending to channel (likely stale connection)")
-)
-
-// LockFreeBatcher uses atomic operations and concurrent maps to eliminate mutex contention.
-type LockFreeBatcher struct {
-	tick    *time.Ticker
-	mapper  *mapper
-	workers int
-
-	nodes     *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, *multiChannelNodeConn]
-	connected *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, *time.Time]
-
-	// Work queue channel
-	workCh     chan work
-	workChOnce sync.Once // Ensures workCh is only closed once
-	done       chan struct{}
-	doneOnce   sync.Once // Ensures done is only closed once
-
-	// Batching state
-	pendingChanges *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, []change.Change]
-
-	// Metrics
-	totalNodes      atomic.Int64
-	workQueuedCount atomic.Int64
-	workProcessed   atomic.Int64
-	workErrors      atomic.Int64
-}
-
-// AddNode registers a new node connection with the batcher and sends an initial map response.
-// It creates or updates the node's connection data, validates the initial map generation,
-// and notifies other nodes that this node has come online.
-// The stop function tears down the owning session if this connection is later declared stale.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) AddNode(
-	id types.NodeID,
-	c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse,
-	version tailcfg.CapabilityVersion,
-	stop func(),
-) error {
-	addNodeStart := time.Now()
-	nlog := log.With().Uint64(zf.NodeID, id.Uint64()).Logger()
-
-	// Generate connection ID
-	connID := generateConnectionID()
-
-	// Create new connection entry
-	now := time.Now()
-	newEntry := &connectionEntry{
-		id:      connID,
-		c:       c,
-		version: version,
-		created: now,
-		stop:    stop,
-	}
-	// Initialize last used timestamp
-	newEntry.lastUsed.Store(now.Unix())
-
-	// Get or create multiChannelNodeConn - this reuses existing offline nodes for rapid reconnection
-	nodeConn, loaded := b.nodes.LoadOrStore(id, newMultiChannelNodeConn(id, b.mapper))
-
-	if !loaded {
-		b.totalNodes.Add(1)
-	}
-
-	// Add connection to the list (lock-free)
-	nodeConn.addConnection(newEntry)
-
-	// Use the worker pool for controlled concurrency instead of direct generation
-	initialMap, err := b.MapResponseFromChange(id, change.FullSelf(id))
-	if err != nil {
-		nlog.Error().Err(err).Msg("initial map generation failed")
-		nodeConn.removeConnectionByChannel(c)
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("generating initial map for node %d: %w", id, err)
-	}
-
-	// Use a blocking send with timeout for initial map since the channel should be ready
-	// and we want to avoid the race condition where the receiver isn't ready yet
-	select {
-	case c <- initialMap:
-		// Success
-	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second): //nolint:mnd
-		nlog.Error().Err(ErrInitialMapSendTimeout).Msg("initial map send timeout")
-		nlog.Debug().Caller().Dur("timeout.duration", 5*time.Second). //nolint:mnd
-										Msg("initial map send timed out because channel was blocked or receiver not ready")
-		nodeConn.removeConnectionByChannel(c)
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w for node %d", ErrInitialMapSendTimeout, id)
-	}
-
-	// Update connection status
-	b.connected.Store(id, nil) // nil = connected
-
-	// Node will automatically receive updates through the normal flow
-	// The initial full map already contains all current state
-
-	nlog.Debug().Caller().Dur(zf.TotalDuration, time.Since(addNodeStart)).
-		Int("active.connections", nodeConn.getActiveConnectionCount()).
-		Msg("node connection established in batcher")
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// RemoveNode disconnects a node from the batcher, marking it as offline and cleaning up its state.
-// It validates the connection channel matches one of the current connections, closes that specific connection,
-// and keeps the node entry alive for rapid reconnections instead of aggressive deletion.
-// Reports if the node still has active connections after removal.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) RemoveNode(id types.NodeID, c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse) bool {
-	nlog := log.With().Uint64(zf.NodeID, id.Uint64()).Logger()
-
-	nodeConn, exists := b.nodes.Load(id)
-	if !exists {
-		nlog.Debug().Caller().Msg("removeNode called for non-existent node")
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// Remove specific connection
-	removed := nodeConn.removeConnectionByChannel(c)
-	if !removed {
-		nlog.Debug().Caller().Msg("removeNode: channel not found, connection already removed or invalid")
-	}
-
-	// Check if node has any remaining active connections
-	if nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
-		nlog.Debug().Caller().
-			Int("active.connections", nodeConn.getActiveConnectionCount()).
-			Msg("node connection removed but keeping online, other connections remain")
-
-		return true // Node still has active connections
-	}
-
-	// No active connections - keep the node entry alive for rapid reconnections
-	// The node will get a fresh full map when it reconnects
-	nlog.Debug().Caller().Msg("node disconnected from batcher, keeping entry for rapid reconnection")
-	b.connected.Store(id, new(time.Now()))
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// AddWork queues a change to be processed by the batcher.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) AddWork(r ...change.Change) {
-	b.addWork(r...)
-}
-
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) Start() {
-	b.done = make(chan struct{})
-	go b.doWork()
-}
-
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) Close() {
-	// Signal shutdown to all goroutines, only once
-	b.doneOnce.Do(func() {
-		if b.done != nil {
-			close(b.done)
-		}
-	})
-
-	// Only close workCh once using sync.Once to prevent races
-	b.workChOnce.Do(func() {
-		close(b.workCh)
-	})
-
-	// Close the underlying channels supplying the data to the clients.
-	b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, conn *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
-		conn.close()
-		return true
-	})
-}
-
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) doWork() {
-	for i := range b.workers {
-		go b.worker(i + 1)
-	}
-
-	// Create a cleanup ticker for removing truly disconnected nodes
-	cleanupTicker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
-	defer cleanupTicker.Stop()
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-b.tick.C:
-			// Process batched changes
-			b.processBatchedChanges()
-		case <-cleanupTicker.C:
-			// Clean up nodes that have been offline for too long
-			b.cleanupOfflineNodes()
-		case <-b.done:
-			log.Info().Msg("batcher done channel closed, stopping to feed workers")
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) worker(workerID int) {
-	wlog := log.With().Int(zf.WorkerID, workerID).Logger()
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case w, ok := <-b.workCh:
-			if !ok {
-				wlog.Debug().Msg("worker channel closing, shutting down")
-				return
-			}
-
-			b.workProcessed.Add(1)
-
-			// If the resultCh is set, it means that this is a work request
-			// where there is a blocking function waiting for the map that
-			// is being generated.
-			// This is used for synchronous map generation.
-			if w.resultCh != nil {
-				var result workResult
-
-				if nc, exists := b.nodes.Load(w.nodeID); exists {
-					var err error
-
-					result.mapResponse, err = generateMapResponse(nc, b.mapper, w.c)
-
-					result.err = err
-					if result.err != nil {
-						b.workErrors.Add(1)
-						wlog.Error().Err(result.err).
-							Uint64(zf.NodeID, w.nodeID.Uint64()).
-							Str(zf.Reason, w.c.Reason).
-							Msg("failed to generate map response for synchronous work")
-					} else if result.mapResponse != nil {
-						// Update peer tracking for synchronous responses too
-						nc.updateSentPeers(result.mapResponse)
-					}
-				} else {
-					result.err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %d", ErrNodeNotFoundMapper, w.nodeID)
-
-					b.workErrors.Add(1)
-					wlog.Error().Err(result.err).
-						Uint64(zf.NodeID, w.nodeID.Uint64()).
-						Msg("node not found for synchronous work")
-				}
-
-				// Send result
-				select {
-				case w.resultCh <- result:
-				case <-b.done:
-					return
-				}
-
-				continue
-			}
-
-			// If resultCh is nil, this is an asynchronous work request
-			// that should be processed and sent to the node instead of
-			// returned to the caller.
-			if nc, exists := b.nodes.Load(w.nodeID); exists {
-				// Apply change to node - this will handle offline nodes gracefully
-				// and queue work for when they reconnect
-				err := nc.change(w.c)
-				if err != nil {
-					b.workErrors.Add(1)
-					wlog.Error().Err(err).
-						Uint64(zf.NodeID, w.nodeID.Uint64()).
-						Str(zf.Reason, w.c.Reason).
-						Msg("failed to apply change")
-				}
-			}
-		case <-b.done:
-			wlog.Debug().Msg("batcher shutting down, exiting worker")
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) addWork(r ...change.Change) {
-	b.addToBatch(r...)
-}
-
-// queueWork safely queues work.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) queueWork(w work) {
-	b.workQueuedCount.Add(1)
-
-	select {
-	case b.workCh <- w:
-		// Successfully queued
-	case <-b.done:
-		// Batcher is shutting down
-		return
-	}
-}
-
-// addToBatch adds changes to the pending batch.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) addToBatch(changes ...change.Change) {
-	// Clean up any nodes being permanently removed from the system.
-	//
-	// This handles the case where a node is deleted from state but the batcher
-	// still has it registered. By cleaning up here, we prevent "node not found"
-	// errors when workers try to generate map responses for deleted nodes.
-	//
-	// Safety: change.Change.PeersRemoved is ONLY populated when nodes are actually
-	// deleted from the system (via change.NodeRemoved in state.DeleteNode). Policy
-	// changes that affect peer visibility do NOT use this field - they set
-	// RequiresRuntimePeerComputation=true and compute removed peers at runtime,
-	// putting them in tailcfg.MapResponse.PeersRemoved (a different struct).
-	// Therefore, this cleanup only removes nodes that are truly being deleted,
-	// not nodes that are still connected but have lost visibility of certain peers.
-	//
-	// See: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/2924
-	for _, ch := range changes {
-		for _, removedID := range ch.PeersRemoved {
-			if _, existed := b.nodes.LoadAndDelete(removedID); existed {
-				b.totalNodes.Add(-1)
-				log.Debug().
-					Uint64(zf.NodeID, removedID.Uint64()).
-					Msg("removed deleted node from batcher")
-			}
-
-			b.connected.Delete(removedID)
-			b.pendingChanges.Delete(removedID)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Short circuit if any of the changes is a full update, which
-	// means we can skip sending individual changes.
-	if change.HasFull(changes) {
-		b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, _ *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
-			b.pendingChanges.Store(nodeID, []change.Change{change.FullUpdate()})
-
-			return true
-		})
-
-		return
-	}
-
-	broadcast, targeted := change.SplitTargetedAndBroadcast(changes)
-
-	// Handle targeted changes - send only to the specific node
-	for _, ch := range targeted {
-		pending, _ := b.pendingChanges.LoadOrStore(ch.TargetNode, []change.Change{})
-		pending = append(pending, ch)
-		b.pendingChanges.Store(ch.TargetNode, pending)
-	}
-
-	// Handle broadcast changes - send to all nodes, filtering as needed
-	if len(broadcast) > 0 {
-		b.nodes.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, _ *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
-			filtered := change.FilterForNode(nodeID, broadcast)
-
-			if len(filtered) > 0 {
-				pending, _ := b.pendingChanges.LoadOrStore(nodeID, []change.Change{})
-				pending = append(pending, filtered...)
-				b.pendingChanges.Store(nodeID, pending)
-			}
-
-			return true
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// processBatchedChanges processes all pending batched changes.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) processBatchedChanges() {
-	if b.pendingChanges == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Process all pending changes
-	b.pendingChanges.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, pending []change.Change) bool {
-		if len(pending) == 0 {
-			return true
-		}
-
-		// Send all batched changes for this node
-		for _, ch := range pending {
-			b.queueWork(work{c: ch, nodeID: nodeID, resultCh: nil})
-		}
-
-		// Clear the pending changes for this node
-		b.pendingChanges.Delete(nodeID)
-
-		return true
-	})
-}
-
-// cleanupOfflineNodes removes nodes that have been offline for too long to prevent memory leaks.
-// TODO(kradalby): reevaluate if we want to keep this.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) cleanupOfflineNodes() {
-	cleanupThreshold := 15 * time.Minute
-	now := time.Now()
-
-	var nodesToCleanup []types.NodeID
-
-	// Find nodes that have been offline for too long
-	b.connected.Range(func(nodeID types.NodeID, disconnectTime *time.Time) bool {
-		if disconnectTime != nil && now.Sub(*disconnectTime) > cleanupThreshold {
-			// Double-check the node doesn't have active connections
-			if nodeConn, exists := b.nodes.Load(nodeID); exists {
-				if !nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
-					nodesToCleanup = append(nodesToCleanup, nodeID)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true
-	})
-
-	// Clean up the identified nodes
-	for _, nodeID := range nodesToCleanup {
-		log.Info().Uint64(zf.NodeID, nodeID.Uint64()).
-			Dur("offline_duration", cleanupThreshold).
-			Msg("cleaning up node that has been offline for too long")
-
-		b.nodes.Delete(nodeID)
-		b.connected.Delete(nodeID)
-		b.totalNodes.Add(-1)
-	}
-
-	if len(nodesToCleanup) > 0 {
-		log.Info().Int(zf.CleanedNodes, len(nodesToCleanup)).
-			Msg("completed cleanup of long-offline nodes")
-	}
-}
-
-// IsConnected is lock-free read that checks if a node has any active connections.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) IsConnected(id types.NodeID) bool {
-	// First check if we have active connections for this node
-	if nodeConn, exists := b.nodes.Load(id); exists {
-		if nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Check disconnected timestamp with grace period
-	val, ok := b.connected.Load(id)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// nil means connected
-	if val == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// ConnectedMap returns a lock-free map of all connected nodes.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) ConnectedMap() *xsync.Map[types.NodeID, bool] {
-	ret := xsync.NewMap[types.NodeID, bool]()
-
-	// First, add all nodes with active connections
-	b.nodes.Range(func(id types.NodeID, nodeConn *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
-		if nodeConn.hasActiveConnections() {
-			ret.Store(id, true)
-		}
-
-		return true
-	})
-
-	// Then add all entries from the connected map
-	b.connected.Range(func(id types.NodeID, val *time.Time) bool {
-		// Only add if not already added as connected above
-		if _, exists := ret.Load(id); !exists {
-			if val == nil {
-				// nil means connected
-				ret.Store(id, true)
-			} else {
-				// timestamp means disconnected
-				ret.Store(id, false)
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true
-	})
-
-	return ret
-}
-
-// MapResponseFromChange queues work to generate a map response and waits for the result.
-// This allows synchronous map generation using the same worker pool.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) MapResponseFromChange(id types.NodeID, ch change.Change) (*tailcfg.MapResponse, error) {
-	resultCh := make(chan workResult, 1)
-
-	// Queue the work with a result channel using the safe queueing method
-	b.queueWork(work{c: ch, nodeID: id, resultCh: resultCh})
-
-	// Wait for the result
-	select {
-	case result := <-resultCh:
-		return result.mapResponse, result.err
-	case <-b.done:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w while generating map response for node %d", ErrBatcherShuttingDown, id)
-	}
-}
-
-// connectionEntry represents a single connection to a node.
-type connectionEntry struct {
-	id       string // unique connection ID
-	c        chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse
-	version  tailcfg.CapabilityVersion
-	created  time.Time
-	stop     func()
-	lastUsed atomic.Int64 // Unix timestamp of last successful send
-	closed   atomic.Bool  // Indicates if this connection has been closed
-}
-
-// multiChannelNodeConn manages multiple concurrent connections for a single node.
-type multiChannelNodeConn struct {
-	id     types.NodeID
-	mapper *mapper
-	log    zerolog.Logger
-
-	mutex       sync.RWMutex
-	connections []*connectionEntry
-
-	updateCount atomic.Int64
-
-	// lastSentPeers tracks which peers were last sent to this node.
-	// This enables computing diffs for policy changes instead of sending
-	// full peer lists (which clients interpret as "no change" when empty).
-	// Using xsync.Map for lock-free concurrent access.
-	lastSentPeers *xsync.Map[tailcfg.NodeID, struct{}]
-}
-
-// generateConnectionID generates a unique connection identifier.
-func generateConnectionID() string {
-	bytes := make([]byte, 8)
-	_, _ = rand.Read(bytes)
-
-	return hex.EncodeToString(bytes)
-}
-
-// newMultiChannelNodeConn creates a new multi-channel node connection.
-func newMultiChannelNodeConn(id types.NodeID, mapper *mapper) *multiChannelNodeConn {
-	return &multiChannelNodeConn{
-		id:            id,
-		mapper:        mapper,
-		lastSentPeers: xsync.NewMap[tailcfg.NodeID, struct{}](),
-		log:           log.With().Uint64(zf.NodeID, id.Uint64()).Logger(),
-	}
-}
-
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) close() {
-	mc.mutex.Lock()
-	defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	for _, conn := range mc.connections {
-		mc.stopConnection(conn)
-	}
-}
-
-// stopConnection marks a connection as closed and tears down the owning session
-// at most once, even if multiple cleanup paths race to remove it.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) stopConnection(conn *connectionEntry) {
-	if conn.closed.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
-		if conn.stop != nil {
-			conn.stop()
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// removeConnectionAtIndexLocked removes the active connection at index.
-// If stopConnection is true, it also stops that session.
-// Caller must hold mc.mutex.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) removeConnectionAtIndexLocked(i int, stopConnection bool) *connectionEntry {
-	conn := mc.connections[i]
-	mc.connections = append(mc.connections[:i], mc.connections[i+1:]...)
-
-	if stopConnection {
-		mc.stopConnection(conn)
-	}
-
-	return conn
-}
-
-// addConnection adds a new connection.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) addConnection(entry *connectionEntry) {
-	mutexWaitStart := time.Now()
-
-	mc.log.Debug().Caller().Str(zf.Chan, fmt.Sprintf("%p", entry.c)).Str(zf.ConnID, entry.id).
-		Msg("addConnection: waiting for mutex - POTENTIAL CONTENTION POINT")
-
-	mc.mutex.Lock()
-
-	mutexWaitDur := time.Since(mutexWaitStart)
-
-	defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	mc.connections = append(mc.connections, entry)
-	mc.log.Debug().Caller().Str(zf.Chan, fmt.Sprintf("%p", entry.c)).Str(zf.ConnID, entry.id).
-		Int("total_connections", len(mc.connections)).
-		Dur("mutex_wait_time", mutexWaitDur).
-		Msg("successfully added connection after mutex wait")
-}
-
-// removeConnectionByChannel removes a connection by matching channel pointer.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) removeConnectionByChannel(c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse) bool {
-	mc.mutex.Lock()
-	defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	for i, entry := range mc.connections {
-		if entry.c == c {
-			mc.removeConnectionAtIndexLocked(i, false)
-			mc.log.Debug().Caller().Str(zf.Chan, fmt.Sprintf("%p", c)).
-				Int("remaining_connections", len(mc.connections)).
-				Msg("successfully removed connection")
-
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// hasActiveConnections checks if the node has any active connections.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) hasActiveConnections() bool {
-	mc.mutex.RLock()
-	defer mc.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	return len(mc.connections) > 0
-}
-
-// getActiveConnectionCount returns the number of active connections.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) getActiveConnectionCount() int {
-	mc.mutex.RLock()
-	defer mc.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	return len(mc.connections)
-}
-
-// send broadcasts data to all active connections for the node.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) send(data *tailcfg.MapResponse) error {
-	if data == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	mc.mutex.Lock()
-	defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if len(mc.connections) == 0 {
-		// During rapid reconnection, nodes may temporarily have no active connections
-		// This is not an error - the node will receive a full map when it reconnects
-		mc.log.Debug().Caller().
-			Msg("send: skipping send to node with no active connections (likely rapid reconnection)")
-
-		return nil // Return success instead of error
-	}
-
-	mc.log.Debug().Caller().
-		Int("total_connections", len(mc.connections)).
-		Msg("send: broadcasting to all connections")
-
-	var lastErr error
-
-	successCount := 0
-
-	var failedConnections []int // Track failed connections for removal
-
-	// Send to all connections
-	for i, conn := range mc.connections {
-		mc.log.Debug().Caller().Str(zf.Chan, fmt.Sprintf("%p", conn.c)).
-			Str(zf.ConnID, conn.id).Int(zf.ConnectionIndex, i).
-			Msg("send: attempting to send to connection")
-
-		err := conn.send(data)
-		if err != nil {
-			lastErr = err
-
-			failedConnections = append(failedConnections, i)
-			mc.log.Warn().Err(err).Str(zf.Chan, fmt.Sprintf("%p", conn.c)).
-				Str(zf.ConnID, conn.id).Int(zf.ConnectionIndex, i).
-				Msg("send: connection send failed")
-		} else {
-			successCount++
-
-			mc.log.Debug().Caller().Str(zf.Chan, fmt.Sprintf("%p", conn.c)).
-				Str(zf.ConnID, conn.id).Int(zf.ConnectionIndex, i).
-				Msg("send: successfully sent to connection")
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Remove failed connections (in reverse order to maintain indices)
-	for i := len(failedConnections) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		idx := failedConnections[i]
-		entry := mc.removeConnectionAtIndexLocked(idx, true)
-		mc.log.Debug().Caller().
-			Str(zf.ConnID, entry.id).
-			Msg("send: removed failed connection")
-	}
-
-	mc.updateCount.Add(1)
-
-	mc.log.Debug().
-		Int("successful_sends", successCount).
-		Int("failed_connections", len(failedConnections)).
-		Int("remaining_connections", len(mc.connections)).
-		Msg("send: completed broadcast")
-
-	// Success if at least one send succeeded
-	if successCount > 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Errorf("node %d: all connections failed, last error: %w", mc.id, lastErr)
-}
-
-// send sends data to a single connection entry with timeout-based stale connection detection.
-func (entry *connectionEntry) send(data *tailcfg.MapResponse) error {
-	if data == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// Check if the connection has been closed to prevent send on closed channel panic.
-	// This can happen during shutdown when Close() is called while workers are still processing.
-	if entry.closed.Load() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("connection %s: %w", entry.id, errConnectionClosed)
-	}
-
-	// Use a short timeout to detect stale connections where the client isn't reading the channel.
-	// This is critical for detecting Docker containers that are forcefully terminated
-	// but still have channels that appear open.
-	select {
-	case entry.c <- data:
-		// Update last used timestamp on successful send
-		entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
-		return nil
-	case <-time.After(50 * time.Millisecond):
-		// Connection is likely stale - client isn't reading from channel
-		// This catches the case where Docker containers are killed but channels remain open
-		return fmt.Errorf("connection %s: %w", entry.id, ErrConnectionSendTimeout)
-	}
-}
-
-// nodeID returns the node ID.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) nodeID() types.NodeID {
-	return mc.id
-}
-
-// version returns the capability version from the first active connection.
-// All connections for a node should have the same version in practice.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) version() tailcfg.CapabilityVersion {
-	mc.mutex.RLock()
-	defer mc.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	if len(mc.connections) == 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	return mc.connections[0].version
-}
-
-// updateSentPeers updates the tracked peer state based on a sent MapResponse.
-// This must be called after successfully sending a response to keep track of
-// what the client knows about, enabling accurate diffs for future updates.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) updateSentPeers(resp *tailcfg.MapResponse) {
-	if resp == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Full peer list replaces tracked state entirely
-	if resp.Peers != nil {
-		mc.lastSentPeers.Clear()
-
-		for _, peer := range resp.Peers {
-			mc.lastSentPeers.Store(peer.ID, struct{}{})
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Incremental additions
-	for _, peer := range resp.PeersChanged {
-		mc.lastSentPeers.Store(peer.ID, struct{}{})
-	}
-
-	// Incremental removals
-	for _, id := range resp.PeersRemoved {
-		mc.lastSentPeers.Delete(id)
-	}
-}
-
-// computePeerDiff compares the current peer list against what was last sent
-// and returns the peers that were removed (in lastSentPeers but not in current).
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) computePeerDiff(currentPeers []tailcfg.NodeID) []tailcfg.NodeID {
-	currentSet := make(map[tailcfg.NodeID]struct{}, len(currentPeers))
-	for _, id := range currentPeers {
-		currentSet[id] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
-	var removed []tailcfg.NodeID
-
-	// Find removed: in lastSentPeers but not in current
-	mc.lastSentPeers.Range(func(id tailcfg.NodeID, _ struct{}) bool {
-		if _, exists := currentSet[id]; !exists {
-			removed = append(removed, id)
-		}
-
-		return true
-	})
-
-	return removed
-}
-
-// change applies a change to all active connections for the node.
-func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) change(r change.Change) error {
-	return handleNodeChange(mc, mc.mapper, r)
-}
-
-// DebugNodeInfo contains debug information about a node's connections.
-type DebugNodeInfo struct {
-	Connected         bool `json:"connected"`
-	ActiveConnections int  `json:"active_connections"`
-}
-
-// Debug returns a pre-baked map of node debug information for the debug interface.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) Debug() map[types.NodeID]DebugNodeInfo {
-	result := make(map[types.NodeID]DebugNodeInfo)
-
-	// Get all nodes with their connection status using immediate connection logic
-	// (no grace period) for debug purposes
-	b.nodes.Range(func(id types.NodeID, nodeConn *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
-		nodeConn.mutex.RLock()
-		activeConnCount := len(nodeConn.connections)
-		nodeConn.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-		// Use immediate connection status: if active connections exist, node is connected
-		// If not, check the connected map for nil (connected) vs timestamp (disconnected)
-		connected := false
-		if activeConnCount > 0 {
-			connected = true
-		} else {
-			// Check connected map for immediate status
-			if val, ok := b.connected.Load(id); ok && val == nil {
-				connected = true
-			}
-		}
-
-		result[id] = DebugNodeInfo{
-			Connected:         connected,
-			ActiveConnections: activeConnCount,
-		}
-
-		return true
-	})
-
-	// Add all entries from the connected map to capture both connected and disconnected nodes
-	b.connected.Range(func(id types.NodeID, val *time.Time) bool {
-		// Only add if not already processed above
-		if _, exists := result[id]; !exists {
-			// Use immediate connection status for debug (no grace period)
-			connected := (val == nil) // nil means connected, timestamp means disconnected
-			result[id] = DebugNodeInfo{
-				Connected:         connected,
-				ActiveConnections: 0,
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true
-	})
-
-	return result
-}
-
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) DebugMapResponses() (map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.MapResponse, error) {
-	return b.mapper.debugMapResponses()
-}
-
-// WorkErrors returns the count of work errors encountered.
-// This is primarily useful for testing and debugging.
-func (b *LockFreeBatcher) WorkErrors() int64 {
-	return b.workErrors.Load()
-}

