th-c8816b: Big Smooth desktop — connect to a remote daemon over the tailnet - #334
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Tray gains a Connect submenu: 'This Mac (local)' + Big Smooth daemons discovered on the Tailscale tailnet (e.g. smoo-hub). A remote daemon serves its own token-injected SPA, so attaching = loading its tailnet URL; nothing is passed by the client. - discovery.ts: shell `tailscale status --json`, enumerate online peers, probe each on :443/:8443 for the ungated /health + /api/auth/status. - daemon.ts: SMOOTH_REMOTE_URL drives baseUrl(); startDaemon() skips the spawn in remote mode (never spawns/kills a local daemon). +3 tests. - config.ts: persist the chosen target in userData/config.json. - main.ts: set the target from config at startup, build the Connect submenu, relaunch on switch, and offer a one-click fall-back to local if the remote is unreachable (instead of stranding the window). Set Up (TCC) hidden when remote. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01L3xMBWMtMRNayBC2GjHntk
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… /health Tested against live smoo-hub: :443 runs the SmooHub dashboard (also 200 on /health, serves SPA HTML at /api/auth/status) while the daemon is on :8443. /health alone would mis-identify the dashboard as a daemon. Now require /api/auth/status to parse as JSON with a `loggedIn` boolean (the daemon's shape). Also fixes the field casing: the daemon returns camelCase loggedIn/orgId, not snake_case. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01L3xMBWMtMRNayBC2GjHntk
…(carrying its daemon) to a remote Mac The app is the install package: one bundle = GUI + the daemon it manages. ditto-packs the .app, ships it, boots out the old standalone-daemon LaunchAgents (com.smooai.smooth-daemon + com.smooai.smooth/th-up), backs up + swaps the app, and installs a keep-alive LaunchAgent that launches the app with the ports that dodge the SmooHub dashboard (:8788 local + :8443 serve) and the SAME operator.db + workspace so history carries over. Verified live on smoo-hub: Electron app + its daemon child running, /api/stats = 243 conversations, survives reboot, dashboard untouched. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01L3xMBWMtMRNayBC2GjHntk
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What
The Electron app could only talk to its bundled local daemon. Now the tray has a Connect submenu:
smoo-hub, shown with its signed-in Smoo identityPick one and the window attaches to it. The title shows which (
Big Smooth — smoo-hub).Why it's simple
A remote daemon serves its own SPA with its own token injected (
web_router_with_token), so pointing the window at the remote's tailnet URL is a complete, authenticated connection — nothing is passed by the client, exactly like the browser PWA.How
discovery.ts— shellstailscale status --json, enumerates online peers, probes each on :443 and :8443 (the smoo-hub coexistence port) for the ungated/health(is a daemon here?) +/api/auth/status(whose daemon).daemon.ts—SMOOTH_REMOTE_URLdrivesbaseUrl();startDaemon()skips the spawn in remote mode, so the app never spawns or kills a local daemon while attached to a remote one. +3 unit tests.config.ts— persists the chosen target inuserData/config.json.main.ts— reads the target at startup, builds the Connect submenu (radio-checked to the active one, with Refresh), relaunches on switch, and if the remote is unreachable offers a one-click "Switch to This Mac" instead of stranding the window. TheSet Up(macOS TCC) submenu hides when remote, since those grants are the local daemon's.Verification
pnpm typecheckclean,oxlintclean,oxfmtformatted.pnpm test— 4/4 pass (2 new: remote-URL override + trailing-slash trim; local fallback).Note
This is Electron-app code (in
app.asar), so it needs a full desktop rebuild to appear in the installed app —pnpm install:bigsmoothonly swaps the daemon binary. Follow-up: teachinstall:bigsmoothto also refresh the app bundle.🤖 Generated with Claude Code