bcftools annotate max outsize is 300G

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Start by reproducing the two reported bcftools annotate commands with the affected input and annotation files, then trace the repeated [E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error. Done means annotate completes without producing an unexpectedly oversized output file or write errors for the reported operations.

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Hi there,
Every time I run bcftools annotate on one of my files (which produces a file > 300GB), it fails and makes a file of size >15TB. Error:

Both -a/-c and -x fail:

bcftools annotate -a file.anno -c INFO file.in -Ob -o file.out
bcftools annotate -x 'INFO/ID' file.in -Oz -o file,out

Errors look like this:
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)
[E::bgzf_flush] hwrite error (wrong size)

Best wishes,
Chris

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