Issues

• Windows: no way to express an absolute path; the accepted form is drive-relative

  NixOS/nix#16412 · Filter by author awsmadi opened on Sep 1, 2026 · Updated on Nov 4, 2026
  1

• nix store gc is unable to remove impure derivations without impure-derivations feature turned on

  bug
  NixOS/nix#16732 · Filter by author SandaruKasa opened on Oct 30, 2026 · Updated on Nov 4, 2026
  2

• Extend function reflection

  error-messagesfeaturelanguage
  NixOS/nix#10350 · Filter by author roberth opened on Mar 28, 2024 · Updated on Nov 4, 2026
  5

• Consider deprecating forge-specific fetchTree inputs

  fetching
  NixOS/nix#16740 · Filter by author GraysonTinker opened on Nov 1, 2026 · Updated on Nov 4, 2026
  8

• Installing over a large existing nix store will fail with "Argument list too long"

  installer
  NixOS/nix#16739 · Filter by author risicle opened on Nov 1, 2026 · Updated on Nov 3, 2026
  5

• tests/bash-profile.sh on master fails on darwin with auto-allocate-uids enabled

  bug
  NixOS/nix#8444 · Filter by author cole-h opened on Jun 3, 2023 · Updated on Nov 3, 2026 · auto-allocate-uids stabilisation
  4

• Segmentation fault after perfect install

  installer
  NixOS/nix#16756 · Filter by author liukushk-a opened on Nov 3, 2026 · Updated on Nov 3, 2026

• Low fidelity "roadmap"

  NixOS/nix#16751 · Filter by author roberth opened on Nov 2, 2026 · Updated on Nov 3, 2026

• Fetchers: local git trees skip a directory when there's a file with the same name plus a non-ASCII character (src/ next to srcü)

  bugfetching
  NixOS/nix#16549 · by Filter by author yorickvP was closed on Nov 2, 2026 · Updated on Nov 2, 2026
  

• manual: link occurrences of NIX_PATH to its definition

  documentationgood first issue
  NixOS/nix#7142 · Filter by author fricklerhandwerk opened on Oct 7, 2022 · Updated on Nov 2, 2026
  1

• Document the *cursed* advanced derivation attributes

  documentation
  NixOS/nix#9622 · Filter by author lf- opened on Dec 16, 2023 · Updated on Nov 2, 2026
  1

• Repositories created by newer version of git not supported (reftable ref format).

  bugfetching
  NixOS/nix#14716 · Filter by author yshui opened on Dec 5, 2025 · Updated on Nov 2, 2026
  12

• recursive-nix on macOS: sandboxed build can’t read store paths added by inner Nix

  bug
  NixOS/nix#16708 · by Filter by author sellout was closed on Nov 1, 2026 · Updated on Nov 1, 2026
  3

• Unparse derivations correctly, reject fields that are not escaped but would need escaping

  NixOS/nix#16738 · Filter by author xokdvium opened on Oct 31, 2026 · Updated on Oct 31, 2026

• nix-copy-closure: fails at IPv6 link-local address, invalid URL authority

  bug
  NixOS/nix#16737 · by Filter by author Zocker1999NET was closed on Oct 31, 2026 · Updated on Oct 31, 2026 · Duplicate
  3

• Letting other softwares finish building on dependency failure

  feature
  NixOS/nix#16736 · Filter by author kenryuS opened on Oct 31, 2026 · Updated on Oct 31, 2026
  1

• On Darwin, garbage collector may remove paths that are listed in an environment variable

  bug
  NixOS/nix#13990 · by Filter by author booxter was closed on Oct 31, 2026 · Updated on Oct 31, 2026
  1

• nix-collect-garbage is slow on OS X because of lsof

  NixOS/nix#3011 · by Filter by author basvandijk was closed on Oct 31, 2026 · Updated on Oct 31, 2026
  3

• nix: offline detection is a dead branch on Windows (haveInternet always returns true)

  NixOS/nix#16416 · Filter by author awsmadi opened on Sep 2, 2026 · Updated on Oct 30, 2026
  3

• Running nix-shell -p causes locale-related error

  bug
  NixOS/nix#16687 · Filter by author ElaConeUmutDeniz opened on Oct 25, 2026 · Updated on Oct 30, 2026
  1

• [tracking] Git hashing after tree hashing

  store
  NixOS/nix#16727 · Filter by author roberth opened on Oct 29, 2026 · Updated on Oct 29, 2026 · git-hashing stabilisation

• Support OSC 7501 program status protocol

  clifeaturenew-cli
  NixOS/nix#16724 · Filter by author carterworks opened on Oct 29, 2026 · Updated on Oct 29, 2026

• [tracking] Lazy paths

  fetchinglanguageperformance
  NixOS/nix#16720 · Filter by author roberth opened on Oct 29, 2026 · Updated on Oct 29, 2026
  2

  

• ssh substituter does not implement queryRealisation, crashes nix

  bug
  NixOS/nix#6070 · by Filter by author trofi was closed on Oct 29, 2026 · Updated on Oct 29, 2026
  5

• LFS support on self with nix repl . does not work

  bug
  NixOS/nix#16721 · by Filter by author gabyx was closed on Oct 29, 2026 · Updated on Oct 29, 2026
  1