Does the latest nextflow (26.04.0) not work with n...
# nf-testm
Mahesh Binzer-Panchal
05/08/2026, 2:21 PMDoes the latest nextflow (26.04.0) not work with nf-test?
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mashehu
05/08/2026, 2:24 PMit works with 0.9.5
mashehu
05/08/2026, 2:25 PMactually since https://github.com/askimed/nf-test/releases/tag/v0.9.4
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Mahesh Binzer-Panchal
05/08/2026, 2:26 PMThe error I'm getting
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nf-core modules test krakenuniq/build --profile docker
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nf-core/tools version 4.0.2 - <https://nf-co.re>
INFO Generating nf-test snapshot
Displaying nf-test output
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── nf-test output ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ 🚀 nf-test 0.9.2 │
│ <https://www.nf-test.com> │
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│
│ Test Process KRAKENUNIQ_BUILD │
│ │
│ Test [9da2fe17] 'sarscov2 - fasta' FAILED (3.583s) │
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│ java.lang.RuntimeException: Process has no output channels. process.out can not be used. │
│ Nextflow stdout: │
│ │
│ │
│ Error .<http://nf-test-9da2fe17321b589c5f1439ed7c2c8254.nf:35:29|nf-test-9da2fe17321b589c5f1439ed7c2c8254.nf:35:29>: Unexpected input: '*' │
│ │ 35 | KRAKENUNIQ_DOWNLOAD(*input) │
│ ╰ | ^ │
│ │
│ │
│ ERROR ~ Script compilation failed │
│ │
│ -- Check '/Users/mahpa906/Documents/Projects/nf-core-modules-mahesh/.nf-test/tests/9da2fe17321b589c5f1439ed7c2c8254/meta/nextflow.log' file for details │
│ Nextflow stderr: │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ Test [4bc007d8] 'sarscov2 - fasta - nocleanup' FAILED (2.42s) │
│ │
│ java.lang.RuntimeException: Process has no output channels. process.out can not be used. │
│ Nextflow stdout: │
│ │
│ │
│ Error .<http://nf-test-4bc007d857edf0060d601b4f39a59345.nf:35:29|nf-test-4bc007d857edf0060d601b4f39a59345.nf:35:29>: Unexpected input: '*' │
│ │ 35 | KRAKENUNIQ_DOWNLOAD(*input) │
│ ╰ | ^ │
│ │
│ │
│ ERROR ~ Script compilation failed │
│ │
│ -- Check '/Users/mahpa906/Documents/Projects/nf-core-modules-mahesh/.nf-test/tests/4bc007d857edf0060d601b4f39a59345/meta/nextflow.log' file for details │
│ Nextflow stderr: │
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│ │
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Displaying nf-test error
CRITICAL Ran, but found errors:
- nf-test failed
- Assertion failed.inputm
mashehu
05/08/2026, 2:26 PMyes, you need to update your nf-test
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Mahesh Binzer-Panchal
05/08/2026, 2:26 PMhuh. I thought I updated nf-test
Mahesh Binzer-Panchal
05/08/2026, 2:26 PMwill do again
Mahesh Binzer-Panchal
05/08/2026, 2:28 PMOh, there's no
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