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Unclear error when subject isnt correct

Open gz opened this issue 1 month ago • 1 comments

I had a subject of form repo:org/repo missing e.g., a :* at the end the error you get from this action in this case is not very helpful/misleading:

▶️ get tailscale status
Daemon ready! Initial state: NeedsLogin
✅ tailscaled daemon is up and running!
▶️ hostname
Attempt 1 to bring up Tailscale...
▶️ tailscale up
Warning: Tailscale up attempt 1 failed: sudo failed with exit code 1
Retrying in 2 seconds...
Attempt 2 to bring up Tailscale...
▶️ tailscale up
Warning: Tailscale up attempt 2 failed: sudo failed with exit code 1
Retrying in 4 seconds...
Attempt 3 to bring up Tailscale...
▶️ tailscale up
Warning: Tailscale up attempt 3 failed: sudo failed with exit code 1
Retrying in 6 seconds...
Attempt 4 to bring up Tailscale...
▶️ tailscale up
Warning: Tailscale up attempt 4 failed: sudo failed with exit code 1
Retrying in 8 seconds...
Attempt 5 to bring up Tailscale...
▶️ tailscale up
Warning: Tailscale up attempt 5 failed: sudo failed with exit code 1
Error: sudo failed with exit code 1

gz avatar Oct 31 '25 01:10 gz

Thanks for flagging this @gz ! We're aware that this (and debugging incorrect setup in general) is a rough edge currently for workload identity and are looking at improving this.

mpminardi avatar Oct 31 '25 21:10 mpminardi