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A long-running `nix build` got stuck after sleep, and would not die cleanly

My Mac woke up with a half-dead `compile-smoke` build still hanging around. Killing the obvious client process was not enough; the cleanup only finished once I reset the `launchd`-managed Nix service.

Mar 26, 2026