In this PR, we enable extensions to track changes in the current prefs. These changes can result from a profile switch
or from the user or system modifying the current profile’s prefs. Since some extensions may want to distinguish between
the two events, while others may treat them similarly, we rename the existing profile-change callback to become
a profile-state-change callback and invoke it whenever the current profile or its preferences change. Extensions can still
use the sameNode parameter to distinguish between situations where the profile information, including its preferences,
has been updated but still represents the same tailnet node, and situations where a switch to a different profile has been made.
Having dedicated prefs-change callbacks is being considered, but currently seems redundant. A single profile-state-change callback
is easier to maintain. We’ll revisit the idea of adding a separate callback as we progress on extracting existing features from LocalBackend,
but the conversion to a profile-state-change callback is intended to be permanent.
Finally, we let extensions retrieve the current prefs or profile state (profile info + prefs) at any time using the new
CurrentProfileState and CurrentPrefs methods. We also simplify the NewControlClientCallback signature to exclude
profile prefs. It’s optional, and extensions can retrieve the current prefs themselves if needed.
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In this PR, we add two methods to facilitate extension lookup by both extensions,
and non-extensions (e.g., PeerAPI or LocalAPI handlers):
- FindExtensionByName returns an extension with the specified name.
It can then be type asserted to a given type.
- FindMatchingExtension is like errors.As, but for extensions.
It returns the first extension that matches the target type (either a specific extension
or an interface).
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In this PR, we refactor the LocalBackend extension system, moving from direct callbacks to a more organized extension host model.
Specifically, we:
- Extract interface and callback types used by packages extending LocalBackend functionality into a new ipn/ipnext package.
- Define ipnext.Host as a new interface that bridges extensions with LocalBackend.
It enables extensions to register callbacks and interact with LocalBackend in a concurrency-safe, well-defined, and controlled way.
- Move existing callback registration and invocation code from ipnlocal.LocalBackend into a new type called ipnlocal.ExtensionHost,
implementing ipnext.Host.
- Improve docs for existing types and methods while adding docs for the new interfaces.
- Add test coverage for both the extracted and the new code.
- Remove ipn/desktop.SessionManager from tsd.System since ipn/desktop is now self-contained.
- Update existing extensions (e.g., ipn/auditlog and ipn/desktop) to use the new interfaces where appropriate.
We're not introducing new callback and hook types (e.g., for ipn.Prefs changes) just yet, nor are we enhancing current callbacks,
such as by improving conflict resolution when more than one extension tries to influence profile selection via a background profile resolver.
These further improvements will be submitted separately.
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Updates tailscale/corp#27645
Updates tailscale/corp#26435
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