diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
index bade93c0984e..975c566411c0 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
@@ -245,6 +245,66 @@
options.
+
+
+ The nscd now disables all caching of
+ passwd and group databases by
+ default. This was interferring with the correct functioning of the
+ libnss_systemd.so module which is used by
+ systemd to manage uids and usernames in the presence
+ of DynamicUser= in systemd services.
+ The was already the default behaviour in presence of
+ services.sssd.enable = true because nscd caching
+ would interfere sssd in unpredictable ways as well.Because we're using nscd
+ not for caching, but for convincing glibc to find NSS modules in the
+ nix store instead of an absolute path, we have decided to disable
+ caching globally now, as it's usually not the behaviour the user wants
+ and can lead to surprising behaviour.
+ Furthermore, negative caching of host lookups is also disabled now by
+ default. This should fix the issue of dns lookups failing in the
+ presence of an unreliable network.
+
+
+ If the old behaviour is desired, this can be restored by setting
+ the services.nscd.config option
+ with the desired caching parameters.
+
+ services.nscd.config =
+ ''
+ server-user nscd
+ threads 1
+ paranoia no
+ debug-level 0
+
+ enable-cache passwd yes
+ positive-time-to-live passwd 600
+ negative-time-to-live passwd 20
+ suggested-size passwd 211
+ check-files passwd yes
+ persistent passwd no
+ shared passwd yes
+
+ enable-cache group yes
+ positive-time-to-live group 3600
+ negative-time-to-live group 60
+ suggested-size group 211
+ check-files group yes
+ persistent group no
+ shared group yes
+
+ enable-cache hosts yes
+ positive-time-to-live hosts 600
+ negative-time-to-live hosts 5
+ suggested-size hosts 211
+ check-files hosts yes
+ persistent hosts no
+ shared hosts yes
+ '';
+
+ See #50316
+ for details.
+
+
GitLab Shell previously used the nix store paths for the