Remove old routes

[12nick12]

Is there any way to remove old routes from tailscale/headscale?

I deleted an old device and created a new one in it's place, when trying to enable a subnet router the device goes offline. This appears to be because of a loop I'm thinking.

[kradalby]

Is this still a problem? Could you help us with some steps to reproduce a minimal case?

[epichub]

I have a route that I cannot disable, if i "--reset" join the router node without advertising the route, the other nodes still gets the route added (after restarting headscale and tailscale on all nodes) - the route is no longer listed by headscale cli for the subnet router, but added to the other nodes anyway.

[casdr]

I have the same issue, the problem can be reproduced as following:

• Add a route from one of the nodes
• Enable the route using headscale cli
• Remove the route advertisement by removing the route from the --advertise-routes list

Now, when you check headscale route ls -i (node) the route doesn't show up, however the route is still listed in the sqlite database and also being configured on the other nodes.

[casdr]

I found a workaround for this, when you enable all routes for the node (headscale r enable -i 2 -a), the old route will be removed.

[PsyMan2000]

I am running 0.19.0 in a container and am also seeing a few routes sticking around after deleting a node and re-adding it (I did it to remove the IPv6 addresses and just use IPv4 after disabling it in the server 3 firewalls in) - now when I "headscale route ls" is gives me 3 Advertised routes with an empty Machine entry with the new 3 Machines and same routes tagged on the end of the list. Am I experiencing a bug or did I do something wrong. Also the commands seem to have changed a bit in 0.19.0. is there a "headscale route delete -r x" option or is there a simpler way to remove the ghosts from the machine? :-)

Maybe I should have re-upped it removing the advertised routes prior to deleting the node with the --reset flag? I will try that with another node and see what happens. I am only testing so no huge problem to wipe and start over. Looking forward to adding the UI on top once I get HS mastered...

I tried but ended up with 12 blank Machine entries and a mix of ghost routes. Deleted the db.sqlite file and made an empty one to start over. Just thought I would post back to see if it helps troubleshoot things. Enjoying just how easy it is to get running and use. fantastic work.

[robertorubioguardia]

Hi there.

Having the same issue here. Routes are still listed and shown as advertised in the headscale server, without a node label, even when the tailscale node has been removed from the network.

The headscale CLI seems not to have a command to delete routes :( but one just to disable routes.

Any ideas/insight?

[evenh]

I've seen the same behaviour

[jsbrain]

Same ... cannot remove old routes from deleted device.

[EricTheMagician]

I was having the same issue and discovered that this might work:
If you still have the device identifier, this is what I did:

headscale  routes enable -i 2 -r ""

it seems to disable it

[PsyMan2000]

There seems to be a fantastic update now on the docker version I am using that llows you to delete routes. :-)

[PsyMan2000]

but that is a great workaround, Thanks Jinx - That would have saved me deleteing a dozen databases LOL

[juanfont]

Fixed :)