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new feature: make sure conda env is intact for usage

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software/conda stale triage/investigate
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Description

New feature

Is it possible to have a way to verify the conda environment is intact before launching the pipeline? There are times that the creation of the conda environments fail without (me) notice, the next time i launch, nextflow would assume the env is created and go along with the broken environments. If the env is used in the modules with error ignore, it would take ages for people to find out that failure of the error ignre step is due to conda

Use case

Make sure conda env is indeed correctly created

Suggested implementation

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the conda environment creation and pipeline-launch paths, then determine how an intact environment can be checked before launch. Done means a failed or incomplete conda environment is detected before the pipeline proceeds, with a useful failure signal.

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Assessment

Tech stack
groovy
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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