Ash O'Farrell

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3. Is it possible to have a task directly modify an input file?

I made some edits to my workflow to print this information: https://dockstore.org/workflows/github.com/DataBiosphere/analysis_pipeline_WDL/vcf-to-gds-wdl:debug-permissions?tab=files Two quick notes...

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• August 11, 2021 21:05
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3. Is it possible to have a task directly modify an input file?

Thank you for your response and testing, it's helpful to know this has something to do with the container permissions. However, it seems to raise even more questions. When I run the WDL locally via...

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• August 05, 2021 18:58
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3. Cannot update workflow if current snapshot active on Terra becomes invalid

The workaround you listed is functional, thank you!

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• May 25, 2021 00:31
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3. Terra seems to have destroyed my output

That's interesting. Thanks for the explanation! Does Terra's version of Cromwell match the current release schedule as Cromwell on Github, or is it on its own release schedule?

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• May 12, 2021 17:49
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The underlying cause makes sense, but ultimately I'm still confused why Terra reported the workflow a success. Normally, when Cromwell cannot find an output (lets say my output file is merged.gds b...

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• May 12, 2021 17:27
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It turns out I need to get a working version of this pipeline out sooner than anticipated, so I have to implement a workaround. My colleague Julian came up with one that uses globbing. The workarou...

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• May 10, 2021 19:07
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Thanks for letting me know. I'll hold off on the rewrite for now; any insight they provide would be worth its weight in gold if it helps me write better workflows in the future. I am generating the...

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• May 07, 2021 18:42
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3. Terra seems to have destroyed my output

I'll give the workflow level outputs a try.  In the meantime I've added the firecloud support group. It's called "megastep A" and is on the AnVIL Stage Demo billing project. I ran into this bug twi...

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• May 07, 2021 18:01
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3. Cannot delete Terra workspace due to apparent MySQL error

Will disabling requester pays block me from running workflows involving DRS on this billing project? ie, is this something I have to keep toggling?

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• December 17, 2020 16:02
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Can you clarify what this means here? Does it have to do with billing projects or authorization domains? I'm not super familiar with service accounts. I have seen here in your documentation that th...

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• December 16, 2020 20:00
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