#3196·devenv

`devenv lsp` fails inside devcontainer

Author: robertclarkenhspsCreated Sep 21, 2026Updated Sep 21, 2026
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Describe the bug When running inside a devcontainer devenv lsp errors with

• Validating lock
✓ Validating lock in 7.35ms
  evaluating file '«nix-internal»/derivation-internal.nix'
• Starting nixd language server
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'nix::Error'
  what():  error: Already registered store with name 'Dummy Store'

To reproduce Gist: https://gist.github.com/robertclarkenhsps/71ca1f075f13cbf00842f101f2c467f3 After running devenv shell to create the devcontainer.json and install the command line run: devcontainer up to build the dev container and then devcontainer exec devenv lsp to view the error

Version Host: devenv 2.3.1 (x86_64-linux) Devcontainer: devenv 2.3.1+2418e1b (x86_64-linux)

Additional info Running nixd from within devenv also fails with the same error