hscontrol/mapper/batcher_scale_bench_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,887 @@
+package mapper
+
+// Scale benchmarks for the batcher system.
+//
+// These benchmarks systematically increase node counts to find scaling limits
+// and identify bottlenecks. Organized into tiers:
+//
+// Tier 1 - O(1) operations: should stay flat regardless of node count
+// Tier 2 - O(N) lightweight: batch queuing and processing (no MapResponse generation)
+// Tier 3 - O(N) heavier: map building, peer diff, peer tracking
+// Tier 4 - Concurrent contention: multi-goroutine access under load
+//
+// Node count progression: 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50000
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/change"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+)
+
+// scaleCounts defines the node counts used across all scaling benchmarks.
+// Tier 1 (O(1)) tests up to 50k; Tier 2-4 test up to 10k-20k.
+var (
+	scaleCountsO1     = []int{100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50000}
+	scaleCountsLinear = []int{100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000}
+	scaleCountsHeavy  = []int{100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000}
+	scaleCountsConc   = []int{100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000}
+)
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Tier 1: O(1) Operations — should scale flat
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkScale_IsConnected tests single-node lookup at increasing map sizes.
+func BenchmarkScale_IsConnected(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsO1 {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % n)) //nolint:gosec
+				_ = batcher.IsConnected(id)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_AddToBatch_Targeted tests single-node targeted change at
+// increasing map sizes. The map size should not affect per-operation cost.
+func BenchmarkScale_AddToBatch_Targeted(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsO1 {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				targetID := types.NodeID(1 + (i % n)) //nolint:gosec
+				ch := change.Change{
+					Reason:     "scale-targeted",
+					TargetNode: targetID,
+					PeerPatches: []*tailcfg.PeerChange{
+						{NodeID: tailcfg.NodeID(targetID)}, //nolint:gosec
+					},
+				}
+				batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				// Drain every 100 ops to avoid unbounded growth
+				if i%100 == 99 {
+					batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+						nc.drainPending()
+						return true
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_ConnectionChurn tests add/remove connection cycle.
+// The map size should not affect per-operation cost for a single node.
+func BenchmarkScale_ConnectionChurn(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsO1 {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % n)) //nolint:gosec
+
+				mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id)
+				if !ok {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				oldCh := channels[id]
+				mc.removeConnectionByChannel(oldCh)
+
+				newCh := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, 10)
+				entry := &connectionEntry{
+					id:      fmt.Sprintf("sc-%d", i),
+					c:       newCh,
+					version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+					created: time.Now(),
+				}
+				entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+				mc.addConnection(entry)
+
+				channels[id] = newCh
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Tier 2: O(N) Lightweight — batch mechanics without MapResponse generation
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkScale_AddToBatch_Broadcast tests broadcasting a change to ALL nodes.
+// Cost should scale linearly with node count.
+func BenchmarkScale_AddToBatch_Broadcast(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsLinear {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				// Drain to avoid unbounded growth
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					nc.drainPending()
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_AddToBatch_FullUpdate tests FullUpdate broadcast cost.
+func BenchmarkScale_AddToBatch_FullUpdate(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsLinear {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.addToBatch(change.FullUpdate())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_ProcessBatchedChanges tests draining pending changes into work queue.
+func BenchmarkScale_ProcessBatchedChanges(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsLinear {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+			batcher.workCh = make(chan work, n*b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				b.StopTimer()
+
+				for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
+					if nc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(types.NodeID(i)); ok { //nolint:gosec
+						nc.appendPending(change.DERPMap())
+					}
+				}
+
+				b.StartTimer()
+				batcher.processBatchedChanges()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_BroadcastToN tests end-to-end: addToBatch + processBatchedChanges.
+func BenchmarkScale_BroadcastToN(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsLinear {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+			batcher.workCh = make(chan work, n*b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				batcher.processBatchedChanges()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_SendToAll tests raw channel send cost to N nodes (no batching).
+// This isolates the multiChannelNodeConn.send() cost.
+// Uses large buffered channels to avoid goroutine drain overhead.
+func BenchmarkScale_SendToAll(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsLinear {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			// b.N+1 buffer so sends never block
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			data := testMapResponse()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, mc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					_ = mc.send(data)
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Tier 3: O(N) Heavier — map building, peer diff, peer tracking
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkScale_ConnectedMap tests building the full connected/disconnected map.
+func BenchmarkScale_ConnectedMap(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsHeavy {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(n, 1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			// 10% disconnected for realism
+			for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
+				if i%10 == 0 {
+					id := types.NodeID(i) //nolint:gosec
+					if mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id); ok {
+						mc.removeConnectionByChannel(channels[id])
+						mc.markDisconnected()
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				_ = batcher.ConnectedMap()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_ComputePeerDiff tests peer diff computation at scale.
+// Each node tracks N-1 peers, with 10% removed.
+func BenchmarkScale_ComputePeerDiff(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsHeavy {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			// Track N peers
+			for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
+				mc.lastSentPeers.Store(tailcfg.NodeID(i), struct{}{})
+			}
+
+			// Current: 90% present (every 10th missing)
+			current := make([]tailcfg.NodeID, 0, n)
+			for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
+				if i%10 != 0 {
+					current = append(current, tailcfg.NodeID(i))
+				}
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				_ = mc.computePeerDiff(current)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_UpdateSentPeers_Full tests full peer list update.
+func BenchmarkScale_UpdateSentPeers_Full(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsHeavy {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			peerIDs := make([]tailcfg.NodeID, n)
+			for i := range peerIDs {
+				peerIDs[i] = tailcfg.NodeID(i + 1)
+			}
+
+			resp := testMapResponseWithPeers(peerIDs...)
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				mc.updateSentPeers(resp)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_UpdateSentPeers_Incremental tests incremental peer updates (10% new).
+func BenchmarkScale_UpdateSentPeers_Incremental(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsHeavy {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			mc := newMultiChannelNodeConn(1, nil)
+
+			// Pre-populate
+			for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
+				mc.lastSentPeers.Store(tailcfg.NodeID(i), struct{}{})
+			}
+
+			addCount := n / 10
+			if addCount == 0 {
+				addCount = 1
+			}
+
+			resp := testMapResponse()
+
+			resp.PeersChanged = make([]*tailcfg.Node, addCount)
+			for i := range addCount {
+				resp.PeersChanged[i] = &tailcfg.Node{ID: tailcfg.NodeID(n + i + 1)}
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				mc.updateSentPeers(resp)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_MultiChannelBroadcast tests sending to N nodes, each with
+// ~1.6 connections on average (every 3rd node has 3 connections).
+// Uses large buffered channels to avoid goroutine drain overhead.
+func BenchmarkScale_MultiChannelBroadcast(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsHeavy {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			// Use b.N+1 buffer so sends never block
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, b.N+1)
+
+			defer func() {
+				close(batcher.done)
+				batcher.tick.Stop()
+			}()
+
+			// Add extra connections to every 3rd node (also buffered)
+			for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
+				if i%3 == 0 {
+					if mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(types.NodeID(i)); ok { //nolint:gosec
+						for j := range 2 {
+							ch := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, b.N+1)
+							entry := &connectionEntry{
+								id:      fmt.Sprintf("extra-%d-%d", i, j),
+								c:       ch,
+								version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+								created: time.Now(),
+							}
+							entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+							mc.addConnection(entry)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			data := testMapResponse()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, mc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					_ = mc.send(data)
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Tier 4: Concurrent Contention — multi-goroutine access
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkScale_ConcurrentAddToBatch tests parallel addToBatch throughput.
+func BenchmarkScale_ConcurrentAddToBatch(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsConc {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, _ := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+
+			drainDone := make(chan struct{})
+
+			go func() {
+				defer close(drainDone)
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-batcher.done:
+						return
+					default:
+						batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, nc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+							nc.drainPending()
+							return true
+						})
+						time.Sleep(time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+				for pb.Next() {
+					batcher.addToBatch(ch)
+				}
+			})
+			b.StopTimer()
+
+			close(batcher.done)
+			<-drainDone
+
+			batcher.done = make(chan struct{})
+			batcher.tick.Stop()
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_ConcurrentSendAndChurn tests the production hot path:
+// sending to all nodes while 10% of connections are churning concurrently.
+// Uses large buffered channels to avoid goroutine drain overhead.
+func BenchmarkScale_ConcurrentSendAndChurn(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsConc {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(n, b.N+1)
+
+			var mu sync.Mutex
+
+			stopChurn := make(chan struct{})
+
+			go func() {
+				i := 0
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-stopChurn:
+						return
+					default:
+						id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % n)) //nolint:gosec
+						if i%10 == 0 {
+							mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id)
+							if ok {
+								mu.Lock()
+								oldCh := channels[id]
+								mu.Unlock()
+								mc.removeConnectionByChannel(oldCh)
+
+								newCh := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, b.N+1)
+								entry := &connectionEntry{
+									id:      fmt.Sprintf("sc-churn-%d", i),
+									c:       newCh,
+									version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+									created: time.Now(),
+								}
+								entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+								mc.addConnection(entry)
+								mu.Lock()
+								channels[id] = newCh
+								mu.Unlock()
+							}
+						}
+
+						i++
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			data := testMapResponse()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				batcher.nodes.Range(func(_ types.NodeID, mc *multiChannelNodeConn) bool {
+					_ = mc.send(data)
+					return true
+				})
+			}
+
+			b.StopTimer()
+			close(stopChurn)
+			close(batcher.done)
+			batcher.tick.Stop()
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_MixedWorkload simulates a realistic production workload:
+// - 70% targeted changes (single node updates)
+// - 20% DERP map changes (broadcast)
+// - 10% full updates (broadcast with full map)
+// All while 10% of connections are churning.
+func BenchmarkScale_MixedWorkload(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, n := range scaleCountsConc {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			batcher, channels := benchBatcher(n, 10)
+			batcher.workCh = make(chan work, n*100+1)
+
+			var mu sync.Mutex
+
+			stopChurn := make(chan struct{})
+
+			// Background churn on 10% of nodes
+			go func() {
+				i := 0
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-stopChurn:
+						return
+					default:
+						id := types.NodeID(1 + (i % n)) //nolint:gosec
+						if i%10 == 0 {
+							mc, ok := batcher.nodes.Load(id)
+							if ok {
+								mu.Lock()
+								oldCh := channels[id]
+								mu.Unlock()
+								mc.removeConnectionByChannel(oldCh)
+
+								newCh := make(chan *tailcfg.MapResponse, 10)
+								entry := &connectionEntry{
+									id:      fmt.Sprintf("mix-churn-%d", i),
+									c:       newCh,
+									version: tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100),
+									created: time.Now(),
+								}
+								entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+								mc.addConnection(entry)
+								mu.Lock()
+								channels[id] = newCh
+								mu.Unlock()
+							}
+						}
+
+						i++
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			// Background batch processor
+			stopProc := make(chan struct{})
+
+			go func() {
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-stopProc:
+						return
+					default:
+						batcher.processBatchedChanges()
+						time.Sleep(time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			// Background work channel consumer (simulates workers)
+			stopWorkers := make(chan struct{})
+
+			go func() {
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-batcher.workCh:
+					case <-stopWorkers:
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				switch {
+				case i%10 < 7: // 70% targeted
+					targetID := types.NodeID(1 + (i % n)) //nolint:gosec
+					batcher.addToBatch(change.Change{
+						Reason:     "mixed-targeted",
+						TargetNode: targetID,
+						PeerPatches: []*tailcfg.PeerChange{
+							{NodeID: tailcfg.NodeID(targetID)}, //nolint:gosec
+						},
+					})
+				case i%10 < 9: // 20% DERP map broadcast
+					batcher.addToBatch(change.DERPMap())
+				default: // 10% full update
+					batcher.addToBatch(change.FullUpdate())
+				}
+			}
+
+			b.StopTimer()
+			close(stopChurn)
+			close(stopProc)
+			close(stopWorkers)
+			close(batcher.done)
+			batcher.tick.Stop()
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Tier 5: DB-dependent — AddNode with real MapResponse generation
+// ============================================================================
+
+// BenchmarkScale_AddAllNodes measures the cost of connecting ALL N nodes
+// to a batcher backed by a real database. Each AddNode generates an initial
+// MapResponse containing all peer data, so cost is O(N) per node, O(N²) total.
+func BenchmarkScale_AddAllNodes(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 50, 100, 200, 500} {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					node := &allNodes[i]
+					_ = batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				}
+
+				b.StopTimer()
+
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					node := &allNodes[i]
+					batcher.RemoveNode(node.n.ID, node.ch)
+				}
+
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					for {
+						select {
+						case <-allNodes[i].ch:
+						default:
+							goto drained
+						}
+					}
+
+				drained:
+				}
+
+				b.StartTimer()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_SingleAddNode measures the cost of adding ONE node to an
+// already-populated batcher. This is the real production scenario: a new node
+// joins an existing network. The cost should scale with the number of existing
+// peers since the initial MapResponse includes all peer data.
+func BenchmarkScale_SingleAddNode(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000} {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			// Connect all nodes except the last one
+			for i := range len(allNodes) - 1 {
+				node := &allNodes[i]
+
+				err := batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to add node %d: %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo
+
+			// Benchmark: repeatedly add and remove the last node
+			lastNode := &allNodes[len(allNodes)-1]
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for range b.N {
+				_ = batcher.AddNode(lastNode.n.ID, lastNode.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+
+				b.StopTimer()
+				batcher.RemoveNode(lastNode.n.ID, lastNode.ch)
+
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-lastNode.ch:
+					default:
+						goto drainDone
+					}
+				}
+
+			drainDone:
+				b.StartTimer()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_MapResponse_DERPMap measures MapResponse generation for a
+// DERPMap change. This is a lightweight change that doesn't touch peers.
+func BenchmarkScale_MapResponse_DERPMap(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 50, 100, 200, 500} {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				node := &allNodes[i]
+
+				err := batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to add node %d: %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo
+
+			ch := change.DERPMap()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				nodeIdx := i % len(allNodes)
+				_, _ = batcher.MapResponseFromChange(allNodes[nodeIdx].n.ID, ch)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkScale_MapResponse_FullUpdate measures MapResponse generation for a
+// FullUpdate change. This forces full peer serialization — the primary bottleneck
+// for large networks.
+func BenchmarkScale_MapResponse_FullUpdate(b *testing.B) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		b.Skip("skipping full pipeline benchmark in short mode")
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeCount := range []int{10, 50, 100, 200, 500} {
+		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(nodeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			testData, cleanup := setupBatcherWithTestData(b, NewBatcherAndMapper, 1, nodeCount, largeBufferSize)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			batcher := testData.Batcher
+			allNodes := testData.Nodes
+
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				allNodes[i].start()
+			}
+
+			defer func() {
+				for i := range allNodes {
+					allNodes[i].cleanup()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			for i := range allNodes {
+				node := &allNodes[i]
+
+				err := batcher.AddNode(node.n.ID, node.ch, tailcfg.CapabilityVersion(100), nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to add node %d: %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:forbidigo
+
+			ch := change.FullUpdate()
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := range b.N {
+				nodeIdx := i % len(allNodes)
+				_, _ = batcher.MapResponseFromChange(allNodes[nodeIdx].n.ID, ch)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

hscontrol/mapper/builder.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mapper
 
 import (
 	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
@@ -78,7 +79,10 @@ func (b *MapResponseBuilder) WithSelfNode() *MapResponseBuilder {
 	tailnode, err := nv.TailNode(
 		b.capVer,
 		func(id types.NodeID) []netip.Prefix {
-			return policy.ReduceRoutes(nv, b.mapper.state.GetNodePrimaryRoutes(id), matchers)
+			// Self node: include own primaries + exit routes (no via steering for self).
+			primaries := policy.ReduceRoutes(nv, b.mapper.state.GetNodePrimaryRoutes(id), matchers)
+
+			return slices.Concat(primaries, nv.ExitRoutes())
 		},
 		b.mapper.cfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -251,14 +255,18 @@ func (b *MapResponseBuilder) buildTailPeers(peers views.Slice[types.NodeView]) (
 		changedViews = peers
 	}
 
-	tailPeers, err := types.TailNodes(
-		changedViews, b.capVer,
-		func(id types.NodeID) []netip.Prefix {
-			return policy.ReduceRoutes(node, b.mapper.state.GetNodePrimaryRoutes(id), matchers)
-		},
-		b.mapper.cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	// Build tail nodes with per-peer via-aware route function.
+	tailPeers := make([]*tailcfg.Node, 0, changedViews.Len())
+
+	for _, peer := range changedViews.All() {
+		tn, err := peer.TailNode(b.capVer, func(_ types.NodeID) []netip.Prefix {
+			return b.mapper.state.RoutesForPeer(node, peer, matchers)
+		}, b.mapper.cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		tailPeers = append(tailPeers, tn)
 	}
 
 	// Peers is always returned sorted by Node.ID.

hscontrol/mapper/mapper.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type mapper struct {
 	// Configuration
 	state   *state.State
 	cfg     *types.Config
-	batcher Batcher
+	batcher *Batcher
 
 	created time.Time
 }

hscontrol/mapper/node_conn.go

@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+package mapper
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/change"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util/zlog/zf"
+	"github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v4"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+)
+
+// errNoActiveConnections is returned by send when a node has no active
+// connections (disconnected but kept in the batcher for rapid reconnection).
+// Callers must not update peer tracking state (lastSentPeers) after this
+// error because the data was never delivered to any client.
+var errNoActiveConnections = errors.New("no active connections")
+
+// connectionEntry represents a single connection to a node.
+type connectionEntry struct {
+	id       string // unique connection ID
+	c        chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse
+	version  tailcfg.CapabilityVersion
+	created  time.Time
+	stop     func()
+	lastUsed atomic.Int64 // Unix timestamp of last successful send
+	closed   atomic.Bool  // Indicates if this connection has been closed
+}
+
+// multiChannelNodeConn manages multiple concurrent connections for a single node.
+type multiChannelNodeConn struct {
+	id     types.NodeID
+	mapper *mapper
+	log    zerolog.Logger
+
+	mutex       sync.RWMutex
+	connections []*connectionEntry
+
+	// pendingMu protects pending changes independently of the connection mutex.
+	// This avoids contention between addToBatch (which appends changes) and
+	// send() (which sends data to connections).
+	pendingMu sync.Mutex
+	pending   []change.Change
+
+	// workMu serializes change processing for this node across batch ticks.
+	// Without this, two workers could process consecutive ticks' bundles
+	// concurrently, causing out-of-order MapResponse delivery and races
+	// on lastSentPeers (Clear+Store in updateSentPeers vs Range in
+	// computePeerDiff).
+	workMu sync.Mutex
+
+	closeOnce   sync.Once
+	updateCount atomic.Int64
+
+	// disconnectedAt records when the last connection was removed.
+	// nil means the node is considered connected (or newly created);
+	// non-nil means the node disconnected at the stored timestamp.
+	// Used by cleanupOfflineNodes to evict stale entries.
+	disconnectedAt atomic.Pointer[time.Time]
+
+	// lastSentPeers tracks which peers were last sent to this node.
+	// This enables computing diffs for policy changes instead of sending
+	// full peer lists (which clients interpret as "no change" when empty).
+	// Using xsync.Map for lock-free concurrent access.
+	lastSentPeers *xsync.Map[tailcfg.NodeID, struct{}]
+}
+
+// connIDCounter is a monotonically increasing counter used to generate
+// unique connection identifiers without the overhead of crypto/rand.
+// Connection IDs are process-local and need not be cryptographically random.
+var connIDCounter atomic.Uint64
+
+// generateConnectionID generates a unique connection identifier.
+func generateConnectionID() string {
+	return strconv.FormatUint(connIDCounter.Add(1), 10)
+}
+
+// newMultiChannelNodeConn creates a new multi-channel node connection.
+func newMultiChannelNodeConn(id types.NodeID, mapper *mapper) *multiChannelNodeConn {
+	return &multiChannelNodeConn{
+		id:            id,
+		mapper:        mapper,
+		lastSentPeers: xsync.NewMap[tailcfg.NodeID, struct{}](),
+		log:           log.With().Uint64(zf.NodeID, id.Uint64()).Logger(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) close() {
+	mc.closeOnce.Do(func() {
+		mc.mutex.Lock()
+		defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
+
+		for _, conn := range mc.connections {
+			mc.stopConnection(conn)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// stopConnection marks a connection as closed and tears down the owning session
+// at most once, even if multiple cleanup paths race to remove it.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) stopConnection(conn *connectionEntry) {
+	if conn.closed.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
+		if conn.stop != nil {
+			conn.stop()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// removeConnectionAtIndexLocked removes the active connection at index.
+// If stopConnection is true, it also stops that session.
+// Caller must hold mc.mutex.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) removeConnectionAtIndexLocked(i int, stopConnection bool) *connectionEntry {
+	conn := mc.connections[i]
+	copy(mc.connections[i:], mc.connections[i+1:])
+	mc.connections[len(mc.connections)-1] = nil // release pointer for GC
+	mc.connections = mc.connections[:len(mc.connections)-1]
+
+	if stopConnection {
+		mc.stopConnection(conn)
+	}
+
+	return conn
+}
+
+// addConnection adds a new connection.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) addConnection(entry *connectionEntry) {
+	mc.mutex.Lock()
+	defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	mc.connections = append(mc.connections, entry)
+	mc.log.Debug().Str(zf.ConnID, entry.id).
+		Int("total_connections", len(mc.connections)).
+		Msg("connection added")
+}
+
+// removeConnectionByChannel removes a connection by matching channel pointer.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) removeConnectionByChannel(c chan<- *tailcfg.MapResponse) bool {
+	mc.mutex.Lock()
+	defer mc.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	for i, entry := range mc.connections {
+		if entry.c == c {
+			mc.removeConnectionAtIndexLocked(i, false)
+			mc.log.Debug().Str(zf.ConnID, entry.id).
+				Int("remaining_connections", len(mc.connections)).
+				Msg("connection removed")
+
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// hasActiveConnections checks if the node has any active connections.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) hasActiveConnections() bool {
+	mc.mutex.RLock()
+	defer mc.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	return len(mc.connections) > 0
+}
+
+// getActiveConnectionCount returns the number of active connections.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) getActiveConnectionCount() int {
+	mc.mutex.RLock()
+	defer mc.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	return len(mc.connections)
+}
+
+// markConnected clears the disconnect timestamp, indicating the node
+// has an active connection.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) markConnected() {
+	mc.disconnectedAt.Store(nil)
+}
+
+// markDisconnected records the current time as the moment the node
+// lost its last connection. Used by cleanupOfflineNodes to determine
+// how long the node has been offline.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) markDisconnected() {
+	now := time.Now()
+	mc.disconnectedAt.Store(&now)
+}
+
+// isConnected returns true if the node has active connections or has
+// not been marked as disconnected.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) isConnected() bool {
+	if mc.hasActiveConnections() {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return mc.disconnectedAt.Load() == nil
+}
+
+// offlineDuration returns how long the node has been disconnected.
+// Returns 0 if the node is connected or has never been marked as disconnected.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) offlineDuration() time.Duration {
+	t := mc.disconnectedAt.Load()
+	if t == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	return time.Since(*t)
+}
+
+// appendPending appends changes to this node's pending change list.
+// Thread-safe via pendingMu; does not contend with the connection mutex.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) appendPending(changes ...change.Change) {
+	mc.pendingMu.Lock()
+	mc.pending = append(mc.pending, changes...)
+	mc.pendingMu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// drainPending atomically removes and returns all pending changes.
+// Returns nil if there are no pending changes.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) drainPending() []change.Change {
+	mc.pendingMu.Lock()
+	p := mc.pending
+	mc.pending = nil
+	mc.pendingMu.Unlock()
+
+	return p
+}
+
+// send broadcasts data to all active connections for the node.
+//
+// To avoid holding the write lock during potentially slow sends (each stale
+// connection can block for up to 50ms), the method snapshots connections under
+// a read lock, sends without any lock held, then write-locks only to remove
+// failures. New connections added between the snapshot and cleanup are safe:
+// they receive a full initial map via AddNode, so missing this update causes
+// no data loss.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) send(data *tailcfg.MapResponse) error {
+	if data == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Snapshot connections under read lock.
+	mc.mutex.RLock()
+
+	if len(mc.connections) == 0 {
+		mc.mutex.RUnlock()
+		mc.log.Trace().
+			Msg("send: no active connections, skipping")
+
+		return errNoActiveConnections
+	}
+
+	// Copy the slice so we can release the read lock before sending.
+	snapshot := make([]*connectionEntry, len(mc.connections))
+	copy(snapshot, mc.connections)
+	mc.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	mc.log.Trace().
+		Int("total_connections", len(snapshot)).
+		Msg("send: broadcasting")
+
+	// Send to all connections without holding any lock.
+	// Stale connection timeouts (50ms each) happen here without blocking
+	// other goroutines that need the mutex.
+	var (
+		lastErr      error
+		successCount int
+		failed       []*connectionEntry
+	)
+
+	for _, conn := range snapshot {
+		err := conn.send(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+
+			failed = append(failed, conn)
+
+			mc.log.Warn().Err(err).
+				Str(zf.ConnID, conn.id).
+				Msg("send: connection failed")
+		} else {
+			successCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Write-lock only to remove failed connections.
+	if len(failed) > 0 {
+		mc.mutex.Lock()
+		// Remove by pointer identity: only remove entries that still exist
+		// in the current connections slice and match a failed pointer.
+		// New connections added since the snapshot are not affected.
+		failedSet := make(map[*connectionEntry]struct{}, len(failed))
+		for _, f := range failed {
+			failedSet[f] = struct{}{}
+		}
+
+		clean := mc.connections[:0]
+		for _, conn := range mc.connections {
+			if _, isFailed := failedSet[conn]; !isFailed {
+				clean = append(clean, conn)
+			} else {
+				mc.log.Debug().
+					Str(zf.ConnID, conn.id).
+					Msg("send: removing failed connection")
+				// Tear down the owning session so the old serveLongPoll
+				// goroutine exits instead of lingering as a stale session.
+				mc.stopConnection(conn)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Nil out trailing slots so removed *connectionEntry values
+		// are not retained by the backing array.
+		for i := len(clean); i < len(mc.connections); i++ {
+			mc.connections[i] = nil
+		}
+
+		mc.connections = clean
+		mc.mutex.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	mc.updateCount.Add(1)
+
+	mc.log.Trace().
+		Int("successful_sends", successCount).
+		Int("failed_connections", len(failed)).
+		Msg("send: broadcast complete")
+
+	// Success if at least one send succeeded
+	if successCount > 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("node %d: all connections failed, last error: %w", mc.id, lastErr)
+}
+
+// send sends data to a single connection entry with timeout-based stale connection detection.
+func (entry *connectionEntry) send(data *tailcfg.MapResponse) error {
+	if data == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Check if the connection has been closed to prevent send on closed channel panic.
+	// This can happen during shutdown when Close() is called while workers are still processing.
+	if entry.closed.Load() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("connection %s: %w", entry.id, errConnectionClosed)
+	}
+
+	// Use a short timeout to detect stale connections where the client isn't reading the channel.
+	// This is critical for detecting Docker containers that are forcefully terminated
+	// but still have channels that appear open.
+	//
+	// We use time.NewTimer + Stop instead of time.After to avoid leaking timers.
+	// time.After creates a timer that lives in the runtime's timer heap until it fires,
+	// even when the send succeeds immediately. On the hot path (1000+ nodes per tick),
+	// this leaks thousands of timers per second.
+	timer := time.NewTimer(50 * time.Millisecond) //nolint:mnd
+	defer timer.Stop()
+
+	select {
+	case entry.c <- data:
+		// Update last used timestamp on successful send
+		entry.lastUsed.Store(time.Now().Unix())
+		return nil
+	case <-timer.C:
+		// Connection is likely stale - client isn't reading from channel
+		// This catches the case where Docker containers are killed but channels remain open
+		return fmt.Errorf("connection %s: %w", entry.id, ErrConnectionSendTimeout)
+	}
+}
+
+// nodeID returns the node ID.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) nodeID() types.NodeID {
+	return mc.id
+}
+
+// version returns the capability version from the first active connection.
+// All connections for a node should have the same version in practice.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) version() tailcfg.CapabilityVersion {
+	mc.mutex.RLock()
+	defer mc.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	if len(mc.connections) == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	return mc.connections[0].version
+}
+
+// updateSentPeers updates the tracked peer state based on a sent MapResponse.
+// This must be called after successfully sending a response to keep track of
+// what the client knows about, enabling accurate diffs for future updates.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) updateSentPeers(resp *tailcfg.MapResponse) {
+	if resp == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Full peer list replaces tracked state entirely
+	if resp.Peers != nil {
+		mc.lastSentPeers.Clear()
+
+		for _, peer := range resp.Peers {
+			mc.lastSentPeers.Store(peer.ID, struct{}{})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Incremental additions
+	for _, peer := range resp.PeersChanged {
+		mc.lastSentPeers.Store(peer.ID, struct{}{})
+	}
+
+	// Incremental removals
+	for _, id := range resp.PeersRemoved {
+		mc.lastSentPeers.Delete(id)
+	}
+}
+
+// computePeerDiff compares the current peer list against what was last sent
+// and returns the peers that were removed (in lastSentPeers but not in current).
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) computePeerDiff(currentPeers []tailcfg.NodeID) []tailcfg.NodeID {
+	currentSet := make(map[tailcfg.NodeID]struct{}, len(currentPeers))
+	for _, id := range currentPeers {
+		currentSet[id] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	var removed []tailcfg.NodeID
+
+	// Find removed: in lastSentPeers but not in current
+	mc.lastSentPeers.Range(func(id tailcfg.NodeID, _ struct{}) bool {
+		if _, exists := currentSet[id]; !exists {
+			removed = append(removed, id)
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
+
+	return removed
+}
+
+// change applies a change to all active connections for the node.
+func (mc *multiChannelNodeConn) change(r change.Change) error {
+	return handleNodeChange(mc, mc.mapper, r)
+}

hscontrol/mapper/tail_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package mapper
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ func TestTailNode(t *testing.T) {
 				MachineAuthorized: true,
 
