rebuild fails with crates.io returning 403

[octvs]

Bug description

No longer nixos-rebuild switch can be executed since crates.io calls return 403. Most likely related to NixOS/nixpkgs#512735.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Fetch the latest tar img
• Install
• sudo nix-channel --update
• sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Logs

building '/nix/store/rdlzc3w8ybbmaxig0njwxb087cm8r0cn-nixos-help.drv'...
building '/nix/store/0qzrkalxwf4vizk6bxajnzicylp07giz-X-Restart-Triggers-systemd-udevd.drv'...
building '/nix/store/rppygl9ykfy6m3p92gddv7nskb171ks8-unit-systemd-udevd.service.drv'...
  0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403
  0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403
error: cannot download crate-systemd-journal-logger-2.2.2.tar.gz from any mirror
error: Cannot build '/nix/store/kw5s7gn98chpps3d7bfxb41hycjcg6zx-crate-systemd-journal-logger-2.2.2.tar.gz.drv'.
       Reason: builder failed with exit code 1.
       Output paths:
         /nix/store/a9s6k592kfnn0ck1r7d6z9szfv8ibzda-crate-systemd-journal-logger-2.2.2.tar.gz
error: Cannot build '/nix/store/2sippvpj3nfc4vj1yb7pkmfvjwg6awdy-systemd-journal-logger-2.2.2.drv'.
       Reason: 1 dependency failed.
       Output paths:
         /nix/store/rnlams3imgd4ipyb09abp6cbsksc1ckm-systemd-journal-logger-2.2.2
error: Cannot build '/nix/store/bs7n7s8l0all74krpy7wd5k75nji41r8-cargo-vendor-dir.drv'.
       Reason: 1 dependency failed.
       Output paths:
         /nix/store/p87cdnqqsp21ny7nvk521w6pwl34cwxc-cargo-vendor-dir
error: Cannot build '/nix/store/aq9zyb9nb22k8bpgwh6gvrc9zxvkk02c-nixos-wsl-utils-1.0.0.drv'.
       Reason: 1 dependency failed.
       Output paths:
         /nix/store/d3m211sfv36i81i6jdyni6yq31911flc-nixos-wsl-utils-1.0.0
error: Cannot build '/nix/store/m015xi0ikaqha38l57n3y1233f2w59qp-nixos-system-nixos-25.11.11422.25f538306313.drv'.
       Reason: 1 dependency failed.
       Output paths:
         /nix/store/913rb0wvqffasskfwgvagvihs82j4r4x-nixos-system-nixos-25.11.11422.25f538306313
Command 'nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' --attr config.system.build.toplevel --no-out-link' returned non-zero exit status 1.

WSL version

WSL version: 2.7.3.0
Kernel version: 6.6.114.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.73
MSRDC version: 1.2.6676
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.26200.7840

tarball hash

d73e9e776c4332748ad25a71fbbdf6f8bc02b3ccf52b6edaaf21444c39f448b5 nixos.wsl

[octvs]

There are two relevant PRs: NixOS/nixpkgs#512735 has landed, and NixOS/nixpkgs#524985 has been merged but not yet landed to nixos-unstable.

Using the changes from the PR lets me build the tarball locally, which previously failed with the same error log.

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1835ae7b..ecbff7f4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     };
     nixos-wsl = {
       url = "github:nix-community/nixos-wsl/main";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/refs/pull/524985/head";
     };
     nix-on-droid = {
       url = "github:nix-community/nix-on-droid/release-24.05";

[octvs]

The PR has landed on unstable, this should be fixed for everyone.