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fix(nix): point nixpkgs# at the box's pinned nixpkgs - #1003
nix profile add nixpkgs#whisper-cpp compiled from source on an aarch64 box. The reason: a bare nixpkgs# resolves through the global flake registry. On a Determinate box, that registry maps nixpkgs to FlakeHub nixpkgs-weekly. agent-box does not choose that revision and does not move it. At the locked rev (fe13242, 2026-10-15), Hydra build 349262286 for whisper-cpp.aarch64-linux is "Dependency failed" (nodejs-slim-26.12.0), so cache.nixos.org has no build. At the box's own pin (nixos-26.11pre1105037.1c89083e451e), the same package is cached (narinfo 200).
Change
nixpkgs# now resolves to the box's jitNixpkgs pin. Harnesses and the nixpkgs-cache timer already use this rev, and only a box update moves it.
Native:agentbox apply writes /etc/nix/registry.json (the system registry, which outranks the global registry). It keeps every other entry. It replaces a nixpkgs entry only when that entry is absent or is a nixos.org channel tarball that agent-box wrote. If an operator mapped nixpkgs to something else, apply leaves it alone and reports it in a note. It does the same for an unreadable file.
NixOS:nix.registry.nixpkgs.to = mkOverride 900 { type = "tarball"; url = jitNixpkgsRef; }. This beats nixpkgs' own mkDefault (the system flake), and a host's plain definition beats it.
Shipped guide: explains the pin and the per-case override. Examples: nix profile add github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#pulumi, a project's own flake, or nix registry add nixpkgs ... for one user. The user registry and --override-flake still outrank the system registry.
Effect on users: nixpkgs# versions now follow the box pin and no longer follow FlakeHub's weekly snapshot. On a box that has never updated, the pin is the mutable nixos-unstable channel URL, as jitNixpkgs already was. No security, IAM, networking or cost impact.
Checks
python3 tests/test_agentbox.py: 172 tests pass (1 skipped). This includes 4 new registry tests: the pin is written; other entries are kept and a stale pin is replaced; an operator mapping is left alone with a note; an unreadable file is left alone.
python3 scripts/check_backend_parity.py: OK.
nix run .#assemble, python3 tests/test_agentbox.py --update and nix run .#update-golden were regenerated and committed.
On NixOS, nix eval .#nixosConfigurations.vm.config.environment.etc."nix/registry.json".text maps nixpkgs to the pin tarball.
A local nix build --keep-going .#ci-native was stopped because the box was low on memory, before it built any check. This PR's CI is the native and VM verification.
A bare `nix profile add nixpkgs#foo` resolved through the global flake
registry, which on a Determinate box maps nixpkgs to FlakeHub's
nixpkgs-weekly - a revision agent-box neither chose nor moves. On an
aarch64 box that rev (fe13242) had whisper-cpp dependency-failed on Hydra
(nodejs-slim), so the install compiled from source while the box's own
pin had it cached.
Both backends now map nixpkgs in the SYSTEM registry to the jitNixpkgs
pin - the revision the harnesses and the nixpkgs cache already use, moved
only by a box update. The native renderer writes /etc/nix/registry.json,
keeping other entries and leaving an operator's own nixpkgs mapping alone;
the NixOS module sets nix.registry.nixpkgs.to at priority 900. A user's
registry, --override-flake, or an explicit flake ref still wins, which is
the per-case escape hatch the shipped guide now describes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The system nixpkgs registry entry now follows the box’s configured nixpkgs source. The renderer updates eligible version-2 registries while preserving unrelated entries and leaving unsupported or operator-defined mappings unchanged. The tools guidance and expected outputs describe the pinned source and available registry overrides.
Changes: Box-pinned nixpkgs registry
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Summary
Configure and render the system registry modules/agent-box.nix, modules/agent-box.nix.in, bin/agentbox, tests/test_agentbox.py, tests/native/expected/etc/nix/registry.json, tests/native/expected-modes.json
The NixOS configuration sets the system nixpkgs registry entry to the configured source. Renderer.nix_gc invokes nix_registry, which updates eligible version-2 registries and preserves unrelated entries. Tests cover updates, operator-defined mappings, invalid input, and expected output.
The tools guidance explains the pinned source, package-install alternatives, and how to change or remove the user registry override. Expected guide outputs include the updated instructions.
defangdevs/agent-box issue 972: The pinned nixpkgs# source may provide access to the reported cached whisper-cpp build, but this change does not establish that the transcription backend is installed.