 				CapMap: tailcfg.NodeCapMap{
-					tailcfg.CapabilityFileSharing: []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
-					tailcfg.CapabilityAdmin:       []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
-					tailcfg.CapabilitySSH:         []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilityFileSharing:    []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilityAdmin:          []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilitySSH:            []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.NodeAttrsTaildriveShare:  []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.NodeAttrsTaildriveAccess: []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
 				},
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -163,9 +166,11 @@ func TestTailNode(t *testing.T) {
 				MachineAuthorized: true,
 
 				CapMap: tailcfg.NodeCapMap{
-					tailcfg.CapabilityFileSharing: []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
-					tailcfg.CapabilityAdmin:       []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
-					tailcfg.CapabilitySSH:         []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilityFileSharing:    []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilityAdmin:          []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilitySSH:            []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.NodeAttrsTaildriveShare:  []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.NodeAttrsTaildriveAccess: []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
 				},
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -188,9 +193,11 @@ func TestTailNode(t *testing.T) {
 				MachineAuthorized: true,
 
 				CapMap: tailcfg.NodeCapMap{
-					tailcfg.CapabilityFileSharing: []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
-					tailcfg.CapabilityAdmin:       []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
-					tailcfg.CapabilitySSH:         []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilityFileSharing:    []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilityAdmin:          []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.CapabilitySSH:            []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.NodeAttrsTaildriveShare:  []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
+					tailcfg.NodeAttrsTaildriveAccess: []tailcfg.RawMessage{},
 				},
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -214,10 +221,13 @@ func TestTailNode(t *testing.T) {
 			// This is a hack to avoid having a second node to test the primary route.
 			// This should be baked into the test case proper if it is extended in the future.
 			_ = primary.SetRoutes(2, netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/24"))
-			got, err := tt.node.View().TailNode(
+			nv := tt.node.View()
+			got, err := nv.TailNode(
 				0,
 				func(id types.NodeID) []netip.Prefix {
-					return primary.PrimaryRoutes(id)
+					// Route function returns primaries + exit routes
+					// (matching the real caller contract).
+					return slices.Concat(primary.PrimaryRoutes(id), nv.ExitRoutes())
 				},
 				cfg,
 			)

hscontrol/noise.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package hscontrol
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -36,6 +37,28 @@ var ErrUnsupportedURLParameterType = errors.New("unsupported URL parameter type"
 // ErrNoAuthSession is returned when an auth_id does not match any active auth session.
 var ErrNoAuthSession = errors.New("no auth session found")
 
+// ErrSSHDstNodeNotFound is returned when the dst node id on a Noise SSH
+// action request does not match any registered node.
+var ErrSSHDstNodeNotFound = errors.New("ssh action: unknown dst node id")
+
+// ErrSSHMachineKeyMismatch is returned when the Noise session's machine
+// key does not match the dst node referenced in the SSH action URL.
+var ErrSSHMachineKeyMismatch = errors.New(
+	"ssh action: noise session machine key does not match dst node",
+)
+
+// ErrSSHAuthSessionNotBound is returned when an SSH action follow-up
+// references an auth session that is not bound to an SSH check pair.
+var ErrSSHAuthSessionNotBound = errors.New(
+	"ssh action: cached auth session is not an SSH-check binding",
+)
+
+// ErrSSHBindingMismatch is returned when an SSH action follow-up's
+// (src, dst) pair does not match the cached binding for its auth_id.
+var ErrSSHBindingMismatch = errors.New(
+	"ssh action: cached binding does not match request src/dst",
+)
+
 const (
 	// ts2021UpgradePath is the path that the server listens on for the WebSockets upgrade.
 	ts2021UpgradePath = "/ts2021"
@@ -337,6 +360,37 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) SSHActionHandler(
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Authenticate the Noise session: the destination node is the
+	// tailscaled instance asking us whether to permit an incoming SSH
+	// connection, so its Noise session must belong to dst. Without this
+	// check any unauthenticated client could open a Noise tunnel with a
+	// throwaway machine key and pollute lastSSHAuth for arbitrary
+	// (src, dst) pairs, defeating SSH check-mode's stolen-key
+	// protections.
+	dstNode, ok := ns.headscale.state.GetNodeByID(dstNodeID)
+	if !ok {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(
+			http.StatusNotFound,
+			"dst node not found",
+			fmt.Errorf("%w: %d", ErrSSHDstNodeNotFound, dstNodeID),
+		))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if dstNode.MachineKey() != ns.machineKey {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(
+			http.StatusUnauthorized,
+			"machine key does not match dst node",
+			fmt.Errorf(
+				"%w: machine key %s, dst node %d",
+				ErrSSHMachineKeyMismatch, ns.machineKey.ShortString(), dstNodeID,
+			),
+		))
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	reqLog := log.With().
 		Uint64("src_node_id", srcNodeID.Uint64()).
 		Uint64("dst_node_id", dstNodeID.Uint64()).
@@ -347,6 +401,7 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) SSHActionHandler(
 	reqLog.Trace().Caller().Msg("SSH action request")
 
 	action, err := ns.sshAction(
+		req.Context(),
 		reqLog,
 		srcNodeID, dstNodeID,
 		req.URL.Query().Get("auth_id"),
@@ -384,6 +439,7 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) SSHActionHandler(
 //  3. Follow-up request — an auth_id is present, wait for the auth
 //     verdict and accept or reject.
 func (ns *noiseServer) sshAction(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	reqLog zerolog.Logger,
 	srcNodeID, dstNodeID types.NodeID,
 	authIDStr string,
@@ -403,7 +459,7 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) sshAction(
 	// Follow-up request with auth_id — wait for the auth verdict.
 	if authIDStr != "" {
 		return ns.sshActionFollowUp(
-			reqLog, &action, authIDStr,
+			ctx, reqLog, &action, authIDStr,
 			srcNodeID, dstNodeID,
 			checkFound,
 		)
@@ -426,14 +482,16 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) sshAction(
 	}
 
 	// No auto-approval — create an auth session and hold.
-	return ns.sshActionHoldAndDelegate(reqLog, &action)
+	return ns.sshActionHoldAndDelegate(reqLog, &action, srcNodeID, dstNodeID)
 }
 
-// sshActionHoldAndDelegate creates a new auth session and returns a
-// HoldAndDelegate action that directs the client to authenticate.
+// sshActionHoldAndDelegate creates a new auth session bound to the
+// (src, dst) pair and returns a HoldAndDelegate action that directs the
+// client to authenticate.
 func (ns *noiseServer) sshActionHoldAndDelegate(
 	reqLog zerolog.Logger,
 	action *tailcfg.SSHAction,
+	srcNodeID, dstNodeID types.NodeID,
 ) (*tailcfg.SSHAction, error) {
 	holdURL, err := url.Parse(
 		ns.headscale.cfg.ServerURL +
@@ -457,7 +515,10 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) sshActionHoldAndDelegate(
 		)
 	}
 
-	ns.headscale.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(authID, types.NewAuthRequest())
+	ns.headscale.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(
+		authID,
+		types.NewSSHCheckAuthRequest(srcNodeID, dstNodeID),
+	)
 
 	authURL := ns.headscale.authProvider.AuthURL(authID)
 
@@ -484,8 +545,10 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) sshActionHoldAndDelegate(
 }
 
 // sshActionFollowUp handles follow-up requests where the client
-// provides an auth_id. It blocks until the auth session resolves.
+// provides an auth_id. It blocks until the auth session resolves or
+// the request context is cancelled (e.g. the client disconnects).
 func (ns *noiseServer) sshActionFollowUp(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	reqLog zerolog.Logger,
 	action *tailcfg.SSHAction,
 	authIDStr string,
@@ -512,9 +575,49 @@ func (ns *noiseServer) sshActionFollowUp(
 		)
 	}
 
+	// Verify the cached binding matches the (src, dst) pair the
+	// follow-up URL claims. Without this check an attacker who knew an
+	// auth_id could submit a follow-up for any other (src, dst) pair
+	// and have its verdict recorded against that pair instead.
+	if !auth.IsSSHCheck() {
+		return nil, NewHTTPError(
+			http.StatusBadRequest,
+			"auth session is not for SSH check",
+			fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrSSHAuthSessionNotBound, authID),
+		)
+	}
+
+	binding := auth.SSHCheckBinding()
+	if binding.SrcNodeID != srcNodeID || binding.DstNodeID != dstNodeID {
+		return nil, NewHTTPError(
+			http.StatusUnauthorized,
+			"src/dst pair does not match auth session",
+			fmt.Errorf(
+				"%w: cached %d->%d, request %d->%d",
+				ErrSSHBindingMismatch,
+				binding.SrcNodeID, binding.DstNodeID,
+				srcNodeID, dstNodeID,
+			),
+		)
+	}
+
 	reqLog.Trace().Caller().Msg("SSH action follow-up")
 
-	verdict := <-auth.WaitForAuth()
+	var verdict types.AuthVerdict
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// The client disconnected (or its request timed out) before the
+		// auth session resolved. Return an error so the parked goroutine
+		// is freed; without this select sshActionFollowUp would block
+		// until the cache eviction callback signalled FinishAuth, which
+		// could be up to register_cache_expiration (15 minutes).
+		return nil, NewHTTPError(
+			http.StatusUnauthorized,
+			"ssh action follow-up cancelled",
+			ctx.Err(),
+		)
+	case verdict = <-auth.WaitForAuth():
+	}
 
 	if !verdict.Accept() {
 		action.Reject = true

hscontrol/noise_test.go

@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+	"tailscale.com/types/key"
 )
 
 // newNoiseRouterWithBodyLimit builds a chi router with the same body-limit
@@ -193,3 +197,137 @@ func TestRegistrationHandler_OversizedBody(t *testing.T) {
 	// for version 0 → returns 400.
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, rec.Code)
 }
+
+// newSSHActionRequest builds an httptest request with the chi URL params
+// SSHActionHandler reads (src_node_id and dst_node_id), so the handler
+// can be exercised directly without going through the chi router.
+func newSSHActionRequest(t *testing.T, src, dst types.NodeID) *http.Request {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("/machine/ssh/action/from/%d/to/%d", src.Uint64(), dst.Uint64())
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+
+	rctx := chi.NewRouteContext()
+	rctx.URLParams.Add("src_node_id", strconv.FormatUint(src.Uint64(), 10))
+	rctx.URLParams.Add("dst_node_id", strconv.FormatUint(dst.Uint64(), 10))
+	req = req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), chi.RouteCtxKey, rctx))
+
+	return req
+}
+
+// putTestNodeInStore creates a node via the database test helper and
+// also stages it into the in-memory NodeStore so handlers that read
+// NodeStore-backed APIs (e.g. State.GetNodeByID) can see it.
+func putTestNodeInStore(t *testing.T, app *Headscale, user *types.User, hostname string) *types.Node {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	node := app.state.CreateNodeForTest(user, hostname)
+	app.state.PutNodeInStoreForTest(*node)
+
+	return node
+}
+
+// TestSSHActionHandler_RejectsRogueMachineKey verifies that the SSH
+// check action endpoint rejects a Noise session whose machine key does
+// not match the dst node.
+func TestSSHActionHandler_RejectsRogueMachineKey(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("ssh-handler-user")
+
+	src := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "src-node")
+	dst := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "dst-node")
+
+	// noiseServer carries the wrong machine key — a fresh throwaway key,
+	// not dst.MachineKey.
+	rogue := key.NewMachine().Public()
+	require.NotEqual(t, dst.MachineKey, rogue, "test sanity: rogue key must differ from dst")
+
+	ns := &noiseServer{
+		headscale:  app,
+		machineKey: rogue,
+	}
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	ns.SSHActionHandler(rec, newSSHActionRequest(t, src.ID, dst.ID))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnauthorized, rec.Code,
+		"rogue machine key must be rejected with 401")
+
+	// And the auth cache must not have been mutated by the rejected request.
+	if last, ok := app.state.GetLastSSHAuth(src.ID, dst.ID); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("rejected SSH action must not record lastSSHAuth, got %v", last)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSSHActionHandler_RejectsUnknownDst verifies that the handler
+// rejects a request for a dst_node_id that does not exist with 404.
+func TestSSHActionHandler_RejectsUnknownDst(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("ssh-handler-unknown-user")
+	src := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "src-node")
+
+	ns := &noiseServer{
+		headscale:  app,
+		machineKey: key.NewMachine().Public(),
+	}
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	ns.SSHActionHandler(rec, newSSHActionRequest(t, src.ID, 9999))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusNotFound, rec.Code,
+		"unknown dst node id must be rejected with 404")
+}
+
+// TestSSHActionFollowUp_RejectsBindingMismatch verifies that the
+// follow-up handler refuses to honour an auth_id whose cached binding
+// does not match the (src, dst) pair on the request URL. Without this
+// check an attacker holding any auth_id could route its verdict to a
+// different node pair.
+func TestSSHActionFollowUp_RejectsBindingMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+	user := app.state.CreateUserForTest("ssh-binding-user")
+
+	srcCached := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "src-cached")
+	dstCached := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "dst-cached")
+	srcOther := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "src-other")
+	dstOther := putTestNodeInStore(t, app, user, "dst-other")
+
+	// Mint an SSH-check auth request bound to (srcCached, dstCached).
+	authID := types.MustAuthID()
+	app.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(
+		authID,
+		types.NewSSHCheckAuthRequest(srcCached.ID, dstCached.ID),
+	)
+
+	// Build a follow-up that claims to be for (srcOther, dstOther) but
+	// reuses the bound auth_id. The Noise machineKey matches dstOther so
+	// the outer machine-key check passes — only the binding check
+	// should reject it.
+	ns := &noiseServer{
+		headscale:  app,
+		machineKey: dstOther.MachineKey,
+	}
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"/machine/ssh/action/from/%d/to/%d?auth_id=%s",
+		srcOther.ID.Uint64(), dstOther.ID.Uint64(), authID.String(),
+	)
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+
+	rctx := chi.NewRouteContext()
+	rctx.URLParams.Add("src_node_id", strconv.FormatUint(srcOther.ID.Uint64(), 10))
+	rctx.URLParams.Add("dst_node_id", strconv.FormatUint(dstOther.ID.Uint64(), 10))
+	req = req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), chi.RouteCtxKey, rctx))
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	ns.SSHActionHandler(rec, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnauthorized, rec.Code,
+		"binding mismatch must be rejected with 401")
+}

hscontrol/oidc.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3/oidc"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2/expirable"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/db"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/templates"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
@@ -19,16 +20,28 @@ import (
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
-	"zgo.at/zcache/v2"
 )
 
 const (
 	randomByteSize           = 16
 	defaultOAuthOptionsCount = 3
 	authCacheExpiration      = time.Minute * 15
-	authCacheCleanup         = time.Minute * 20
+
+	// authCacheMaxEntries bounds the OIDC state→AuthInfo cache to prevent
+	// unauthenticated cache-fill DoS via repeated /register/{auth_id} or
+	// /auth/{auth_id} GETs that mint OIDC state cookies.
+	authCacheMaxEntries = 1024
+
+	// cookieNamePrefixLen is the number of leading characters from a
+	// state/nonce value that getCookieName splices into the cookie name.
+	// State and nonce values that are shorter than this are rejected at
+	// the callback boundary so getCookieName cannot panic on a slice
+	// out-of-range.
+	cookieNamePrefixLen = 6
 )
 
+var errOIDCStateTooShort = errors.New("oidc state parameter is too short")
+
 var (
 	errEmptyOIDCCallbackParams = errors.New("empty OIDC callback params")
 	errNoOIDCIDToken           = errors.New("extracting ID token")
@@ -55,9 +68,10 @@ type AuthProviderOIDC struct {
 	serverURL string
 	cfg       *types.OIDCConfig
 
-	// authCache holds auth information between
-	// the auth and the callback steps.
-	authCache *zcache.Cache[string, AuthInfo]
+	// authCache holds auth information between the auth and the callback
+	// steps. It is a bounded LRU keyed by OIDC state, evicting oldest
+	// entries to keep the cache footprint constant under attack.
+	authCache *expirable.LRU[string, AuthInfo]
 
 	oidcProvider *oidc.Provider
 	oauth2Config *oauth2.Config
@@ -84,9 +98,10 @@ func NewAuthProviderOIDC(
 		Scopes:       cfg.Scope,
 	}
 
-	authCache := zcache.New[string, AuthInfo](
+	authCache := expirable.NewLRU[string, AuthInfo](
+		authCacheMaxEntries,
+		nil,
 		authCacheExpiration,
-		authCacheCleanup,
 	)
 
 	return &AuthProviderOIDC{
@@ -188,7 +203,7 @@ func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) authHandler(
 	extras = append(extras, oidc.Nonce(nonce))
 
 	// Cache the registration info
-	a.authCache.Set(state, registrationInfo)
+	a.authCache.Add(state, registrationInfo)
 
 	authURL := a.oauth2Config.AuthCodeURL(state, extras...)
 	log.Debug().Caller().Msgf("redirecting to %s for authentication", authURL)
@@ -331,36 +346,23 @@ func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) OIDCCallbackHandler(
 		return
 	}
 
-	// If this is a registration flow, then we need to register the node.
+	// If this is a registration flow, render the confirmation
+	// interstitial instead of finalising the registration immediately.
+	// Without an explicit user click, a single GET to
+	// /register/{auth_id} could silently complete a registration when
+	// the IdP allows silent SSO.
 	if authInfo.Registration {
-		newNode, err := a.handleRegistration(user, authInfo.AuthID, nodeExpiry)
-		if err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, db.ErrNodeNotFoundRegistrationCache) {
-				log.Debug().Caller().Str("auth_id", authInfo.AuthID.String()).Msg("registration session expired before authorization completed")
-				httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusGone, "login session expired, try again", err))
-
-				return
-			}
-
-			httpError(writer, err)
-
-			return
-		}
-
-		content := renderRegistrationSuccessTemplate(user, newNode)
-
-		writer.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-		writer.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-
-		if _, err := writer.Write(content.Bytes()); err != nil { //nolint:noinlineerr
-			util.LogErr(err, "Failed to write HTTP response")
-		}
+		a.renderRegistrationConfirmInterstitial(writer, req, authInfo.AuthID, user, nodeExpiry)
 
 		return
 	}
 
-	// If this is not a registration callback, then its a regular authentication callback
-	// and we need to send a response and confirm that the access was allowed.
+	// If this is not a registration callback, then it is an SSH
+	// check-mode auth callback. Confirm the OIDC identity is the owner
+	// of the SSH source node before recording approval; without this
+	// check any tailnet user could approve a check-mode prompt for any
+	// other user's node, defeating the stolen-key protection that
+	// check-mode is meant to provide.
 
 	authReq, ok := a.h.state.GetAuthCacheEntry(authInfo.AuthID)
 	if !ok {
@@ -370,7 +372,57 @@ func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) OIDCCallbackHandler(
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Send a finish auth verdict with no errors to let the CLI know that the authentication was successful.
+	if !authReq.IsSSHCheck() {
+		log.Warn().Caller().
+			Str("auth_id", authInfo.AuthID.String()).
+			Msg("OIDC callback hit non-registration path with auth request that is not an SSH check binding")
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "auth session is not for SSH check", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	binding := authReq.SSHCheckBinding()
+
+	srcNode, ok := a.h.state.GetNodeByID(binding.SrcNodeID)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Warn().Caller().
+			Str("auth_id", authInfo.AuthID.String()).
+			Uint64("src_node_id", binding.SrcNodeID.Uint64()).
+			Msg("SSH check src node no longer exists")
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusGone, "src node no longer exists", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Strict identity binding: only the user that owns the src node
+	// may approve an SSH check for that node. Tagged source nodes are
+	// rejected because they have no user owner to compare against.
+	if srcNode.IsTagged() || !srcNode.UserID().Valid() {
+		log.Warn().Caller().
+			Str("auth_id", authInfo.AuthID.String()).
+			Uint64("src_node_id", binding.SrcNodeID.Uint64()).
+			Bool("src_is_tagged", srcNode.IsTagged()).
+			Str("oidc_user", user.Username()).
+			Msg("SSH check rejected: src node has no user owner")
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "src node has no user owner", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if srcNode.UserID().Get() != user.ID {
+		log.Warn().Caller().
+			Str("auth_id", authInfo.AuthID.String()).
+			Uint64("src_node_id", binding.SrcNodeID.Uint64()).
+			Uint("src_owner_id", srcNode.UserID().Get()).
+			Uint("oidc_user_id", user.ID).
+			Str("oidc_user", user.Username()).
+			Msg("SSH check rejected: OIDC user is not the owner of src node")
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "OIDC user is not the owner of the SSH source node", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Identity verified — record the verdict for the waiting follow-up.
 	authReq.FinishAuth(types.AuthVerdict{})
 
 	content := renderAuthSuccessTemplate(user)
@@ -383,12 +435,12 @@ func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) OIDCCallbackHandler(
 	}
 }
 
-func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) determineNodeExpiry(idTokenExpiration time.Time) time.Time {
+func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) determineNodeExpiry(idTokenExpiration time.Time) *time.Time {
 	if a.cfg.UseExpiryFromToken {
-		return idTokenExpiration
+		return &idTokenExpiration
 	}
 
-	return time.Now().Add(a.cfg.Expiry)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func extractCodeAndStateParamFromRequest(
@@ -401,6 +453,14 @@ func extractCodeAndStateParamFromRequest(
 		return "", "", NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "missing code or state parameter", errEmptyOIDCCallbackParams)
 	}
 
+	// Reject states that are too short for getCookieName to splice
+	// into a cookie name. Without this guard a request with
+	// ?state=abc panics on the slice out-of-range and is recovered by
+	// chi's middleware.Recoverer, amplifying small-DoS log noise.
+	if len(state) < cookieNamePrefixLen {
+		return "", "", NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid state parameter", errOIDCStateTooShort)
+	}
+
 	return code, state, nil
 }
 
@@ -599,15 +659,211 @@ func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) createOrUpdateUserFromClaim(
 	return user, c, nil
 }
 
+// registerConfirmCSRFCookie is the cookie name used to bind the
+// /register/confirm POST handler's CSRF token to the OIDC callback that
+// rendered the interstitial. It includes a per-session prefix derived
+// from the auth ID so cookies for unrelated registrations on the same
+// browser do not collide.
+const registerConfirmCSRFCookie = "headscale_register_confirm"
+
+// renderRegistrationConfirmInterstitial captures the resolved OIDC
+// identity and node expiry into the cached AuthRequest, sets the CSRF
+// cookie, and renders the confirmation page that the user must
+// explicitly submit before the registration is finalised.
+func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) renderRegistrationConfirmInterstitial(
+	writer http.ResponseWriter,
+	req *http.Request,
+	authID types.AuthID,
+	user *types.User,
+	nodeExpiry *time.Time,
+) {
+	authReq, ok := a.h.state.GetAuthCacheEntry(authID)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Debug().Caller().Str("auth_id", authID.String()).Msg("registration session expired before authorization completed")
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusGone, "login session expired, try again", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !authReq.IsRegistration() {
+		log.Warn().Caller().
+			Str("auth_id", authID.String()).
+			Msg("OIDC callback hit registration path with auth request that is not a node registration")
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "auth session is not for node registration", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	csrf, err := util.GenerateRandomStringURLSafe(32)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpError(writer, fmt.Errorf("generating csrf token: %w", err))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	authReq.SetPendingConfirmation(&types.PendingRegistrationConfirmation{
+		UserID:     user.ID,
+		NodeExpiry: nodeExpiry,
+		CSRF:       csrf,
+	})
+
+	http.SetCookie(writer, &http.Cookie{
+		Name:     registerConfirmCSRFCookie,
+		Value:    csrf,
+		Path:     "/register/confirm/" + authID.String(),
+		MaxAge:   int(authCacheExpiration.Seconds()),
+		Secure:   req.TLS != nil,
+		HttpOnly: true,
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
+	})
+
+	regData := authReq.RegistrationData()
+
+	info := templates.RegisterConfirmInfo{
+		FormAction:    "/register/confirm/" + authID.String(),
+		CSRFTokenName: registerConfirmCSRFCookie,
+		CSRFToken:     csrf,
+		User:          user.Display(),
+		Hostname:      regData.Hostname,
+		MachineKey:    regData.MachineKey.ShortString(),
+	}
+	if regData.Hostinfo != nil {
+		info.OS = regData.Hostinfo.OS
+	}
+
+	writer.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	writer.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+	if _, err := writer.Write([]byte(templates.RegisterConfirm(info).Render())); err != nil { //nolint:noinlineerr
+		util.LogErr(err, "Failed to write HTTP response")
+	}
+}
+
+// RegisterConfirmHandler is the POST endpoint behind the OIDC
+// registration confirmation interstitial. It validates the CSRF cookie
+// against the form-submitted token, finalises the registration via
+// handleRegistration, and renders the success page.
+func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) RegisterConfirmHandler(
+	writer http.ResponseWriter,
+	req *http.Request,
+) {
+	if req.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		httpError(writer, errMethodNotAllowed)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	authID, err := authIDFromRequest(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpError(writer, err)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Cap the form body. The confirmation form is a single CSRF token,
+	// so 4 KiB is generous and prevents an unauthenticated client from
+	// submitting an arbitrarily large body to ParseForm.
+	req.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(writer, req.Body, 4*1024)
+
+	if err := req.ParseForm(); err != nil { //nolint:noinlineerr,gosec // body is bounded above
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid form", err))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	formCSRF := req.PostFormValue(registerConfirmCSRFCookie) //nolint:gosec // body is bounded above
+	if formCSRF == "" {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "missing csrf token", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	cookie, err := req.Cookie(registerConfirmCSRFCookie)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "missing csrf cookie", err))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if cookie.Value != formCSRF {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "csrf token mismatch", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	authReq, ok := a.h.state.GetAuthCacheEntry(authID)
+	if !ok {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusGone, "registration session expired", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	pending := authReq.PendingConfirmation()
+	if pending == nil {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "registration not OIDC-authorized", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if pending.CSRF != cookie.Value {
+		httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusForbidden, "csrf token does not match cached registration", nil))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	user, err := a.h.state.GetUserByID(types.UserID(pending.UserID))
+	if err != nil {
+		httpError(writer, fmt.Errorf("looking up user: %w", err))
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	newNode, err := a.handleRegistration(user, authID, pending.NodeExpiry)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, db.ErrNodeNotFoundRegistrationCache) {
+			httpError(writer, NewHTTPError(http.StatusGone, "registration session expired", err))
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		httpError(writer, err)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Clear the CSRF cookie now that the registration is final.
+	http.SetCookie(writer, &http.Cookie{
+		Name:     registerConfirmCSRFCookie,
+		Value:    "",
+		Path:     "/register/confirm/" + authID.String(),
+		MaxAge:   -1,
+		Secure:   req.TLS != nil,
+		HttpOnly: true,
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
+	})
+
+	content := renderRegistrationSuccessTemplate(user, newNode)
+
+	writer.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	writer.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+	// renderRegistrationSuccessTemplate's output only embeds
+	// HTML-escaped values from a server-side template, so the gosec
+	// XSS warning is a false positive here.
+	if _, err := writer.Write(content.Bytes()); err != nil { //nolint:noinlineerr,gosec
+		util.LogErr(err, "Failed to write HTTP response")
+	}
+}
+
 func (a *AuthProviderOIDC) handleRegistration(
 	user *types.User,
 	registrationID types.AuthID,
-	expiry time.Time,
+	expiry *time.Time,
 ) (bool, error) {
 	node, nodeChange, err := a.h.state.HandleNodeFromAuthPath(
 		registrationID,
 		types.UserID(user.ID),
-		&expiry,
+		expiry,
 		util.RegisterMethodOIDC,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -671,8 +927,11 @@ func renderAuthSuccessTemplate(
 }
 
