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 * `nix flake update --recreate-lock-file`
 * rebuild nixos (sd)
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+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+If `sops-nix` is having trouble in WSL it could be because the user systemd set up doesn't get correctly started.
+Using something like `systemctl restart user@1000` can be helpful (cf. [this link]{https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8842#issuecomment-2346387618})