Maxime Garcia
09/15/2026, 8:27 AM--download_method aspera will fail. Switch to ftp, sratools, or fastq-dl.
⢠No changes to input/output schemas or parameter defaults. Existing workflows run without modification.
We have new pipelines: š§°
fetchngs now generates samplesheets for ampliseq, mag, metatdenovo, and sarek, alongside the existing atcseq, rnaseq, taxprofiler, and viralrecon support.
new download method: fastq-dl š
Aspera was updated, resulting in some fixes, and some breaking changes š©ļø
⢠The ascp binary is no longer bundled. So use ftp, sratools, or fastq-dl if it fails instead.
⢠DSA deprecation was handled
More fixes šš„šØ
⢠wget container updated to 1.25.0, fixing DNS resolution failures
⢠sratools/prefetch updated for reliable download integrity checks
⢠multiqc_mappings_config fixed stray quote and comma handling in CSV parsing
⢠sra_fastq_ftp stub blocks now work (gzip was missing from conda environment)
⢠ENA metadata fields with spaces no longer cause word-splitting errors
Thanks šš
@Adam Talbot, @Adrian Janucik, @Cameron Lloyd, @Maxime Borry, @Sebastian Uhrig, @Tabea Attig, @Venkat Malladi, @Evangelos KaratzasMaxime Garcia
09/15/2026, 8:41 AM