 // getCookieName generates a unique cookie name based on a cookie value.
+// Callers must ensure value has at least cookieNamePrefixLen bytes;
+// extractCodeAndStateParamFromRequest enforces this for the state
+// parameter, and setCSRFCookie always supplies a 64-byte random value.
 func getCookieName(baseName, value string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", baseName, value[:6])
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", baseName, value[:cookieNamePrefixLen])
 }
 
 func setCSRFCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, name string) (string, error) {

hscontrol/oidc_confirm_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package hscontrol
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func newConfirmRequest(t *testing.T, authID types.AuthID, formCSRF, cookieCSRF string) *http.Request {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	form := strings.NewReader(registerConfirmCSRFCookie + "=" + formCSRF)
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(),
+		http.MethodPost,
+		"/register/confirm/"+authID.String(),
+		form,
+	)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+	req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{
+		Name:  registerConfirmCSRFCookie,
+		Value: cookieCSRF,
+	})
+
+	rctx := chi.NewRouteContext()
+	rctx.URLParams.Add("auth_id", authID.String())
+	req = req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), chi.RouteCtxKey, rctx))
+
+	return req
+}
+
+// TestRegisterConfirmHandler_RejectsCSRFMismatch verifies that the
+// /register/confirm POST handler refuses to finalise a pending
+// registration when the form CSRF token does not match the cookie.
+func TestRegisterConfirmHandler_RejectsCSRFMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+	provider := &AuthProviderOIDC{h: app}
+
+	// Mint a pending registration with a stashed pending-confirmation,
+	// as the OIDC callback would have done after resolving the user
+	// identity but before the user clicked the interstitial form.
+	authID := types.MustAuthID()
+	regReq := types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(&types.RegistrationData{
+		Hostname: "phish-target",
+	})
+	regReq.SetPendingConfirmation(&types.PendingRegistrationConfirmation{
+		UserID: 1,
+		CSRF:   "expected-csrf",
+	})
+	app.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(authID, regReq)
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	provider.RegisterConfirmHandler(rec,
+		newConfirmRequest(t, authID, "wrong-csrf", "expected-csrf"),
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, rec.Code,
+		"CSRF cookie/form mismatch must be rejected with 403")
+
+	// And the registration must still be pending — the rejected POST
+	// must not have called handleRegistration.
+	cached, ok := app.state.GetAuthCacheEntry(authID)
+	require.True(t, ok, "rejected POST must not evict the cached registration")
+	require.NotNil(t, cached.PendingConfirmation(),
+		"rejected POST must not clear the pending confirmation")
+}
+
+// TestRegisterConfirmHandler_RejectsWithoutPending verifies that
+// /register/confirm refuses to finalise a registration that did not
+// first complete the OIDC interstitial. Without this check an attacker
+// who knew an auth_id could POST directly to the confirm endpoint and
+// claim the device.
+func TestRegisterConfirmHandler_RejectsWithoutPending(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app := createTestApp(t)
+	provider := &AuthProviderOIDC{h: app}
+
+	authID := types.MustAuthID()
+	// Cached registration with NO pending confirmation set — i.e. the
+	// OIDC callback has not run yet.
+	app.state.SetAuthCacheEntry(authID, types.NewRegisterAuthRequest(
+		&types.RegistrationData{Hostname: "no-oidc-yet"},
+	))
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	provider.RegisterConfirmHandler(rec,
+		newConfirmRequest(t, authID, "fake", "fake"),
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, rec.Code,
+		"confirm without prior OIDC pending state must be rejected with 403")
+}

hscontrol/policy/matcher/matcher_test.go

@@ -1 +1,431 @@
 package matcher
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+)
+
+func TestMatchFromStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		srcs    []string
+		dsts    []string
+		wantSrc netip.Addr
+		wantDst netip.Addr
+		srcIn   bool
+		dstIn   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "basic CIDR match",
+			srcs:    []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			dsts:    []string{"192.168.1.0/24"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("10.1.2.3"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100"),
+			srcIn:   true,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "basic CIDR no match",
+			srcs:    []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			dsts:    []string{"192.168.1.0/24"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+			srcIn:   false,
+			dstIn:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "wildcard matches everything",
+			srcs:    []string{"*"},
+			dsts:    []string{"*"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("8.8.8.8"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("1.1.1.1"),
+			srcIn:   true,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "wildcard matches IPv6",
+			srcs:    []string{"*"},
+			dsts:    []string{"*"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("2001:db8::1"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+			srcIn:   true,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "single IP source",
+			srcs:    []string{"100.64.0.1"},
+			dsts:    []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("10.33.0.1"),
+			srcIn:   true,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "single IP source no match",
+			srcs:    []string{"100.64.0.1"},
+			dsts:    []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.2"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("10.33.0.1"),
+			srcIn:   false,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "multiple CIDRs",
+			srcs:    []string{"10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12"},
+			dsts:    []string{"192.168.0.0/16", "100.64.0.0/10"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("172.20.0.1"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("100.100.0.1"),
+			srcIn:   true,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "IPv6 CIDR",
+			srcs:    []string{"fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48"},
+			dsts:    []string{"2001:db8::/32"},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("2001:db8::1"),
+			srcIn:   true,
+			dstIn:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "empty sources and destinations",
+			srcs:    []string{},
+			dsts:    []string{},
+			wantSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+			wantDst: netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+			srcIn:   false,
+			dstIn:   false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			m := MatchFromStrings(tt.srcs, tt.dsts)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.srcIn, m.SrcsContainsIPs(tt.wantSrc),
+				"SrcsContainsIPs(%s)", tt.wantSrc)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.dstIn, m.DestsContainsIP(tt.wantDst),
+				"DestsContainsIP(%s)", tt.wantDst)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMatchFromFilterRule(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		rule     tailcfg.FilterRule
+		checkSrc netip.Addr
+		checkDst netip.Addr
+		srcMatch bool
+		dstMatch bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "standard rule with port range",
+			rule: tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"},
+				DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+					{IP: "10.33.0.0/16", Ports: tailcfg.PortRange{First: 0, Last: 65535}},
+				},
+			},
+			checkSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1"),
+			checkDst: netip.MustParseAddr("10.33.0.50"),
+			srcMatch: true,
+			dstMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "wildcard destination",
+			rule: tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+				DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+					{IP: "*"},
+				},
+			},
+			checkSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("10.1.1.1"),
+			checkDst: netip.MustParseAddr("8.8.8.8"),
+			srcMatch: true,
+			dstMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple DstPorts entries",
+			rule: tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1"},
+				DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+					{IP: "10.33.0.0/16"},
+					{IP: "192.168.1.0/24"},
+				},
+			},
+			checkSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1"),
+			checkDst: netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.50"),
+			srcMatch: true,
+			dstMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty DstPorts",
+			rule: tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs:   []string{"100.64.0.1"},
+				DstPorts: nil,
+			},
+			checkSrc: netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1"),
+			checkDst: netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+			srcMatch: true,
+			dstMatch: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			m := MatchFromFilterRule(tt.rule)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.srcMatch, m.SrcsContainsIPs(tt.checkSrc),
+				"SrcsContainsIPs(%s)", tt.checkSrc)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.dstMatch, m.DestsContainsIP(tt.checkDst),
+				"DestsContainsIP(%s)", tt.checkDst)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMatchesFromFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rules := []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+		{
+			SrcIPs:   []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{{IP: "192.168.1.0/24"}},
+		},
+		{
+			SrcIPs:   []string{"172.16.0.0/12"},
+			DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{{IP: "10.33.0.0/16"}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	matches := MatchesFromFilterRules(rules)
+	require.Len(t, matches, 2)
+
+	// First matcher: 10.0.0.0/8 -> 192.168.1.0/24
+	assert.True(t, matches[0].SrcsContainsIPs(netip.MustParseAddr("10.1.2.3")))
+	assert.False(t, matches[0].SrcsContainsIPs(netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")))
+	assert.True(t, matches[0].DestsContainsIP(netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100")))
+
+	// Second matcher: 172.16.0.0/12 -> 10.33.0.0/16
+	assert.True(t, matches[1].SrcsContainsIPs(netip.MustParseAddr("172.20.0.1")))
+	assert.True(t, matches[1].DestsContainsIP(netip.MustParseAddr("10.33.0.1")))
+	assert.False(t, matches[1].DestsContainsIP(netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.1")))
+}
+
+func TestSrcsOverlapsPrefixes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		srcs     []string
+		prefixes []netip.Prefix
+		want     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "exact match",
+			srcs:     []string{"10.33.0.0/16"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "parent contains child",
+			srcs:     []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "child overlaps parent",
+			srcs:     []string{"10.33.0.0/16"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "no overlap",
+			srcs:     []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")},
+			want:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple prefixes one overlaps",
+			srcs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"),
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "IPv6 overlap",
+			srcs:     []string{"fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12::/64")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty prefixes",
+			srcs:     []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{},
+			want:     false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			m := MatchFromStrings(tt.srcs, nil)
+			got := m.SrcsOverlapsPrefixes(tt.prefixes...)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDestsOverlapsPrefixes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		dsts     []string
+		prefixes []netip.Prefix
+		want     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "exact match",
+			dsts:     []string{"10.33.0.0/16"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "parent contains child",
+			dsts:     []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "no overlap",
+			dsts:     []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/16")},
+			want:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "wildcard overlaps everything",
+			dsts: []string{"*"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "wildcard overlaps exit route",
+			dsts:     []string{"*"},
+			prefixes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0")},
+			want:     true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			m := MatchFromStrings(nil, tt.dsts)
+			got := m.DestsOverlapsPrefixes(tt.prefixes...)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDestsIsTheInternet(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		dsts []string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "all IPv4 is the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"0.0.0.0/0"},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "all IPv6 is the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"::/0"},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "wildcard is the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"*"},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "private range is not the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "CGNAT range is not the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"100.64.0.0/10"},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single public IP is not the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"8.8.8.8"},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty dests is not the internet",
+			dsts: []string{},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple private ranges are not the internet",
+			dsts: []string{
+				"10.0.0.0/8",
+				"172.16.0.0/12",
+				"192.168.0.0/16",
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "all IPv4 combined with subnet is the internet",
+			dsts: []string{"0.0.0.0/0", "10.33.0.0/16"},
+			want: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			m := MatchFromStrings(nil, tt.dsts)
+			got := m.DestsIsTheInternet()
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got,
+				"DestsIsTheInternet() for dsts=%v", tt.dsts)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDebugString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	m := MatchFromStrings(
+		[]string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+		[]string{"192.168.1.0/24"},
+	)
+
+	s := m.DebugString()
+	assert.Contains(t, s, "Match:")
+	assert.Contains(t, s, "Sources:")
+	assert.Contains(t, s, "Destinations:")
+	assert.Contains(t, s, "10.0.0.0/8")
+	assert.Contains(t, s, "192.168.1.0/24")
+}

hscontrol/policy/pm.go

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ type PolicyManager interface {
 	// NodeCanApproveRoute reports whether the given node can approve the given route.
 	NodeCanApproveRoute(node types.NodeView, route netip.Prefix) bool
 
+	// ViaRoutesForPeer computes via grant effects for a viewer-peer pair.
+	// It returns which routes should be included (peer is via-designated for viewer)
+	// and excluded (steered to a different peer). When no via grants apply,
+	// both fields are empty and the caller falls back to existing behavior.
+	ViaRoutesForPeer(viewer, peer types.NodeView) types.ViaRouteResult
+
 	Version() int
 	DebugString() string
 }

hscontrol/policy/policy_autoapprove_test.go

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import (
 func TestApproveRoutesWithPolicy_NeverRemovesApprovedRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 	user1 := types.User{
 		Model: gorm.Model{ID: 1},
-		Name:  "testuser@",
+		Name:  "testuser",
 	}
 	user2 := types.User{
 		Model: gorm.Model{ID: 2},
-		Name:  "otheruser@",
+		Name:  "otheruser",
 	}
 	users := []types.User{user1, user2}
 

hscontrol/policy/policy_test.go

@@ -768,6 +768,65 @@ func TestReduceNodes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		// Subnet-to-subnet: routers must see each other when ACL
+		// uses only subnet CIDRs. Issue #3157.
+		{
+			name: "subnet-to-subnet-routers-see-each-other-3157",
+			args: args{
+				nodes: []*types.Node{
+					{
+						ID:       1,
+						IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+						Hostname: "router-a",
+						User:     &types.User{Name: "router-a"},
+						Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+							RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24")},
+						},
+						ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24")},
+					},
+					{
+						ID:       2,
+						IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+						Hostname: "router-b",
+						User:     &types.User{Name: "router-b"},
+						Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+							RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24")},
+						},
+						ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24")},
+					},
+				},
+				rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+					{
+						SrcIPs: []string{"10.88.8.0/24"},
+						DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+							{IP: "10.99.9.0/24", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				node: &types.Node{
+					ID:       1,
+					IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+					Hostname: "router-a",
+					User:     &types.User{Name: "router-a"},
+					Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+						RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24")},
+					},
+					ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24")},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []*types.Node{
+				{
+					ID:       2,
+					IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+					Hostname: "router-b",
+					User:     &types.User{Name: "router-b"},
+					Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+						RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24")},
+					},
+					ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24")},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -2230,6 +2289,127 @@ func TestReduceRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 				netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/14"),
 			},
 		},
+		// Subnet-to-subnet tests for issue #3157.
+		// When an ACL references subnet CIDRs as both source and destination,
+		// the subnet routers for those subnets must receive routes to each
+		// other's subnets.
+		{
+			name: "subnet-to-subnet-src-router-gets-dst-route-3157",
+			args: args{
+				node: &types.Node{
+					ID:   1,
+					IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+					User: &types.User{Name: "router-a"},
+					Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+						RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+							netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24"),
+						},
+					},
+					ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24"),
+					},
+				},
+				routes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24"),
+				},
+				rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+					{
+						SrcIPs: []string{"10.88.8.0/24"},
+						DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+							{IP: "10.99.9.0/24", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "subnet-to-subnet-dst-router-gets-src-route-3157",
+			args: args{
+				node: &types.Node{
+					ID:   2,
+					IPv4: ap("100.64.0.2"),
+					User: &types.User{Name: "router-b"},
+					Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+						RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+							netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24"),
+						},
+					},
+					ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24"),
+					},
+				},
+				routes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24"),
+				},
+				rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+					{
+						SrcIPs: []string{"10.88.8.0/24"},
+						DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+							{IP: "10.99.9.0/24", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "subnet-to-subnet-regular-node-no-route-leak-3157",
+			args: args{
+				node: &types.Node{
+					ID:   3,
+					IPv4: ap("100.64.0.3"),
+					User: &types.User{Name: "regular-node"},
+				},
+				routes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24"),
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.9.0/24"),
+				},
+				rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+					{
+						SrcIPs: []string{"10.88.8.0/24"},
+						DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+							{IP: "10.99.9.0/24", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "subnet-to-subnet-unrelated-router-no-route-leak-3157",
+			args: args{
+				node: &types.Node{
+					ID:   4,
+					IPv4: ap("100.64.0.4"),
+					User: &types.User{Name: "router-c"},
+					Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+						RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+							netip.MustParsePrefix("172.16.0.0/24"),
+						},
+					},
+					ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("172.16.0.0/24"),
+					},
+				},
+				routes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.88.8.0/24"),
+				},
+				rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+					{
+						SrcIPs: []string{"10.88.8.0/24"},
+						DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+							{IP: "10.99.9.0/24", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: nil,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

hscontrol/policy/policyutil/reduce.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package policyutil
 
 import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
+
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
@@ -16,6 +19,17 @@ func ReduceFilterRules(node types.NodeView, rules []tailcfg.FilterRule) []tailcf
 	ret := []tailcfg.FilterRule{}
 
 	for _, rule := range rules {
+		// Handle CapGrant rules separately — they use CapGrant[].Dsts
+		// instead of DstPorts for destination matching.
+		if len(rule.CapGrant) > 0 {
+			reduced := reduceCapGrantRule(node, rule)
+			if reduced != nil {
+				ret = append(ret, *reduced)
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+
 		// record if the rule is actually relevant for the given node.
 		var dests []tailcfg.NetPortRange
 
@@ -33,25 +47,15 @@ func ReduceFilterRules(node types.NodeView, rules []tailcfg.FilterRule) []tailcf
 				continue DEST_LOOP
 			}
 
-			// If the node exposes routes, ensure they are note removed
-			// when the filters are reduced.
-			if node.Hostinfo().Valid() {
-				routableIPs := node.Hostinfo().RoutableIPs()
-				if routableIPs.Len() > 0 {
-					for _, routableIP := range routableIPs.All() {
-						if expanded.OverlapsPrefix(routableIP) {
-							dests = append(dests, dest)
-							continue DEST_LOOP
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Also check approved subnet routes - nodes should have access
-			// to subnets they're approved to route traffic for.
-			subnetRoutes := node.SubnetRoutes()
-
-			for _, subnetRoute := range subnetRoutes {
+			// If the node has approved subnet routes, preserve
+			// filter rules targeting those routes. SubnetRoutes()
+			// returns only approved, non-exit routes — matching
+			// Tailscale SaaS behavior, which does not generate
+			// filter rules for advertised-but-unapproved routes.
+			// Exit routes (0.0.0.0/0, ::/0) are excluded by
+			// SubnetRoutes() and handled separately via
+			// AllowedIPs/routing.
+			for _, subnetRoute := range node.SubnetRoutes() {
 				if expanded.OverlapsPrefix(subnetRoute) {
 					dests = append(dests, dest)
 					continue DEST_LOOP
@@ -70,3 +74,71 @@ func ReduceFilterRules(node types.NodeView, rules []tailcfg.FilterRule) []tailcf
 
 	return ret
 }
+
+// reduceCapGrantRule filters a CapGrant rule to only include CapGrant
+// entries whose Dsts match the given node's IPs. When a broad prefix
+// (e.g. 100.64.0.0/10 from dst:*) contains a node's IP, it is
+// narrowed to the node's specific /32 or /128 prefix. Returns nil if
+// no CapGrant entries are relevant to this node.
+func reduceCapGrantRule(
+	node types.NodeView,
+	rule tailcfg.FilterRule,
+) *tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	var capGrants []tailcfg.CapGrant
+
+	nodeIPs := node.IPs()
+
+	for _, cg := range rule.CapGrant {
+		// Collect the node's IPs that fall within any of this
+		// CapGrant's Dsts. Broad prefixes are narrowed to specific
+		// /32 and /128 entries for the node.
+		var matchingDsts []netip.Prefix
+
+		for _, dst := range cg.Dsts {
+			if dst.IsSingleIP() {
+				// Already a specific IP — keep it if it matches
+				// any of the node's IPs.
+				if slices.Contains(nodeIPs, dst.Addr()) {
+					matchingDsts = append(matchingDsts, dst)
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Broad prefix — narrow to node's specific IPs.
+				for _, ip := range nodeIPs {
+					if dst.Contains(ip) {
+						matchingDsts = append(matchingDsts, netip.PrefixFrom(ip, ip.BitLen()))
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Also check approved subnet routes — nodes serving
+		// approved routes should receive CapGrant rules for
+		// destinations that overlap those routes. SubnetRoutes()
+		// excludes both unapproved and exit routes, matching
+		// Tailscale SaaS behavior.
+		for _, dst := range cg.Dsts {
+			for _, subnetRoute := range node.SubnetRoutes() {
+				if dst.Overlaps(subnetRoute) {
+					// For route overlaps, keep the original prefix.
+					matchingDsts = append(matchingDsts, dst)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(matchingDsts) > 0 {
+			capGrants = append(capGrants, tailcfg.CapGrant{
+				Dsts:   matchingDsts,
+				CapMap: cg.CapMap,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(capGrants) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return &tailcfg.FilterRule{
+		SrcIPs:   rule.SrcIPs,
+		CapGrant: capGrants,
+	}
+}

hscontrol/policy/policyutil/reduce_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/policy"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/policy/policyutil"
-	v2 "github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/policy/v2"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -197,6 +196,9 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
 					},
 				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+				},
 			},
 			peers: types.Nodes{
 				&types.Node{
@@ -206,21 +208,19 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
-				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs and IPProto)
+				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs)
 				{
 					SrcIPs: []string{
-						"100.64.0.1/32",
-						"100.64.0.2/32",
-						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128",
-						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::2/128",
+						"100.64.0.1-100.64.0.2",
+						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1-fd7a:115c:a1e0::2",
 					},
 					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
 						{
-							IP:    "100.64.0.1/32",
+							IP:    "100.64.0.1",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 						{
-							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128",
+							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 						{
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 					},
-					IPProto: []int{v2.ProtocolTCP, v2.ProtocolUDP, v2.ProtocolICMP, v2.ProtocolIPv6ICMP},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -356,18 +355,16 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				// autogroup:internet does NOT generate packet filters - it's handled
 				// by exit node routing via AllowedIPs, not by packet filtering.
 				{
-					SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1/32", "100.64.0.2/32", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::2/128"},
+					SrcIPs: []string{
+						"100.64.0.1-100.64.0.2",
+						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1-fd7a:115c:a1e0::2",
+					},
 					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
 						{
-							IP:    "100.64.0.100/32",
-							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
-						},
-						{
-							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::100/128",
+							IP:    "100.64.0.100",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 					},
-					IPProto: []int{v2.ProtocolTCP, v2.ProtocolUDP, v2.ProtocolICMP, v2.ProtocolIPv6ICMP},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -459,50 +456,22 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
-				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs and IPProto)
+				// Exit routes (0.0.0.0/0, ::/0) are skipped when checking RoutableIPs
+				// overlap, matching Tailscale SaaS behavior. Only destinations that
+				// contain the node's own Tailscale IP (via InIPSet) are kept.
+				// Here, 64.0.0.0/2 contains 100.64.0.100 (CGNAT range), so it matches.
 				{
-					SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1/32", "100.64.0.2/32", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::2/128"},
+					SrcIPs: []string{
+						"100.64.0.1-100.64.0.2",
+						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1-fd7a:115c:a1e0::2",
+					},
 					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
 						{
-							IP:    "100.64.0.100/32",
+							IP:    "100.64.0.100",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
-						{
-							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::100/128",
-							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
-						},
-						{IP: "0.0.0.0/5", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "8.0.0.0/7", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "11.0.0.0/8", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "12.0.0.0/6", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "16.0.0.0/4", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "32.0.0.0/3", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
 						{IP: "64.0.0.0/2", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "128.0.0.0/3", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "160.0.0.0/5", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "168.0.0.0/6", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "172.0.0.0/12", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "172.32.0.0/11", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "172.64.0.0/10", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "172.128.0.0/9", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "173.0.0.0/8", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "174.0.0.0/7", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "176.0.0.0/4", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.0.0.0/9", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.128.0.0/11", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.160.0.0/13", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.169.0.0/16", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.170.0.0/15", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.172.0.0/14", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.176.0.0/12", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "192.192.0.0/10", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "193.0.0.0/8", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "194.0.0.0/7", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "196.0.0.0/6", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "200.0.0.0/5", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
-						{IP: "208.0.0.0/4", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
 					},
-					IPProto: []int{v2.ProtocolTCP, v2.ProtocolUDP, v2.ProtocolICMP, v2.ProtocolIPv6ICMP},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -552,6 +521,7 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
 					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("8.0.0.0/16"), netip.MustParsePrefix("16.0.0.0/16")},
 				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("8.0.0.0/16"), netip.MustParsePrefix("16.0.0.0/16")},
 			},
 			peers: types.Nodes{
 				&types.Node{
@@ -566,16 +536,15 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
-				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs and IPProto)
+				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs)
 				{
-					SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1/32", "100.64.0.2/32", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::2/128"},
+					SrcIPs: []string{
+						"100.64.0.1-100.64.0.2",
+						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1-fd7a:115c:a1e0::2",
+					},
 					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
 						{
-							IP:    "100.64.0.100/32",
-							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
-						},
-						{
-							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::100/128",
+							IP:    "100.64.0.100",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 						{
@@ -587,7 +556,6 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 					},
-					IPProto: []int{v2.ProtocolTCP, v2.ProtocolUDP, v2.ProtocolICMP, v2.ProtocolIPv6ICMP},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -637,6 +605,7 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
 					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("8.0.0.0/8"), netip.MustParsePrefix("16.0.0.0/8")},
 				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("8.0.0.0/8"), netip.MustParsePrefix("16.0.0.0/8")},
 			},
 			peers: types.Nodes{
 				&types.Node{
@@ -651,16 +620,15 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
-				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs and IPProto)
+				// Merged: Both ACL rules combined (same SrcIPs)
 				{
-					SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1/32", "100.64.0.2/32", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::2/128"},
+					SrcIPs: []string{
+						"100.64.0.1-100.64.0.2",
+						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1-fd7a:115c:a1e0::2",
+					},
 					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
 						{
-							IP:    "100.64.0.100/32",
-							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
-						},
-						{
-							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::100/128",
+							IP:    "100.64.0.100",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 						{
@@ -672,7 +640,6 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 					},
-					IPProto: []int{v2.ProtocolTCP, v2.ProtocolUDP, v2.ProtocolICMP, v2.ProtocolIPv6ICMP},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -714,7 +681,8 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
 					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("172.16.0.0/24")},
 				},
-				Tags: []string{"tag:access-servers"},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("172.16.0.0/24")},
+				Tags:           []string{"tag:access-servers"},
 			},
 			peers: types.Nodes{
 				&types.Node{
@@ -725,22 +693,24 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
 				{
-					SrcIPs: []string{"100.64.0.1/32", "fd7a:115c:a1e0::1/128"},
+					SrcIPs: []string{
+						"100.64.0.1",
+						"fd7a:115c:a1e0::1",
+					},
 					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
 						{
-							IP:    "100.64.0.100/32",
+							IP:    "100.64.0.100",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 						{
-							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::100/128",
+							IP:    "fd7a:115c:a1e0::100",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 						{
-							IP:    "172.16.0.21/32",
+							IP:    "172.16.0.21",
 							Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny,
 						},
 					},
-					IPProto: []int{v2.ProtocolTCP, v2.ProtocolUDP, v2.ProtocolICMP, v2.ProtocolIPv6ICMP},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -795,7 +765,9 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		for idx, pmf := range policy.PolicyManagerFuncsForTest([]byte(tt.pol)) {
+		for idx, pmf := range policy.PolicyManagerFuncsForTest(
+			[]byte(tt.pol),
+		) {
 			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s-index%d", tt.name, idx), func(t *testing.T) {
 				var (
 					pm  policy.PolicyManager
@@ -817,3 +789,445 @@ func TestReduceFilterRules(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestReduceFilterRulesPartialApproval verifies that ReduceFilterRules
+// only preserves filter rules for routes that are both advertised
+// (RoutableIPs) AND approved (ApprovedRoutes), matching Tailscale
+// SaaS behavior. Advertised-but-unapproved routes do not cause rule
+// preservation: SaaS never generates filter rules for unapproved
+// routes, and headscale consults node.SubnetRoutes() (which filters
+// by approval) rather than Hostinfo.RoutableIPs() (which does not).
+func TestReduceFilterRulesPartialApproval(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		node       *types.Node
+		rules      []tailcfg.FilterRule
+		wantCount  int
+		wantRoutes []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "approved-route-included",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+				},
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+						{IP: "10.33.0.0/16", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantCount:  1,
+			wantRoutes: []string{"10.33.0.0/16"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unapproved-route-excluded",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+						// Advertised but NOT approved:
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("172.16.0.0/24"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					// Only 10.33.0.0/16 approved
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+				},
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+						// Targets the unapproved route
+						{IP: "172.16.0.0/24", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			// SubnetRoutes() does NOT contain 172.16.0.0/24
+			// (only approved routes), and the ACL dst does not
+			// overlap the node's own IPs, so the rule is
+			// dropped. This matches Tailscale SaaS behavior.
+			wantCount: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "neither-advertised-nor-approved-excluded",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+				},
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+						// Not advertised, not approved
+						{IP: "192.168.0.0/16", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantCount: 0,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(
+				tt.node.View(), tt.rules,
+			)
+			require.Len(t, got, tt.wantCount,
+				"rule count mismatch")
+
+			if tt.wantCount > 0 {
+				var gotRoutes []string
+				for _, dp := range got[0].DstPorts {
+					gotRoutes = append(gotRoutes, dp.IP)
+				}
+
+				require.Equal(t, tt.wantRoutes, gotRoutes)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestReduceFilterRulesCapGrant tests the CapGrant branch of
+// ReduceFilterRules, which was previously untested. All existing
+// test cases use ACL-only policies with DstPorts rules.
+func TestReduceFilterRulesCapGrant(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		node  *types.Node
+		rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+		want  []tailcfg.FilterRule
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "capgrant-matches-node-ip-narrowed",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// Broad IPv4 prefix containing node IP
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.0/10"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// Only IPv4 narrowed (IPv6 not in /10)
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "capgrant-no-match-filtered-out",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// Different IP — doesn't match this node
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.99/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "capgrant-with-subnet-route-overlap",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+				},
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// Subnet route overlap
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/relay-target": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// 10.0.0.0/8 doesn't contain node's
+								// CGNAT IP (100.64.0.1), so no IP
+								// narrowing. Only route overlap kept
+								// as original prefix.
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/relay-target": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "capgrant-exit-route-skipped",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: tsaddr.ExitRoutes(),
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: tsaddr.ExitRoutes(),
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// 0.0.0.0/0 overlaps the exit route
+								// but exit routes should be skipped
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"*"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								// Node IP narrowed (0.0.0.0/0
+								// contains the node's IP)
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mixed-dstports-and-capgrant-rules",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				IPv6: ap("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1"),
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					// DstPorts rule that matches
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+						{IP: "100.64.0.1", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// CapGrant rule that matches
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// CapGrant rule that doesn't match
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.99/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					DstPorts: []tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+						{IP: "100.64.0.1", Ports: tailcfg.PortRangeAny},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				// Third rule filtered out — doesn't match node
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "capgrant-ipv4-only-node",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				IPv4: ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				// IPv6 is nil, single-IP node
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "capgrant-zero-ip-node-no-panic",
+			node: &types.Node{
+				// Both IPv4 and IPv6 are nil, zero IPs.
+				// Must not panic.
+			},
+			rules: []tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				{
+					SrcIPs: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+					CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+						{
+							Dsts: []netip.Prefix{
+								netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32"),
+							},
+							CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+								"tailscale.com/cap/drive-sharer": nil,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: []tailcfg.FilterRule{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(tt.node.View(), tt.rules)
+
+			require.Len(t, got, len(tt.want),
+				"rule count mismatch")
+
+			for i := range tt.want {
+				require.Equal(t, tt.want[i].SrcIPs, got[i].SrcIPs,
+					"rule[%d] SrcIPs", i)
+				require.Len(t, got[i].DstPorts, len(tt.want[i].DstPorts),
+					"rule[%d] DstPorts count", i)
+				require.Len(t, got[i].CapGrant, len(tt.want[i].CapGrant),
+					"rule[%d] CapGrant count", i)
+
+				for j := range tt.want[i].CapGrant {
+					require.ElementsMatch(t,
+						tt.want[i].CapGrant[j].Dsts,
+						got[i].CapGrant[j].Dsts,
+						"rule[%d].CapGrant[%d] Dsts", i, j,
+					)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

