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Troubleshooting VCF Output Truncation Issue during GATK CombineGVCFs Process

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    Gökalp Çelik

    Hi Benjamin Akande

    Can you share the log of CombineGVCFs tool? Did it run to completion without any issues?

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    Log output

    00:35:14.125 INFO ProgressMeter - Current Locus Elapsed Minutes Variants Processed Variants/Minute 00:35:14.232 WARN ReferenceConfidenceVariantContextMerger - Detected invalid annotations: When trying to merge variant contexts at location NC_007112.7:3724 the annotation MLEAC=[1, 0] was not a numerical value and was ignored 00:35:24.136 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007112.7:8651384 0.2 941000 5640359.6 00:35:34.140 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007112.7:23373934 0.3 2029000 6082438.2 00:35:44.148 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007112.7:41286119 0.5 3162000 6319155.3 00:35:54.148 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007112.7:50390179 0.7 4313000 6465782.2 00:36:04.157 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007112.7:57348148 0.8 5483000 6575391.7 00:36:14.159 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007113.7:4043775 1.0 6601000 6597261.6 00:36:24.163 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007113.7:11999200 1.2 7741000 6631542.9 00:36:34.175 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007113.7:22845123 1.3 8890000 6663335.4 00:36:44.183 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007113.7:31864533 1.5 10036000 6686357.7 00:36:54.187 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007113.7:42232206 1.7 11172000 6699113.5 00:37:04.193 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007113.7:52404138 1.8 12283000 6695679.0 00:37:14.198 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007114.7:301545 2.0 13415000 6703477.9 00:37:24.205 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007114.7:13441394 2.2 14519000 6696955.7 00:37:34.208 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007114.7:23436485 2.3 15739000 6741289.1 00:37:44.210 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007114.7:33635094 2.5 16924000 6765766.1 00:37:54.211 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007114.7:42087109 2.7 18120000 6791349.6 00:38:04.211 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007114.7:55773977 2.8 19211000 6776924.6 00:38:14.216 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007115.7:526605 3.0 20362000 6783903.7 00:38:24.222 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007115.7:8638509 3.2 21564000 6806209.5 00:38:34.224 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007115.7:17528666 3.3 22754000 6822822.7 00:38:44.226 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007115.7:29792183 3.5 23903000 6826145.5 00:38:54.228 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007115.7:56249712 3.7 24845000 6772738.2 00:39:04.233 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007115.7:74239538 3.8 25837000 6736923.5 00:39:14.237 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007116.7:4118485 4.0 26991000 6744602.5 00:39:24.241 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007116.7:17848793 4.2 28163000 6755985.2 00:39:34.246 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007116.7:26207624 4.3 29378000 6776384.8 00:39:44.246 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007116.7:37991247 4.5 30527000 6780739.0 00:39:54.248 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007116.7:54576443 4.7 31712000 6792444.7 00:40:04.256 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007116.7:65953311 4.8 32850000 6793506.4 00:40:14.258 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007117.7:121166 5.0 34010000 6798985.8 00:40:24.261 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007117.7:9618967 5.2 35190000 6807981.0 00:40:34.261 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007117.7:21430802 5.3 36355000 6813666.7 00:40:44.262 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007117.7:37733694 5.5 37466000 6809173.2 00:40:54.277 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007117.7:48873259 5.7 38576000 6804487.4 00:41:04.278 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007117.7:58869792 5.8 39710000 6804454.1 00:41:14.283 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007118.7:10395919 6.0 40834000 6802699.9 00:41:24.283 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007118.7:24053337 6.2 41995000 6807093.2 00:41:34.291 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007118.7:33130010 6.3 43162000 6812076.8 00:41:44.294 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007118.7:48256890 6.5 44337000 6818139.9 00:41:54.303 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007118.7:58989326 6.7 45470000 6817466.2 00:42:04.308 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007118.7:69956467 6.8 46528000 6805937.8 00:42:14.314 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007119.7:2430939 7.0 47635000 6801939.1 00:42:24.321 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007119.7:9795343 7.2 48706000 6793089.7 00:42:34.322 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007119.7:18639548 7.3 49805000 6788551.5 00:42:44.331 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007119.7:28713083 7.5 50942000 6789158.7 