From 88d7ba7fc76a9a85f0e8a8f3cab2e5fcf697372e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eman Resu <78693624+quatquatt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 13:25:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lib.systems: only run isAttrs on one side when recursing

---
 lib/systems/inspect.nix | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/systems/inspect.nix b/lib/systems/inspect.nix
index da8d60c8a802..d60a8fc70f87 100644
--- a/lib/systems/inspect.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/inspect.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ let
     execFormats
     ;
 
-  # Based on lib.attrsets.matchAttrs, but with the initial isAttrs assertion
-  # removed, since this function is only ever called with attrsets
+  # Based on lib.attrsets.matchAttrs, but with:
+  # - the initial isAttrs assertion removed, since this function is only ever
+  # called with attrsets
+  # - isAttrs only performed on one side when recursing, since our input data
+  # will always share a structure
   matchAttrsUnchecked =
     pattern: attrs:
     all (
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ let
         in
         # Simple equality check is primarily for non-attrsets, but we run it
         # on attrsets too, since it may let us avoid recursing
-        lhs == rhs || isAttrs lhs && isAttrs rhs && matchAttrsUnchecked lhs rhs
+        lhs == rhs || isAttrs lhs && matchAttrsUnchecked lhs rhs
       )
     ) (attrNames pattern);