Infinite recursion encountered

[kay-mw]

I recently updated my flake inputs and encountered an infinite recursion error when attempting to rebuild my system. After some troubleshooting, I found that removing the NixOS stylix module from my config fixed the error. My home manager stylix config seems to be fine.

I am not sure what is responsible, but I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:

• Reverting to/trying various older stylix commits (including the commit my flake was previously on).
• Trying a basic version of my stylix config, with just the required options.
• Commenting out specific parts of my config to see if any specific option was responsible.
• Switching to different branches of nixpkgs (unstable/master/23.05).
• Commenting out other parts of my overall NixOS config to see if some conflict was responsible (I didn't do this step super comprehensively, however).
• Misc. things like trying out a different wallpaper image and switching to a different base16 colorscheme

None of these steps were successful. Below is my NixOS stylix config and the full trace.

/modules/nix/stylix/default.nix

{ pkgs, ... }:

{
  stylix = {
    enable = true;
    autoEnable = false;
    image = ./equivalent_exchange.jpeg;
    polarity = "dark";
    imageScalingMode = "fit";
    base16Scheme = "${pkgs.base16-schemes}/share/themes/kanagawa.yaml";
    homeManagerIntegration.followSystem = true;

    fonts = {
      sizes = {
        applications = 9;
        terminal = 11;
      };
      monospace = {
        package = pkgs.meslo-lgs-nf;
        name = "MesloLGS NF Regular";
      };
    };

    cursor = {
      name = "Bibata-Modern-Classic";
      package = pkgs.bibata-cursors;
      size = 20;
    };

    targets = {
      chromium.enable = true;
      gnome.enable = true;
      gtk.enable = true;
    };
  };
}

Trace: https://gist.github.com/kay-mw/acc5e6751abf18b6cc3eff5e1385bd4b

[trueNAHO]

    autoEnable = false;

Try setting autoEnable to its default value (true).

Maybe this is related to #419.

[kay-mw]

    autoEnable = false;

Try setting autoEnable to its default value (true).

Maybe this is related to #419.

Just gave that a go, unfortunately I am still getting the same infinite recursion error.

[heyimnova]

I ran into that same infinite recursion error. I found that holding nixvim back on an older version prevents it. Are you using also nixvim and could it be conflicting here?

[kay-mw]

I ran into that same infinite recursion error. I found that holding nixvim back on an older version prevents it. Are you using also nixvim and could it be conflicting here?

Thank you! I do use nixvim, and indeed reverting to a previous commit fixed the infinite recursion issue. Specifically, it seems that this specific commit is where the error begins, which makes sense as it does mention infinite recursion as a potential problem across the commit description and code comments.

My nix proficiency is far too low to understand why this commit leads to an infinite recursion, specifically when you have a stylix NixOS configuration enabled (I tried forking nixvim to figure it out, but didn't really get anywhere). I'll close this issue for now as it seems like more of a nixvim issue and than a stylix issue, but I very well may be wrong so feel free to re-open it if that's the case!