Tailscale v1.96.2

Note: 1.96.0 and 1.96.1 were release candidates intended for testing only.

All Platforms

• New: tailscale dns query|status command supports --json flag to return JSON output.
• New: tailscale wait [flags] command waits for Tailscale resources to become available for binding.
• New: tailscale ip command supports --assert=<specific-ip-address> flag to assert that one or more of the node's IP addresses matches the specified IP address.
• New: tailscale version --track and tailscale update --track support release-candidate flag to check for and update to release candidate builds.
• Changed: For 1.96.x, Go is updated from version 1.25 to 1.26.
• Changed: Tailscale Peer Relays advertise addresses discovered via Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service.
• Changed: tailscaled_peer_relay_endpoints gauge user metrics are available for Tailscale Peer Relays.
• Fixed: The AuthKey system policy applies only when a user is not in a logged in state.
• Fixed: UPnP routes as expected during long lived port mapping sessions scenarios, including hard NAT.

Linux

• New: Launch the systray application on startup using autostart file with the tailscale configure systray --enable-startup=freedesktop command.
• Changed: Scaling of Tailscale Peer Relays UDP sockets is gated by container-aware GOMAXPROCS defaults.
• Fixed: Firewall rules created on Linux platforms correctly mark their traffic, avoiding reverse path filtering dropping connections and producing health warnings and risk prompts.
• Fixed: OpenWrt versions 25.12.0 or later using apk as a package manager supports Tailscale updates.

macOS

• New: Windowed UI mode for macOS is generally available.
• New: Double-click an account in the Accounts section to switch to that account.
• New: A progress dialog indicates Tailscale is waiting on the browser to complete reauthentication.
• Fixed: The open source variant of Tailscale on macOS sets the node:osVersion attribute.
• Fixed: The Taildrop Send File action and shortcut do not transmit empty files on macOS Tahoe (version 26) or later.
• Fixed: Tailscale data directories for the macOS standalone version are excluded from Time Machine backups.
• Fixed: An issue that required a machine reboot after installing a Tailscale update is resolved.

iOS

• Changed: iOS bug report ID displays in its entirety instead of being truncated.
• Fixed: The Taildrop Send File action and shortcut do not transmit empty files on iOS version 26 or later.