fix(sops): use NixOS system module on WSL to avoid systemd user service failure

home/secrets.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
 {
-  sops = {
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+
+let
+  isDarwin = pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  # On Darwin, sops secrets are managed by the home-manager module;
+  # on NixOS, they are managed by the system module → /run/secrets/<name>.
+  secretPath = name: if isDarwin then config.sops.secrets.${name}.path else "/run/secrets/${name}";
+in
+{
+  # sops home-manager config — Darwin only
+  # NixOS uses the system-level module (modules/nixos/secrets.nix)
+  # to avoid systemd user service issues on WSL.
+  sops = lib.mkIf isDarwin {
     age.sshKeyPaths = [ "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.ssh/id_ed25519" ];
     defaultSopsFile = ../secrets/secrets.yaml;
     defaultSopsFormat = "yaml";
@@ -29,10 +44,10 @@
   programs.fish.interactiveShellInit = ''
     # sops-nix secrets → env vars
     for pair in \
-      AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL:${config.sops.secrets.ai_gateway_base_url.path} \
+      AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL:${secretPath "ai_gateway_base_url"} \
-      AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY:${config.sops.secrets.ai_gateway_api_key.path} \
+      AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY:${secretPath "ai_gateway_api_key"} \
-      EXA_API_KEY:${config.sops.secrets.exa_api_key.path} \
+      EXA_API_KEY:${secretPath "exa_api_key"} \
-      CONTEXT7_API_KEY:${config.sops.secrets.context7_api_key.path}
+      CONTEXT7_API_KEY:${secretPath "context7_api_key"}
       set -l parts (string split : $pair)
       if test -r $parts[2]
         set -gx $parts[1] (cat $parts[2])

lib/default.nix

@@ -4,21 +4,27 @@ let
   inherit (inputs.nixpkgs) lib;
 
   # Shared home-manager configuration block
-  homeManagerConfig = username: {
+  homeManagerConfig =
-    home-manager = {
+    {
-      useGlobalPkgs = true;
+      username,
-      useUserPackages = true;
+      sharedModules ? [ ],
-      backupFileExtension = "bak";
+    }:
-      sharedModules = [
+    {
-        inputs.sops-nix.homeManagerModules.sops
+      home-manager = {
-        inputs.lazyvim.homeManagerModules.default
+        useGlobalPkgs = true;
-      ];
+        useUserPackages = true;
-      extraSpecialArgs = {
+        backupFileExtension = "bak";
-        inherit inputs username;
+        sharedModules = [
+          inputs.sops-nix.homeManagerModules.sops
+          inputs.lazyvim.homeManagerModules.default
+        ]
+        ++ sharedModules;
+        extraSpecialArgs = {
+          inherit inputs username;
+        };
+        users.${username} = import ../home;
       };
-      users.${username} = import ../home;
     };
-  };
 in
 {
   # ── NixOS host builder ──────────────────────────────
@@ -39,7 +45,8 @@ in
         ../modules/nixos
         inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
         inputs.catppuccin.nixosModules.catppuccin
-        (homeManagerConfig username)
+        inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
+        (homeManagerConfig { inherit username; })
         { networking.hostName = hostname; }
       ]
       ++ extraModules;
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ in
         ../modules/shared
         ../modules/darwin
         inputs.home-manager.darwinModules.home-manager
-        (homeManagerConfig username)
+        (homeManagerConfig { inherit username; })
         { networking.hostName = hostname; }
       ]
       ++ extraModules;

modules/nixos/default.nix

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     ./base.nix
     ./docker.nix
     ./locale.nix
+    ./secrets.nix
   ];
 
   # ── Default shell ──────────────────────────────────

modules/nixos/secrets.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ username, ... }:
+
+{
+  # ── sops (system-level) ─────────────────────────────
+  # Use NixOS module instead of home-manager module to avoid
+  # systemd user service issues on WSL.
+  # Secrets are placed in /run/secrets/<name>.
+  sops = {
+    age.sshKeyPaths = [ "/home/${username}/.ssh/id_ed25519" ];
+    defaultSopsFile = ../../secrets/secrets.yaml;
+    defaultSopsFormat = "yaml";
+
+    secrets = {
+      ai_gateway_base_url = {
+        owner = username;
+      };
+      ai_gateway_api_key = {
+        owner = username;
+      };
+      exa_api_key = {
+        owner = username;
+      };
+      context7_api_key = {
+        owner = username;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}