control/controlclient, localapi: shorten expiry time via localapi (#4112)

Signed-off-by: Nick O'Neill <nick@tailscale.com>

control/controlclient/auto.go

@@ -657,6 +657,10 @@ func (c *Auto) Logout(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Auto) SetExpirySooner(ctx context.Context, expiry time.Time) error {
+	return c.direct.SetExpirySooner(ctx, expiry)
+}
+
 // UpdateEndpoints sets the client's discovered endpoints and sends
 // them to the control server if they've changed.
 //

control/controlclient/client.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ package controlclient
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 )
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ type Client interface {
 	// Logout starts a synchronous logout process. It doesn't return
 	// until the logout operation has been completed.
 	Logout(context.Context) error
+	// SetExpirySooner sets the node's expiry time via the controlclient,
+	// as long as it's shorter than the current expiry time.
+	SetExpirySooner(context.Context, time.Time) error
 	// SetPaused pauses or unpauses the controlclient activity as much
 	// as possible, without losing its internal state, to minimize
 	// unnecessary network activity.

control/controlclient/direct.go

@@ -302,12 +302,27 @@ func (c *Direct) doLoginOrRegen(ctx context.Context, opt loginOpt) (newURL strin
 	return url, err
 }
 
+// SetExpirySooner attempts to shorten the expiry to the specified time.
+func (c *Direct) SetExpirySooner(ctx context.Context, expiry time.Time) error {
+	c.logf("[v1] direct.SetExpirySooner()")
+
+	newURL, err := c.doLoginOrRegen(ctx, loginOpt{Expiry: &expiry})
+	c.logf("[v1] SetExpirySooner control response: newURL=%v, err=%v", newURL, err)
+
+	return err
+}
+
 type loginOpt struct {
 	Token  *tailcfg.Oauth2Token
 	Flags  LoginFlags
-	Regen  bool
+	Regen  bool // generate a new nodekey, can be overridden in doLogin
 	URL    string
-	Logout bool
+	Logout bool // set the expiry to the far past, expiring the node
+	// Expiry, if non-nil, attempts to set the node expiry to the
+	// specified time and cannot be used to extend the expiry.
+	// It is ignored if Logout is set since Logout works by setting a
+	// expiry time in the far past.
+	Expiry *time.Time
 }
 
 // httpClient provides a common interface for the noiseClient and
@@ -406,6 +421,8 @@ func (c *Direct) doLogin(ctx context.Context, opt loginOpt) (mustRegen bool, new
 	}
 	if opt.Logout {
 		request.Expiry = time.Unix(123, 0) // far in the past
+	} else if opt.Expiry != nil {
+		request.Expiry = *opt.Expiry
 	}
 	c.logf("RegisterReq: onode=%v node=%v fup=%v",
 		request.OldNodeKey.ShortString(),

ipn/ipnlocal/local.go

@@ -3187,6 +3187,15 @@ func (b *LocalBackend) allowExitNodeDNSProxyToServeName(name string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// SetExpiry updates the expiry of the current node key to t, as long as it's
+// only sooner than the old expiry.
+//
+// If t is in the past, the key is expired immediately.
+// If t is after the current expiry, an error is returned.
+func (b *LocalBackend) SetExpirySooner(ctx context.Context, expiry time.Time) error {
+	return b.cc.SetExpirySooner(ctx, expiry)
+}
+
 // exitNodeCanProxyDNS reports the DoH base URL ("http://foo/dns-query") without query parameters
 // to exitNodeID's DoH service, if available.
 //

ipn/ipnlocal/state_test.go

@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ func (cc *mockControl) Logout(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (cc *mockControl) SetExpirySooner(context.Context, time.Time) error {
+	cc.logf("SetExpirySooner")
+	cc.called("SetExpirySooner")
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (cc *mockControl) SetPaused(paused bool) {
 	cc.logf("SetPaused=%v", paused)
 	if paused {

ipn/localapi/localapi.go

@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		h.serveMetrics(w, r)
 	case "/localapi/v0/debug":
 		h.serveDebug(w, r)
+	case "/localapi/v0/set-expiry-sooner":
+		h.serveSetExpirySooner(w, r)
 	case "/":
 		io.WriteString(w, "tailscaled\n")
 	default:
@@ -511,6 +513,35 @@ func (h *Handler) serveDERPMap(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	e.Encode(h.b.DERPMap())
 }
 
+// serveSetExpirySooner sets the expiry date on the current machine, specified
+// by an `expiry` unix timestamp as POST or query param.
+func (h *Handler) serveSetExpirySooner(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if r.Method != "POST" {
+		http.Error(w, "POST required", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var expiryTime time.Time
+	if v := r.FormValue("expiry"); v != "" {
+		expiryInt, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "can't parse expiry time, expects a unix timestamp", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+		expiryTime = time.Unix(expiryInt, 0)
+	} else {
+		http.Error(w, "missing 'expiry' parameter, a unix timestamp", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	err := h.b.SetExpirySooner(r.Context(), expiryTime)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+	io.WriteString(w, "done\n")
+}
+
 func defBool(a string, def bool) bool {
 	if a == "" {
 		return def