{ config, lib, pkgs, inputs, ... }: let cfg = config.nomarchy.system.impermanence; in { imports = [ inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence ]; options.nomarchy.system.impermanence = { enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Erase Your Darlings (Impermanence) root wipe on boot"; # The disko layout names the main LUKS mapping `crypted` on single-disk # installs and `crypted_main` on multi-disk installs (see # installer/disko-config.nix: `mainLuksName`). The rollback hook must # mount the right device, otherwise initrd fails on every boot and the # @ → root-blank snapshot is never restored. mainLuksName = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.str; default = "crypted"; description = '' Name of the /dev/mapper entry holding the BTRFS root. Set to "crypted_main" on multi-disk installs to match the disko layout. ''; }; user = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.str; default = "nomarchy"; description = '' Primary user whose home subset (.ssh, .gnupg, keyrings, common directories) survives the rootfs wipe. Must match the user created via `users.users.` — otherwise the persistence block is silently inert and the user's home directory is wiped on every boot. The installer writes this for you. ''; }; }; config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { # 1. The Rollback Service: wipes the @ root subvolume back to a blank # snapshot before the real root is mounted. Plymouth enables systemd # stage-1 initrd distro-wide (themes/engine/plymouth.nix), and systemd # stage 1 rejects boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands — so this runs as a # systemd initrd unit ordered after the LUKS mapping opens and before # sysroot is mounted. initrdBin pulls in the binaries the script calls # (the systemd initrd doesn't ship coreutils/findutils/btrfs by default). boot.initrd.systemd.initrdBin = [ pkgs.btrfs-progs pkgs.coreutils pkgs.util-linux pkgs.findutils ]; boot.initrd.systemd.services.nomarchy-rollback = { description = "Erase Your Darlings: roll the BTRFS root subvolume back to a blank snapshot"; wantedBy = [ "initrd.target" ]; after = [ "systemd-cryptsetup@${cfg.mainLuksName}.service" ]; before = [ "sysroot.mount" ]; unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = "no"; serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot"; script = '' mkdir -p /btrfs_tmp mount -o subvol=/ /dev/mapper/${cfg.mainLuksName} /btrfs_tmp if [[ -e /btrfs_tmp/@ ]]; then mkdir -p /btrfs_tmp/old_roots timestamp=$(date --date="@$(stat -c %Y /btrfs_tmp/@)" "+%Y-%m-%-d_%H:%M:%S") mv /btrfs_tmp/@ "/btrfs_tmp/old_roots/$timestamp" fi delete_subvolume_recursively() { IFS=$'\n' for i in $(btrfs subvolume list -o "$1" | cut -f 9- -d ' '); do delete_subvolume_recursively "/btrfs_tmp/$i" done btrfs subvolume delete "$1" } for i in $(find /btrfs_tmp/old_roots/ -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30); do delete_subvolume_recursively "$i" done btrfs subvolume snapshot /btrfs_tmp/root-blank /btrfs_tmp/@ umount /btrfs_tmp ''; }; # 2. Persistence Configuration: What survives the wipe environment.persistence."/persist" = { hideMounts = true; directories = [ "/var/log" "/var/lib/nixos" "/var/lib/systemd/coredump" "/var/lib/NetworkManager" "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections" "/var/lib/bluetooth" "/var/lib/fprint" "/etc/nixos" "/etc/ssh" ]; files = [ "/etc/machine-id" "/etc/supergfxd.conf" ]; users.${cfg.user} = { directories = [ ".ssh" ".gnupg" ".local/share/keyrings" "Documents" "Downloads" "Pictures" "Videos" "Projects" ]; }; }; }; }