From c103da6a19c623e6e5c8c791d8012c29855bb802 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zowoq <59103226+zowoq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 18:34:16 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: add nixosTests.simple-container

nixosTests.simple-vm but using an nspawn container
---
 ci/eval/compare/default.nix             | 4 +++-
 ci/eval/outpaths.nix                    | 4 +++-
 ci/github-script/check-target-branch.js | 1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/eval/compare/default.nix b/ci/eval/compare/default.nix
index 1e1036e8da9f..e596b6d1994f 100644
--- a/ci/eval/compare/default.nix
+++ b/ci/eval/compare/default.nix
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ let
       rebuildCountByKernel = lib.mapAttrs (
         kernel: kernelRebuilds: lib.length kernelRebuilds
       ) rebuildsByKernel;
+      rebuildNames = extractPackageNames diffAttrs.rebuilds;
     in
     writeText "changed-paths.json" (
       builtins.toJSON {
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@ let
             kernel: rebuilds: lib.nameValuePair "10.rebuild-${kernel}-stdenv" (lib.elem "stdenv" rebuilds)
           ) rebuildsByKernel
           // {
-            "10.rebuild-nixos-tests" = lib.elem "nixosTests.simple-vm" (extractPackageNames diffAttrs.rebuilds);
+            "10.rebuild-nixos-tests" =
+              lib.elem "nixosTests.simple-container" rebuildNames || lib.elem "nixosTests.simple-vm" rebuildNames;
           };
       }
     );
diff --git a/ci/eval/outpaths.nix b/ci/eval/outpaths.nix
index 577ecfc4d18a..afbce48f3321 100755
--- a/ci/eval/outpaths.nix
+++ b/ci/eval/outpaths.nix
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ in
 tweak (
   (removeAttrs nixpkgsJobs blacklist)
   // {
-    nixosTests = lib.filterAttrs (name: _: name == "simple-vm") nixosJobs.tests;
+    nixosTests = lib.filterAttrs (
+      name: _: name == "simple-container" || name == "simple-vm"
+    ) nixosJobs.tests;
   }
 )
diff --git a/ci/github-script/check-target-branch.js b/ci/github-script/check-target-branch.js
index 8a3dd0456944..01c062d410ab 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/check-target-branch.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/check-target-branch.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ async function checkTargetBranch({ github, context, core, dry }) {
     ...Object.values(changed.rebuildCountByKernel),
   )
   const rebuildsAllTests =
+    changed.attrdiff.changed.includes('nixosTests.simple-container') ||
     changed.attrdiff.changed.includes('nixosTests.simple-vm')
 
   // https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/481205#issuecomment-3790123921