Add rl-next/c-api-recoverable-errors

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Robert Hensing
2025-09-09 12:11:50 +02:00
committed by Sergei Zimmerman
parent fd4eee9d62
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synopsis: "C API: Errors returned from your primops are not treated as recoverable by default"
prs: [15286, 13930]
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Nix 2.34 by default remembers the error in the thunk that triggered it.
Previously the following sequence of events worked:
1. Have a thunk that invokes a primop that's defined through the C API
2. The primop returns an error
3. Force the thunk again
4. The primop returns a value
5. The thunk evaluated successfully
**Resolution**
C API consumers that rely on this must change their recoverable error calls:
```diff
-nix_set_err_msg(context, NIX_ERR_*, msg);
+nix_set_err_msg(context, NIX_ERR_RECOVERABLE, msg);
```