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Android IPNService Causes Exit Node Disconnection and App Crash #14906

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What is the issue?

Tailscale keeps loosing exit node selection in the app and sometimes crash.
What is the issue?
When using ADB to set the exit node via IPNService, the exit node disconnects randomly. After this, the only way to restore functionality is to force-stop the app, clear data, and re-login. However, if IPNService is used again, the issue repeats, sometimes leading to an app crash.

Steps to reproduce

sometimes neeUse ADB to set an exit node via IPNService.
Observe that the exit node disconnects randomly.
Restarting the app does not fix the issue.
To recover, force-stop, clear data, and re-login.
Using IPNService again triggers the issue again.

Are there any recent changes that introduced the issue?
The exit node should remain stable and connected.
d to monitor every minute

Are there any recent changes that introduced the issue?

same bug on all version 1.78 1.78.3 1.80

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any version 8 to 14

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1.78 1.78.3 1.80

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