diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1c6e92c..ab271e3 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -320,11 +320,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1718983919,
-        "narHash": "sha256-+1xgeIow4gJeiwo4ETvMRvWoircnvb0JOt7NS9kUhoM=",
+        "lastModified": 1724932487,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zzbqHmY1mt21omyk1+14QbAkII1B7OHlwKLcczVq22w=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "90338afd6177fc683a04d934199d693708c85a3b",
+        "rev": "b4f7fb71438d00539b21f1b1e6968c0eac060127",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/hosts/epyc.nix b/hosts/epyc.nix
index 593bebc..c7acff8 100644
--- a/hosts/epyc.nix
+++ b/hosts/epyc.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in
     ../modules/garage.nix
     ../modules/users/friends.nix
     ../modules/bagel-container.nix
+    ../modules/lix-bug-details-pls
   ];
 
   networking.hostName = "epyc";
diff --git a/modules/lix-bug-details-pls/0001-wip-complain-about-failing-goals-at-warn-level.patch b/modules/lix-bug-details-pls/0001-wip-complain-about-failing-goals-at-warn-level.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a90427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lix-bug-details-pls/0001-wip-complain-about-failing-goals-at-warn-level.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 96937c58232ad6eaa11d1370220101c3ce2d00c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jade Lovelace <lix@jade.fyi>
+Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:04:39 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] wip: complain about failing goals at warn level
+
+I want to fix the bug that appears here:
+
+error: build of '/nix/store/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-nixos-test-driver-nix-copy-closure.drv' on 'ssh-ng://nix@epyc.infra.newtype.fr' failed: error: some dependencies of '/nix/store/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-nixos-test-driver-nix-copy-closure.drv' are missing
+error: builder for '/nix/store/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-nixos-test-driver-nix-copy-closure.drv' failed with exit code 1
+error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb-vm-test-run-nix-copy-closure.drv' failed to build
+
+However, this is conditional on nrFailed, and I cannot for the life of
+me figure out *who* is failing and *why*.
+
+Hopefully with these data I can narrow down why this bug is happening
+
+Change-Id: I7dca71b1c8ac92e7cc40c47ab37c952a7673cf42
+---
+ src/libstore/build/worker.cc | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/libstore/build/worker.cc b/src/libstore/build/worker.cc
+index 1b4633e64..a93be28a6 100644
+--- a/src/libstore/build/worker.cc
++++ b/src/libstore/build/worker.cc
+@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ void Worker::goalFinished(GoalPtr goal, Goal::Finished & f)
+ 
+             waiting->trace(fmt("waitee '%s' done; %d left", goal->name, waiting->waitees.size()));
+ 
+-            if (f.result != Goal::ecSuccess) ++waiting->nrFailed;
++            if (f.result != Goal::ecSuccess) {
++                ++waiting->nrFailed;
++                warn("Waiter %s experienced non-success of waitee %s with result %d", waiting->getName(), goal->getName(), f.result);
++            }
+             if (f.result == Goal::ecNoSubstituters) ++waiting->nrNoSubstituters;
+             if (f.result == Goal::ecIncompleteClosure) ++waiting->nrIncompleteClosure;
+ 
+-- 
+2.44.1
+
diff --git a/modules/lix-bug-details-pls/default.nix b/modules/lix-bug-details-pls/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eca78a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lix-bug-details-pls/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  # jade: this exists because of a Lix bug that has me losing my damn mind and we really cannot debug it without either:
+  # * debug logs (infeasible. they are way too spammy)
+  # * patching lix (well look where we are)
+  #
+  # I don't really think it's necessarily appropriate to log at info level when
+  # a derivation fails on `main`, so here we have a yolopatch to get the damn
+  # thing in the log.
+  #
+  # I suspect it is a race condition with the garbage collector.
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    (final: prev: {
+      lix = prev.lix.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        patches = old.patches ++ [
+          ./0001-wip-complain-about-failing-goals-at-warn-level.patch
+        ];
+      });
+    })
+  ];
+}