00:42:54.335 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007119.7:44769555 7.7 52036000 6784207.2 00:43:04.344 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007119.7:52650292 7.8 53182000 6786029.5 00:43:14.347 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007120.7:3209199 8.0 54362000 6792122.8 00:43:24.347 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007120.7:14390342 8.2 55497000 6792473.6 00:43:34.353 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007120.7:31576855 8.3 56565000 6784774.0 00:43:44.348 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007120.7:40797318 8.5 57595000 6772920.9 00:43:54.356 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007120.7:51049725 8.7 58582000 6756460.1 00:44:04.356 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007121.7:1598455 8.8 59635000 6748190.9 00:44:14.357 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007121.7:9406737 9.0 60658000 6736883.4 00:44:24.358 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007121.7:21681014 9.2 61678000 6725659.9 00:44:34.363 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007121.7:32500363 9.3 62576000 6701723.2 00:44:44.368 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007121.7:40875704 9.5 63616000 6693567.5 00:44:54.369 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007122.7:678864 9.7 64643000 6684394.8 00:45:04.381 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007122.7:6877010 9.8 65621000 6670427.7 00:45:14.387 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007122.7:20031846 10.0 66522000 6649296.5 00:45:24.396 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007122.7:30077087 10.2 67461000 6632561.6 00:45:34.405 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007122.7:39168392 10.3 68437000 6619945.8 00:45:44.405 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007122.7:45416613 10.5 69446000 6610966.6 00:45:54.409 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007123.7:5216760 10.7 70427000 6599602.7 00:46:04.420 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007123.7:15581021 10.8 71389000 6586774.6 00:46:14.432 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007123.7:26074823 11.0 72312000 6570771.7 00:46:24.432 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007123.7:35379738 11.2 73198000 6552042.6 00:46:34.437 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007123.7:47495556 11.3 74063000 6531973.6 00:46:44.437 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:2499214 11.5 74990000 6517922.3 00:46:54.446 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:11583988 11.7 75814000 6495364.3 00:47:04.446 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:23370050 11.8 76633000 6473101.6 00:47:14.449 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:29436952 12.0 77446000 6450930.4 00:47:24.450 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:35801539 12.2 78272000 6430452.2 00:47:34.459 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:43219263 12.3 79098000 6410458.0 00:47:44.466 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007124.7:52007038 12.5 79977000 6395252.3 00:47:54.477 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007125.7:6245988 12.7 80902000 6384043.2 00:48:04.484 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007125.7:16790395 12.8 81800000 6371055.6 00:48:14.488 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007125.7:30802943 13.0 82689000 6357733.5 00:48:24.497 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007125.7:45421943 13.2 83595000 6346007.1 00:48:34.499 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007125.7:52657785 13.3 84501000 6334613.6 00:48:44.521 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007126.7:4816143 13.5 85435000 6325426.1 00:48:54.524 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007126.7:15482901 13.7 86261000 6308710.8 00:49:04.534 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007126.7:22443102 13.8 86966000 6283602.4 00:49:14.540 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007126.7:29886887 14.0 87875000 6273686.2 00:49:24.555 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007126.7:38049509 14.2 88761000 6262314.4 00:49:34.559 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007126.7:45141489 14.3 89636000 6250527.4 00:49:44.566 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:1969833 14.5 90357000 6228360.1 00:49:54.572 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:7680072 14.7 91084000 6207119.8 00:50:04.572 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:13167424 14.8 91790000 6184983.5 00:50:14.575 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:21695436 15.0 92619000 6171521.1 00:50:24.584 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:27518048 15.2 93501000 6161793.1 00:50:34.591 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:34915664 15.3 94373000 6151644.9 00:50:44.592 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:43113181 15.5 95220000 6140142.5 00:50:54.607 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:50063011 15.7 96021000 6125858.9 00:51:04.608 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007127.7:55203502 15.8 96843000 6113291.9 00:51:14.610 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007128.7:7561999 16.0 97738000 6105540.4 00:51:24.622 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007128.7:15312082 16.2 98659000 6099493.4 00:51:34.632 