Check hydra for the build status of a package in a given channel.
Keep in mind that hydra is the NixOS build-farm orchestrator and has more important tasks to do than answering your puny requests. Response time may be in the seconds for each request.
$ nix-shell $ hydra-check --help usage: hydra-check [options] PACKAGES... ... $ hydra-check Evaluations of jobset nixpkgs/unstable @ https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/unstable/evals ⧖ nixpkgs → df76cd6 5h ago ✔ 194306 ✖ 3554 ⧖ 55364 Δ ? https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809865 ⧖ nixpkgs → 7701a9e 14h ago ✔ 196874 ✖ 5123 ⧖ 51253 Δ ? https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809859 ⧖ nixpkgs → 7150b43 23h ago ✔ 200232 ✖ 48388 ⧖ 4629 Δ ? https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809854 ⧖ nixpkgs → ed1b999 1d ago ✔ 200402 ✖ 48482 ⧖ 4319 Δ ? https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809850 ⧖ nixpkgs → b651050 1d ago ✔ 244082 ✖ 6187 ⧖ 2813 Δ ? https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809840 ✔ nixpkgs → 85f7e66 2d ago ✔ 246713 ✖ 5963 ⧖ 0 Δ +67 https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809829 ✔ nixpkgs → fe348e1 2d ago ✔ 246646 ✖ 6015 ⧖ 0 Δ +276 https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809822 ... $ hydra-check hello Build Status for nixpkgs.hello.x86_64-linux on jobset nixos/unstable ✔ hello-2.10 from 2020-03-14 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/114752982 $ hydra-check hello --arch x86_64-darwin Build Status for hello.x86_64-darwin on jobset nixpkgs/unstable ✔ hello-2.12.1 from 2023-09-28 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/236635446 $ hydra-check hello python --channel 19.03 Build Status for nixpkgs.hello.x86_64-linux on jobset nixos/19.03 ✔ hello-2.10 from 2019-10-14 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/103243113 Build Status for nixpkgs.python.x86_64-linux on jobset nixos/19.03 ✔ python-2.7.17 from 2020-01-14 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/110523905 $ hydra-check nixos.tests.installer.simpleUefiGrub --channel 19.09 --arch aarch64-linux Build Status for nixos.tests.installer.simpleUefiGrub.aarch64-linux on jobset nixos/19.09 ✖ (Dependency failed) vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-19 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115139363 Last Builds: ✖ (Dependency failed) vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-18 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115135183 ✖ (Dependency failed) vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-18 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115093440 ✔ vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-18 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115073926 ✔ vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-17 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115013869 ✖ (Cancelled) vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-17 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/114921818 ✔ vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-17 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/114887664 ✖ (Timed out) vm-test-run-installer-simpleUefiGrub from 2020-03-16 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/114881668 ... $ hydra-check ugarit --channel 19.09 --short Build Status for nixpkgs.ugarit.x86_64-linux on jobset nixos/19.09 ✖ (Dependency failed) chicken-ugarit-2.0 from 2020-02-23 - https://hydra.nixos.org/build/108216732 $ hydra-check nixos.containerTarball hello --channel 19.09 --arch i686-linux --json | jq . { "nixos.containerTarball": [ { "icon": "✖", "success": false, "status": "Failed", "timestamp": "2020-03-18T22:02:59Z", "build_id": "115099119", "build_url": "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115099119", "name": "tarball", "arch": "i686-linux" }, { "icon": "✖", "success": false, "status": "Failed", "timestamp": "2020-03-17T18:10:09Z", "build_id": "115073178", "build_url": "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/115073178", "name": "tarball", "arch": "i686-linux" }, ... ], "hello": [ { "icon": "✔", "success": true, "status": "Succeeded", "timestamp": "2017-07-31T13:28:03Z", "build_id": "57619684", "build_url": "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/57619684", "name": "hello-2.10", "arch": "i686-linux" }, { "icon": "✔", "success": true, "status": "Succeeded", "timestamp": "2017-07-25T03:36:27Z", "build_id": "56997384", "build_url": "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/56997384", "name": "hello-2.10", "arch": "i686-linux" }, ... ] } $ hydra-check --channel=staging-next --eval info: querying the latest evaluation of --jobset 'nixpkgs/staging-next' Evaluations of jobset nixpkgs/staging-next @ https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/staging-next/evals ⧖ nixpkgs → b2a0e31 1d ago ✔ 42294 ✖ 2447 ⧖ 208458 Δ +18066 https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809845 info: no package filter has been specified, so the default filter '/nixVersions.stable' is used for better performance info: specify another filter with --eval '1809845/<filter>', or force an empty filter with a trailing slash: '1809845/' Evaluation 1809845 filtered by 'nixVersions.stable' @ https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1809845?filter=nixVersions.stable input: nixpkgs type: Git checkout value: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git revision: b2a0e3125e8b373ee2d6480ebd3b8f5c20080796 store_path: /nix/store/54adh6vxi8zf1vpxj2gagwajk3hcrd0x-source input: officialRelease type: Boolean value: false input: supportedSystems type: Nix expression value: [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-darwin" ] changed_input: nixpkgs changes: 20741966793c to b2a0e3125e8b url: https://hydra.nixos.org/api/scmdiff?type=git&rev2=b2a0e3125e8b373ee2d6480ebd3b8f5c20080796&branch=&rev1=20741966793c81f2322645d30bce95d37f63f545&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FNixOS%2Fnixpkgs.git revs: 20741966793c81f2322645d30bce95d37f63f545 -> b2a0e3125e8b373ee2d6480ebd3b8f5c20080796 Queued Jobs: ⧖ (Queued) nixVersions.stable.aarch64-darwin nix-2.24.10 https://hydra.nixos.org/build/277949183 ⧖ (Queued) nixVersions.stable.aarch64-linux nix-2.24.10 2024-11-07 https://hydra.nixos.org/build/277629888 ⧖ (Queued) nixVersions.stable.x86_64-darwin nix-2.24.10 https://hydra.nixos.org/build/277948312 ⧖ (Queued) nixVersions.stable.x86_64-linux nix-2.24.10 2024-11-07 https://hydra.nixos.org/build/277560645 - Rewritten in Rust
- Always prints long outputs with all recent builds unless
--shortis explicitly specified --archdefaults to the target architecture (instead ofx86_64-linuxall the time)--jobsetexplicitly conflicts with--channelto avoid confusion, as channels are just aliases for jobsets- The
stagingchannel / alias is removed asnixos/stagingis no longer active; instead we addstaging-nextas an alias fornixpkgs/staging-next - The default
unstablechannel points tonixpkgs/unstableon non-NixOS systems
- Print recent evaluations of the jobset if no package is specified
- Add an
--evalflag for information about a specific evaluation - Infer the current stable Nixpkgs release (e.g.
24.05) with a hack - Support standard channel names (e.g.
nixos-unstable) - Generate shell completions with
--shell-completion SHELL - Print nicely formatted, colored and aligned tables
- Print information about the latest successful builds when a package fails
- Allow overriding the default Hydra host URL for custom Hydra instances, with the environment variable
$HYDRA_CHECK_HOST_URL