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Verification And Recovery

Main helper entrypoint:

hb status

Recovery-aware verification path:

hb repair

Useful checks after activation:

hb status
hb repair
ssh nix-builder true
nix store ping --store ssh-ng://container-builder
nix build --max-jobs 0 --rebuild nixpkgs#legacyPackages.aarch64-linux.hello

hb repair attempts to recover the Apple container system before retrying the builder startup path. It also verifies:

  • container system health
  • bridge agent presence
  • current builder container status
  • SSH handshake success
  • cache reachability inside the guest
  • remote store reachability from the host side

Other useful helper commands:

  • hb reset
  • hb restart
  • hb ssh
  • hb inspect
  • hb gc