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007128.7:25596650 16.3 99545000 6091440.4 00:51:44.640 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007128.7:33839812 16.5 100410000 6082290.5 00:51:54.643 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007128.7:43755493 16.7 101328000 6076532.4 00:52:04.649 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007128.7:51201278 16.8 102233000 6070098.3 00:52:14.652 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007129.7:3360769 17.0 103168000 6065572.0 00:52:24.653 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007129.7:13087137 17.2 104085000 6060103.2 00:52:34.657 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007129.7:24994528 17.3 105013000 6055344.8 00:52:44.672 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007129.7:36042376 17.5 105694000 6036512.4 00:52:54.672 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007129.7:46117452 17.7 106525000 6026607.0 00:53:04.680 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:508738 17.8 107307000 6014095.5 00:53:14.684 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:6340115 18.0 108252000 6010888.8 00:53:24.691 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:10864007 18.2 109047000 5999471.8 00:53:34.705 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:18739394 18.3 109764000 5983977.5 00:53:44.711 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:26961921 18.5 110662000 5978573.5 00:53:54.716 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:36113598 18.7 111565000 5973544.3 00:54:04.722 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007130.7:43638146 18.8 112468000 5968598.9 00:54:14.722 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:1281221 19.0 113388000 5964665.9 00:54:24.722 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:7109693 19.2 114285000 5959601.8 00:54:34.723 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:18307324 19.3 115044000 5947485.7 00:54:44.732 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:25508537 19.5 115790000 5934869.7 00:54:54.748 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:29623587 19.7 116374000 5914204.5 00:55:04.760 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:34235151 19.8 116949000 5893443.4 00:55:14.760 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:39537534 20.0 117707000 5882237.3 00:55:24.769 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:47694596 20.2 118467000 5871276.7 00:55:34.778 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007131.7:52561685 20.3 119138000 5856111.4 00:55:44.779 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:228196 20.5 119700000 5835921.4 00:55:54.780 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:4687643 20.7 120520000 5828534.1 00:56:04.791 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:10049149 20.8 121163000 5812727.0 00:56:14.806 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:14035851 21.0 121756000 5794772.8 00:56:24.818 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:21407038 21.2 122330000 5776222.7 00:56:34.821 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:27220972 21.3 123026000 5763709.7 00:56:44.824 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:35302978 21.5 123771000 5753673.0 00:56:54.830 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:40546822 21.7 124390000 5737965.2 00:57:04.837 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007132.7:45116887 21.8 125090000 5726200.7 00:57:14.844 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007133.7:1525066 22.0 125823000 5716113.7 00:57:24.848 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007133.7:3385989 22.2 126481000 5702809.7 00:57:34.858 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007133.7:10559116 22.3 127381000 5700508.6 00:57:44.866 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007133.7:18171141 22.5 128252000 5696961.9 00:57:54.874 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007133.7:31733690 22.7 129032000 5689454.9 00:58:04.877 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:214359 22.8 129831000 5682909.8 00:58:14.885 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:4793362 23.0 130653000 5677438.5 00:58:24.893 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:11451796 23.2 131318000 5665272.7 00:58:34.893 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:24131902 23.3 132201000 5662650.8 00:58:44.902 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:31909193 23.5 133161000 5663304.7 00:58:54.905 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:39584036 23.7 134031000 5660172.6 00:59:04.911 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007134.7:45157846 23.8 134846000 5654766.0 00:59:14.912 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007135.7:6162178 24.0 135689000 5650620.1 00:59:24.920 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007135.7:17260579 24.2 136616000 5649978.1 00:59:34.925 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007135.7:24564179 24.3 137211000 5635720.2 00:59:44.926 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007135.7:29522820 24.5 137762000 5619876.5 00:59:54.929 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007135.7:36179991 24.7 138499000 5611775.8 01:00:04.943 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007135.7:40298897 24.8 139216000 5602937.4 01:00:14.947 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007136.7:1693574 25.0 139794000 5588697.4 01:00:24.955 