kirked myself in the foot

global/eraseyourdarlings.nix

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     ];
     files = [
       "/etc/machine-id"
+      "/etc/passwdfile"
       {
         file = "/var/keys/secret_file";
         parentDirectory = {
@@ -91,4 +92,5 @@
       ];
     };
   };
+  users.users.laythe.hashedPasswordFile="/persistent/etc/passwdfile";
 }

machines/workstation/hardware-configuration.nix

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
   fileSystems."/persistent" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-label/BUTTER";
     fsType = "btrfs";
+    neededForBoot = true;
     options = [ "compress=zstd" "subvol=persist" ];
   };