diegosouzapw/OmniRoute · error · Error

Failed to start Tailscale service

Error message

Failed to start Tailscale service

What it means

Error "Failed to start Tailscale service" thrown in diegosouzapw/OmniRoute.

Source

Thrown at src/lib/tailscaleTunnel.ts:583

  const existingStatus = await getLiveStatusPayload(resolution.binaryPath);
  if (existingStatus) {
    return { started: false };
  }

  if (getCurrentPlatform() === "win32") {
    try {
      await execFileAsync("net", ["start", "Tailscale"], {
        timeout: 10000,
        windowsHide: true,
        env: buildExecEnv(),
      });
    } catch {
      // Ignore service start errors and verify below.
    }

    await sleep(2500);
    if (!(await getLiveStatusPayload(resolution.binaryPath))) {
      throw new Error("Failed to start Tailscale service");
    }

    return { started: true };
  }

  const daemonBinary = await resolveDaemonBinary(resolution.binaryPath);
  if (!daemonBinary) {
    throw new Error("tailscaled binary not found");
  }

  const password = toNonEmptyString(sudoPassword) || getCachedPassword() || "";
  if (!password) {
    throw new Error("Sudo password required to start tailscaled");
  }

  setCachedPassword(password);
  await ensureTailscaleDir();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/lib/tailscaleTunnel.ts:583 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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