Suggested reviewers:lionello
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 7f842
The change makes nixpkgs# follow the box's pinned nixpkgs, and the main paths are implemented and tested. A few edge cases remain: custom jitNixpkgs references, hosts that choose their nixpkgs through the flake option, and archive URLs with hash or directory parameters. In those cases nixpkgs# can resolve differently from what the guide or the host expects. They are narrow and have easy workarounds, so the change is mergeable once the owner is aware of them.
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Review comments at @bin/agentbox:
- Around line 2452-2453: Update the registry-entry filtering loop so
non-dictionary values in `from` are treated as foreign entries: preserve the
original entry in `kept` and continue before calling `frm.get`. Keep the
existing filtering behavior for dictionary values.
- Around line 2436-2437: In the registry-loading path around path.read_text(),
handle UnicodeDecodeError separately from OSError: add a note identifying the
undecodable registry and skip modifying that file, while allowing apply to
continue and report the registry. Preserve the existing OSError behavior.
- Around line 2464-2465: Update the registry rewrite at t.file so it preserves
the existing file’s permissions and keeps the temporary file restricted while
writing. Ensure the replacement retains the registry’s prior mode, including
root-only access, rather than defaulting to 0644.
- Around line 2464-2465: Update the native registry write in the code that
queues `t.file` so a symlinked registry path resolves to its target before
queuing the write, preserving the symlink; leave non-symlink paths unchanged.
- Line 2192: Update the rollback flow to restore the Nix registry from the
restored AGENT_PIN_FILE before running the old release’s agentbox apply. Reuse
the existing self.nix_registry(t) mechanism so the registry and active pin match
after rollback.
- Around line 2436-2438: Update the registry read handling around
path.read_text() so only FileNotFoundError queues a replacement; for other
OSError failures, report the registry path and error, leave it unchanged, and do
not claim which mapping Nix will use. Add a regression test using
PermissionError that verifies no registry write is queued and the diagnostic
includes the path and error.
- Around line 2458-2459: Update the nixpkgs mapping logic around the
releases.nixos.org and channels.nixos.org URL check to track agent-box ownership
and the last mapping it wrote instead of inferring ownership from the URL host.
Replace an existing entry only when the recorded mapping still matches it;
without a record, or after an operator edit, preserve the current entry. Add
tests covering both host types and later operator edits.
- Around line 2431-2433: Update the `nix_registry` serialization so the registry
`to` value preserves the configured `jit_nixpkgs` flake-reference type rather
than always using `tarball`; support the documented `github`, `git`, and `path`
forms without changing their reference semantics. Add coverage verifying each
supported form is serialized with its corresponding type.
Review comments at @modules/agent-box.nix:
- Around line 1312-1314: Update the `nixpkgs#` documentation near
`jitNixpkgsRef` to qualify the revision guarantee: it applies only when
`jitNixpkgs` or `selfUpdate.agentNixpkgs` configures a pin; otherwise, state
that the reference follows the mutable `nixos-unstable` channel.
Review comments at @modules/agent-box.nix.in:
- Around line 3162-3164: Update the nixpkgs registry configuration using
jitNixpkgsRef so its emitted type matches the configured flake reference,
including GitHub, git+, and path references; alternatively, validate and
restrict jitNixpkgs to tarball URLs. Preserve the configured source and ensure
nixpkgs#hello resolves it as the intended flake reference.
Review comments at @modules/src/default-agents.md:
- Around line 97-104: Clarify the registry-removal guidance in the nixpkgs
documentation: state that `nix registry remove nixpkgs` removes the user
override and restores the box pin only when the system registry has no
operator-defined nixpkgs mapping.
Review comments at @tests/test_agentbox.py:
- Around line 831-838: Extend the registry test around
`reg["flakes"][0]["to"]["url"]` to render with an explicit `jitNixpkgs` override
or rooted pin and assert that `registry.json` contains that pin’s URL. Keep the
existing channel-default assertion for the unpinned fixture.
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Review follow-up on the nixpkgs# registry pin:
- Ownership is a record (/etc/agent-box/nix-registry-nixpkgs.json), not
the URL's host: an operator's nixpkgs mapping is never overruled, even
on releases.nixos.org, and a pin agent-box wrote still moves when the
pin does, whatever host it names.
- A foreign registry keeps its mode and its symlink, as nix.custom.conf
already does, and write_if_changed creates its temp file at the target
mode so a 0600 file is never briefly world-readable.
- An unreadable, undecodable or non-v2 registry, and malformed entries,
are left alone or kept instead of aborting apply.
- Only an https archive jitNixpkgs maps to a registry entry, on both
backends; a github:/git+/path ref leaves nixpkgs# where it was.
- A rolled-back update moves our registry entry back with the pin file,
since the restored release may predate the registry.
