diff --git a/deployments/tailscale/clusterrole.yaml b/deployments/tailscale/clusterrole.yaml
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+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: tailscale-operator
+  labels:
+    app: tailscale-operator
+rules:
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources: ["pods", "services", "secrets", "configmaps"]
+  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+- apiGroups: ["apps"]
+  resources: ["deployments", "statefulsets"]
+  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+- apiGroups: ["discovery.k8s.io"]
+  resources: ["endpointslices"]
+  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+- apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
+  resources: ["leases"]
+  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]