Improve UI for Mullvad exit nodes

[felschr]

Mullvad exit nodes when enabled clutter the list of nodes & exit nodes.

I propose a few changes:

• remove Mullvad exit nodes from normal "nodes"
• group Mullvad exit nodes by country and/or city in "exit nodes"
• add search, if possible

For reference the UI used by tailscale web looks like this:

On iOS they have got this UI:

high.mp4

[maxgallup]

Definitely a neat feature for those using Mullvad VPN, I like it! Unfortunately I don't currently use Mullvad which would complicate the implementation of this feature. Perhaps anyone using Mullvad would be interested in doing this?

[felschr]

The Mullvad exit nodes probably also shouldn't be listed under "Send Files".

Perhaps this list of all Mullvad exit nodes helps for the implementation, at least for filtering them out of the "Nodes" & "Send Files" lists:

❯ tailscale exit-node list  
 IP                  HOSTNAME                           COUNTRY            CITY                   STATUS       
 100.103.207.98      al-tia-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       Albania            Tirana                 -            
 100.100.169.122     au-syd-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Australia          Any                    -            
 100.126.157.101     au-adl-wg-302.mullvad.ts.net       Australia          Adelaide               -            
 100.70.240.117      au-bne-wg-301.mullvad.ts.net       Australia          Brisbane               -            
 100.117.126.96      au-mel-wg-301.mullvad.ts.net       Australia          Melbourne              -            
 100.88.22.25        au-per-wg-301.mullvad.ts.net       Australia          Perth                  -            
 100.100.169.122     au-syd-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Australia          Sydney                 -            
 100.79.65.119       at-vie-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Austria            Vienna                 -            
 100.82.168.64       be-bru-wg-103.mullvad.ts.net       Belgium            Brussels               -            
 100.66.247.50       br-sao-wg-201.mullvad.ts.net       Brazil             Sao Paulo              -            
 100.98.0.17         bg-sof-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Bulgaria           Sofia                  -            
 100.72.67.30        ca-tor-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       Canada             Any                    -            
 100.88.145.127      ca-yyc-wg-202.mullvad.ts.net       Canada             Calgary                -            
 100.113.7.128       ca-mtr-wg-003.mullvad.ts.net       Canada             Montreal               -            
 100.72.67.30        ca-tor-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       Canada             Toronto                -            
 100.68.111.59       ca-van-wg-202.mullvad.ts.net       Canada             Vancouver              -            
 100.81.101.39       co-bog-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Colombia           Bogota                 -            
 100.99.12.129       hr-zag-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Croatia            Zagreb                 -            
 100.72.166.139      cz-prg-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       Czech Republic     Prague                 -            
 100.80.98.14        dk-cph-wg-401.mullvad.ts.net       Denmark            Copenhagen             -            
 100.64.207.23       ee-tll-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       Estonia            Tallinn                -            
 100.78.113.70       fi-hel-wg-103.mullvad.ts.net       Finland            Helsinki               -            
 100.122.231.14      fr-mrs-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       France             Any                    -            
 100.122.231.14      fr-mrs-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       France             Marseille              -            
 100.64.98.99        fr-par-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       France             Paris                  -            
 100.110.29.110      de-fra-wg-403.mullvad.ts.net       Germany            Any                    -            
 100.78.161.88       de-ber-wg-006.mullvad.ts.net       Germany            Berlin                 -            
 100.78.208.132      de-dus-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       Germany            Dusseldorf             -            
 100.110.29.110      de-fra-wg-403.mullvad.ts.net       Germany            Frankfurt              -            
 100.124.199.56      de-fra-wg-004.mullvad.ts.net       Germany            Frankfurt              -     
 100.103.211.94      gr-ath-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       Greece             Athens                 -            
 100.104.61.158      hk-hkg-wg-302.mullvad.ts.net       Hong Kong          Hong Kong              -            
 100.114.248.11      hu-bud-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       Hungary            Budapest               -            
 100.117.68.90       ie-dub-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       Ireland            Dublin                 -            
 100.112.80.91       il-tlv-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       Israel             Tel Aviv               -            
 100.80.105.87       it-mil-wg-003.mullvad.ts.net       Italy              Milan                  -            
 100.100.131.39      jp-tyo-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Japan              Any                    -            
 100.126.124.112     jp-osa-wg-003.mullvad.ts.net       Japan              Osaka                  -            
 100.100.131.39      jp-tyo-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Japan              Tokyo                  -            
 100.83.7.143        lv-rix-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Latvia             Riga                   -            
 100.109.204.162     mx-qro-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Mexico             Queretaro              -            
