diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index c47a3b88..6f1b1347 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
     "nix-eval-jobs": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1739500569,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3wIReAqdTALv39gkWXLMZQvHyBOc3yPkWT2ZsItxedY=",
+        "lastModified": 1743008255,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Lo4KFBNcY8tmBuCmEr2XV0IUZtxXHmbXPNLkov/QSU0=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "nix-eval-jobs",
-        "rev": "4b392b284877d203ae262e16af269f702df036bc",
+        "rev": "f7418fc1fa45b96d37baa95ff3c016dd5be3876b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nixos-modules/default.nix b/nixos-modules/default.nix
index 62b18406..d12d8338 100644
--- a/nixos-modules/default.nix
+++ b/nixos-modules/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     systemd.services.hydra-send-stats.enable = false;
 
     services.postgresql.enable = true;
-    services.postgresql.package = pkgs.postgresql_12;
 
     # The following is to work around the following error from hydra-server:
     #   [error] Caught exception in engine "Cannot determine local time zone"
diff --git a/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-broken.t b/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-broken.t
index 0e5960bf..1391b618 100644
--- a/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-broken.t
+++ b/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-broken.t
@@ -6,27 +6,55 @@ use Hydra::Helper::Exec;
 
 my $ctx = test_context();
 
-my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
-    expression => 'constituents-broken.nix',
-);
-my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
+subtest "broken constituents expression" => sub {
+    my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
+        expression => 'constituents-broken.nix',
+    );
+    my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
 
-my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
-    ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
-);
-isnt($res, 0, "hydra-eval-jobset exits non-zero");
-ok(utf8::decode($stderr), "Stderr output is UTF8-clean");
-like(
-    $stderr,
-    qr/aggregate job ‘mixed_aggregate’ failed with the error: "constituentA": does not exist/,
-    "The stderr record includes a relevant error message"
-);
+    my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
+        ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
+    );
+    isnt($res, 0, "hydra-eval-jobset exits non-zero");
+    ok(utf8::decode($stderr), "Stderr output is UTF8-clean");
+    like(
+        $stderr,
+        qr/aggregate job 'mixed_aggregate' references non-existent job 'constituentA'/,
+        "The stderr record includes a relevant error message"
+    );
 
