tailscale: Can't rename a machine to the name of a removed machine

Describe the bug Old and deleted machines still have machine names that “occupy” the machine namespace.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install android client and configure it
  2. Wipe app data
  3. Reconfigure client
  4. Try and rename the machine in the admin console to remove the -2 suffix.

Expected behavior I expect to be able to rename “pixel-3-2” to “pixel-3”, but instead Name "pixel-3" is already taken is shown. My old pixel 3 device is not visible anywhere (because I removed it when I reset the app data).

Additional context Tailscale acct: my-github-account-name [at] gmaildotcom

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  • State: closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions: 3
  • Comments: 16 (7 by maintainers)

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Removing devices freed up the names starting… quite a while ago. Today I finished cleaning up old db entries from before that policy changed, so those old names should be available for reuse again.