fix(macos): prefer tailnet ip for auto bind

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/GatewayEndpointStore.swift

@@ -556,7 +556,10 @@ actor GatewayEndpointStore {
         case "tailnet":
             tailscaleIP ?? "127.0.0.1"
         case "auto":
-            "127.0.0.1"
+            if let tailscaleIP, !tailscaleIP.isEmpty {
+                return tailscaleIP
+            }
+            return "127.0.0.1"
         case "custom":
             customBindHost ?? "127.0.0.1"
         default:

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdbot/TailscaleService.swift

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import AppKit
 import Foundation
 import Observation
 import os
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+import Darwin
+#endif
 
 /// Manages Tailscale integration and status checking.
 @Observable
@@ -101,15 +104,12 @@ final class TailscaleService {
 
     func checkTailscaleStatus() async {
         self.isInstalled = self.checkAppInstallation()
-        guard self.isInstalled else {
+        if !self.isInstalled {
             self.isRunning = false
             self.tailscaleHostname = nil
             self.tailscaleIP = nil
             self.statusError = "Tailscale is not installed"
-            return
+        } else if let apiResponse = await fetchTailscaleStatus() {
-        }
-
-        if let apiResponse = await fetchTailscaleStatus() {
             self.isRunning = apiResponse.status.lowercased() == "running"
 
             if self.isRunning {
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ final class TailscaleService {
             self.statusError = "Please start the Tailscale app"
             self.logger.info("Tailscale API not responding; app likely not running")
         }
+
+        if self.tailscaleIP == nil, let fallback = Self.detectTailnetIPv4() {
+            self.tailscaleIP = fallback
+            if !self.isRunning {
+                self.isRunning = true
+            }
+            self.statusError = nil
+            self.logger.info("Tailscale interface IP detected (fallback) ip=\(fallback, privacy: .public)")
+        }
     }
 
     func openTailscaleApp() {
@@ -163,4 +172,46 @@ final class TailscaleService {
             NSWorkspace.shared.open(url)
         }
     }
+
+    private static func isTailnetIPv4(_ address: String) -> Bool {
+        let parts = address.split(separator: ".")
+        guard parts.count == 4 else { return false }
+        let octets = parts.compactMap { Int($0) }
+        guard octets.count == 4 else { return false }
+        let a = octets[0]
+        let b = octets[1]
+        return a == 100 && b >= 64 && b <= 127
+    }
+
+    private static func detectTailnetIPv4() -> String? {
+        var addrList: UnsafeMutablePointer<ifaddrs>?
+        guard getifaddrs(&addrList) == 0, let first = addrList else { return nil }
+        defer { freeifaddrs(addrList) }
+
+        for ptr in sequence(first: first, next: { $0.pointee.ifa_next }) {
+            let flags = Int32(ptr.pointee.ifa_flags)
+            let isUp = (flags & IFF_UP) != 0
+            let isLoopback = (flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) != 0
+            let family = ptr.pointee.ifa_addr.pointee.sa_family
+            if !isUp || isLoopback || family != UInt8(AF_INET) { continue }
+
+            var addr = ptr.pointee.ifa_addr.pointee
+            var buffer = [CChar](repeating: 0, count: Int(NI_MAXHOST))
+            let result = getnameinfo(
+                &addr,
+                socklen_t(ptr.pointee.ifa_addr.pointee.sa_len),
+                &buffer,
+                socklen_t(buffer.count),
+                nil,
+                0,
+                NI_NUMERICHOST)
+            guard result == 0 else { continue }
+            let len = buffer.prefix { $0 != 0 }
+            let bytes = len.map { UInt8(bitPattern: $0) }
+            guard let ip = String(bytes: bytes, encoding: .utf8) else { continue }
+            if Self.isTailnetIPv4(ip) { return ip }
+        }
+
+        return nil
+    }
 }

apps/macos/Sources/ClawdbotMacCLI/ConnectCommand.swift

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import ClawdbotKit
 import ClawdbotProtocol
 import Foundation
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+import Darwin
+#endif
 
 struct ConnectOptions {
     var url: String?
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ private func resolveGatewayEndpoint(opts: ConnectOptions, config: GatewayConfig)
     }
 
     let port = config.port ?? 18789
-    let host = "127.0.0.1"
+    let host = resolveLocalHost(bind: config.bind)
     guard let url = URL(string: "ws://\(host):\(port)") else {
         throw NSError(domain: "Gateway", code: 1, userInfo: [NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: "invalid url: ws://\(host):\(port)"])
     }
@@ -304,3 +307,56 @@ private func resolvedPassword(opts: ConnectOptions, mode: String, config: Gatewa
     }
     return config.password
 }
+
+private func resolveLocalHost(bind: String?) -> String {
+    let normalized = (bind ?? "").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).lowercased()
+    let tailnetIP = detectTailnetIPv4()
+    switch normalized {
+    case "tailnet", "auto":
+        return tailnetIP ?? "127.0.0.1"
+    default:
+        return "127.0.0.1"
+    }
+}
+
+private func detectTailnetIPv4() -> String? {
+    var addrList: UnsafeMutablePointer<ifaddrs>?
+    guard getifaddrs(&addrList) == 0, let first = addrList else { return nil }
+    defer { freeifaddrs(addrList) }
+
+    for ptr in sequence(first: first, next: { $0.pointee.ifa_next }) {
+        let flags = Int32(ptr.pointee.ifa_flags)
+        let isUp = (flags & IFF_UP) != 0
+        let isLoopback = (flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) != 0
+        let family = ptr.pointee.ifa_addr.pointee.sa_family
+        if !isUp || isLoopback || family != UInt8(AF_INET) { continue }
+
+        var addr = ptr.pointee.ifa_addr.pointee
+        var buffer = [CChar](repeating: 0, count: Int(NI_MAXHOST))
+        let result = getnameinfo(
+            &addr,
+            socklen_t(ptr.pointee.ifa_addr.pointee.sa_len),
+            &buffer,
+            socklen_t(buffer.count),
+            nil,
+            0,
+            NI_NUMERICHOST)
+        guard result == 0 else { continue }
+        let len = buffer.prefix { $0 != 0 }
+        let bytes = len.map { UInt8(bitPattern: $0) }
+        guard let ip = String(bytes: bytes, encoding: .utf8) else { continue }
+        if isTailnetIPv4(ip) { return ip }
+    }
+
+    return nil
+}
+
+private func isTailnetIPv4(_ address: String) -> Bool {
+    let parts = address.split(separator: ".")
+    guard parts.count == 4 else { return false }
+    let octets = parts.compactMap { Int($0) }
+    guard octets.count == 4 else { return false }
+    let a = octets[0]
+    let b = octets[1]
+    return a == 100 && b >= 64 && b <= 127
+}