Your organization has restricted members from joining external tailnets

This topic explains a message that may appear in the Tailscale admin console and the actions you can take to address it. For a list of currently documented messages in the Tailscale admin console and client, refer to the main Messages topic.

Message displayed in the admin console

Error 403: Your organization has restricted members from joining external tailnets

Why you're seeing this message

This error message displays when your tailnet uses a private/owned domain and the administrator is preventing users from joining other (external) tailnets.

What to do

Here are some things you can try to resolve this issue:

• Use a different email address to join an external tailnet.
• Contact your IT administrator to request permission to join an external tailnet using your organization email address.

Additional information

• For information about enabling and disabling access to external tailnets, refer to Invite any user to your tailnet.