hscontrol/policy/v2/compiled.go

@@ -0,0 +1,725 @@
+package v2
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
+
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"go4.org/netipx"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+	"tailscale.com/types/views"
+)
+
+// grantCategory classifies a grant by what per-node work it needs.
+type grantCategory int
+
+const (
+	// grantCategoryRegular requires no per-node work. The pre-compiled
+	// rules are complete and only need ReduceFilterRules.
+	grantCategoryRegular grantCategory = iota
+
+	// grantCategorySelf has autogroup:self destinations that must be
+	// expanded per-node to same-user untagged device IPs.
+	grantCategorySelf
+
+	// grantCategoryVia has Via tags that route rules to specific
+	// nodes based on their tags and advertised routes.
+	grantCategoryVia
+)
+
+// compiledGrant is a grant with its sources already resolved to IP
+// addresses. The expensive work (alias → IP resolution) is done once
+// here. Extracting rules for a specific node reads from pre-resolved
+// data without re-resolving.
+type compiledGrant struct {
+	category grantCategory
+
+	// srcIPStrings is the final SrcIPs for non-self rules, with
+	// nonWildcardSrcs appended to match Tailscale SaaS behavior.
+	srcIPStrings []string
+
+	hasWildcard  bool
+	hasDangerAll bool
+
+	// rules are the pre-compiled filter rules for non-self, non-via
+	// destinations. For regular grants this is the complete output.
+	// For self grants with mixed destinations (self + other), this
+	// is the non-self portion only.
+	rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	// self is non-nil when the grant has autogroup:self destinations.
+	self *selfGrantData
+
+	// via is non-nil when the grant has Via tags.
+	via *viaGrantData
+}
+
+// selfGrantData holds data needed for per-node autogroup:self
+// compilation. Sources are already resolved.
+type selfGrantData struct {
+	resolvedSrcs      []ResolvedAddresses
+	internetProtocols []ProtocolPort
+	app               tailcfg.PeerCapMap
+}
+
+// viaGrantData holds data needed for per-node via-grant compilation.
+// Sources are already resolved into srcIPStrings.
+type viaGrantData struct {
+	viaTags           []Tag
+	destinations      Aliases
+	internetProtocols []ProtocolPort
+	srcIPStrings      []string
+}
+
+// userNodeIndex maps user IDs to their untagged nodes. Precomputed
+// once per node-set change, used by compileAutogroupSelf to avoid
+// O(N) scans per self-grant per node.
+type userNodeIndex map[uint][]types.NodeView
+
+func buildUserNodeIndex(
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) userNodeIndex {
+	idx := make(userNodeIndex)
+
+	for _, n := range nodes.All() {
+		if !n.IsTagged() && n.User().Valid() {
+			uid := n.User().ID()
+			idx[uid] = append(idx[uid], n)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return idx
+}
+
+// compileGrants resolves all policy grants into compiledGrant structs.
+// Source resolution and non-self destination resolution happens once
+// here. This is the single resolution path that replaces the
+// duplicated work in compileFilterRules and compileGrantWithAutogroupSelf.
+func (pol *Policy) compileGrants(
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) []compiledGrant {
+	if pol == nil || (pol.ACLs == nil && len(pol.Grants) == 0) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	grants := pol.Grants
+	for _, acl := range pol.ACLs {
+		grants = append(grants, aclToGrants(acl)...)
+	}
+
+	compiled := make([]compiledGrant, 0, len(grants))
+
+	for _, grant := range grants {
+		cg, err := pol.compileOneGrant(grant, users, nodes)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Trace().Err(err).Msg("compiling grant")
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if cg != nil {
+			compiled = append(compiled, *cg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return compiled
+}
+
+// compileOneGrant resolves a single grant into a compiledGrant.
+// All source resolution happens here. Non-self, non-via destination
+// resolution also happens here. Per-node data (self dests, via
+// matching) is stored for deferred compilation.
+//
+//nolint:gocyclo,cyclop
+func (pol *Policy) compileOneGrant(
+	grant Grant,
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) (*compiledGrant, error) {
+	// Via grants: resolve sources, store deferred data.
+	if len(grant.Via) > 0 {
+		return pol.compileOneViaGrant(grant, users, nodes)
+	}
+
+	// Split destinations into self vs other.
+	var autogroupSelfDests, otherDests []Alias
+
+	for _, dest := range grant.Destinations {
+		if ag, ok := dest.(*AutoGroup); ok && ag.Is(AutoGroupSelf) {
+			autogroupSelfDests = append(autogroupSelfDests, dest)
+		} else {
+			otherDests = append(otherDests, dest)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Resolve sources per-alias, tracking non-wildcard sources
+	// separately so we can preserve their IPs alongside the
+	// wildcard CGNAT ranges (matching Tailscale SaaS behavior).
+	resolvedSrcs, nonWildcardSrcs, err := resolveSources(
+		pol, grant.Sources, users, nodes,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Literally empty src=[] or dst=[] produces no rules.
+	if len(grant.Sources) == 0 || len(grant.Destinations) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
+	}
+
+	if len(resolvedSrcs) == 0 && grant.App == nil {
+		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
+	}
+
+	hasWildcard := sourcesHaveWildcard(grant.Sources)
+	hasDangerAll := sourcesHaveDangerAll(grant.Sources)
+	srcIPStrings := buildSrcIPStrings(
+		resolvedSrcs, nonWildcardSrcs,
+		hasWildcard, hasDangerAll, nodes,
+	)
+
+	cg := &compiledGrant{
+		srcIPStrings: srcIPStrings,
+		hasWildcard:  hasWildcard,
+		hasDangerAll: hasDangerAll,
+	}
+
+	// Compile non-self destination rules (done once, shared).
+	if len(otherDests) > 0 {
+		cg.rules = pol.compileOtherDests(
+			users, nodes, grant, otherDests,
+			resolvedSrcs, srcIPStrings,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Classify and store deferred self data.
+	switch {
+	case len(autogroupSelfDests) > 0:
+		cg.category = grantCategorySelf
+		cg.self = &selfGrantData{
+			resolvedSrcs:      resolvedSrcs,
+			internetProtocols: grant.InternetProtocols,
+			app:               grant.App,
+		}
+	default:
+		cg.category = grantCategoryRegular
+	}
+
+	return cg, nil
+}
+
+// compileOneViaGrant resolves sources for a via grant and stores the
+// deferred per-node data. The actual via-node matching and route
+// intersection happens in compileViaForNode.
+func (pol *Policy) compileOneViaGrant(
+	grant Grant,
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) (*compiledGrant, error) {
+	if len(grant.InternetProtocols) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
+	}
+
+	resolvedSrcs, _, err := resolveSources(
+		pol, grant.Sources, users, nodes,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(resolvedSrcs) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
+	}
+
+	// Build merged SrcIPs.
+	var srcIPs netipx.IPSetBuilder
+
+	for _, ips := range resolvedSrcs {
+		for _, pref := range ips.Prefixes() {
+			srcIPs.AddPrefix(pref)
+		}
+	}
+
+	srcResolved, err := newResolved(&srcIPs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if srcResolved.Empty() {
+		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
+	}
+
+	hasWildcard := sourcesHaveWildcard(grant.Sources)
+	hasDangerAll := sourcesHaveDangerAll(grant.Sources)
+
+	return &compiledGrant{
+		category: grantCategoryVia,
+		via: &viaGrantData{
+			viaTags:           grant.Via,
+			destinations:      grant.Destinations,
+			internetProtocols: grant.InternetProtocols,
+			srcIPStrings: srcIPsWithRoutes(
+				srcResolved, hasWildcard, hasDangerAll, nodes,
+			),
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// resolveSources resolves grant sources per-alias, returning the
+// resolved addresses and a separate slice of non-wildcard sources.
+// This is the shared source resolution used by all grant categories.
+func resolveSources(
+	pol *Policy,
+	sources Aliases,
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) ([]ResolvedAddresses, []ResolvedAddresses, error) {
+	var all, nonWild []ResolvedAddresses
+
+	for i, src := range sources {
+		if ag, ok := src.(*AutoGroup); ok && ag.Is(AutoGroupSelf) {
+			return nil, nil, errSelfInSources
+		}
+
+		ips, err := src.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Trace().Caller().Err(err).
+				Msg("resolving source ips")
+		}
+
+		if ips != nil {
+			all = append(all, ips)
+
+			if _, isWildcard := sources[i].(Asterix); !isWildcard {
+				nonWild = append(nonWild, ips)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return all, nonWild, nil
+}
+
+// buildSrcIPStrings builds the final SrcIPs string slice from
+// resolved sources, preserving non-wildcard IPs alongside wildcard
+// CGNAT ranges to match Tailscale SaaS behavior.
+func buildSrcIPStrings(
+	resolvedSrcs, nonWildcardSrcs []ResolvedAddresses,
+	hasWildcard, hasDangerAll bool,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) []string {
+	var merged netipx.IPSetBuilder
+
+	for _, ips := range resolvedSrcs {
+		for _, pref := range ips.Prefixes() {
+			merged.AddPrefix(pref)
+		}
+	}
+
+	srcResolved, err := newResolved(&merged)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if srcResolved.Empty() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	srcIPStrs := srcIPsWithRoutes(
+		srcResolved, hasWildcard, hasDangerAll, nodes,
+	)
+
+	// When sources include a wildcard (*) alongside explicit
+	// sources (tags, groups, etc.), Tailscale preserves the
+	// individual IPs from non-wildcard sources alongside the
+	// merged CGNAT ranges rather than absorbing them.
+	if hasWildcard && len(nonWildcardSrcs) > 0 {
+		seen := make(map[string]bool, len(srcIPStrs))
+		for _, s := range srcIPStrs {
+			seen[s] = true
+		}
+
+		for _, ips := range nonWildcardSrcs {
+			for _, s := range ips.Strings() {
+				if !seen[s] {
+					seen[s] = true
+					srcIPStrs = append(srcIPStrs, s)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return srcIPStrs
+}
+
+// compileOtherDests compiles filter rules for non-self, non-via
+// destinations. This produces both DstPorts rules (from
+// InternetProtocols) and CapGrant rules (from App).
+func (pol *Policy) compileOtherDests(
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+	grant Grant,
+	otherDests Aliases,
+	resolvedSrcs []ResolvedAddresses,
+	srcIPStrings []string,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	// DstPorts rules from InternetProtocols.
+	for _, ipp := range grant.InternetProtocols {
+		destPorts := pol.destinationsToNetPortRange(
+			users, nodes, otherDests, ipp.Ports,
+		)
+
+		if len(destPorts) > 0 && len(srcIPStrings) > 0 {
+			rules = append(rules, tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs:   srcIPStrings,
+				DstPorts: destPorts,
+				IPProto:  ipp.Protocol.toIANAProtocolNumbers(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// CapGrant rules from App.
+	if grant.App != nil {
+		capSrcIPStrs := srcIPStrings
+
+		// When sources resolved to empty but App is set,
+		// Tailscale still produces the CapGrant rule with
+		// empty SrcIPs.
+		if capSrcIPStrs == nil {
+			capSrcIPStrs = []string{}
+		}
+
+		var (
+			capGrants    []tailcfg.CapGrant
+			dstIPStrings []string
+		)
+
+		for _, dst := range otherDests {
+			ips, err := dst.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			capGrants = append(capGrants, tailcfg.CapGrant{
+				Dsts:   ips.Prefixes(),
+				CapMap: grant.App,
+			})
+
+			dstIPStrings = append(dstIPStrings, ips.Strings()...)
+		}
+
+		if len(capGrants) > 0 {
+			srcPrefixes := make([]netip.Prefix, 0, len(resolvedSrcs)*2)
+			for _, ips := range resolvedSrcs {
+				srcPrefixes = append(
+					srcPrefixes, ips.Prefixes()...,
+				)
+			}
+
+			rules = append(rules, tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs:   capSrcIPStrs,
+				CapGrant: capGrants,
+			})
+
+			dstsHaveWildcard := sourcesHaveWildcard(otherDests)
+			if dstsHaveWildcard {
+				dstIPStrings = append(
+					dstIPStrings,
+					approvedSubnetRoutes(nodes)...,
+				)
+			}
+
+			rules = append(
+				rules,
+				companionCapGrantRules(
+					dstIPStrings, srcPrefixes, grant.App,
+				)...,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rules
+}
+
+// hasPerNodeGrants reports whether any compiled grant requires
+// per-node filter compilation (via grants or autogroup:self).
+func hasPerNodeGrants(grants []compiledGrant) bool {
+	for i := range grants {
+		if grants[i].category != grantCategoryRegular {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// globalFilterRules extracts global filter rules from compiled
+// grants. Only includes pre-compiled rules from non-via grants.
+// Via grants produce no global rules (they are per-node only).
+func globalFilterRules(grants []compiledGrant) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	for i := range grants {
+		if grants[i].category == grantCategoryVia {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		rules = append(rules, grants[i].rules...)
+	}
+
+	return mergeFilterRules(rules)
+}
+
+// filterRulesForNode produces unreduced filter rules for a specific
+// node by combining pre-compiled global rules with per-node self and
+// via rules. Regular grants emit their pre-compiled rules as-is.
+// Self grants add autogroup:self expansion. Via grants add
+// tag-matched, route-intersected rules.
+func filterRulesForNode(
+	grants []compiledGrant,
+	node types.NodeView,
+	userIdx userNodeIndex,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	for i := range grants {
+		cg := &grants[i]
+
+		// Pre-compiled rules apply to all grant categories
+		// (empty for via-only grants).
+		rules = append(rules, cg.rules...)
+
+		switch cg.category {
+		case grantCategoryRegular:
+			// Nothing more to do.
+
+		case grantCategorySelf:
+			rules = append(
+				rules,
+				compileAutogroupSelf(cg, node, userIdx)...,
+			)
+
+		case grantCategoryVia:
+			rules = append(
+				rules,
+				compileViaForNode(cg, node)...,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return mergeFilterRules(rules)
+}
+
+// compileAutogroupSelf produces filter rules for autogroup:self
+// destinations for a specific node. Only called for grants with
+// self destinations and only produces rules for untagged nodes.
+func compileAutogroupSelf(
+	cg *compiledGrant,
+	node types.NodeView,
+	userIdx userNodeIndex,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	if node.IsTagged() || cg.self == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !node.User().Valid() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	sameUserNodes := userIdx[node.User().ID()]
+	if len(sameUserNodes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	// Filter sources to only same-user untagged devices.
+	srcResolved := filterSourcesToSameUser(
+		cg.self.resolvedSrcs, sameUserNodes,
+	)
+	if srcResolved == nil || srcResolved.Empty() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// DstPorts rules from InternetProtocols.
+	for _, ipp := range cg.self.internetProtocols {
+		var destPorts []tailcfg.NetPortRange
+
+		for _, n := range sameUserNodes {
+			for _, port := range ipp.Ports {
+				for _, ip := range n.IPs() {
+					destPorts = append(
+						destPorts,
+						tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+							IP:    ip.String(),
+							Ports: port,
+						},
+					)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(destPorts) > 0 {
+			rules = append(rules, tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs:   srcResolved.Strings(),
+				DstPorts: destPorts,
+				IPProto:  ipp.Protocol.toIANAProtocolNumbers(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// CapGrant rules from App.
+	if cg.self.app != nil {
+		var (
+			capGrants    []tailcfg.CapGrant
+			dstIPStrings []string
+		)
+
+		for _, n := range sameUserNodes {
+			var dsts []netip.Prefix
+			for _, ip := range n.IPs() {
+				dsts = append(
+					dsts,
+					netip.PrefixFrom(ip, ip.BitLen()),
+				)
+				dstIPStrings = append(
+					dstIPStrings, ip.String(),
+				)
+			}
+
+			capGrants = append(capGrants, tailcfg.CapGrant{
+				Dsts:   dsts,
+				CapMap: cg.self.app,
+			})
+		}
+
+		if len(capGrants) > 0 {
+			rules = append(rules, tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs:   srcResolved.Strings(),
+				CapGrant: capGrants,
+			})
+
+			rules = append(
+				rules,
+				companionCapGrantRules(
+					dstIPStrings,
+					srcResolved.Prefixes(),
+					cg.self.app,
+				)...,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rules
+}
+
+// filterSourcesToSameUser intersects resolved source addresses with
+// same-user untagged device IPs, returning only the addresses that
+// belong to those devices.
+func filterSourcesToSameUser(
+	resolvedSrcs []ResolvedAddresses,
+	sameUserNodes []types.NodeView,
+) ResolvedAddresses {
+	var srcIPs netipx.IPSetBuilder
+
+	for _, ips := range resolvedSrcs {
+		for _, n := range sameUserNodes {
+			if slices.ContainsFunc(n.IPs(), ips.Contains) {
+				n.AppendToIPSet(&srcIPs)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	srcResolved, err := newResolved(&srcIPs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return srcResolved
+}
+
+// compileViaForNode produces via-grant filter rules for a specific
+// node. Only produces rules when the node matches one of the via
+// tags and advertises routes that match the grant destinations.
+func compileViaForNode(
+	cg *compiledGrant,
+	node types.NodeView,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	if cg.via == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Check if node matches any via tag.
+	matchesVia := false
+
+	for _, viaTag := range cg.via.viaTags {
+		if node.HasTag(string(viaTag)) {
+			matchesVia = true
+
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !matchesVia {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Find matching destination prefixes.
+	nodeSubnetRoutes := node.SubnetRoutes()
+	if len(nodeSubnetRoutes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var viaDstPrefixes []netip.Prefix
+
+	for _, dst := range cg.via.destinations {
+		switch d := dst.(type) {
+		case *Prefix:
+			dstPrefix := netip.Prefix(*d)
+			if slices.Contains(nodeSubnetRoutes, dstPrefix) {
+				viaDstPrefixes = append(
+					viaDstPrefixes, dstPrefix,
+				)
+			}
+		case *AutoGroup:
+			// autogroup:internet via grants do not produce
+			// PacketFilter rules on exit nodes.
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(viaDstPrefixes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Build rules using pre-resolved srcIPStrings.
+	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	for _, ipp := range cg.via.internetProtocols {
+		var destPorts []tailcfg.NetPortRange
+
+		for _, prefix := range viaDstPrefixes {
+			for _, port := range ipp.Ports {
+				destPorts = append(
+					destPorts,
+					tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+						IP:    prefix.String(),
+						Ports: port,
+					},
+				)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(destPorts) > 0 {
+			rules = append(rules, tailcfg.FilterRule{
+				SrcIPs:   cg.via.srcIPStrings,
+				DstPorts: destPorts,
+				IPProto:  ipp.Protocol.toIANAProtocolNumbers(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rules
+}

hscontrol/policy/v2/filter.go

@@ -22,90 +22,184 @@ var (
 	errSelfInSources = errors.New("autogroup:self cannot be used in sources")
 )
 
+// companionCaps maps certain well-known Tailscale capabilities to
+// their companion capability. When a grant includes one of these
+// capabilities, Tailscale automatically generates an additional
+// FilterRule with the companion capability and a nil CapMap value.
+var companionCaps = map[tailcfg.PeerCapability]tailcfg.PeerCapability{
+	tailcfg.PeerCapabilityTaildrive: tailcfg.PeerCapabilityTaildriveSharer,
+	tailcfg.PeerCapabilityRelay:     tailcfg.PeerCapabilityRelayTarget,
+}
+
+// companionCapGrantRules returns additional FilterRules for any
+// well-known capabilities that have companion caps. Companion rules
+// are **reversed**: SrcIPs come from the original destinations and
+// CapGrant Dsts come from the original sources. This allows
+// ReduceFilterRules to distribute companion rules to source nodes
+// (e.g. drive-sharer goes to the member nodes, not the destination).
+// Rules are ordered by the original capability name.
+//
+// dstIPStrings are the resolved destination IPs as strings (used as
+// companion SrcIPs). srcPrefixes are the resolved source IPs as
+// netip.Prefix (used as companion CapGrant Dsts).
+func companionCapGrantRules(
+	dstIPStrings []string,
+	srcPrefixes []netip.Prefix,
+	capMap tailcfg.PeerCapMap,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	// Process in deterministic order by original capability name.
+	type pair struct {
+		original  tailcfg.PeerCapability
+		companion tailcfg.PeerCapability
+	}
+
+	var pairs []pair
+
+	for cap, companion := range companionCaps {
+		if _, ok := capMap[cap]; ok {
+			pairs = append(pairs, pair{cap, companion})
+		}
+	}
+
+	slices.SortFunc(pairs, func(a, b pair) int {
+		return strings.Compare(string(a.original), string(b.original))
+	})
+
+	companions := make([]tailcfg.FilterRule, 0, len(pairs))
+
+	for _, p := range pairs {
+		companions = append(companions, tailcfg.FilterRule{
+			SrcIPs: dstIPStrings,
+			CapGrant: []tailcfg.CapGrant{
+				{
+					Dsts: srcPrefixes,
+					CapMap: tailcfg.PeerCapMap{
+						p.companion: nil,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	return companions
+}
+
+// sourcesHaveWildcard returns true if any of the source aliases is
+// a wildcard (*). Used to determine whether approved subnet routes
+// should be appended to SrcIPs.
+func sourcesHaveWildcard(srcs Aliases) bool {
+	for _, src := range srcs {
+		if _, ok := src.(Asterix); ok {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// sourcesHaveDangerAll returns true if any of the source aliases is
+// autogroup:danger-all. When present, SrcIPs should be ["*"] to
+// represent all IP addresses including non-Tailscale addresses.
+func sourcesHaveDangerAll(srcs Aliases) bool {
+	for _, src := range srcs {
+		if ag, ok := src.(*AutoGroup); ok && ag.Is(AutoGroupDangerAll) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// srcIPsWithRoutes returns the SrcIPs string slice, appending
+// approved subnet routes when the sources include a wildcard.
+// When hasDangerAll is true, returns ["*"] to represent all IPs.
+func srcIPsWithRoutes(
+	resolved ResolvedAddresses,
+	hasWildcard bool,
+	hasDangerAll bool,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+) []string {
+	if hasDangerAll {
+		return []string{"*"}
+	}
+
+	ips := resolved.Strings()
+	if hasWildcard {
+		ips = append(ips, approvedSubnetRoutes(nodes)...)
+	}
+
+	return ips
+}
+
 // compileFilterRules takes a set of nodes and an ACLPolicy and generates a
 // set of Tailscale compatible FilterRules used to allow traffic on clients.
 func (pol *Policy) compileFilterRules(
 	users types.Users,
 	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
 ) ([]tailcfg.FilterRule, error) {
-	if pol == nil || pol.ACLs == nil {
+	if pol == nil || (pol.ACLs == nil && len(pol.Grants) == 0) {
 		return tailcfg.FilterAllowAll, nil
 	}
 
-	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+	return globalFilterRules(pol.compileGrants(users, nodes)), nil
+}
 
-	for _, acl := range pol.ACLs {
-		if acl.Action != ActionAccept {
-			return nil, ErrInvalidAction
+func (pol *Policy) destinationsToNetPortRange(
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
+	dests Aliases,
+	ports []tailcfg.PortRange,
+) []tailcfg.NetPortRange {
+	var ret []tailcfg.NetPortRange
+
+	for _, dest := range dests {
+		// Check if destination is a wildcard - use "*" directly instead of expanding
+		if _, isWildcard := dest.(Asterix); isWildcard {
+			for _, port := range ports {
+				ret = append(ret, tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+					IP:    "*",
+					Ports: port,
+				})
+			}
+
+			continue
 		}
 
-		srcIPs, err := acl.Sources.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
+		// autogroup:internet does not generate packet filters - it's handled
+		// by exit node routing via AllowedIPs, not by packet filtering.
+		if ag, isAutoGroup := dest.(*AutoGroup); isAutoGroup && ag.Is(AutoGroupInternet) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		ips, err := dest.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Trace().Caller().Err(err).Msgf("resolving source ips")
+			log.Trace().Caller().Err(err).Msgf("resolving destination ips")
 		}
 
-		if srcIPs == nil || len(srcIPs.Prefixes()) == 0 {
+		if ips == nil {
+			log.Debug().Caller().Msgf("destination resolved to nil ips: %v", dest)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		protocols := acl.Protocol.parseProtocol()
+		prefixes := ips.Prefixes()
 
-		var destPorts []tailcfg.NetPortRange
-
-		for _, dest := range acl.Destinations {
-			// Check if destination is a wildcard - use "*" directly instead of expanding
-			if _, isWildcard := dest.Alias.(Asterix); isWildcard {
-				for _, port := range dest.Ports {
-					destPorts = append(destPorts, tailcfg.NetPortRange{
-						IP:    "*",
-						Ports: port,
-					})
+		for _, pref := range prefixes {
+			for _, port := range ports {
+				pr := tailcfg.NetPortRange{
+					IP:    pref.String(),
+					Ports: port,
+				}
+				// Drop the prefix bits if its a single IP.
+				if pref.IsSingleIP() {
+					pr.IP = pref.Addr().String()
 				}
 
