hive-priv: bypass nixos-container update, apply prebuilt toplevel directly

nixos-container update's own version-compat probe runs unconditionally
before --system-path is ever honored, dying on every agent's update.
Confirmed against nixos-container.pl's actual source: past that probe,
update's own action is just nix-env --set on the per-container profile,
then a systemctl reload if the container is running. Replicate that
directly instead of going through nixos-container update at all. create
is untouched.

hive-priv/src/main.rs

@@ -731,8 +731,7 @@ async fn exec_send_agent_snapshot_to_fd(
 }
 
 /// Shared body for `CreateContainer` / `UpdateContainer`: validate the
-/// name, build the toplevel ourselves, and run
+/// name, build the toplevel ourselves, and apply it (streaming line
-/// `nixos-container <verb> … --system-path <built>` (streaming line
 /// events to `writer` when `stream` is set).
 ///
 /// **Both verbs build explicitly now — not just `update`.** The first cut
@@ -747,6 +746,15 @@ async fn exec_send_agent_snapshot_to_fd(
 /// something we control. Building here for both verbs removes `buildFlake()`
 /// from the picture entirely — there's no shared `.tmp` left to race on,
 /// so there's nothing left to reason about staying in sync with.
+///
+/// **`update` no longer calls `nixos-container update` at all.** That
+/// action's own version-compat probe runs unconditionally before
+/// `--system-path` is ever honored, dying on every agent's update.
+/// [`swap_container_profile`] replicates exactly what `update`'s own
+/// action does *past* that probe (confirmed against its source): `nix-env
+/// --set` the per-container profile, then `systemctl reload` if the
+/// container is running. `create` is untouched — it isn't the failing
+/// verb.
 async fn container_flake_action(
     verb: &str,
     name: &str,
@@ -762,12 +770,11 @@ async fn container_flake_action(
     // UI that shows build progress: nothing until the longest phase
     // finishes, then everything at once.
     let toplevel = nix_build_toplevel(name, stream.then_some(&mut *writer)).await?;
-    let args = [
+    let system_name = container_system_name(name);
-        verb,
+    if verb == "update" {
-        &container_system_name(name),
+        return swap_container_profile(&system_name, &toplevel).await;
-        "--system-path",
+    }
-        &toplevel,
+    let args = [verb, &system_name, "--system-path", &toplevel];
-    ];
     if stream {
         container_run_streaming(&args, writer).await
     } else {
@@ -775,6 +782,74 @@ async fn container_flake_action(
     }
 }
 
+/// Apply a prebuilt toplevel to an existing container directly, without
+/// going through `nixos-container update` (see `container_flake_action`'s
+/// doc comment for why). Mirrors `nixos-container.pl`'s own `update`
+/// action verbatim, past its version probe: point the per-container `nix-
+/// env` profile at the new toplevel, then reload the container unit *if*
+/// it's currently running — the container's own next start already reads
+/// from the profile, so a stopped container needs nothing further.
+///
+/// Deliberately not stream-forwarded to `writer` — both operations here
+/// are near-instant (a profile symlink swap, a `systemctl reload`), unlike
+/// the multi-minute build `container_flake_action` already streams.
+async fn swap_container_profile(system_name: &str, toplevel: &str) -> Result<(String, String)> {
+    let profile = format!("/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/{system_name}/system");
+    let set_out = Command::new("nix-env")
+        .args(["-p", &profile, "--set", toplevel])
+        .output()
+        .await
+        .context("invoke nix-env --set")?;
+    let mut stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&set_out.stdout).into_owned();
+    let mut stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&set_out.stderr).into_owned();
+    for line in stdout.lines() {
+        tracing::info!(target: "nixos-container", "{line}");
+    }
+    for line in stderr.lines() {
+        tracing::warn!(target: "nixos-container", "{line}");
+    }
+    if !set_out.status.success() {
+        bail!(
+            "nix-env -p {profile} --set failed ({}): {}",
+            set_out.status,
+            stderr.trim()
+        );
+    }
+
+    let unit = format!("container@{system_name}");
+    let state_out = Command::new("systemctl")
+        .args(["show", "--property=ActiveState", "--value", &unit])
+        .output()
+        .await
+        .context("query container ActiveState")?;
+    let active = String::from_utf8_lossy(&state_out.stdout).trim() == "active";
+    if active {
+        let reload_out = Command::new("systemctl")
+            .args(["reload", &unit])
+            .output()
+            .await
+            .context("invoke systemctl reload")?;
+        let r_stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&reload_out.stdout).into_owned();
+        let r_stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&reload_out.stderr).into_owned();
+        for line in r_stdout.lines() {
+            tracing::info!(target: "nixos-container", "{line}");
+        }
+        for line in r_stderr.lines() {
+            tracing::warn!(target: "nixos-container", "{line}");
+        }
+        if !reload_out.status.success() {
+            bail!(
+                "systemctl reload {unit} failed ({}): {}",
+                reload_out.status,
+                r_stderr.trim()
+            );
+        }
+        stdout.push_str(&r_stdout);
+        stderr.push_str(&r_stderr);
+    }
+    Ok((stdout, stderr))
+}
+
 /// The explicit `nixosConfigurations.<name>.config.system.build.toplevel`
 /// flake attr path — same construction `hive-c0re`'s own
 /// `lifecycle::prebuild_toplevel` uses, kept here as a pure function so