Hi, In my case I had the same error after guix system reconfigure on native Guix system. The suggested brute method gave me no result. I've deleted the socket file and restart daemon which helped to resolve guix pull issue
Steps: ~$ sudo su # to become root ~# rm -rfv /var/guix/daemon-socket/socket # remove curpted socket file ~# herd restart guix-daemon # restart daemon ~# herd status guix-daemon # check daemon is running ~# guix pull # make sure pull is working again Thanks, Olet -- … наш разум - превосходная объяснительная машина которая способна найти смысл почти в чем угодно, истолковать любой феномен, но совершенно не в состоянии принять мысль о непредсказуемости.