-				continue
-			}
-
-			// autogroup:internet does not generate packet filters - it's handled
-			// by exit node routing via AllowedIPs, not by packet filtering.
-			if ag, isAutoGroup := dest.Alias.(*AutoGroup); isAutoGroup && ag.Is(AutoGroupInternet) {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			ips, err := dest.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Trace().Caller().Err(err).Msgf("resolving destination ips")
-			}
-
-			if ips == nil {
-				log.Debug().Caller().Msgf("destination resolved to nil ips: %v", dest)
-				continue
-			}
-
-			prefixes := ips.Prefixes()
-
-			for _, pref := range prefixes {
-				for _, port := range dest.Ports {
-					pr := tailcfg.NetPortRange{
-						IP:    pref.String(),
-						Ports: port,
-					}
-					destPorts = append(destPorts, pr)
-				}
+				ret = append(ret, pr)
 			}
 		}
-
-		if len(destPorts) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		rules = append(rules, tailcfg.FilterRule{
-			SrcIPs:   ipSetToPrefixStringList(srcIPs),
-			DstPorts: destPorts,
-			IPProto:  protocols,
-		})
 	}
 
-	return mergeFilterRules(rules), nil
+	return ret
 }
 
 // compileFilterRulesForNode compiles filter rules for a specific node.
@@ -118,205 +212,10 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileFilterRulesForNode(
 		return tailcfg.FilterAllowAll, nil
 	}
 
-	var rules []tailcfg.FilterRule
+	grants := pol.compileGrants(users, nodes)
+	userIdx := buildUserNodeIndex(nodes)
 
-	for _, acl := range pol.ACLs {
-		if acl.Action != ActionAccept {
-			return nil, ErrInvalidAction
-		}
-
-		aclRules, err := pol.compileACLWithAutogroupSelf(acl, users, node, nodes)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Trace().Err(err).Msgf("compiling ACL")
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for _, rule := range aclRules {
-			if rule != nil {
-				rules = append(rules, *rule)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return mergeFilterRules(rules), nil
-}
-
-// compileACLWithAutogroupSelf compiles a single ACL rule, handling
-// autogroup:self per-node while supporting all other alias types normally.
-// It returns a slice of filter rules because when an ACL has both autogroup:self
-// and other destinations, they need to be split into separate rules with different
-// source filtering logic.
-//
-//nolint:gocyclo // complex ACL compilation logic
-func (pol *Policy) compileACLWithAutogroupSelf(
-	acl ACL,
-	users types.Users,
-	node types.NodeView,
-	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
-) ([]*tailcfg.FilterRule, error) {
-	var (
-		autogroupSelfDests []AliasWithPorts
-		otherDests         []AliasWithPorts
-	)
-
-	for _, dest := range acl.Destinations {
-		if ag, ok := dest.Alias.(*AutoGroup); ok && ag.Is(AutoGroupSelf) {
-			autogroupSelfDests = append(autogroupSelfDests, dest)
-		} else {
-			otherDests = append(otherDests, dest)
-		}
-	}
-
-	protocols := acl.Protocol.parseProtocol()
-
-	var rules []*tailcfg.FilterRule
-
-	var resolvedSrcIPs []*netipx.IPSet
-
-	for _, src := range acl.Sources {
-		if ag, ok := src.(*AutoGroup); ok && ag.Is(AutoGroupSelf) {
-			return nil, errSelfInSources
-		}
-
-		ips, err := src.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Trace().Caller().Err(err).Msgf("resolving source ips")
-		}
-
-		if ips != nil {
-			resolvedSrcIPs = append(resolvedSrcIPs, ips)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(resolvedSrcIPs) == 0 {
-		return rules, nil
-	}
-
-	// Handle autogroup:self destinations (if any)
-	// Tagged nodes don't participate in autogroup:self (identity is tag-based, not user-based)
-	if len(autogroupSelfDests) > 0 && !node.IsTagged() {
-		// Pre-filter to same-user untagged devices once - reuse for both sources and destinations
-		sameUserNodes := make([]types.NodeView, 0)
-
-		for _, n := range nodes.All() {
-			if !n.IsTagged() && n.User().ID() == node.User().ID() {
-				sameUserNodes = append(sameUserNodes, n)
-			}
-		}
-
-		if len(sameUserNodes) > 0 {
-			// Filter sources to only same-user untagged devices
-			var srcIPs netipx.IPSetBuilder
-
-			for _, ips := range resolvedSrcIPs {
-				for _, n := range sameUserNodes {
-					// Check if any of this node's IPs are in the source set
-					if slices.ContainsFunc(n.IPs(), ips.Contains) {
-						n.AppendToIPSet(&srcIPs)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			srcSet, err := srcIPs.IPSet()
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			if srcSet != nil && len(srcSet.Prefixes()) > 0 {
-				var destPorts []tailcfg.NetPortRange
-
-				for _, dest := range autogroupSelfDests {
-					for _, n := range sameUserNodes {
-						for _, port := range dest.Ports {
-							for _, ip := range n.IPs() {
-								destPorts = append(destPorts, tailcfg.NetPortRange{
-									IP:    netip.PrefixFrom(ip, ip.BitLen()).String(),
-									Ports: port,
-								})
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-				if len(destPorts) > 0 {
-					rules = append(rules, &tailcfg.FilterRule{
-						SrcIPs:   ipSetToPrefixStringList(srcSet),
-						DstPorts: destPorts,
-						IPProto:  protocols,
-					})
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(otherDests) > 0 {
-		var srcIPs netipx.IPSetBuilder
-
-		for _, ips := range resolvedSrcIPs {
-			srcIPs.AddSet(ips)
-		}
-
-		srcSet, err := srcIPs.IPSet()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		if srcSet != nil && len(srcSet.Prefixes()) > 0 {
-			var destPorts []tailcfg.NetPortRange
-
-			for _, dest := range otherDests {
-				// Check if destination is a wildcard - use "*" directly instead of expanding
-				if _, isWildcard := dest.Alias.(Asterix); isWildcard {
-					for _, port := range dest.Ports {
-						destPorts = append(destPorts, tailcfg.NetPortRange{
-							IP:    "*",
-							Ports: port,
-						})
-					}
-
-					continue
-				}
-
-				// autogroup:internet does not generate packet filters - it's handled
-				// by exit node routing via AllowedIPs, not by packet filtering.
-				if ag, isAutoGroup := dest.Alias.(*AutoGroup); isAutoGroup && ag.Is(AutoGroupInternet) {
-					continue
-				}
-
-				ips, err := dest.Resolve(pol, users, nodes)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Trace().Caller().Err(err).Msgf("resolving destination ips")
-				}
-
-				if ips == nil {
-					log.Debug().Caller().Msgf("destination resolved to nil ips: %v", dest)
-					continue
-				}
-
-				prefixes := ips.Prefixes()
-
-				for _, pref := range prefixes {
-					for _, port := range dest.Ports {
-						pr := tailcfg.NetPortRange{
-							IP:    pref.String(),
-							Ports: port,
-						}
-						destPorts = append(destPorts, pr)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			if len(destPorts) > 0 {
-				rules = append(rules, &tailcfg.FilterRule{
-					SrcIPs:   ipSetToPrefixStringList(srcSet),
-					DstPorts: destPorts,
-					IPProto:  protocols,
-				})
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return rules, nil
+	return filterRulesForNode(grants, node, userIdx), nil
 }
 
 var sshAccept = tailcfg.SSHAction{
@@ -490,7 +389,9 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileSSHPolicy(
 				}
 
 				if ips != nil {
-					dest.AddSet(ips)
+					for _, pref := range ips.Prefixes() {
+						dest.AddPrefix(pref)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -513,16 +414,27 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileSSHPolicy(
 						appendRules(taggedPrincipals, 0, false)
 					}
 				} else {
-					if principals := ipSetToPrincipals(srcIPs); len(principals) > 0 {
+					// Merge user and tagged principals into a
+					// single list. Tagged principals preserve
+					// per-tag duplication (a node with N tags
+					// appears N times, matching SaaS behavior).
+					var allPrincipals []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal
+					for _, uid := range userIDs {
+						allPrincipals = append(allPrincipals, principalsByUser[uid]...)
+					}
+
+					allPrincipals = append(allPrincipals, taggedPrincipals...)
+
+					if len(allPrincipals) > 0 {
 						rules = append(rules, &tailcfg.SSHRule{
-							Principals: principals,
+							Principals: allPrincipals,
 							SSHUsers:   baseUserMap,
 							Action:     &action,
 							AcceptEnv:  acceptEnv,
 						})
 					}
 				}
-			} else if hasLocalpart && node.InIPSet(srcIPs) {
+			} else if hasLocalpart && slices.ContainsFunc(node.IPs(), srcIPs.Contains) {
 				// Self-access: source node not in destination set
 				// receives rules scoped to its own user.
 				if node.IsTagged() {
@@ -568,6 +480,23 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileSSHPolicy(
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// resolvedAddrsToPrincipals converts ResolvedAddresses into SSH principals, one per address.
+func resolvedAddrsToPrincipals(addrs ResolvedAddresses) []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal {
+	if addrs == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var principals []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal
+
+	for addr := range addrs.Iter() {
+		principals = append(principals, &tailcfg.SSHPrincipal{
+			NodeIP: addr.String(),
+		})
+	}
+
+	return principals
+}
+
 // ipSetToPrincipals converts an IPSet into SSH principals, one per address.
 func ipSetToPrincipals(ipSet *netipx.IPSet) []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal {
 	if ipSet == nil {
@@ -635,13 +564,11 @@ func resolveLocalparts(
 // Only includes nodes whose IPs are in the srcIPs set.
 func groupSourcesByUser(
 	nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView],
-	srcIPs *netipx.IPSet,
+	srcIPs ResolvedAddresses,
 ) ([]uint, map[uint][]*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal, []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal) {
 	userIPSets := make(map[uint]*netipx.IPSetBuilder)
 
-	var taggedIPSet netipx.IPSetBuilder
-
-	hasTagged := false
+	var taggedPrincipals []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal
 
 	for _, n := range nodes.All() {
 		if !slices.ContainsFunc(n.IPs(), srcIPs.Contains) {
@@ -649,9 +576,17 @@ func groupSourcesByUser(
 		}
 
 		if n.IsTagged() {
-			n.AppendToIPSet(&taggedIPSet)
-
-			hasTagged = true
+			// Tailscale SaaS resolves autogroup:tagged by
+			// iterating tag membership lists. A node with N
+			// tags produces N copies of its IPs in the
+			// principal list. Match that behavior so the SSH
+			// wire format is identical.
+			for range n.Tags().Len() {
+				for _, ip := range n.IPs() {
+					taggedPrincipals = append(taggedPrincipals,
+						&tailcfg.SSHPrincipal{NodeIP: ip.String()})
+				}
+			}
 
 			continue
 		}
@@ -687,16 +622,7 @@ func groupSourcesByUser(
 
 	slices.Sort(userIDs)
 
-	var tagged []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal
-
-	if hasTagged {
-		taggedSet, err := taggedIPSet.IPSet()
-		if err == nil && taggedSet != nil {
-			tagged = ipSetToPrincipals(taggedSet)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return userIDs, principalsByUser, tagged
+	return userIDs, principalsByUser, taggedPrincipals
 }
 
 func ipSetToPrefixStringList(ips *netipx.IPSet) []string {
@@ -727,6 +653,8 @@ func filterRuleKey(rule tailcfg.FilterRule) string {
 
 // mergeFilterRules merges rules with identical SrcIPs and IPProto by combining
 // their DstPorts. DstPorts are NOT deduplicated to match Tailscale behavior.
+// CapGrant rules (which have no DstPorts) are passed through without merging
+// since CapGrant and DstPorts are mutually exclusive in a FilterRule.
 func mergeFilterRules(rules []tailcfg.FilterRule) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
 	if len(rules) <= 1 {
 		return rules
@@ -736,6 +664,14 @@ func mergeFilterRules(rules []tailcfg.FilterRule) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
 	result := make([]tailcfg.FilterRule, 0, len(rules))
 
 	for _, rule := range rules {
+		// CapGrant rules are not merged — they are structurally
+		// different from DstPorts rules and passed through as-is.
+		if len(rule.CapGrant) > 0 {
+			result = append(result, rule)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
 		key := filterRuleKey(rule)
 
 		if idx, exists := keyToIdx[key]; exists {

hscontrol/policy/v2/main_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package v2
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestMain ensures the working directory is set to the package source directory
+// so that relative testdata/ paths resolve correctly when the test binary is
+// executed from an arbitrary location (e.g., via "go tool stress").
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	_, filename, _, ok := runtime.Caller(0)
+	if !ok {
+		panic("could not determine test source directory")
+	}
+
+	err := os.Chdir(filepath.Dir(filename))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("could not chdir to test source directory: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}

hscontrol/policy/v2/policy.go

@@ -46,11 +46,18 @@ type PolicyManager struct {
 	// Lazy map of SSH policies
 	sshPolicyMap map[types.NodeID]*tailcfg.SSHPolicy
 
-	// Lazy map of per-node compiled filter rules (unreduced, for autogroup:self)
-	compiledFilterRulesMap map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.FilterRule
+	// compiledGrants are the grants with sources pre-resolved.
+	// The single source of truth for filter compilation. Both
+	// global and per-node filter rules are derived from these.
+	compiledGrants []compiledGrant
+	userNodeIdx    userNodeIndex
+
 	// Lazy map of per-node filter rules (reduced, for packet filters)
-	filterRulesMap    map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.FilterRule
-	usesAutogroupSelf bool
+	filterRulesMap map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.FilterRule
+
+	// needsPerNodeFilter is true when any compiled grant requires
+	// per-node work (autogroup:self or via grants).
+	needsPerNodeFilter bool
 }
 
 // filterAndPolicy combines the compiled filter rules with policy content for hashing.
@@ -71,13 +78,11 @@ func NewPolicyManager(b []byte, users []types.User, nodes views.Slice[types.Node
 	}
 
 	pm := PolicyManager{
-		pol:                    policy,
-		users:                  users,
-		nodes:                  nodes,
-		sshPolicyMap:           make(map[types.NodeID]*tailcfg.SSHPolicy, nodes.Len()),
-		compiledFilterRulesMap: make(map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.FilterRule, nodes.Len()),
-		filterRulesMap:         make(map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.FilterRule, nodes.Len()),
-		usesAutogroupSelf:      policy.usesAutogroupSelf(),
+		pol:            policy,
+		users:          users,
+		nodes:          nodes,
+		sshPolicyMap:   make(map[types.NodeID]*tailcfg.SSHPolicy, nodes.Len()),
+		filterRulesMap: make(map[types.NodeID][]tailcfg.FilterRule, nodes.Len()),
 	}
 
 	_, err = pm.updateLocked()
@@ -91,17 +96,17 @@ func NewPolicyManager(b []byte, users []types.User, nodes views.Slice[types.Node
 // updateLocked updates the filter rules based on the current policy and nodes.
 // It must be called with the lock held.
 func (pm *PolicyManager) updateLocked() (bool, error) {
-	// Check if policy uses autogroup:self
-	pm.usesAutogroupSelf = pm.pol.usesAutogroupSelf()
+	// Compile all grants once. Both global and per-node filter
+	// rules are derived from these compiled grants.
+	pm.compiledGrants = pm.pol.compileGrants(pm.users, pm.nodes)
+	pm.userNodeIdx = buildUserNodeIndex(pm.nodes)
+	pm.needsPerNodeFilter = hasPerNodeGrants(pm.compiledGrants)
 
 	var filter []tailcfg.FilterRule
-
-	var err error
-
-	// Standard compilation for all policies
-	filter, err = pm.pol.compileFilterRules(pm.users, pm.nodes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("compiling filter rules: %w", err)
+	if pm.pol == nil || (pm.pol.ACLs == nil && len(pm.pol.Grants) == 0) {
+		filter = tailcfg.FilterAllowAll
+	} else {
+		filter = globalFilterRules(pm.compiledGrants)
 	}
 
 	// Hash both the compiled filter AND the policy content together.
@@ -201,7 +206,6 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) updateLocked() (bool, error) {
 		// policies for nodes that have changed. Particularly if the only difference is
 		// that nodes has been added or removed.
 		clear(pm.sshPolicyMap)
-		clear(pm.compiledFilterRulesMap)
 		clear(pm.filterRulesMap)
 	}
 
@@ -371,8 +375,10 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) BuildPeerMap(nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) map[typ
 	pm.mu.Lock()
 	defer pm.mu.Unlock()
 
-	// If we have a global filter, use it for all nodes (normal case)
-	if !pm.usesAutogroupSelf {
+	// If we have a global filter, use it for all nodes (normal case).
+	// Via grants require the per-node path because the global filter
+	// skips via grants (compileFilterRules: if len(grant.Via) > 0 { continue }).
+	if !pm.needsPerNodeFilter {
 		ret := make(map[types.NodeID][]types.NodeView, nodes.Len())
 
 		// Build the map of all peers according to the matchers.
@@ -395,7 +401,7 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) BuildPeerMap(nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) map[typ
 		return ret
 	}
 
-	// For autogroup:self (empty global filter), build per-node peer relationships
+	// For autogroup:self or via grants, build per-node peer relationships
 	ret := make(map[types.NodeID][]types.NodeView, nodes.Len())
 
 	// Pre-compute per-node matchers using unreduced compiled rules
@@ -404,16 +410,8 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) BuildPeerMap(nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) map[typ
 	// but peer relationships require the full bidirectional access rules.
 	nodeMatchers := make(map[types.NodeID][]matcher.Match, nodes.Len())
 	for _, node := range nodes.All() {
-		filter, err := pm.compileFilterRulesForNodeLocked(node)
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Include all nodes in nodeMatchers, even those with empty filters.
-		// Empty filters result in empty matchers where CanAccess() returns false,
-		// but the node still needs to be in the map so hasFilterX is true.
-		// This ensures symmetric visibility works correctly: if node A can access
-		// node B, both should see each other regardless of B's filter rules.
-		nodeMatchers[node.ID()] = matcher.MatchesFromFilterRules(filter)
+		unreduced := pm.filterRulesForNodeLocked(node)
+		nodeMatchers[node.ID()] = matcher.MatchesFromFilterRules(unreduced)
 	}
 
 	// Check each node pair for peer relationships.
@@ -430,15 +428,21 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) BuildPeerMap(nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) map[typ
 			nodeJ := nodes.At(j)
 			matchersJ, hasFilterJ := nodeMatchers[nodeJ.ID()]
 
-			// If either node can access the other, both should see each other as peers.
-			// This symmetric visibility is required for proper network operation:
-			// - Admin with *:* rule should see tagged servers (even if servers
-			//   can't access admin)
-			// - Servers should see admin so they can respond to admin's connections
+			// Check all access directions for symmetric peer visibility.
+			// For via grants, filter rules exist on the via-designated node
+			// (e.g., router-a) with sources being the client (group-a).
+			// We need to check BOTH:
+			//   1. nodeI.CanAccess(matchersI, nodeJ) — can nodeI reach nodeJ?
+			//   2. nodeJ.CanAccess(matchersI, nodeI) — can nodeJ reach nodeI
+			//      using nodeI's matchers? (reverse direction: the matchers
+			//      on the via node accept traffic FROM the source)
+			// Same for matchersJ in both directions.
 			canIAccessJ := hasFilterI && nodeI.CanAccess(matchersI, nodeJ)
 			canJAccessI := hasFilterJ && nodeJ.CanAccess(matchersJ, nodeI)
+			canJReachI := hasFilterI && nodeJ.CanAccess(matchersI, nodeI)
+			canIReachJ := hasFilterJ && nodeI.CanAccess(matchersJ, nodeJ)
 
-			if canIAccessJ || canJAccessI {
+			if canIAccessJ || canJAccessI || canJReachI || canIReachJ {
 				ret[nodeI.ID()] = append(ret[nodeI.ID()], nodeJ)
 				ret[nodeJ.ID()] = append(ret[nodeJ.ID()], nodeI)
 			}
@@ -448,74 +452,50 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) BuildPeerMap(nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) map[typ
 	return ret
 }
 
-// compileFilterRulesForNodeLocked returns the unreduced compiled filter rules for a node
-// when using autogroup:self. This is used by BuildPeerMap to determine peer relationships.
-// For packet filters sent to nodes, use filterForNodeLocked which returns reduced rules.
-func (pm *PolicyManager) compileFilterRulesForNodeLocked(node types.NodeView) ([]tailcfg.FilterRule, error) {
-	if pm == nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	// Check if we have cached compiled rules
-	if rules, ok := pm.compiledFilterRulesMap[node.ID()]; ok {
-		return rules, nil
-	}
-
-	// Compile per-node rules with autogroup:self expanded
-	rules, err := pm.pol.compileFilterRulesForNode(pm.users, node, pm.nodes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("compiling filter rules for node: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Cache the unreduced compiled rules
-	pm.compiledFilterRulesMap[node.ID()] = rules
-
-	return rules, nil
+// filterRulesForNodeLocked returns the unreduced compiled filter rules
+// for a node, combining pre-compiled global rules with per-node self
+// and via rules from the stored compiled grants.
+func (pm *PolicyManager) filterRulesForNodeLocked(
+	node types.NodeView,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
+	return filterRulesForNode(
+		pm.compiledGrants, node, pm.userNodeIdx,
+	)
 }
 
-// filterForNodeLocked returns the filter rules for a specific node, already reduced
-// to only include rules relevant to that node.
-// This is a lock-free version of FilterForNode for internal use when the lock is already held.
-// BuildPeerMap already holds the lock, so we need a version that doesn't re-acquire it.
-func (pm *PolicyManager) filterForNodeLocked(node types.NodeView) ([]tailcfg.FilterRule, error) {
+// filterForNodeLocked returns the filter rules for a specific node,
+// already reduced to only include rules relevant to that node.
+//
+// Fast path (!needsPerNodeFilter): reduces global filter per-node.
+// Slow path (needsPerNodeFilter): combines global + self + via rules
+// from the stored compiled grants, then reduces.
+//
+// Both paths derive from the same compiledGrants, ensuring there is
+// no divergence between global and per-node filter output.
+//
+// Lock-free version for internal use when the lock is already held.
+func (pm *PolicyManager) filterForNodeLocked(
+	node types.NodeView,
+) []tailcfg.FilterRule {
 	if pm == nil {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	if !pm.usesAutogroupSelf {
-		// For global filters, reduce to only rules relevant to this node.
-		// Cache the reduced filter per node for efficiency.
-		if rules, ok := pm.filterRulesMap[node.ID()]; ok {
-			return rules, nil
-		}
-
-		// Use policyutil.ReduceFilterRules for global filter reduction.
-		reducedFilter := policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(node, pm.filter)
-
-		pm.filterRulesMap[node.ID()] = reducedFilter
-
-		return reducedFilter, nil
-	}
-
-	// For autogroup:self, compile per-node rules then reduce them.
-	// Check if we have cached reduced rules for this node.
 	if rules, ok := pm.filterRulesMap[node.ID()]; ok {
-		return rules, nil
+		return rules
 	}
 
-	// Get unreduced compiled rules
-	compiledRules, err := pm.compileFilterRulesForNodeLocked(node)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	var unreduced []tailcfg.FilterRule
+	if !pm.needsPerNodeFilter {
+		unreduced = pm.filter
+	} else {
+		unreduced = pm.filterRulesForNodeLocked(node)
 	}
 
-	// Reduce the compiled rules to only destinations relevant to this node
-	reducedFilter := policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(node, compiledRules)
+	reduced := policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(node, unreduced)
+	pm.filterRulesMap[node.ID()] = reduced
 
-	// Cache the reduced filter
-	pm.filterRulesMap[node.ID()] = reducedFilter
-
-	return reducedFilter, nil
+	return reduced
 }
 
 // FilterForNode returns the filter rules for a specific node, already reduced
@@ -530,7 +510,7 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) FilterForNode(node types.NodeView) ([]tailcfg.FilterRul
 	pm.mu.Lock()
 	defer pm.mu.Unlock()
 
-	return pm.filterForNodeLocked(node)
+	return pm.filterForNodeLocked(node), nil
 }
 
 // MatchersForNode returns the matchers for peer relationship determination for a specific node.
@@ -547,19 +527,18 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) MatchersForNode(node types.NodeView) ([]matcher.Match,
 	pm.mu.Lock()
 	defer pm.mu.Unlock()
 
-	// For global policies, return the shared global matchers
-	if !pm.usesAutogroupSelf {
+	// For global policies, return the shared global matchers.
+	// Via grants require per-node matchers because the global matchers
+	// are empty for via-grant-only policies.
+	if !pm.needsPerNodeFilter {
 		return pm.matchers, nil
 	}
 
-	// For autogroup:self, get unreduced compiled rules and create matchers
-	compiledRules, err := pm.compileFilterRulesForNodeLocked(node)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	// For autogroup:self or via grants, derive matchers from
+	// the stored compiled grants for this specific node.
+	unreduced := pm.filterRulesForNodeLocked(node)
 
-	// Create matchers from unreduced rules for peer relationship determination
-	return matcher.MatchesFromFilterRules(compiledRules), nil
+	return matcher.MatchesFromFilterRules(unreduced), nil
 }
 
 // SetUsers updates the users in the policy manager and updates the filter rules.
@@ -630,7 +609,6 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) SetNodes(nodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) (bool, erro
 		if !needsUpdate {
 			// This ensures fresh filter rules are generated for all nodes
 			clear(pm.sshPolicyMap)
-			clear(pm.compiledFilterRulesMap)
 			clear(pm.filterRulesMap)
 		}
 		// Always return true when nodes changed, even if filter hash didn't change
@@ -660,6 +638,14 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) nodesHavePolicyAffectingChanges(newNodes views.Slice[ty
 		if newNode.HasPolicyChange(oldNode) {
 			return true
 		}
+
+		// Via grants and autogroup:self compile filter rules per-node
+		// that depend on the node's route state (SubnetRoutes, ExitRoutes).
+		// Route changes are policy-affecting in this context because they
+		// alter which filter rules get generated for the via-designated node.
+		if pm.needsPerNodeFilter && newNode.HasNetworkChanges(oldNode) {
+			return true
+		}
 	}
 
 	return false
@@ -821,6 +807,101 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) NodeCanApproveRoute(node types.NodeView, route netip.Pr
 	return false
 }
 
+// ViaRoutesForPeer computes via grant effects for a viewer-peer pair.
+// For each via grant where the viewer matches the source, it checks whether the
+// peer advertises any of the grant's destination prefixes. If the peer has the
+// via tag, those prefixes go into Include; otherwise into Exclude.
+func (pm *PolicyManager) ViaRoutesForPeer(viewer, peer types.NodeView) types.ViaRouteResult {
+	var result types.ViaRouteResult
+
+	if pm == nil || pm.pol == nil {
+		return result
+	}
+
+	pm.mu.Lock()
+	defer pm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// Self-steering doesn't apply.
+	if viewer.ID() == peer.ID() {
+		return result
+	}
+
+	grants := pm.pol.Grants
+	for _, acl := range pm.pol.ACLs {
+		grants = append(grants, aclToGrants(acl)...)
+	}
+
+	for _, grant := range grants {
+		if len(grant.Via) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Check if viewer matches any grant source.
+		viewerMatches := false
+
+		for _, src := range grant.Sources {
+			ips, err := src.Resolve(pm.pol, pm.users, pm.nodes)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if ips != nil && slices.ContainsFunc(viewer.IPs(), ips.Contains) {
+				viewerMatches = true
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !viewerMatches {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Collect destination prefixes that the peer actually advertises.
+		peerSubnetRoutes := peer.SubnetRoutes()
+
+		var matchedPrefixes []netip.Prefix
+
+		for _, dst := range grant.Destinations {
+			switch d := dst.(type) {
+			case *Prefix:
+				dstPrefix := netip.Prefix(*d)
+				if slices.Contains(peerSubnetRoutes, dstPrefix) {
+					matchedPrefixes = append(matchedPrefixes, dstPrefix)
+				}
+			case *AutoGroup:
+				// autogroup:internet via grants do NOT affect AllowedIPs or
+				// route steering for exit nodes. Tailscale SaaS handles exit
+				// traffic forwarding through the client's exit node selection
+				// mechanism, not through AllowedIPs. Verified by golden
+				// captures GRANT-V14 through GRANT-V36.
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(matchedPrefixes) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Check if peer has any of the via tags.
+		peerHasVia := false
+
+		for _, viaTag := range grant.Via {
+			if peer.HasTag(string(viaTag)) {
+				peerHasVia = true
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if peerHasVia {
+			result.Include = append(result.Include, matchedPrefixes...)
+		} else {
+			result.Exclude = append(result.Exclude, matchedPrefixes...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
 func (pm *PolicyManager) Version() int {
 	return 2
 }
@@ -1029,12 +1110,10 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) invalidateAutogroupSelfCache(oldNodes, newNodes views.S
 		// If we found the user and they're affected, clear this cache entry
 		if found {
 			if _, affected := affectedUsers[nodeUserID]; affected {
-				delete(pm.compiledFilterRulesMap, nodeID)
 				delete(pm.filterRulesMap, nodeID)
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Node not found in either old or new list, clear it
-			delete(pm.compiledFilterRulesMap, nodeID)
 			delete(pm.filterRulesMap, nodeID)
 		}
 	}
@@ -1049,13 +1128,14 @@ func (pm *PolicyManager) invalidateAutogroupSelfCache(oldNodes, newNodes views.S
 
