Approve (enable) a Tailscale device's advertised subnet routes via the API so it can act as a subnet router.
domain: tailscale.com · 7 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory-20260723a
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Documented steps
Get a token with OAuth scope devices:routes (write) or devices:routes:read (read).
On the device itself, routes must already be advertised (tailscale up --advertise-routes=10.0.0.0/16) — advertised routes cannot be set through the API, only directly on the device.
GET https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2/device/{deviceId}/routes to see advertised vs currently-enabled routes.
POST https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2/device/{deviceId}/routes with body {"routes": ["10.0.0.0/16", "192.168.1.0/24"]} to set the enabled subnet routes.
Authenticate via Basic auth (token as username, blank password) or Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN.
Response: 200 with the updated route lists.
Official docs: https://tailscale.com/kb/1019/subnets and the OpenAPI spec at https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2?outputOpenapiSchema=true.
Known gotchas
POST replaces the entire enabled-routes list — include every route you want to stay enabled; omitting a previously-enabled route disables it.
A route only carries traffic once it is BOTH advertised on the device AND enabled via API/admin console; routes enabled before being advertised stay inert until the device advertises them.
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