-$jobset->discard_changes({ '+columns' => {'errormsg' => 'errormsg'} });  # refresh from DB
-like(
-    $jobset->errormsg,
-    qr/aggregate job ‘mixed_aggregate’ failed with the error: "constituentA": does not exist/,
-    "The jobset records a relevant error message"
-);
+    $jobset->discard_changes({ '+columns' => {'errormsg' => 'errormsg'} });  # refresh from DB
+    like(
+        $jobset->errormsg,
+        qr/aggregate job ‘mixed_aggregate’ failed with the error: constituentA: does not exist/,
+        "The jobset records a relevant error message"
+    );
+};
+
+subtest "no matches" => sub {
+    my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
+        expression => 'constituents-no-matches.nix',
+    );
+    my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
+
+    my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
+        ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
+    );
+    isnt($res, 0, "hydra-eval-jobset exits non-zero");
+    ok(utf8::decode($stderr), "Stderr output is UTF8-clean");
+    like(
+        $stderr,
+        qr/aggregate job 'non_match_aggregate' references constituent glob pattern 'tests\.\*' with no matches/,
+        "The stderr record includes a relevant error message"
+    );
+
+    $jobset->discard_changes({ '+columns' => {'errormsg' => 'errormsg'} });  # refresh from DB
+    like(
+        $jobset->errormsg,
+        qr/aggregate job ‘non_match_aggregate’ failed with the error: tests\.\*: constituent glob pattern had no matches/,
+        qr/in job ‘non_match_aggregate’:\ntests\.\*: constituent glob pattern had no matches/,
+        "The jobset records a relevant error message"
+    );
+};
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-globbing.t b/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-globbing.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49315d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/evaluator/evaluate-constituents-globbing.t
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Setup;
+use Test2::V0;
+use Hydra::Helper::Exec;
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+my $ctx = test_context();
+
+subtest "general glob testing" => sub {
+    my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
+        expression => 'constituents-glob.nix',
+    );
+    my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
+
+    my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
+        ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
+    );
+    is($res, 0, "hydra-eval-jobset exits zero");
+
+    my $builds = {};
+    for my $build ($jobset->builds) {
+        $builds->{$build->job} = $build;
+    }
+
+    subtest "basic globbing works" => sub {
+        ok(defined $builds->{"ok_aggregate"}, "'ok_aggregate' is part of the jobset evaluation");
+        my @constituents = $builds->{"ok_aggregate"}->constituents->all;
+        is(2, scalar @constituents, "'ok_aggregate' has two constituents");
+
+        my @sortedConstituentNames = sort (map { $_->nixname } @constituents);
+
+        is($sortedConstituentNames[0], "empty-dir-A", "first constituent of 'ok_aggregate' is 'empty-dir-A'");
+        is($sortedConstituentNames[1], "empty-dir-B", "second constituent of 'ok_aggregate' is 'empty-dir-B'");
+    };
+
+    subtest "transitivity is OK" => sub {
+        ok(defined $builds->{"indirect_aggregate"}, "'indirect_aggregate' is part of the jobset evaluation");
+        my @constituents = $builds->{"indirect_aggregate"}->constituents->all;
+        is(1, scalar @constituents, "'indirect_aggregate' has one constituent");
+        is($constituents[0]->nixname, "direct_aggregate", "'indirect_aggregate' has 'direct_aggregate' as single constituent");
+    };
+};
+
+subtest "* selects all except current aggregate" => sub {
+    my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
+        expression => 'constituents-glob-all.nix',
+    );
+    my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
+
+    my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
+        ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
+    );
+
+    subtest "no eval errors" => sub {
+        ok(utf8::decode($stderr), "Stderr output is UTF8-clean");
+        ok(
+            $stderr !~ "aggregate job ‘ok_aggregate’ has a constituent .* that doesn't correspond to a Hydra build",
+            "Catchall wildcard must not select itself as constituent"
+        );
+
+        $jobset->discard_changes;  # refresh from DB
+        is(
+            $jobset->errormsg,
+            "",
+            "eval-errors non-empty"
+        );
+    };
+
+    my $builds = {};
+    for my $build ($jobset->builds) {
+        $builds->{$build->job} = $build;
+    }
+
+    subtest "two constituents" => sub {
+        ok(defined $builds->{"ok_aggregate"}, "'ok_aggregate' is part of the jobset evaluation");
+        my @constituents = $builds->{"ok_aggregate"}->constituents->all;
+        is(2, scalar @constituents, "'ok_aggregate' has two constituents");
+
+        my @sortedConstituentNames = sort (map { $_->nixname } @constituents);
+
+        is($sortedConstituentNames[0], "empty-dir-A", "first constituent of 'ok_aggregate' is 'empty-dir-A'");
+        is($sortedConstituentNames[1], "empty-dir-B", "second constituent of 'ok_aggregate' is 'empty-dir-B'");
+    };
+};
+
+subtest "trivial cycle check" => sub {
+    my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
+        expression => 'constituents-cycle.nix',
+    );
+    my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
+
+    my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
+        ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
+    );
+
+    ok(
+        $stderr =~ "Found dependency cycle between jobs 'indirect_aggregate' and 'ok_aggregate'",
+        "Dependency cycle error is on stderr"
+    );
+
+    ok(utf8::decode($stderr), "Stderr output is UTF8-clean");
+
+    $jobset->discard_changes;  # refresh from DB
+    like(
+        $jobset->errormsg,
+        qr/Dependency cycle: indirect_aggregate <-> ok_aggregate/,
+        "eval-errors non-empty"
+    );
+
+    is(0, $jobset->builds->count, "No builds should be scheduled");
+};
+
+subtest "cycle check with globbing" => sub {
+    my $jobsetCtx = $ctx->makeJobset(
+        expression => 'constituents-cycle-glob.nix',
+    );
+    my $jobset = $jobsetCtx->{"jobset"};
+
+    my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60,
+        ("hydra-eval-jobset", $jobsetCtx->{"project"}->name, $jobset->name)
+    );
+
+    ok(utf8::decode($stderr), "Stderr output is UTF8-clean");
+
+    $jobset->discard_changes;  # refresh from DB
+    like(
+        $jobset->errormsg,
+        qr/aggregate job ‘indirect_aggregate’ failed with the error: Dependency cycle: indirect_aggregate <-> packages.constituentA/,
+        "packages.constituentA error missing"
