It seems I get the same error even with just guix archive:
$ guix archive --export -r package ... snip lots of output ... entry(nameunitnode(type directoryentry(namepromise_spec.rbnode(typeregulacontents�nguix archive: error: corrupt input while restoring archive from #<closed: file 7f2a12d87620>
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