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007136.7:5986806 25.2 140473000 5578642.2 01:00:34.961 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007136.7:13659138 25.3 141244000 5572356.3 01:00:44.965 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007136.7:20672572 25.5 142049000 5567492.4 01:00:54.968 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007136.7:31103060 25.7 142843000 5562266.9 01:01:04.970 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_007136.7:36083943 25.8 143728000 5560633.1 01:01:14.979 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_003337057.1:17351 26.0 144618000 5559187.5 01:01:24.981 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_003336732.1:33728 26.2 145514000 5558014.2 01:01:34.988 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_001884427.4:217007 26.3 146379000 5555665.2 01:01:45.004 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394527.1:103534 26.5 147210000 5552025.0 01:01:55.009 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394599.1:180864 26.7 147993000 5546673.0 01:02:05.021 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394660.1:165602 26.8 148657000 5536931.0 01:02:15.023 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394720.1:178871 27.0 149315000 5527121.4 01:02:25.027 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394785.1:437433 27.2 149966000 5517167.8 01:02:35.034 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394842.1:140309 27.3 150621000 5507471.8 01:02:45.037 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394903.1:47231 27.5 151292000 5498491.4 01:02:55.049 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018394956.1:37031 27.7 151954000 5489257.8 01:03:05.056 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018395011.1:100776 27.8 152861000 5488955.3 01:03:15.064 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018395091.1:267210 28.0 153731000 5487325.8 01:03:25.066 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018395162.1:97947 28.2 154560000 5484283.6 01:03:35.068 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018395236.1:144415 28.3 155374000 5480748.0 01:03:45.071 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018395293.1:158482 28.5 156080000 5473463.2 01:03:55.078 INFO ProgressMeter - NW_018395361.1:121721 28.7 156806000 5466950.9 01:03:59.028 INFO ProgressMeter - NC_002333.2:10964 28.7 157102302 5464735.2 01:03:59.028 INFO ProgressMeter - Traversal complete. Processed 157102302 total variants in 28.7 minutes. 01:03:59.043 INFO CombineGVCFs - Shutting down engine [April 13, 2024 1:03:59 AM EDT] org.broadinstitute.hellbender.tools.walkers.CombineGVCFs done. Elapsed time: 29.35 minutes. Runtime.totalMemory()=2430599168 htsjdk.samtools.util.RuntimeIOException: Unable to close index for file:///home/akandeba/Desktop/BAM_files/Add_Group/Dup_filtered/Cigar_Split/Prelim_VCFcalling/Pen_wsamps.g.vcf.gz at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.writer.IndexingVariantContextWriter.close(IndexingVariantContextWriter.java:183) at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.writer.VCFWriter.close(VCFWriter.java:231) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.tools.walkers.CombineGVCFs.closeTool(CombineGVCFs.java:495) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.engine.GATKTool.doWork(GATKTool.java:1043) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.cmdline.CommandLineProgram.runTool(CommandLineProgram.java:139) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.cmdline.CommandLineProgram.instanceMainPostParseArgs(CommandLineProgram.java:191) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.cmdline.CommandLineProgram.instanceMain(CommandLineProgram.java:210) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.Main.runCommandLineProgram(Main.java:162) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.Main.mainEntry(Main.java:205) at org.broadinstitute.hellbender.Main.main(Main.java:291) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Terminator block not found after closing BGZF file Pen_wsamps.g.vcf.gz at htsjdk.samtools.util.BlockCompressedOutputStream.close(BlockCompressedOutputStream.java:329) at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.writer.IndexingVariantContextWriter.close(IndexingVariantContextWriter.java:172) ... 9 more 

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    Gökalp Çelik

    Hi Benjamin Akande

    Looks like there is a problem when closing the file. Can you try running this tool with the latest version 4.5 to see if the issue persists?

    Also can you include the below parameter for a more detailed error message 

    --java-options '-DGATK_STACKTRACE_ON_USER_EXCEPTION=true'

    One final issue that caught my attention is that the --variant parameter must be specified for each input file separately. Can you fix that in the command line as well?

    Regards. 

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    Benjamin Akande

    Hi Gökalp Çelik

    I will re-run the command and get back to you with the outcome. Also, what do you intend by specifying each file's variant parameters? Can you help me navigate that?

    Best

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    Gökalp Çelik

    Hi Benjamin Akande

    The parameter --variant must be used individually for each GVCF file to be combined by this tool such as

    --variant 1.g.vcf.gz --variant 2.g.vcf.gz ...

     

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