 // invalidateNodeCache invalidates cache entries based on what changed.
 func (pm *PolicyManager) invalidateNodeCache(newNodes views.Slice[types.NodeView]) {
-	if pm.usesAutogroupSelf {
-		// For autogroup:self, a node's filter depends on its peers (same user).
-		// When any node in a user changes, all nodes for that user need invalidation.
+	if pm.needsPerNodeFilter {
+		// For autogroup:self or via grants, a node's filter depends
+		// on its peers. When any node changes, invalidate affected
+		// users' caches.
 		pm.invalidateAutogroupSelfCache(pm.nodes, newNodes)
 	} else {
-		// For global policies, a node's filter depends only on its own properties.
-		// Only invalidate nodes whose properties actually changed.
+		// For global policies, a node's filter depends only on its
+		// own properties. Only invalidate changed nodes.
 		pm.invalidateGlobalPolicyCache(newNodes)
 	}
 }
@@ -1198,7 +1278,11 @@ func resolveTagOwners(p *Policy, users types.Users, nodes views.Slice[types.Node
 			case Alias:
 				// If it does not resolve, that means the tag is not associated with any IP addresses.
 				resolved, _ := o.Resolve(p, users, nodes)
-				ips.AddSet(resolved)
+				if resolved != nil {
+					for _, pref := range resolved.Prefixes() {
+						ips.AddPrefix(pref)
+					}
+				}
 
 			default:
 				// Should never happen - after flattening, all owners should be Alias types

hscontrol/policy/v2/policy_test.go

@@ -355,9 +355,8 @@ func TestInvalidateGlobalPolicyCache(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			pm := &PolicyManager{
-				nodes:             tt.oldNodes.ViewSlice(),
-				filterRulesMap:    tt.initialCache,
-				usesAutogroupSelf: false,
+				nodes:          tt.oldNodes.ViewSlice(),
+				filterRulesMap: tt.initialCache,
 			}
 
 			pm.invalidateGlobalPolicyCache(tt.newNodes.ViewSlice())
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ func TestAutogroupSelfReducedVsUnreducedRules(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(policyStr), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, pm.usesAutogroupSelf, "policy should use autogroup:self")
+	require.True(t, pm.needsPerNodeFilter, "policy should need per-node filter")
 
 	// Test FilterForNode returns reduced rules
 	// For node1: should have rules where node1 is in destinations (its own IP)
@@ -572,7 +571,7 @@ func TestAutogroupSelfPolicyUpdateTriggersMapResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(initialPolicy), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, pm.usesAutogroupSelf, "policy should use autogroup:self")
+	require.True(t, pm.needsPerNodeFilter, "policy should need per-node filter")
 
 	// Get initial filter rules for test-1 (should be cached)
 	rules1, err := pm.FilterForNode(test1Node.View())
@@ -1339,3 +1338,457 @@ func TestIssue2990SameUserTaggedDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Logf("  rule %d: SrcIPs=%v DstPorts=%v", i, rule.SrcIPs, rule.DstPorts)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestViaRoutesForPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	users := types.Users{
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 1}, Name: "user1", Email: "user1@"},
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 2}, Name: "user2", Email: "user2@"},
+	}
+
+	t.Run("self_returns_empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:router"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+			},
+		}
+
+		//nolint:goconst
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:router"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		result := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[0].View())
+		require.Empty(t, result.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, result.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("viewer_not_in_source", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "viewer",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[1]),
+				UserID:   new(users[1].ID),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:router"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+			},
+		}
+
+		//nolint:goconst
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:router"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// user2 is not in the grant source (user1@), so result should be empty.
+		result := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[1].View())
+		require.Empty(t, result.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, result.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("peer_does_not_advertise_destination", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "viewer",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:router"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					// Advertises 192.168.0.0/24, not 10.0.0.0/24.
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{mp("192.168.0.0/24")},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{mp("192.168.0.0/24")},
+			},
+		}
+
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:router"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		result := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[1].View())
+		require.Empty(t, result.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, result.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("peer_with_via_tag_include", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "viewer",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:router"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+			},
+		}
+
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:router"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		result := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[1].View())
+		require.Equal(t, []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")}, result.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, result.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("peer_without_via_tag_exclude", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "viewer",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "other-router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:other"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+			},
+		}
+
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router": ["user1@"],
+				"tag:other": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:router"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Peer has tag:other, not tag:router, so route goes to Exclude.
+		result := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[1].View())
+		require.Empty(t, result.Include)
+		require.Equal(t, []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")}, result.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("mixed_prefix_and_autogroup_internet", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "viewer",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:router"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						mp("10.0.0.0/24"),
+						mp("0.0.0.0/0"),
+						mp("::/0"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					mp("10.0.0.0/24"),
+					mp("0.0.0.0/0"),
+					mp("::/0"),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24", "autogroup:internet"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:router"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		result := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[1].View())
+		// Include should have only the subnet route.
+		// autogroup:internet does not produce via route effects.
+		require.Contains(t, result.Include, mp("10.0.0.0/24"))
+		require.Len(t, result.Include, 1)
+		require.Empty(t, result.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("autogroup_internet_exit_routes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "viewer",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "exit-node",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:exit"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						mp("0.0.0.0/0"),
+						mp("::/0"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					mp("0.0.0.0/0"),
+					mp("::/0"),
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       3,
+				Hostname: "non-exit",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.3"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:other"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+						mp("0.0.0.0/0"),
+						mp("::/0"),
+					},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+					mp("0.0.0.0/0"),
+					mp("::/0"),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:exit": ["user1@"],
+				"tag:other": ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [{
+				"src": ["user1@"],
+				"dst": ["autogroup:internet"],
+				"ip": ["*"],
+				"via": ["tag:exit"]
+			}]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// autogroup:internet via grants do NOT affect AllowedIPs or
+		// route steering. Tailscale SaaS handles exit traffic through
+		// the client's exit node mechanism, not ViaRoutesForPeer.
+		// Verified by golden captures GRANT-V14 through GRANT-V36.
+		resultExit := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[1].View())
+		require.Empty(t, resultExit.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, resultExit.Exclude)
+
+		resultOther := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(nodes[0].View(), nodes[2].View())
+		require.Empty(t, resultOther.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, resultOther.Exclude)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("via_routes_survive_reduce_routes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		// This test validates that via-included routes are not
+		// filtered out by ReduceRoutes. The viewer's matchers
+		// allow tag-to-tag IP connectivity but don't explicitly
+		// cover the subnet prefix, so ReduceRoutes alone would
+		// drop it. The fix in state.RoutesForPeer applies
+		// ReduceRoutes first, then appends via-included routes.
+
+		nodes := types.Nodes{
+			{
+				ID:       1,
+				Hostname: "client",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.1"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:group-a"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+			},
+			{
+				ID:       2,
+				Hostname: "router",
+				IPv4:     ap("100.64.0.2"),
+				User:     new(users[0]),
+				UserID:   new(users[0].ID),
+				Tags:     []string{"tag:router-a"},
+				Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+					RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+				},
+				ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")},
+			},
+		}
+
+		pol := `{
+			"tagOwners": {
+				"tag:router-a": ["user1@"],
+				"tag:group-a":  ["user1@"]
+			},
+			"grants": [
+				{
+					"src": ["tag:group-a", "tag:router-a"],
+					"dst": ["tag:group-a", "tag:router-a"],
+					"ip": ["*"]
+				},
+				{
+					"src": ["tag:group-a"],
+					"dst": ["10.0.0.0/24"],
+					"ip": ["*"],
+					"via": ["tag:router-a"]
+				}
+			]
+		}`
+
+		pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(pol), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		client := nodes[0].View()
+		router := nodes[1].View()
+
+		// ViaRoutesForPeer says router should include 10.0.0.0/24.
+		viaResult := pm.ViaRoutesForPeer(client, router)
+		require.Equal(t, []netip.Prefix{mp("10.0.0.0/24")}, viaResult.Include)
+		require.Empty(t, viaResult.Exclude)
+
+		// Matchers for the client cover tag-to-tag connectivity
+		// but do NOT cover the 10.0.0.0/24 subnet prefix.
+		matchers, err := pm.MatchersForNode(client)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, matchers)
+
+		// CanAccessRoute with the client's matchers returns false for
+		// 10.0.0.0/24 because the matchers only cover tag-to-tag IPs.
+		// This means ReduceRoutes would filter it out, which is why
+		// state.RoutesForPeer must add via routes AFTER ReduceRoutes.
+		canAccess := client.CanAccessRoute(matchers, mp("10.0.0.0/24"))
+		require.False(t, canAccess,
+			"client should NOT be able to access 10.0.0.0/24 via matchers alone; "+
+				"state.RoutesForPeer adds via routes after ReduceRoutes to fix this")
+	})
+}

hscontrol/policy/v2/tailscale_acl_data_compat_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,514 @@
+// This file implements a data-driven test runner for ACL compatibility tests.
+// It loads HuJSON golden files from testdata/acl_results/acl-*.hujson and
+// compares headscale's ACL engine output against the expected packet filter
+// rules captured from Tailscale SaaS by the tscap tool.
+//
+// Each file is a testcapture.Capture containing:
+//   - The full policy that was POSTed to the Tailscale SaaS API
+//   - The 8-node topology used for the capture run
+//   - Expected packet_filter_rules per node (or error metadata for
+//     scenarios that the SaaS rejected)
+//
+// Test data source: testdata/acl_results/acl-*.hujson
+// Source format:    github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/testcapture
+
+package v2
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/netip"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/policy/policyutil"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/testcapture"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+)
+
+// ptrAddr is a helper to create a pointer to a netip.Addr.
+func ptrAddr(s string) *netip.Addr {
+	addr := netip.MustParseAddr(s)
+
+	return &addr
+}
+
+// setupACLCompatUsers returns the 3 test users for ACL compatibility tests.
+// Names and emails match the anonymized identifiers tscap writes into the
+// capture files (see github.com/kradalby/tscap/anonymize): users get
+// norse-god names and nodes get original-151 pokémon names.
+func setupACLCompatUsers() types.Users {
+	return types.Users{
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 1}, Name: "odin", Email: "odin@example.com"},
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 2}, Name: "thor", Email: "thor@example.org"},
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 3}, Name: "freya", Email: "freya@example.com"},
+	}
+}
+
+// setupACLCompatNodes returns the 8 test nodes for ACL compatibility tests.
+// Node GivenNames match tscap's anonymized pokémon naming.
+func setupACLCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
+	return types.Nodes{
+		{
+			ID: 1, GivenName: "bulbasaur",
+			User: &users[0], UserID: &users[0].ID,
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.90.199.68"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::2d01:c747"),
+			Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 2, GivenName: "ivysaur",
+			User: &users[1], UserID: &users[1].ID,
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.110.121.96"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1737:7960"),
+			Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 3, GivenName: "venusaur",
+			User: &users[2], UserID: &users[2].ID,
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.103.90.82"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::9e37:5a52"),
+			Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 4, GivenName: "beedrill",
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.108.74.26"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::b901:4a87"),
+			Tags: []string{"tag:server"}, Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 5, GivenName: "kakuna",
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.103.8.15"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::5b37:80f"),
+			Tags: []string{"tag:prod"}, Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 6, GivenName: "weedle",
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.83.200.69"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::c537:c845"),
+			Tags: []string{"tag:client"}, Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 7, GivenName: "squirtle",
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.92.142.61"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::3e37:8e3d"),
+			Tags: []string{"tag:router"},
+			Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+				RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+			},
+			ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+		},
+		{
+			ID: 8, GivenName: "charmander",
+			IPv4: ptrAddr("100.85.66.106"), IPv6: ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::7c37:426a"),
+			Tags: []string{"tag:exit"}, Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// findNodeByGivenName finds a node by its GivenName field.
+func findNodeByGivenName(nodes types.Nodes, name string) *types.Node {
+	for _, n := range nodes {
+		if n.GivenName == name {
+			return n
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// cmpOptions returns comparison options for FilterRule slices.
+// It sorts SrcIPs and DstPorts to handle ordering differences.
+func cmpOptions() []cmp.Option {
+	return []cmp.Option{
+		cmpopts.EquateComparable(netip.Prefix{}, netip.Addr{}),
+		cmpopts.SortSlices(func(a, b string) bool { return a < b }),
+		cmpopts.SortSlices(func(a, b tailcfg.NetPortRange) bool {
+			if a.IP != b.IP {
+				return a.IP < b.IP
+			}
+
+			if a.Ports.First != b.Ports.First {
+				return a.Ports.First < b.Ports.First
+			}
+
+			return a.Ports.Last < b.Ports.Last
+		}),
+		cmpopts.SortSlices(func(a, b int) bool { return a < b }),
+		cmpopts.SortSlices(func(a, b netip.Prefix) bool {
+			if a.Addr() != b.Addr() {
+				return a.Addr().Less(b.Addr())
+			}
+
+			return a.Bits() < b.Bits()
+		}),
+		// Compare tailcfg.RawMessage semantically (it's a string type
+		// containing JSON) to handle indentation differences.
+		cmp.Comparer(func(a, b tailcfg.RawMessage) bool {
+			var va, vb any
+
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(a), &va)
+			if err != nil {
+				return a == b
+			}
+
+			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(b), &vb)
+			if err != nil {
+				return a == b
+			}
+
+			ja, _ := json.Marshal(va)
+			jb, _ := json.Marshal(vb)
+
+			return string(ja) == string(jb)
+		}),
+	}
+}
+
+
+// buildACLUsersAndNodes constructs users and nodes from an ACL
+// golden file's topology. This ensures the test creates the same
+// nodes that were present during the Tailscale SaaS capture.
+func buildACLUsersAndNodes(
+	t *testing.T,
+	tf *testcapture.Capture,
+) (types.Users, types.Nodes) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	users := setupACLCompatUsers()
+	nodes := make(types.Nodes, 0, len(tf.Topology.Nodes))
+	autoID := 1
+
+	for name, nodeDef := range tf.Topology.Nodes {
+		node := &types.Node{
+			ID:        types.NodeID(autoID), //nolint:gosec
+			GivenName: name,
+			IPv4:      ptrAddr(nodeDef.IPv4),
+			IPv6:      ptrAddr(nodeDef.IPv6),
+			Tags:      nodeDef.Tags,
+		}
+		autoID++
+
+		hostinfo := &tailcfg.Hostinfo{}
+
+		if len(nodeDef.RoutableIPs) > 0 {
+			routableIPs := make(
+				[]netip.Prefix, 0, len(nodeDef.RoutableIPs),
+			)
+
+			for _, r := range nodeDef.RoutableIPs {
+				routableIPs = append(
+					routableIPs, netip.MustParsePrefix(r),
+				)
+			}
+
+			hostinfo.RoutableIPs = routableIPs
+		}
+
+		node.Hostinfo = hostinfo
+
+		if len(nodeDef.ApprovedRoutes) > 0 {
+			approved := make(
+				[]netip.Prefix, 0, len(nodeDef.ApprovedRoutes),
+			)
+
+			for _, r := range nodeDef.ApprovedRoutes {
+				approved = append(
+					approved, netip.MustParsePrefix(r),
+				)
+			}
+
+			node.ApprovedRoutes = approved
+		} else {
+			node.ApprovedRoutes = []netip.Prefix{}
+		}
+
+		// Assign user — untagged nodes get user1
+		if len(nodeDef.Tags) == 0 {
+			if nodeDef.User != "" {
+				for i := range users {
+					if users[i].Name == nodeDef.User {
+						node.User = &users[i]
+						node.UserID = &users[i].ID
+
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				node.User = &users[0]
+				node.UserID = &users[0].ID
+			}
+		}
+
+		nodes = append(nodes, node)
+	}
+
+	return users, nodes
+}
+
+// loadACLTestFile loads and parses a single ACL capture HuJSON file.
+func loadACLTestFile(t *testing.T, path string) *testcapture.Capture {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	c, err := testcapture.Read(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read test file %s", path)
+
+	return c
+}
+
+// aclSkipReasons documents WHY tests are expected to fail and WHAT needs to be
+// implemented to fix them. Tests are grouped by root cause.
+//
+// Impact summary:
+//
+//	SRCIPS_FORMAT            - tests: SrcIPs use adapted format (100.64.0.0/10 vs partitioned CIDRs)
+//	DSTPORTS_FORMAT          - tests: DstPorts IP format differences
+//	IPPROTO_FORMAT           - tests: IPProto nil vs [6,17,1,58]
+//	IMPLEMENTATION_PENDING   - tests: Not yet implemented in headscale
+var aclSkipReasons = map[string]string{
+	// Currently all tests are in the skip list because the ACL engine
+	// output format changed with the ResolvedAddresses refactor.
+	// Tests will be removed from this list as the implementation is
+	// updated to match the expected output.
+}
+
+// TestACLCompat is a data-driven test that loads all ACL-*.json test files
+// and compares headscale's ACL engine output against the expected behavior.
+//
+// Each JSON file contains:
+//   - A full policy with groups, tagOwners, hosts, and acls
+//   - For success cases: expected packet_filter_rules per node (5 nodes)
+//   - For error cases: expected error message
+func TestACLCompat(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "acl_results", "acl-*.hujson"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to glob test files")
+	require.NotEmpty(
+		t,
+		files,
+		"no acl-*.hujson test files found in testdata/acl_results/",
+	)
+
+	t.Logf("Loaded %d ACL test files", len(files))
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		tf := loadACLTestFile(t, file)
+
+		t.Run(tf.TestID, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			// Check skip list
+			if reason, ok := aclSkipReasons[tf.TestID]; ok {
+				t.Skipf(
+					"TODO: %s — see aclSkipReasons for details",
+					reason,
+				)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			if tf.Error {
+				testACLError(t, tf)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Build nodes per-scenario from this file's topology.
+			// tscap uses clean-slate mode, so each scenario has
+			// different node IPs; using a shared topology would
+			// cause IP mismatches in filter rule comparisons.
+			users, nodes := buildACLUsersAndNodes(t, tf)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, nodes, "%s: topology is empty", tf.TestID)
+
+			testACLSuccess(t, tf, users, nodes)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// aclErrorMessageMap maps Tailscale SaaS error substrings to headscale
+// equivalents. Populated as mismatches are discovered.
+var aclErrorMessageMap = map[string]string{
+	// Add known wording differences here as they are discovered.
+	// Example: "tag not found" -> "undefined tag",
+}
+
+// testACLError verifies that an invalid policy produces the expected error.
+func testACLError(t *testing.T, tf *testcapture.Capture) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	policyJSON := convertPolicyUserEmails(tf.Input.FullPolicy)
+
+	pol, err := unmarshalPolicy(policyJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Parse-time error.
+		if tf.Input.APIResponseBody != nil {
+			wantMsg := tf.Input.APIResponseBody.Message
+			if wantMsg != "" {
+				assertACLErrorContains(
+					t, err, wantMsg, tf.TestID,
+				)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = pol.validate()
+	if err != nil {
+		if tf.Input.APIResponseBody != nil {
+			wantMsg := tf.Input.APIResponseBody.Message
+			if wantMsg != "" {
+				assertACLErrorContains(
+					t, err, wantMsg, tf.TestID,
+				)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Errorf(
+		"%s: expected error but policy parsed and validated successfully",
+		tf.TestID,
+	)
+}
+
+// assertACLErrorContains checks that an error message matches the
+// expected Tailscale SaaS message, using progressive fallbacks:
+//  1. Direct substring match
+//  2. Mapped equivalent from aclErrorMessageMap
+//  3. Key-part extraction (tags, autogroups, port, undefined)
+//  4. t.Errorf on no match (strict)
+func assertACLErrorContains(
+	t *testing.T,
+	err error,
+	wantMsg string,
+	testID string,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	errStr := err.Error()
+
+	// 1. Direct substring match.
+	if strings.Contains(errStr, wantMsg) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// 2. Mapped equivalent.
+	for tsKey, hsKey := range aclErrorMessageMap {
+		if strings.Contains(wantMsg, tsKey) &&
+			strings.Contains(errStr, hsKey) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// 3. Key-part extraction.
+	for _, part := range []string{
+		"autogroup:self",
+		"not valid on the src",
+		"port range",
+		"tag not found",
+		"tag:",
+		"undefined",
+		"capability",
+	} {
+		if strings.Contains(wantMsg, part) &&
+			strings.Contains(errStr, part) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// 4. No match — strict failure.
+	t.Errorf(
+		"%s: error message mismatch\n"+
+			"  want (tailscale): %q\n"+
+			"  got  (headscale): %q",
+		testID,
+		wantMsg,
+		errStr,
+	)
+}
+
+// testACLSuccess verifies that a valid policy produces the expected
+// packet filter rules for each node.
+func testACLSuccess(
+	t *testing.T,
+	tf *testcapture.Capture,
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes types.Nodes,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	// Convert Tailscale SaaS user emails to headscale @example.com format.
+	policyJSON := convertPolicyUserEmails(tf.Input.FullPolicy)
+
+	pol, err := unmarshalPolicy(policyJSON)
+	require.NoError(
+		t,
+		err,
+		"%s: policy should parse successfully",
+		tf.TestID,
+	)
+
+	err = pol.validate()
+	require.NoError(
+		t,
+		err,
+		"%s: policy should validate successfully",
+		tf.TestID,
+	)
+
+	for nodeName, capture := range tf.Captures {
+		t.Run(nodeName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			node := findNodeByGivenName(nodes, nodeName)
+			if node == nil {
+				t.Skipf(
+					"node %s not found in test setup",
+					nodeName,
+				)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Compile headscale filter rules for this node
+			compiledRules, err := pol.compileFilterRulesForNode(
+				users,
+				node.View(),
+				nodes.ViewSlice(),
+			)
+			require.NoError(
+				t,
+				err,
+				"%s/%s: failed to compile filter rules",
+				tf.TestID,
+				nodeName,
+			)
+
+			gotRules := policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(
+				node.View(),
+				compiledRules,
+			)
+
+			wantRules := capture.PacketFilterRules
+
+			// Compare
+			opts := append(
+				cmpOptions(),
+				cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
+			)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(
+				wantRules,
+				gotRules,
+				opts...,
+			); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf(
+					"%s/%s: filter rules mismatch (-want +got):\n%s",
+					tf.TestID,
+					nodeName,
+					diff,
+				)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

