Concerns about Tailscale version lag on Roon ROCK (ref#4KQJWS)

[BattleScarze (Jamie Irwin)]

Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· None of the above quite fits

None of the above quite fits

· None of these quite match

Tell us what's going on

· I am a lifetime Roon license holder and rely on the built-in Tailscale integration for secure remote access to my Roon Core.

I’ve noticed that the bundled Tailscale version on ROCK is currently 1.72.1, while upstream stable is 1.94.2, representing more than 20 minor releases of divergence.

While I understand the need for validation and stability in an appliance-style OS like ROCK, Tailscale functions as the secure remote access layer. Given that role, version lag raises reasonable questions about:

Incorporation of security patches

Protocol-level updates

Stability and reliability improvements

Overall update cadence for security-sensitive components

I have reviewed upstream changelogs and security advisories. While I do not see an immediate, widely publicized critical vulnerability specific to 1.72.1, there have been multiple security-relevant and stability-related fixes between 1.72 and 1.94.

Questions

What is the validation and release cadence for updating the bundled Tailscale version on ROCK?

Are security patches fast-tracked independently of major Roon OS updates?

Is auto-update intentionally disabled for architectural reasons?

Is there a roadmap toward closer version parity with upstream Tailscale releases?

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[Geoff_Coupe]

You may have missed this message posted to a similar request:

Tailscale version is obsolete with security vulnerability (ref#LL8FDF)

Hi @vijay Thank you for your post. Just to be clear, the team reviews all Tailscale updates and takes action to update RoonOS when necessary. Please see the link in @Suedkiez’ response above. Roon is not exposed to this particular vulnerability as the Tailscale version within RoonOS already runs with the respective flag. You can vote for the feature request of RoonOS auto-updates for Tailscale here:

[benjamin]

Hi @BattleScarze,

Thanks for writing in and sharing your concerns! @Geoff_Coupe is correct in the above reply, here’s more info:

Tailscale on Roon OS / ROCK lagging 6 versions (ref#I92AQ8)

What’s happening? · Other How can we help? · None of the above Other options · Other Describe the issue Update Tailscale on Roon OS / ROCK it's lagging 6 versions. Security concerns. Describe your network setup Unifi hardware, using Tailscale. [image]