 100.123.199.89      nl-ams-wg-201.mullvad.ts.net       Netherlands        Amsterdam              -            
 100.123.7.85        nz-akl-wg-301.mullvad.ts.net       New Zealand        Auckland               -            
 100.85.59.89        no-svg-wg-004.mullvad.ts.net       Norway             Any                    -            
 100.64.131.43       no-osl-wg-006.mullvad.ts.net       Norway             Oslo                   -            
 100.85.59.89        no-svg-wg-004.mullvad.ts.net       Norway             Stavanger              -            
 100.103.142.113     pl-waw-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       Poland             Warsaw                 -            
 100.81.170.137      pt-lis-wg-201.mullvad.ts.net       Portugal           Lisbon                 -            
 100.120.181.133     ro-buh-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Romania            Bucharest              -            
 100.93.235.68       rs-beg-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       Serbia             Belgrade               -            
 100.113.254.1       sg-sin-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       Singapore          Singapore              -            
 100.77.53.85        sk-bts-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       Slovakia           Bratislava             -            
 100.120.39.100      za-jnb-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       South Africa       Johannesburg           -            
 100.104.247.57      es-mad-wg-202.mullvad.ts.net       Spain              Madrid                 -            
 100.120.166.95      se-got-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Sweden             Any                    -            
 100.120.166.95      se-got-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Sweden             Gothenburg             -            
 100.108.99.28       se-mma-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       Sweden             Malmö                  -            
 100.127.8.8         se-sto-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       Sweden             Stockholm              -            
 100.86.37.141       ch-zrh-wg-202.mullvad.ts.net       Switzerland        Zurich                 -            
 100.116.130.132     gb-lon-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       UK                 Any                    -            
 100.116.130.132     gb-lon-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       UK                 London                 -            
 100.116.89.23       gb-mnc-wg-003.mullvad.ts.net       UK                 Manchester             -            
 100.84.251.68       us-mia-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Any                    -            
 100.116.45.16       us-qas-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Ashburn, VA            -            
 100.126.111.61      us-atl-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Atlanta, GA            -            
 100.89.129.123      us-bos-wg-102.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Boston, MA             -            
 100.106.59.156      us-chi-wg-005-1.mullvad.ts.net     USA                Chicago, IL            -            
 100.70.74.122       us-dal-wg-001.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Dallas, TX             -            
 100.120.178.99      us-den-wg-103.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Denver, CO             -            
 100.65.188.86       us-det-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Detroit, MI            -            
 100.115.104.41      us-hou-wg-004.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Houston, TX            -            
 100.68.225.93       us-lax-wg-404.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Los Angeles, CA        -            
 100.84.251.68       us-mia-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Miami, FL              -            
 100.95.87.6         us-nyc-wg-404.mullvad.ts.net       USA                New York, NY           -            
 100.64.17.114       us-phx-wg-103.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Phoenix, AZ            -            
 100.125.49.122      us-rag-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Raleigh, NC            -            
 100.64.95.19        us-slc-wg-104.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Salt Lake City, UT     -            
 100.111.6.119       us-sjc-wg-303.mullvad.ts.net       USA                San Jose, CA           -            
 100.108.10.106      us-sea-wg-103.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Seattle, WA            -            
 100.99.152.115      us-uyk-wg-101.mullvad.ts.net       USA                Secaucus, NJ           -            
 100.83.57.44        ua-iev-wg-002.mullvad.ts.net       Ukraine            Kyiv                   -            

# To use an exit node, use `tailscale set --exit-node=` followed by the hostname or IP

All the Mullvad exit nodes are under the mullvad.ts.net domain.

[felschr]

tailscale-gnome-qs uses tag:mullvad-exit-node to detect Mullvad exit nodes:
https://github.com/joaophi/tailscale-gnome-qs/blob/a5ce530df7bfbd9067937645f7d47c5ff460b3f1/tailscale%40joaophi.github.com/tailscale.js#L148

It does not currently group them in the UI, however. There are a few open PRs for this:
joaophi/tailscale-gnome-qs#18
joaophi/tailscale-gnome-qs#19
joaophi/tailscale-gnome-qs#20

[gbraad]

The grouping has to happen based on exitnode.location.Country which to me is now very Mullvad specific. I have the same problem for my Cockpit extension and hold of until this location is more generically available.

[maxgallup]

Alright, thanks for the info I'll look into it.

[jimeh]

Just to throw my two cents into this. It would be nice if individual servers were still available to choose from under the country/city selector, as quite often I find myself targeting specific Mullvad exit nodes when certain nodes are having issues or are temporarily blocked by some website.

There's a couple of open issues on the official Tailscale repo requesting the same thing, allowing exact choice of Mullvad server: tailscale/tailscale#9913