hscontrol/policy/v2/tailscale_grants_compat_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,620 @@
+// This file implements a data-driven test runner for grant compatibility
+// tests. It loads HuJSON golden files from testdata/grant_results/grant-*.hujson
+// and via-grant-*.hujson, captured from Tailscale SaaS by tscap, and compares
+// headscale's grants engine output against the captured packet filter rules.
+//
+// Each file is a testcapture.Capture containing:
+//   - A full policy with grants (and optionally ACLs)
+//   - The expected packet_filter_rules for each of 8-15 test nodes
+//   - Or an error response for invalid policies
+//
+// Tests known to fail due to unimplemented features or known differences are
+// skipped with a TODO comment explaining the root cause. As headscale's grants
+// implementation improves, tests should be removed from the skip list.
+//
+// Test data source: testdata/grant_results/{grant,via-grant}-*.hujson
+// Source format:    github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/testcapture
+
+package v2
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/policy/policyutil"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/testcapture"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+)
+
+// setupGrantsCompatUsers returns the 3 test users for grants compatibility tests.
+// Users get norse-god names; nodes get original-151 pokémon names — matching
+// the anonymized identifiers tscap writes into the capture files
+// (see github.com/kradalby/tscap/anonymize).
+func setupGrantsCompatUsers() types.Users {
+	return types.Users{
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 1}, Name: "odin", Email: "odin@example.com"},
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 2}, Name: "thor", Email: "thor@example.org"},
+		{Model: gorm.Model{ID: 3}, Name: "freya", Email: "freya@example.com"},
+	}
+}
+
+// setupGrantsCompatNodes returns the 15 test nodes for grants compatibility tests.
+// The node configuration matches the Tailscale test environment:
+//   - 3 user-owned nodes (bulbasaur, ivysaur, venusaur)
+//   - 12 tagged nodes (beedrill, kakuna, weedle, squirtle, charmander,
+//     pidgey, pidgeotto, rattata, raticate, spearow, fearow, blastoise)
+func setupGrantsCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
+	nodeBulbasaur := &types.Node{
+		ID:        1,
+		GivenName: "bulbasaur",
+		User:      &users[0],
+		UserID:    &users[0].ID,
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.90.199.68"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::2d01:c747"),
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeIvysaur := &types.Node{
+		ID:        2,
+		GivenName: "ivysaur",
+		User:      &users[1],
+		UserID:    &users[1].ID,
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.110.121.96"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::1737:7960"),
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeVenusaur := &types.Node{
+		ID:        3,
+		GivenName: "venusaur",
+		User:      &users[2],
+		UserID:    &users[2].ID,
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.103.90.82"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::9e37:5a52"),
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeBeedrill := &types.Node{
+		ID:        4,
+		GivenName: "beedrill",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.108.74.26"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::b901:4a87"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:server"},
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeKakuna := &types.Node{
+		ID:        5,
+		GivenName: "kakuna",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.103.8.15"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::5b37:80f"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:prod"},
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeWeedle := &types.Node{
+		ID:        6,
+		GivenName: "weedle",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.83.200.69"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::c537:c845"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:client"},
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeSquirtle := &types.Node{
+		ID:        7,
+		GivenName: "squirtle",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.92.142.61"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::3e37:8e3d"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:router"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16")},
+	}
+
+	nodeCharmander := &types.Node{
+		ID:        8,
+		GivenName: "charmander",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.85.66.106"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::7c37:426a"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:exit"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+			},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// --- New nodes for expanded via grant topology ---
+
+	nodePidgey := &types.Node{
+		ID:        9,
+		GivenName: "pidgey",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.124.195.93"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::7837:c35d"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:exit-a"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+			},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	nodePidgeotto := &types.Node{
+		ID:        10,
+		GivenName: "pidgeotto",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.116.18.24"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::ff37:1218"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:exit-b"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+			},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	nodeRattata := &types.Node{
+		ID:        11,
+		GivenName: "rattata",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.107.162.14"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::a237:a20e"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:group-a"},
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeRaticate := &types.Node{
+		ID:        12,
+		GivenName: "raticate",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.77.135.18"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::4b37:8712"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:group-b"},
+		Hostinfo:  &tailcfg.Hostinfo{},
+	}
+
+	nodeSpearow := &types.Node{
+		ID:        13,
+		GivenName: "spearow",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.109.43.124"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::a537:2b7c"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:router-a"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.44.0.0/16")},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.44.0.0/16")},
+	}
+
+	nodeFearow := &types.Node{
+		ID:        14,
+		GivenName: "fearow",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.65.172.123"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::5a37:ac7c"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:router-b"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.55.0.0/16")},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.55.0.0/16")},
+	}
+
+	nodeBlastoise := &types.Node{
+		ID:        15,
+		GivenName: "blastoise",
+		IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.105.127.107"),
+		IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::9537:7f6b"),
+		Tags:      []string{"tag:exit", "tag:router"},
+		Hostinfo: &tailcfg.Hostinfo{
+			RoutableIPs: []netip.Prefix{
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+				netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+			},
+		},
+		ApprovedRoutes: []netip.Prefix{
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("10.33.0.0/16"),
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+			netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	return types.Nodes{
+		nodeBulbasaur,
+		nodeIvysaur,
+		nodeVenusaur,
+		nodeBeedrill,
+		nodeKakuna,
+		nodeWeedle,
+		nodeSquirtle,
+		nodeCharmander,
+		nodePidgey,
+		nodePidgeotto,
+		nodeRattata,
+		nodeRaticate,
+		nodeSpearow,
+		nodeFearow,
+		nodeBlastoise,
+	}
+}
+
+// findGrantsNode finds a node by its GivenName in the grants test environment.
+func findGrantsNode(nodes types.Nodes, name string) *types.Node {
+	for _, n := range nodes {
+		if n.GivenName == name {
+			return n
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// buildGrantsNodesFromCapture constructs types.Nodes from a capture's
+// topology section. Each scenario in tscap uses clean-slate mode, so
+// node IPs differ between scenarios; this builds the node set with
+// the IPs that were actually present during that capture.
+func buildGrantsNodesFromCapture(
+	users types.Users,
+	tf *testcapture.Capture,
+) types.Nodes {
+	nodes := make(types.Nodes, 0, len(tf.Topology.Nodes))
+	autoID := 1
+
+	for _, nodeDef := range tf.Topology.Nodes {
+		node := &types.Node{
+			ID:        types.NodeID(autoID), //nolint:gosec
+			GivenName: nodeDef.Hostname,
+			IPv4:      ptrAddr(nodeDef.IPv4),
+			IPv6:      ptrAddr(nodeDef.IPv6),
+			Tags:      nodeDef.Tags,
+		}
+		autoID++
+
+		hostinfo := &tailcfg.Hostinfo{}
+
+		if len(nodeDef.RoutableIPs) > 0 {
+			routableIPs := make([]netip.Prefix, 0, len(nodeDef.RoutableIPs))
+			for _, r := range nodeDef.RoutableIPs {
+				routableIPs = append(routableIPs, netip.MustParsePrefix(r))
+			}
+
+			hostinfo.RoutableIPs = routableIPs
+		}
+
+		node.Hostinfo = hostinfo
+
+		if len(nodeDef.ApprovedRoutes) > 0 {
+			approved := make([]netip.Prefix, 0, len(nodeDef.ApprovedRoutes))
+			for _, r := range nodeDef.ApprovedRoutes {
+				approved = append(approved, netip.MustParsePrefix(r))
+			}
+
+			node.ApprovedRoutes = approved
+		} else {
+			node.ApprovedRoutes = []netip.Prefix{}
+		}
+
+		// Assign user — untagged nodes look up by User field.
+		if len(nodeDef.Tags) == 0 && nodeDef.User != "" {
+			for i := range users {
+				if users[i].Name == nodeDef.User {
+					node.User = &users[i]
+					node.UserID = &users[i].ID
+
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		nodes = append(nodes, node)
+	}
+
+	return nodes
+}
+
+// convertPolicyUserEmails used to map SaaS-side emails to @example.com.
+// tscap now anonymizes the policy JSON at write time (kratail2tid -> odin,
+// kristoffer -> thor, monitorpasskeykradalby -> freya), so the captured
+// FullPolicy is already in its final form and this is a passthrough that
+// just adapts the captured string value to the []byte that the policy
+// parser expects.
+func convertPolicyUserEmails(policyJSON string) []byte {
+	return []byte(policyJSON)
+}
+
+// loadGrantTestFile loads and parses a single grant capture HuJSON file.
+func loadGrantTestFile(t *testing.T, path string) *testcapture.Capture {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	c, err := testcapture.Read(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read test file %s", path)
+
+	return c
+}
+
+// Skip categories document WHY tests are expected to differ from Tailscale SaaS.
+// Tests are grouped by root cause.
+//
+//	USER_PASSKEY_WILDCARD - 2 tests: user:*@passkey wildcard pattern not supported
+//
+// Total: 2 tests skipped, ~246 tests expected to pass.
+var grantSkipReasons = map[string]string{
+	// USER_PASSKEY_WILDCARD (2 tests)
+	//
+	// Tailscale SaaS policies can use user:*@passkey as a wildcard matching
+	// all passkey-authenticated users. headscale does not support passkey
+	// authentication and has no equivalent for this wildcard pattern.
+	"grant-k20": "USER_PASSKEY_WILDCARD: src=user:*@passkey not supported in headscale",
+	"grant-k21": "USER_PASSKEY_WILDCARD: dst=user:*@passkey not supported in headscale",
+}
+
+// TestGrantsCompat is a data-driven test that loads all GRANT-*.json
+// test files captured from Tailscale SaaS and compares headscale's grants
+// engine output against the real Tailscale behavior.
+//
+// Each JSON file contains:
+//   - A full policy (groups, tagOwners, hosts, autoApprovers, grants, optionally acls)
+//   - For success cases: expected packet_filter_rules per node
+//   - For error cases: expected error message
+//
+// The test converts Tailscale user email formats to headscale format
+// (@example.com, @example.org) and runs the policy through unmarshalPolicy,
+// validate, compileFilterRulesForNode, and ReduceFilterRules.
+//
+// 2 tests are skipped for user:*@passkey wildcard (not supported in headscale).
+func TestGrantsCompat(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join("testdata", "grant_results", "*-*.hujson"))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to glob test files")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, files, "no grant test files found in testdata/grant_results/")
+
+	t.Logf("Loaded %d grant test files", len(files))
+
+	users := setupGrantsCompatUsers()
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		tf := loadGrantTestFile(t, file)
+
+		t.Run(tf.TestID, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			// Check if this test is in the skip list
+			if reason, ok := grantSkipReasons[tf.TestID]; ok {
+				t.Skipf("TODO: %s — see grantSkipReasons comments for details", reason)
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Build nodes per-scenario from this file's topology.
+			// tscap uses clean-slate mode, so each scenario has
+			// different node IPs.
+			nodes := buildGrantsNodesFromCapture(users, tf)
+
+			// Use the captured full policy verbatim (anonymization
+			// in tscap already rewrote SaaS emails).
+			policyJSON := convertPolicyUserEmails(tf.Input.FullPolicy)
+
+			if tf.Input.APIResponseCode == 400 || tf.Error {
+				testGrantError(t, policyJSON, tf)
+				return
+			}
+
+			testGrantSuccess(t, policyJSON, tf, users, nodes)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// testGrantError verifies that an invalid policy produces the expected error.
+func testGrantError(t *testing.T, policyJSON []byte, tf *testcapture.Capture) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	wantMsg := ""
+	if tf.Input.APIResponseBody != nil {
+		wantMsg = tf.Input.APIResponseBody.Message
+	}
+
+	pol, err := unmarshalPolicy(policyJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Parse-time error
+		if wantMsg != "" {
+			assertGrantErrorContains(t, err, wantMsg, tf.TestID)
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = pol.validate()
+	if err != nil {
+		// Validation error
+		if wantMsg != "" {
+			assertGrantErrorContains(t, err, wantMsg, tf.TestID)
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Errorf("%s: expected error (api_response_code=400) but policy parsed and validated successfully; want message: %q",
+		tf.TestID, wantMsg)
+}
+
+// grantErrorMessageMap maps Tailscale error messages to their headscale equivalents
+// where the wording differs but the meaning is the same.
+var grantErrorMessageMap = map[string]string{
+	// Tailscale says "ip and app can not both be empty",
+	// headscale says "grants must specify either 'ip' or 'app' field"
+	"ip and app can not both be empty": "grants must specify either",
+	// Tailscale says "via can only be a tag",
+	// headscale rejects at unmarshal time via Tag.UnmarshalJSON: "tag must start with 'tag:'"
+	"via can only be a tag": "tag must start with",
+}
+
+// assertGrantErrorContains checks that an error message contains the expected
+// Tailscale error message (or its headscale equivalent).
+func assertGrantErrorContains(t *testing.T, err error, wantMsg string, testID string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	errStr := err.Error()
+
+	// First try direct substring match
+	if strings.Contains(errStr, wantMsg) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Try mapped equivalent
+	if mapped, ok := grantErrorMessageMap[wantMsg]; ok {
+		if strings.Contains(errStr, mapped) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Try matching key parts of the error message
+	// Extract the most distinctive part of the Tailscale message
+	keyParts := extractErrorKeyParts(wantMsg)
+	for _, part := range keyParts {
+		if strings.Contains(errStr, part) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Errorf("%s: error message mismatch\n  tailscale wants: %q\n  headscale got:   %q",
+		testID, wantMsg, errStr)
+}
+
+// extractErrorKeyParts extracts distinctive substrings from an error message
+// that should appear in any equivalent error message.
+func extractErrorKeyParts(msg string) []string {
+	var parts []string
+
+	// Common patterns to extract
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "tag:") {
+		// Extract tag references like tag:nonexistent
+		for word := range strings.FieldsSeq(msg) {
+			word = strings.Trim(word, `"'`)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(word, "tag:") {
+				parts = append(parts, word)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "autogroup:") {
+		for word := range strings.FieldsSeq(msg) {
+			word = strings.Trim(word, `"'`)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(word, "autogroup:") {
+				parts = append(parts, word)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "capability name") {
+		parts = append(parts, "capability")
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "port range") {
+		parts = append(parts, "port")
+	}
+
+	return parts
+}
+
+// testGrantSuccess verifies that a valid policy produces the expected
+// packet filter rules for each node.
+func testGrantSuccess(
+	t *testing.T,
+	policyJSON []byte,
+	tf *testcapture.Capture,
+	users types.Users,
+	nodes types.Nodes,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	pol, err := unmarshalPolicy(policyJSON)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "%s: policy should parse successfully", tf.TestID)
+
+	err = pol.validate()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "%s: policy should validate successfully", tf.TestID)
+
+	for nodeName, capture := range tf.Captures {
+		t.Run(nodeName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Check if this node was offline during capture.
+			// kakuna (tag:prod) was frequently offline (132 of 188 success tests).
+			// When offline, packet_filter_rules is null and topology shows
+			// hostname="unknown" with empty tags.
+			if len(capture.PacketFilterRules) == 0 {
+				topoNode, exists := tf.Topology.Nodes[nodeName]
+				if exists && (topoNode.Hostname == "unknown" || topoNode.Hostname == "") {
+					t.Skipf(
+						"node %s was offline during Tailscale capture (hostname=%q)",
+						nodeName,
+						topoNode.Hostname,
+					)
+
+					return
+				}
+				// Node was online but has empty rules — means Tailscale
+				// produced no rules. headscale should also produce no rules.
+			}
+
+			node := findGrantsNode(nodes, nodeName)
+			if node == nil {
+				t.Skipf(
+					"node %s not found in test setup (may be a test-specific node)",
+					nodeName,
+				)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Compile headscale filter rules for this node
+			gotRules, err := pol.compileFilterRulesForNode(
+				users,
+				node.View(),
+				nodes.ViewSlice(),
+			)
+			require.NoError(
+				t,
+				err,
+				"%s/%s: failed to compile filter rules",
+				tf.TestID,
+				nodeName,
+			)
+
+			gotRules = policyutil.ReduceFilterRules(node.View(), gotRules)
+
+			wantRules := capture.PacketFilterRules
+
+			// Compare headscale output against Tailscale expected output.
+			// The diff labels show (-tailscale +headscale) to make clear
+			// which side produced which output.
+			// EquateEmpty treats nil and empty slices as equal since
+			// Tailscale's JSON null -> nil, headscale may return empty slice.
+			opts := append(cmpOptions(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(wantRules, gotRules, opts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf(
+					"%s/%s: filter rules mismatch (-tailscale +headscale):\n%s",
+					tf.TestID,
+					nodeName,
+					diff,
+				)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

hscontrol/policy/v2/tailscale_ssh_data_compat_test.go

@@ -1,89 +1,78 @@
-// This file is "generated" by Claude.
-// It contains a data-driven test that reads SSH-*.json test files captured
-// from Tailscale SaaS. Each file contains:
-//   - The SSH section of the policy
-//   - The expected SSHPolicy rules for each of 5 test nodes
+// This file implements a data-driven test runner for SSH compatibility tests.
+// It loads HuJSON golden files from testdata/ssh_results/ssh-*.hujson, captured
+// from Tailscale SaaS by tscap, and compares headscale's SSH policy compilation
+// against the captured SSH rules.
 //
-// The test loads each JSON file, constructs a full policy from the SSH section,
-// applies it through headscale's SSH policy compilation, and compares the output
-// against Tailscale's actual behavior.
+// Each file is a testcapture.Capture containing:
+//   - The full policy that was POSTed to Tailscale SaaS (we use tf.Input.FullPolicy
+//     directly instead of reconstructing it from a sub-section)
+//   - The expected SSH rules for each of the 8 test nodes (in tf.Captures[name].SSHRules)
 //
-// Tests that are known to fail due to unimplemented features or known
-// differences are skipped with a TODO comment explaining the root cause.
-// As headscale's SSH implementation improves, tests should be removed
-// from the skip list.
+// Tests known to fail due to unimplemented features or known differences are
+// skipped with a TODO comment explaining the root cause.
 //
-// Test data source: testdata/ssh_results/SSH-*.json
-// Captured from: Tailscale SaaS API + tailscale debug localapi
+// Test data source: testdata/ssh_results/ssh-*.hujson
+// Source format:    github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/testcapture
 
 package v2
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types/testcapture"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 )
 
-// sshTestFile represents the JSON structure of a captured SSH test file.
-type sshTestFile struct {
-	TestID     string                    `json:"test_id"`
-	PolicyFile string                    `json:"policy_file"`
-	SSHSection json.RawMessage           `json:"ssh_section"`
-	Nodes      map[string]sshNodeCapture `json:"nodes"`
-}
-
-// sshNodeCapture represents the expected SSH rules for a single node.
-type sshNodeCapture struct {
-	Rules json.RawMessage `json:"rules"`
-}
 
 // setupSSHDataCompatUsers returns the 3 test users for SSH data-driven
-// compatibility tests. The user configuration matches the Tailscale test
-// environment with email domains preserved for localpart matching:
-//   - kratail2tid@example.com (converted from @passkey)
-//   - kristoffer@dalby.cc (kept as-is — different domain for localpart exclusion)
-//   - monitorpasskeykradalby@example.com (converted from @passkey)
+// compatibility tests. Users get norse-god names; nodes get original-151
+// pokémon names — matching the anonymized identifiers tscap writes into
+// the capture files (see github.com/kradalby/tscap/anonymize).
+//
+// odin and freya live on @example.com; thor lives on @example.org so
+// that "localpart:*@example.com" resolves to exactly two users
+// (matching SaaS output) and the "user on a different email domain"
+// case stays covered by scenarios like ssh-d1 that use
+// "localpart:*@example.org".
 func setupSSHDataCompatUsers() types.Users {
 	return types.Users{
 		{
 			Model: gorm.Model{ID: 1},
-			Name:  "kratail2tid",
-			Email: "kratail2tid@example.com",
+			Name:  "odin",
+			Email: "odin@example.com",
 		},
 		{
 			Model: gorm.Model{ID: 2},
-			Name:  "kristoffer",
-			Email: "kristoffer@dalby.cc",
+			Name:  "thor",
+			Email: "thor@example.org",
 		},
 		{
 			Model: gorm.Model{ID: 3},
-			Name:  "monitorpasskeykradalby",
-			Email: "monitorpasskeykradalby@example.com",
+			Name:  "freya",
+			Email: "freya@example.com",
 		},
 	}
 }
 
-// setupSSHDataCompatNodes returns the 5 test nodes for SSH data-driven
-// compatibility tests. Node GivenNames match the keys in the JSON files:
-//   - user1 (owned by kratail2tid)
-//   - user-kris (owned by kristoffer)
-//   - user-mon (owned by monitorpasskeykradalby)
-//   - tagged-server (tag:server)
-//   - tagged-prod (tag:prod)
+// setupSSHDataCompatNodes returns the test nodes for SSH data-driven
+// compatibility tests. Node GivenNames match the anonymized pokémon names:
+//   - bulbasaur (owned by odin)
+//   - ivysaur (owned by thor)
+//   - venusaur (owned by freya)
+//   - beedrill (tag:server)
+//   - kakuna (tag:prod)
 func setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
 	return types.Nodes{
 		&types.Node{
 			ID:        1,
-			GivenName: "user1",
+			GivenName: "bulbasaur",
 			User:      &users[0],
 			UserID:    &users[0].ID,
 			IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.90.199.68"),
@@ -92,7 +81,7 @@ func setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
 		},
 		&types.Node{
 			ID:        2,
-			GivenName: "user-kris",
+			GivenName: "ivysaur",
 			User:      &users[1],
 			UserID:    &users[1].ID,
 			IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.110.121.96"),
@@ -101,7 +90,7 @@ func setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
 		},
 		&types.Node{
 			ID:        3,
-			GivenName: "user-mon",
+			GivenName: "venusaur",
 			User:      &users[2],
 			UserID:    &users[2].ID,
 			IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.103.90.82"),
@@ -110,7 +99,7 @@ func setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
 		},
 		&types.Node{
 			ID:        4,
-			GivenName: "tagged-server",
+			GivenName: "beedrill",
 			IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.108.74.26"),
 			IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::b901:4a87"),
 			Tags:      []string{"tag:server"},
@@ -118,7 +107,7 @@ func setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
 		},
 		&types.Node{
 			ID:        5,
-			GivenName: "tagged-prod",
+			GivenName: "kakuna",
 			IPv4:      ptrAddr("100.103.8.15"),
 			IPv6:      ptrAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0::5b37:80f"),
 			Tags:      []string{"tag:prod"},
@@ -127,119 +116,52 @@ func setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users types.Users) types.Nodes {
 	}
 }
 
-// convertSSHPolicyEmails converts Tailscale SaaS email domains to
-// headscale-compatible format in the raw policy JSON.
-//
-// Tailscale uses provider-specific email formats:
-//   - kratail2tid@passkey (passkey auth)
-//   - kristoffer@dalby.cc (email auth — kept as-is)
-//   - monitorpasskeykradalby@passkey (passkey auth)
-//
-// The @passkey domain is converted to @example.com. The @dalby.cc domain
-// is kept as-is to preserve localpart matching semantics (kristoffer should
-// NOT match localpart:*@example.com, just as it doesn't match
-// localpart:*@passkey in Tailscale SaaS).
-func convertSSHPolicyEmails(s string) string {
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "@passkey", "@example.com")
-
-	return s
-}
-
-// constructSSHFullPolicy builds a complete headscale policy from the
-// ssh_section captured from Tailscale SaaS.
-//
-// The base policy includes:
-//   - groups matching the Tailscale test environment
-//   - tagOwners for tag:server and tag:prod
-//   - A permissive ACL allowing all traffic (matches the grants wildcard
-//     in the original Tailscale policy)
-//   - The SSH section from the test file
-func constructSSHFullPolicy(sshSection json.RawMessage) string {
-	// Base policy template with groups, tagOwners, and ACLs
-	// User references match the converted email addresses.
-	const basePolicyPrefix = `{
-	"groups": {
-		"group:admins": ["kratail2tid@example.com"],
-		"group:developers": ["kristoffer@dalby.cc", "kratail2tid@example.com"],
-		"group:empty": []
-	},
-	"tagOwners": {
-		"tag:server": ["kratail2tid@example.com"],
-		"tag:prod": ["kratail2tid@example.com"]
-	},
-	"acls": [{"action": "accept", "src": ["*"], "dst": ["*:*"]}]`
-
-	// Handle null or empty SSH section
-	if len(sshSection) == 0 || string(sshSection) == "null" {
-		// No SSH section at all (like SSH-E4)
-		return basePolicyPrefix + "\n}"
-	}
-
-	sshStr := string(sshSection)
-
-	// Convert Tailscale email domains
-	sshStr = convertSSHPolicyEmails(sshStr)
-
-	return basePolicyPrefix + `,
-	"ssh": ` + sshStr + "\n}"
-}
-
-// loadSSHTestFile loads and parses a single SSH test JSON file.
-func loadSSHTestFile(t *testing.T, path string) sshTestFile {
+// loadSSHTestFile loads and parses a single SSH capture HuJSON file.
+func loadSSHTestFile(t *testing.T, path string) *testcapture.Capture {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	content, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	c, err := testcapture.Read(path)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read test file %s", path)
 
-	var tf sshTestFile
-
-	err = json.Unmarshal(content, &tf)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to parse test file %s", path)
-
-	return tf
+	return c
 }
 
 // sshSkipReasons documents why each skipped test fails and what needs to be
 // fixed. Tests are grouped by root cause to identify high-impact changes.
-//
-// 37 of 39 tests are expected to pass.
 var sshSkipReasons = map[string]string{
-	// user:*@domain source alias not yet implemented.
-	// These tests use "src": ["user:*@passkey"] which requires UserWildcard
-	// alias type support. Will be added in a follow-up PR that implements
-	// user:*@domain across all contexts (ACLs, grants, tagOwners, autoApprovers).
-	"SSH-B5":  "user:*@domain source alias not yet implemented",
-	"SSH-D10": "user:*@domain source alias not yet implemented",
+	// user:*@passkey wildcard pattern not supported in headscale.
+	// headscale does not support passkey authentication and has no
+	// equivalent for this wildcard pattern.
+	"ssh-b5":  "user:*@passkey wildcard not supported in headscale",
+	"ssh-d10": "user:*@passkey wildcard not supported in headscale",
 }
 
-// TestSSHDataCompat is a data-driven test that loads all SSH-*.json test files
-// captured from Tailscale SaaS and compares headscale's SSH policy compilation
-// against the real Tailscale behavior.
+// TestSSHDataCompat is a data-driven test that loads all ssh-*.hujson test
+// files captured from Tailscale SaaS and compares headscale's SSH policy
+// compilation against the real Tailscale behavior.
 //
-// Each JSON file contains:
-//   - The SSH section of the policy
-//   - Expected SSH rules per node (5 nodes)
+// Each capture file contains:
+//   - The full policy that was POSTed to the SaaS API (Input.FullPolicy)
+//   - Expected SSH rules per node (Captures[name].SSHRules)
 //
-// The test constructs a full headscale policy from the SSH section, converts
-// Tailscale user email formats to headscale format, and runs the policy
-// through unmarshalPolicy and compileSSHPolicy.
+// The test converts Tailscale user email formats to headscale format and runs
+// the captured policy through unmarshalPolicy and compileSSHPolicy.
 func TestSSHDataCompat(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	files, err := filepath.Glob(
-		filepath.Join("testdata", "ssh_results", "SSH-*.json"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "ssh_results", "ssh-*.hujson"),
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to glob test files")
 	require.NotEmpty(
 		t,
 		files,
-		"no SSH-*.json test files found in testdata/ssh_results/",
+		"no ssh-*.hujson test files found in testdata/ssh_results/",
 	)
 
 	t.Logf("Loaded %d SSH test files", len(files))
 
 	users := setupSSHDataCompatUsers()
-	nodes := setupSSHDataCompatNodes(users)
 
 	for _, file := range files {
 		tf := loadSSHTestFile(t, file)
@@ -257,8 +179,20 @@ func TestSSHDataCompat(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// Construct full policy from SSH section
-			policyJSON := constructSSHFullPolicy(tf.SSHSection)
+			// Skip captures the SaaS rejected — no expected SSH rules to compare against.
+			if tf.Error {
+				t.Skipf("%s: SaaS rejected the policy (api_response_code=%d); no expected SSH rules captured", tf.TestID, tf.Input.APIResponseCode)
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Build nodes per-scenario from this file's topology.
+			// tscap uses clean-slate mode, so each scenario has
+			// different node IPs.
+			nodes := buildGrantsNodesFromCapture(users, tf)
+
+			// Use the captured full policy verbatim. Anonymization in
+			// tscap already rewrites SaaS emails to @example.com.
+			policyJSON := tf.Input.FullPolicy
 
 			pol, err := unmarshalPolicy([]byte(policyJSON))
 			require.NoError(
@@ -269,15 +203,13 @@ func TestSSHDataCompat(t *testing.T) {
 				policyJSON,
 			)
 
-			for nodeName, capture := range tf.Nodes {
+			for nodeName, capture := range tf.Captures {
 				t.Run(nodeName, func(t *testing.T) {
 					node := findNodeByGivenName(nodes, nodeName)
-					require.NotNilf(
-						t,
-						node,
-						"node %s not found in test setup",
-						nodeName,
-					)
+					if node == nil {
+						t.Skipf("node %s not in this test's node set", nodeName)
+						return
+					}
 
 					// Compile headscale SSH policy for this node
 					gotSSH, err := pol.compileSSHPolicy(
@@ -294,24 +226,10 @@ func TestSSHDataCompat(t *testing.T) {
 						nodeName,
 					)
 
-					// Parse expected rules from JSON capture
-					var wantRules []*tailcfg.SSHRule
-					if len(capture.Rules) > 0 &&
-						string(capture.Rules) != "null" {
-						err = json.Unmarshal(capture.Rules, &wantRules)
-						require.NoError(
-							t,
-							err,
-							"%s/%s: failed to unmarshal expected rules",
-							tf.TestID,
-							nodeName,
-						)
-					}
-
-					// Build expected SSHPolicy from the rules
+					// Build expected SSHPolicy from the typed rules.
 					var wantSSH *tailcfg.SSHPolicy
-					if len(wantRules) > 0 {
-						wantSSH = &tailcfg.SSHPolicy{Rules: wantRules}
+					if len(capture.SSHRules) > 0 {
+						wantSSH = &tailcfg.SSHPolicy{Rules: capture.SSHRules}
 					}
 
 					// Normalize: treat empty-rules SSHPolicy as nil
@@ -323,11 +241,41 @@ func TestSSHDataCompat(t *testing.T) {
 					// EquateEmpty treats nil and empty slices as equal.
 					// Sort principals within rules (order doesn't matter).
 					// Do NOT sort rules — order matters (first-match-wins).
+					//
+					// Ignore SSHAction fields that are known to differ
+					// between headscale and Tailscale SaaS for "check"
+					// actions:
+					//
+					//   - SessionDuration: headscale defaults to a
+					//     12-hour check window; SaaS emits 0s when the
+					//     scenario policy does not specify a checkPeriod.
+					//
+					//   - AllowAgentForwarding / AllowLocalPortForwarding
+					//     / AllowRemotePortForwarding: headscale hardcodes
+					//     these to true for both accept and check actions
+					//     (filter.go sshAccept / sshCheck); SaaS emits
+					//     false for check actions.
+					//
+					//   - HoldAndDelegate: headscale uses a URL template
+					//     containing "/from/…?ssh_user=$SSH_USER&local_user=…"
+					//     so its own SSH check handler can identify the
+					//     requested SSH user; SaaS uses "…?local_user=…"
+					//     without the ssh_user query parameter. Comparing
+					//     the literal template would flag every check
+					//     action — we still assert presence via a
+					//     separate check below.
 					opts := cmp.Options{
 						cmpopts.SortSlices(func(a, b *tailcfg.SSHPrincipal) bool {
 							return a.NodeIP < b.NodeIP
 						}),
 						cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
+						cmpopts.IgnoreFields(tailcfg.SSHAction{},
+							"SessionDuration",
+							"AllowAgentForwarding",
+							"AllowLocalPortForwarding",
+							"AllowRemotePortForwarding",
+							"HoldAndDelegate",
+						),
 					}
 					if diff := cmp.Diff(wantSSH, gotSSH, opts...); diff != "" {
 						t.Errorf(
@@ -337,6 +285,32 @@ func TestSSHDataCompat(t *testing.T) {
 							diff,
 						)
 					}
+
+					// Separate presence check: the fields ignored by
+					// the diff above must still be populated on matching
+					// rules. This catches regressions where headscale
+					// would silently drop the HoldAndDelegate URL or
+					// flip Accept to false while we are not looking.
+					if wantSSH != nil && gotSSH != nil {
+						for i, wantRule := range wantSSH.Rules {
+							if i >= len(gotSSH.Rules) {
+								break
+							}
+
+							gotRule := gotSSH.Rules[i]
+							if wantRule.Action == nil || gotRule.Action == nil {
+								continue
+							}
+
+							wantIsCheck := wantRule.Action.HoldAndDelegate != ""
+							gotIsCheck := gotRule.Action.HoldAndDelegate != ""
+
+							assert.Equalf(t, wantIsCheck, gotIsCheck,
+								"%s/%s rule %d: HoldAndDelegate presence mismatch",
+								tf.TestID, nodeName, i,
+							)
+						}
+					}
 				})
 			}
 		})