Nix store sqlite db corruption

Before you do anything, make a backup of the db.

Grab an interactive sqlite tool.

Stop the nix-daemon and its socket. We don’t want it accessing the db.

Then you can take a look at the DB in sqlite and try to fix its issues manually. Perhaps it’s just a few malformed entries that you can simply fix manually with a few SQL queries.

Otherwise, you can always just re-install NixOS via nixos-install (obviously keep all your data and only wipe /nix). If you’re on btrfs, this could even be done on a live system.