Tailscale consistently multiple versions behind

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Hello,

Using Tailscale on Manjaro seems to be problematic as the version is consistently several versions behind current (at time of this writing 1.88.1 vs 1.90.8). As I cannot udpate the package by itself but must wait until it gets added to the full system update, am i just better off using a different distro?

Thanks!

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This is how Manjaro works.
Three branches - three options.
Stable being the default.

You could switch branch from stable to unstable or testing.
Each one of these has got a different version.

Branch compare for Manjaro

Or use Arch (or EOS) to always be on the edge …

Debian Sid might be a very close match, too - it is rolling and always the newest … just as Arch is.

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I’m on unstable and my version is this:

[sudo] password for demo:
Name            : tailscale
Version         : 1.90.8-1

Whatever version you are on should work for you.

What is in the new version that you need?

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… a good and valid question :grin:

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If Manjaro stable branch is too stable - you can switch to unstable branch - which - despite the name is not unstable but more like the edge branch.

Arch’s stable branch is not unstable - it is just that it changes often - and some users don’t like the constant stream of changes.

tailscale is imported from Arch Linux stable repo.

The closest you will ever get to Arch Linux is Manjaro Edge branch (unstable).

sudo pacman-mirrors -aS unstable
sudo pacman -Syyu

Current status of tailscale

 $ mbn info tailscale -q
Branch         : archlinux
Name           : tailscale
Version        : 1.90.8-1
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Wed 19 Nov 2025 17:43:57 
Packager       : Christian Heusel <gromit@archlinux.org>
Branch         : unstable
Name           : tailscale
Version        : 1.90.8-1
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Wed 19 Nov 2025 17:43:57 
Packager       : Christian Heusel <gromit@archlinux.org>
Branch         : testing
Name           : tailscale
Version        : 1.90.6-1
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Fri 31 Oct 2025 23:12:28 
Packager       : Christian Heusel <gromit@archlinux.org>
Branch         : stable
Name           : tailscale
Version        : 1.88.1-1
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Fri 12 Sep 2025 10:58:45 
Packager       : Christian Heusel <gromit@archlinux.org>
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