Error: nix: command error: nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' build --impure --no-link 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/1f37660f64a850233baab512c9b9bd83fb72be57#mongodb': exit code 1

[khunemz]

What happened?

After upgrading to 0.13.3 and start services up then I got error message Error: nix: command error: nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' build --impure --no-link 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/1f37660f64a850233baab512c9b9bd83fb72be57#mongodb': exit code 1 after running devbox services up

Steps to reproduce

the devbox.json

{
  "packages": [
    "nats-server@latest",
    "ripgrep@latest",
    "overmind@latest",
    "postgresql_12@latest",
    "tldr@latest",
    "natscli@latest",
    "redis@latest",
    "nats-top@latest",
    "mongosh@latest",
    "mongodb@latest"
  ],
  "shell": {
    "init_hook": [
      ""
    ],
    "scripts": {
      "test": [
        "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
      ],
      "setup_db": [
        "initdb --encoding=UTF8"
      ],
      "add_users": [
        "psql -f add-users.sql"
      ]
    }
  },
  "include": [
    "github:jetpack-io/devbox-plugins?dir=mongodb"
  ]
}

Command

No response

devbox.json

No response

Devbox version

0.13.3

Nix version

No response

What system does this bug occur on?

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Debug logs

Info: Ensuring packages are installed.
Info: Installing the following packages to the nix store: mongodb@latest
error: the user '_nixbld1' in the group 'nixbld' does not exist
Error: nix: command error: nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' build --impure --no-link 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/1f37660f64a850233baab512c9b9bd83fb72be57#mongodb': exit code 1

Error: There was an internal error. Run with DEVBOX_DEBUG=1 for a detailed error message, and consider reporting it at https://github.com/jetify-com/devbox/issues

[Lagoja]

error: the user '_nixbld1' in the group 'nixbld' does not exist
Error: nix: command error: nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command

I think this is related to an issue with Nixpkgs on macOS Sequoia. Newer versions of macOS overwrote some of the UIDs that Nix uses to build it's packages.

To fix this, you can try running the repair script here:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix/tag/v0.26.0 | sh -s -- repair sequoia --move-existing-users

For more details, check out the issue here: NixOS/nix#10892

[javapapo]

I get a similar error on Linux (popOS) . Devbox version 0.13.4.

devbox update
or
devbox add [email protected]

{
  "$schema":  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetify-com/devbox/0.13.3/.schema/devbox.schema.json",
  "packages": ["[email protected]"],
  "shell": {
    "init_hook": [
      ". $VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
    ],
    "scripts": {
      "test": [
        "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

I get

Error: nix: command error: nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' print-dev-env --json path:/home/papo/dev/python-etf/.devbox/gen/flake: attribute 'python313' missing: exit code 1

Error: There was an internal error. Run with DEVBOX_DEBUG=1 for a detailed error message, and consider reporting it at https://github.com/jetify-com/devbox/issues

[include]

Same problem with devbox 0.13.4

[oscarteg]

error: the user '_nixbld1' in the group 'nixbld' does not exist
Error: nix: command error: nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command

I think this is related to an issue with Nixpkgs on macOS Sequoia. Newer versions of macOS overwrote some of the UIDs that Nix uses to build it's packages.

To fix this, you can try running the repair script here:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix/tag/v0.26.0 | sh -s -- repair sequoia --move-existing-users

For more details, check out the issue here: NixOS/nix#10892

This fixed my issue!