From 855c48aec287f0c654ed21ff740352933e3b8a1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stavros Kois <47820033+stavros-k@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 18:47:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] remove unneeded check (#2658)

---
 CHANGELOG.md              | 2 ++
 hscontrol/types/config.go | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aea84949..a829c9e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   [#2614](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2614)
 - Support client verify for DERP
   [#2046](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2046)
+- Remove redundant check regarding `noise` config
+  [#2658](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2658)
 - Refactor OpenID Connect documentation
   [#2625](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2625)
 - Don't crash if config file is missing 
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/config.go b/hscontrol/types/config.go
index baf8f264..03c1e7ea 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/config.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/config.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func validateServerConfig() error {
 		errorText += "Fatal config error: set either tls_letsencrypt_hostname or tls_cert_path/tls_key_path, not both\n"
 	}
 
-	if !viper.IsSet("noise") || viper.GetString("noise.private_key_path") == "" {
+	if viper.GetString("noise.private_key_path") == "" {
 		errorText += "Fatal config error: headscale now requires a new `noise.private_key_path` field in the config file for the Tailscale v2 protocol\n"
 	}