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Nextflow 26.09.2-edge

Feature updates and improvements​

Language features​

  • Added pipeline composition by @bentsherman in #7213
  • Allowed any return type for a closure with a boolean signature by @bentsherman in #7688
  • Added type checking for the type arguments of call arguments by @bentsherman in #7728
  • Improved lint errors for common gotchas by @bentsherman in #7742
  • Moved v1 process output resolution to TaskOutputResolverV1 by @bentsherman in #7036
  • Published workflow outputs with FilePublisher by @bentsherman in #7745
  • Added recognition of Record::subMap() in the type checker by @bentsherman in #7743
  • Added an error for a closure or function that returns no value by @bentsherman in #7714
  • Added an error for a missing return statement in a closure or function by @bentsherman in #7738
  • Changed invalid script definitions to report the real syntax error by @bentsherman in #7675
  • Added a type error for record field assignment by @bentsherman in #7718
  • Skipped argument checks for plugin functions in typed scripts by @bentsherman in #7726
  • Added support for a map of source-to-target pairs in the output path directive by @bentsherman in #7646
  • Changed unnamed typed process outputs to use the inferred type by @pditommaso in #7757
  • Added runtime validation of record fields for process record inputs by @bentsherman in #7692

Configuration​

  • Added the seqera.executor.machineRequirement.onDemandCostRatio option by @pditommaso in #7710

Wave​

  • Added conda/micromamba:v2-fast and conda/pixi:v1-fast to the wave.build.template docs by @pditommaso in #7727

General​

  • Centralized shared dependency versions in gradle.properties by @pditommaso in #7704
  • Made HashBuilder.isAssetFile public by @jorgee in #7723
  • Changed CSV output to quote values only when required by @xHaMMaDy in #7377
  • Changed lineage to record only tasks that completed by @jorgee in #7664
  • Replaced LockManager with Guava Striped locks by @pditommaso in #7736
  • Changed sched multi-attempt tasks to report the final attempt's start time by @pditommaso in #7755
  • Changed the console log to go to stderr when ANSI logging is disabled by @bentsherman in #7741
  • Added CI validation of agent examples against a staged runner image by @pditommaso in #7761

Bug fixes​

Language features​

  • Fixed formatting of directives with a list argument by @bentsherman in #7679
  • Fixed lineage path references for typed processes by @jorgee in #7713
  • Fixed an NPE when all publish statements in a workflow output are no-ops by @bentsherman in #7674
  • Fixed an NPE when publishing an external file with a publish statement by @bentsherman in #7721
  • Fixed record cast of non-local Path values by @bentsherman in #7684
  • Fixed serialization of dataflow params by @pinin4fjords in #7759
  • Fixed the params block breaking piped operators in the entry workflow by @bentsherman in #7405

Plugins​

  • Fixed plugin functions that return or take a channel by @bentsherman in #7715

General​

  • Fixed a grep broken pipe error when reading the CPU model in the trace script by @bentsherman in #7672
  • Fixed stale ANSI log lines when COLUMNS does not match the terminal width by @pditommaso in #7705
  • Fixed the launcher Java version cache and md5 fallback by @ewels in #7695
  • Fixed LsfExecutor.parseJobId() swallowing submit failures by @Arthur031221 in #7730
  • Fixed the validate.sh image override with a relative results directory and Wave images by @pditommaso in #7763

Dependencies​

  • Bumped Jackson to 2.21.7 and 2.18.11 to fix security advisories by @jorgee in #7732
  • Bumped nf-agent-pi to 0.5.4 with pi-coding-agent 1.0.2 so the catalog includes GPT-6 Luna by @edmundmiller in #7748
  • Bumped pi-coding-agent to 0.86.1 to fix undici advisories by @jorgee in #7733
  • Bumped sched-client to 0.100.0 in nf-seqera by @pditommaso in fe446ce6d
  • Bumped slf4j to 2.0.20 by @pditommaso in #7703
  • Bumped nf-agent@0.1.2
  • Bumped nf-agent-pi@0.5.4
  • Bumped nf-azure@1.24.1
  • Bumped nf-google@1.28.2
  • Bumped nf-seqera@0.26.0
  • Bumped nf-tower@1.31.0
  • Bumped nf-wave@1.22.2

Full changelog: https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v26.09.2-edge