(/usr/src/app/node_modules/renovate/lib/util/exec/common.ts:99:11)\n at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:525:35)\n at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)"
}
```
---
### Author:  [@JamieMagee](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/JamieMagee)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/support-for-nix-updates-in-renovate/23248/3 "2022-11-16T04:13:47Z")
It looks like you’ve got an older version of the renovate container image, or one of the older containerbase container images, cached locally. Can you `docker image rm` any `renovate` or `containerbase` images and try again? The feature was released in version `34.23.0`.
The first line of `stdout` should be `installing v2 tool nix v2.11`. Nix is dynamically installed in the container and in an earlier attempt I wrote required a root install. That’s the v1 from your logs. The v2 installer uses a chroot and doesn’t require root.
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### Author:  [@l0b0](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/l0b0)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/support-for-nix-updates-in-renovate/23248/4 "2024-10-08T02:12:25Z")
Is this currently working for anyone else? I’ve [enabled Nix updates](https://gitlab.com/engmark/renovate/-/blob/cfc11132854179952c41461927c9bb2a960859ef/renovate.json#L3-5), and in the relevant repo there’s [`nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";` in flake.nix](https://gitlab.com/engmark/mypy-exercises/blob/d0c39edb62c5e5c96aa8bc602d71f86b48e84c8a/flake.nix#L5-5). I can see the repo being processed overnight, but no mention of Nix, flakes, or any errors or warnings for the target repo.
Running `ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:38.110.4`.
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### Author:  [@bbigras](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/bbigras)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/support-for-nix-updates-in-renovate/23248/5 "2024-10-13T03:41:16Z")
The last time I tried renovate, it seemed broken with nix. Maybe I was doing something wrong but there seem to be some improvement coming soon:
>
>
> \## Changes
>
> Before nix flakes where only updated if a github:nixos/nixpkgs inp…ut was used. Now all flake inputs are treated like a dependency and updated.
>
> \## Context
>
>
>
>
>
> \## Documentation (please check one with an \[x\])
>
> \- \[x\] I have updated the documentation, or
> \- \[\] No documentation update is required
>
> \## How I've tested my work (please select one)
>
> I have verified these changes via:
>
> \- \[\] Code inspection only, or
> \- \[x\] Newly added/modified unit tests, or
> \- \[\] No unit tests but ran on a real repository, or
> \- \[x\] Both unit tests + ran on a real repository
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### Author:  [@l0b0](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/l0b0)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/support-for-nix-updates-in-renovate/23248/6 "2025-03-23T18:07:25Z")
Long story short, [fix(nix): fix flake lock refresh by SuperSandro2000 · Pull Request #33991 · renovatebot/renovate · GitHub](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/33991) fixes flake updates. Verified by [adding](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/33991#issuecomment-2717693779)
```auto
nixpkgs.overlays = [
(_final: prev: {
renovate = prev.renovate.overrideAttrs {
patches = prev.patches or [] ++ [
(pkgs.fetchpatch {
url = "https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/33991.diff";
hash = "sha256-6ME048IiptweOkJhnK9QvQqfJ6QaXWX23SlY5TAmsFE=";
})
];
};
})
];
```
to my configuration.