diff --git a/control/controlclient/auto.go b/control/controlclient/auto.go
index e0f17e172..f42d6e715 100644
--- a/control/controlclient/auto.go
+++ b/control/controlclient/auto.go
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ package controlclient
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -28,77 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/types/wgkey"
 )
 
-// State is the high-level state of the client. It is used only in
-// unit tests for proper sequencing, don't depend on it anywhere else.
-// TODO(apenwarr): eliminate 'state', as it's now obsolete.
-type State int
-
-const (
-	StateNew = State(iota)
-	StateNotAuthenticated
-	StateAuthenticating
-	StateURLVisitRequired
-	StateAuthenticated
-	StateSynchronized // connected and received map update
-)
-
-func (s State) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
-	return []byte(s.String()), nil
-}
-
-func (s State) String() string {
-	switch s {
-	case StateNew:
-		return "state:new"
-	case StateNotAuthenticated:
-		return "state:not-authenticated"
-	case StateAuthenticating:
-		return "state:authenticating"
-	case StateURLVisitRequired:
-		return "state:url-visit-required"
-	case StateAuthenticated:
-		return "state:authenticated"
-	case StateSynchronized:
-		return "state:synchronized"
-	default:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("state:unknown:%d", int(s))
-	}
-}
-
-type Status struct {
-	_             structs.Incomparable
-	LoginFinished *empty.Message
-	Err           string
-	URL           string
-	Persist       *persist.Persist   // locally persisted configuration
-	NetMap        *netmap.NetworkMap // server-pushed configuration
-	Hostinfo      *tailcfg.Hostinfo  // current Hostinfo data
-	State         State
-}
-
-// Equal reports whether s and s2 are equal.
-func (s *Status) Equal(s2 *Status) bool {
-	if s == nil && s2 == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return s != nil && s2 != nil &&
-		(s.LoginFinished == nil) == (s2.LoginFinished == nil) &&
-		s.Err == s2.Err &&
-		s.URL == s2.URL &&
-		reflect.DeepEqual(s.Persist, s2.Persist) &&
-		reflect.DeepEqual(s.NetMap, s2.NetMap) &&
-		reflect.DeepEqual(s.Hostinfo, s2.Hostinfo) &&
-		s.State == s2.State
-}
-
-func (s Status) String() string {
-	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(s, "", "\t")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return s.State.String() + " " + string(b)
-}
-
 type LoginGoal struct {
 	_               structs.Incomparable
 	wantLoggedIn    bool                 // true if we *want* to be logged in
diff --git a/control/controlclient/status.go b/control/controlclient/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..833da3484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control/controlclient/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020 Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package controlclient
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+	"tailscale.com/types/empty"
+	"tailscale.com/types/netmap"
+	"tailscale.com/types/persist"
+	"tailscale.com/types/structs"
+)
+
+// State is the high-level state of the client. It is used only in
+// unit tests for proper sequencing, don't depend on it anywhere else.
+// TODO(apenwarr): eliminate 'state', as it's now obsolete.
+type State int
+
+const (
+	StateNew = State(iota)
+	StateNotAuthenticated
+	StateAuthenticating
+	StateURLVisitRequired
+	StateAuthenticated
+	StateSynchronized // connected and received map update
+)
+
+func (s State) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(s.String()), nil
+}
+
+func (s State) String() string {
+	switch s {
+	case StateNew:
+		return "state:new"
+	case StateNotAuthenticated:
+		return "state:not-authenticated"
+	case StateAuthenticating:
+		return "state:authenticating"
+	case StateURLVisitRequired:
+		return "state:url-visit-required"
+	case StateAuthenticated:
+		return "state:authenticated"
+	case StateSynchronized:
+		return "state:synchronized"
+	default:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("state:unknown:%d", int(s))
+	}
+}
+
+type Status struct {
+	_             structs.Incomparable
+	LoginFinished *empty.Message
+	Err           string
+	URL           string
+	Persist       *persist.Persist   // locally persisted configuration
+	NetMap        *netmap.NetworkMap // server-pushed configuration
+	Hostinfo      *tailcfg.Hostinfo  // current Hostinfo data
+	State         State
+}
+
+// Equal reports whether s and s2 are equal.
+func (s *Status) Equal(s2 *Status) bool {
+	if s == nil && s2 == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return s != nil && s2 != nil &&
+		(s.LoginFinished == nil) == (s2.LoginFinished == nil) &&
+		s.Err == s2.Err &&
+		s.URL == s2.URL &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(s.Persist, s2.Persist) &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(s.NetMap, s2.NetMap) &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(s.Hostinfo, s2.Hostinfo) &&
+		s.State == s2.State
+}
+
+func (s Status) String() string {
+	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(s, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return s.State.String() + " " + string(b)
+}