From 3b714d179557e7bbe01ac25ee387f146e6e47074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Malison <IvanMalison@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:49:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] nixos: prevent dbus-broker activation reloads

---
 nixos/base.nix | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/base.nix b/nixos/base.nix
index 6dafc0bf..cb79f930 100644
--- a/nixos/base.nix
+++ b/nixos/base.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ makeEnable config "myModules.base" true {
 
   # For supporting gnome stuff
   services.dbus.packages = [pkgs.gcr];
+  # User dbus-broker reloads can time out while the broker stays healthy and
+  # notices service-file changes itself, which makes `nixos-rebuild switch`
+  # report a failed user activation.
+  systemd.user.services.dbus-broker = {
+    reloadIfChanged = pkgs.lib.mkForce false;
+    restartIfChanged = pkgs.lib.mkForce false;
+    stopIfChanged = pkgs.lib.mkForce false;
+  };
 
   programs.dconf.enable = true;