+    );
+
+    # on this branch of Hydra, hydra-eval-jobset fails hard if an aggregate
+    # job is broken.
+    is(0, $jobset->builds->count, "Zero jobs are scheduled");
+};
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/jobs/config.nix b/t/jobs/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91fd1d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+rec {
+  path = "/nix/store/l9mg93sgx50y88p5rr6x1vib6j1rjsds-coreutils-9.1/bin";
+
+  mkDerivation = args:
+    derivation ({
+      system = builtins.currentSystem;
+      PATH = path;
+    } // args);
+  mkContentAddressedDerivation = args: mkDerivation ({
+    __contentAddressed = true;
+    outputHashMode = "recursive";
+    outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
+  } // args);
+}
diff --git a/t/jobs/constituents-cycle-glob.nix b/t/jobs/constituents-cycle-glob.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efc152ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/constituents-cycle-glob.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+with import ./config.nix;
+{
+  packages.constituentA = mkDerivation {
+    name = "empty-dir-A";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    _hydraGlobConstituents = true;
+    constituents = [ "*_aggregate" ];
+  };
+
+  packages.constituentB = mkDerivation {
+    name = "empty-dir-B";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  ok_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "direct_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    _hydraGlobConstituents = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "packages.*"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  indirect_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "indirect_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "ok_aggregate"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/t/jobs/constituents-cycle.nix b/t/jobs/constituents-cycle.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e086aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/constituents-cycle.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+with import ./config.nix;
+{
+  ok_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "direct_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    _hydraGlobConstituents = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "indirect_aggregate"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  indirect_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "indirect_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "ok_aggregate"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/t/jobs/constituents-glob-all.nix b/t/jobs/constituents-glob-all.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d671fd70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/constituents-glob-all.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+with import ./config.nix;
+{
+  packages.constituentA = mkDerivation {
+    name = "empty-dir-A";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  packages.constituentB = mkDerivation {
+    name = "empty-dir-B";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  ok_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "direct_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    _hydraGlobConstituents = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "*"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/t/jobs/constituents-glob.nix b/t/jobs/constituents-glob.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f566dbfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/constituents-glob.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+with import ./config.nix;
+{
+  packages.constituentA = mkDerivation {
+    name = "empty-dir-A";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  packages.constituentB = mkDerivation {
+    name = "empty-dir-B";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  ok_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "direct_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    _hydraGlobConstituents = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "packages.*"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  indirect_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "indirect_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "ok_aggregate"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/t/jobs/constituents-no-matches.nix b/t/jobs/constituents-no-matches.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..699cad91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/constituents-no-matches.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+with import ./config.nix;
+{
+  non_match_aggregate = mkDerivation {
+    name = "mixed_aggregate";
+    _hydraAggregate = true;
+    _hydraGlobConstituents = true;
+    constituents = [
+      "tests.*"
+    ];
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+
+  # Without a second job no jobset is attempted to be created
+  # (the only job would be broken)
+  # and thus the constituent validation is never reached.
+  dummy = mkDerivation {
+    name = "dummy";
+    builder = ./empty-dir-builder.sh;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/t/jobs/declarative/project.json b/t/jobs/declarative/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47d6ecf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/jobs/declarative/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "enabled": 1,
+    "hidden": false,
+    "description": "declarative-jobset-example",
+    "nixexprinput": "src",
+    "nixexprpath": "declarative/generator.nix",
+    "checkinterval": 300,
+    "schedulingshares": 100,
+    "enableemail": false,
+    "emailoverride": "",
+    "keepnr": 3,
+    "inputs": {
+        "src": {
+            "type": "path",
+            "value": "/home/ma27/Projects/hydra-cppnix/t/jobs",
+            "emailresponsible": false
+        },
+        "jobspath": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "value": "/home/ma27/Projects/hydra-cppnix/t/jobs",
+            "emailresponsible": false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/t/queue-runner/constituents.t b/t/queue-runner/constituents.t
index e1b8d733..8e048a73 100644
--- a/t/queue-runner/constituents.t
+++ b/t/queue-runner/constituents.t
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ is(nrQueuedBuildsForJobset($jobset), 0, "Evaluating jobs/broken-constituent.nix
 
 like(
     $jobset->errormsg,
-    qr/^"does-not-exist": does not exist$/m,
+    qr/^does-not-exist: does not exist$/m,
     "Evaluating jobs/broken-constituent.nix should log an error for does-not-exist");
 like(
     $jobset->errormsg,
-    qr/^"does-not-evaluate": "error: assertion 'false' failed/m,
+    qr/^does-not-evaluate: error: assertion 'false' failed/m,
     "Evaluating jobs/broken-constituent.nix should log an error for does-not-evaluate");
 
 done_testing;