- Guide and module comment: the revision is fixed once a pin exists, and
`nix registry remove` returns to the box's mapping, not always the pin.
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Review comments at @modules/agent-box.nix.in:
- Line 3170: Update the registry configuration around `lib.mkOverride 900` so
the agent-box archive target is used only when the host has not explicitly set
`nix.registry.nixpkgs.flake`. Preserve the host flake-derived `to`, while
keeping the agent-box archive higher priority than NixOS’s default system-flake
mapping.
- Line 3172: Update the registry target built from jitNixpkgsRef and the
registry_target function in bin/agentbox to separate Nix flake parameters such
as narHash and dir into registry target attributes, while retaining ordinary
HTTP query parameters in the URL. Ensure nixpkgs# installs enforce the supplied
narHash and preserve any dir selector.
Review comments at @modules/src/default-agents.md:
- Around line 97-98: Qualify the `nixpkgs#` explanation: its matching the box
and lazy harnesses is only guaranteed when the system registry maps `nixpkgs` to
the box’s nixpkgs. Explain that a `github:` `jitNixpkgs` may leave that mapping
unset, so agents should inspect the registry mapping before relying on the
revision.
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…he guide
CodeRabbit review on #1003: an explicit nix.registry.nixpkgs.flake is no
longer overridden; narHash and dir move from the tarball URL into registry
attributes (NixOS and native); the guide says to run nix registry list when
the mapping is left alone.
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All three findings were valid and are fixed in ef35688:
Host flake kept. The NixOS override now applies only when nix.registry.nixpkgs.flake == null. I checked nixpkgs' nixpkgs-flake.nix: the system-flake default is a mkDefault on to, so priority 900 still beats it when the host has set nothing.
narHash and dir. They now move from the URL into registry attributes, with %2B/%2F/%3D decoded. Other query parameters stay on the URL. Done in the NixOS module and in registry_target in bin/agentbox. New test covers it.
Guide. It now says the pin holds only when the registry maps nixpkgs to the box's nixpkgs, and points to nix registry list.
Checks: tests/test_agentbox.py 182 pass (1 skipped), the backend parity check passes, and snapshots and goldens are regenerated. nix eval of the vm host still maps nixpkgs to the tarball. Full CI runs on this push.
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nix profile add nixpkgs#whisper-cppcompiled from source on an aarch64 box. The reason: a barenixpkgs#resolves through the global flake registry. On a Determinate box, that registry mapsnixpkgsto FlakeHubnixpkgs-weekly. agent-box does not choose that revision and does not move it. At the locked rev (fe13242, 2026-10-15), Hydra build 349262286 forwhisper-cpp.aarch64-linuxis "Dependency failed" (nodejs-slim-26.12.0), so cache.nixos.org has no build. At the box's own pin (nixos-26.11pre1105037.1c89083e451e), the same package is cached (narinfo 200).Change
nixpkgs#now resolves to the box'sjitNixpkgspin. Harnesses and the nixpkgs-cache timer already use this rev, and only a box update moves it.agentbox applywrites/etc/nix/registry.json(the system registry, which outranks the global registry). It keeps every other entry. It replaces anixpkgsentry only when that entry is absent or is a nixos.org channel tarball that agent-box wrote. If an operator mappednixpkgsto something else, apply leaves it alone and reports it in a note. It does the same for an unreadable file.nix.registry.nixpkgs.to = mkOverride 900 { type = "tarball"; url = jitNixpkgsRef; }. This beats nixpkgs' ownmkDefault(the system flake), and a host's plain definition beats it.nix profile add github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#pulumi, a project's own flake, ornix registry add nixpkgs ...for one user. The user registry and--override-flakestill outrank the system registry.Effect on users:
nixpkgs#versions now follow the box pin and no longer follow FlakeHub's weekly snapshot. On a box that has never updated, the pin is the mutable nixos-unstable channel URL, asjitNixpkgsalready was. No security, IAM, networking or cost impact.Checks
python3 tests/test_agentbox.py: 172 tests pass (1 skipped). This includes 4 new registry tests: the pin is written; other entries are kept and a stale pin is replaced; an operator mapping is left alone with a note; an unreadable file is left alone.python3 scripts/check_backend_parity.py: OK.nix run .#assemble,python3 tests/test_agentbox.py --updateandnix run .#update-goldenwere regenerated and committed.nix eval .#nixosConfigurations.vm.config.environment.etc."nix/registry.json".textmapsnixpkgsto the pin tarball.nix build --keep-going .#ci-nativewas stopped because the box was low on memory, before it built any check. This PR's CI is the native and VM verification.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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