client/systray: show message on localapi permission error

When LocalAPI returns an AccessDeniedError, display a message in the
menu and hide or disable most other menu items. This currently includes
a placeholder KB link which I'll update if we end up using something
different.

I debated whether to change the app icon to indicate an error, but opted
not to since there is actually nothing wrong with the client itself and
Tailscale will continue to function normally. It's just that the systray
app itself is in a read-only state.

Updates #1708

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
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Will Norris 2025-02-20 15:55:42 -08:00 committed by Will Norris
parent 074372d6c5
commit dcd7cd3c6a

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@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ type Menu struct {
curProfile ipn.LoginProfile
allProfiles []ipn.LoginProfile
// readonly is whether the systray app is running in read-only mode.
// This is set if LocalAPI returns a permission error,
// typically because the user needs to run `tailscale set --operator=$USER`.
readonly bool
bgCtx context.Context // ctx for background tasks not involving menu item clicks
bgCancel context.CancelFunc
@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ func (menu *Menu) updateState() {
defer menu.mu.Unlock()
menu.init()
menu.readonly = false
var err error
menu.status, err = menu.lc.Status(menu.bgCtx)
if err != nil {
@ -160,6 +167,9 @@ func (menu *Menu) updateState() {
}
menu.curProfile, menu.allProfiles, err = menu.lc.ProfileStatus(menu.bgCtx)
if err != nil {
if local.IsAccessDeniedError(err) {
menu.readonly = true
}
log.Print(err)
}
}
@ -182,6 +192,15 @@ func (menu *Menu) rebuild() {
systray.ResetMenu()
if menu.readonly {
const readonlyMsg = "No permission to manage Tailscale.\nSee tailscale.com/s/cli-operator"
m := systray.AddMenuItem(readonlyMsg, "")
onClick(ctx, m, func(_ context.Context) {
webbrowser.Open("https://tailscale.com/s/cli-operator")
})
systray.AddSeparator()
}
menu.connect = systray.AddMenuItem("Connect", "")
menu.disconnect = systray.AddMenuItem("Disconnect", "")
menu.disconnect.Hide()
@ -222,28 +241,35 @@ func (menu *Menu) rebuild() {
setAppIcon(disconnected)
}
if menu.readonly {
menu.connect.Disable()
menu.disconnect.Disable()
}
account := "Account"
if pt := profileTitle(menu.curProfile); pt != "" {
account = pt
}
accounts := systray.AddMenuItem(account, "")
setRemoteIcon(accounts, menu.curProfile.UserProfile.ProfilePicURL)
time.Sleep(newMenuDelay)
for _, profile := range menu.allProfiles {
title := profileTitle(profile)
var item *systray.MenuItem
if profile.ID == menu.curProfile.ID {
item = accounts.AddSubMenuItemCheckbox(title, "", true)
} else {
item = accounts.AddSubMenuItem(title, "")
}
setRemoteIcon(item, profile.UserProfile.ProfilePicURL)
onClick(ctx, item, func(ctx context.Context) {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
case menu.accountsCh <- profile.ID:
if !menu.readonly {
accounts := systray.AddMenuItem(account, "")
setRemoteIcon(accounts, menu.curProfile.UserProfile.ProfilePicURL)
time.Sleep(newMenuDelay)
for _, profile := range menu.allProfiles {
title := profileTitle(profile)
var item *systray.MenuItem
if profile.ID == menu.curProfile.ID {
item = accounts.AddSubMenuItemCheckbox(title, "", true)
} else {
item = accounts.AddSubMenuItem(title, "")
}
})
setRemoteIcon(item, profile.UserProfile.ProfilePicURL)
onClick(ctx, item, func(ctx context.Context) {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
case menu.accountsCh <- profile.ID:
}
})
}
}
if menu.status != nil && menu.status.Self != nil && len(menu.status.Self.TailscaleIPs) > 0 {
@ -255,7 +281,9 @@ func (menu *Menu) rebuild() {
}
systray.AddSeparator()
menu.rebuildExitNodeMenu(ctx)
if !menu.readonly {
menu.rebuildExitNodeMenu(ctx)
}
if menu.status != nil {
menu.more = systray.AddMenuItem("More settings", "")