Function IsMacAppStore

version/prop.go:132–149

IsMacAppStore returns whether this binary is from the App Store version of Tailscale for macOS. Returns true for both the network extension and the GUI app.

()

// IsMacAppStore returns whether this binary is from the App Store version of Tailscale
// for macOS.  Returns true for both the network extension and the GUI app.
func IsMacAppStore() bool {
	if runtime.GOOS != "darwin" {
		return false
	}
	return isMacAppStore.Get(func() bool {
		if AppIdentifierFn != nil {
			id := AppIdentifierFn()
			return id == appStoreBundleID || id == appStoreExtBundleId
		}
		// TODO (barnstar): This check should be redundant once all relevant callers
		// use AppIdentifierFn.
		// Both macsys and app store versions can run CLI executable with
		// suffix /Contents/MacOS/Tailscale. Check $HOME to filter out running
		// as macsys.
		return strings.Contains(os.Getenv("HOME"), "/Containers/io.tailscale.ipn.macos/") ||
			strings.Contains(os.Getenv("XPC_SERVICE_NAME"), appStoreBundleID)
	})
}

var isMacAppStoreGUI lazy.SyncValue[bool]