distributed builds do not nix-build --check

[Noi0103]

Describe the bug

I set up distributed builds on a machine with this tutorial https://nix.dev/tutorials/nixos/distributed-builds-setup.html. The build itself works. If i try to use nix-build --check it does not seem to rebuild or give any error message.

Steps To Reproduce

1. set up nix.distributedBuilds = true;
2. pick a local store derivation
3. run a build similar to this nix-build /nix/store/j73r5pf6m6x0kc53czn353bk2k2hxcds-mesa-24.2.8.drv --max-jobs 0
4. try to run the rebuild nix-build /nix/store/j73r5pf6m6x0kc53czn353bk2k2hxcds-mesa-24.2.8.drv --max-jobs 0 --check
5. compare to a manual remote build nix-build /nix/store/j73r5pf6m6x0kc53czn353bk2k2hxcds-mesa-24.2.8.drv --check --max-jobs 0 --eval-store auto --store ssh-ng://remote-builder.internal

Expected behavior

A rebuild should be done and logs should appear on the host machine.

Metadata

nix-env (Nix) 2.24.13

Additional context

Checklist

• checked latest Nix manual (source)
• checked open bug issues and pull requests for possible duplicates

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