Unable to Download MIDAS Database

[yejunbin]

Description:

I encountered an issue while trying to download the MIDAS database using the following command:

midas database --species_list species.txt --num_cores 30 --download --midasdb_dir midasdb

Error Message:

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
1735046956.3:  Sleeping 2.326705168031156 seconds before retry 1 of <function download_tarball at 0x74ce01580550> with ('https://midasdb.pollard.gladstone.org/v3/uhgg/md5sum.json.tar.gz', '/Disk1/projects/ye_projects/bioinfo_workflow/midasdb'), {}.

Cause:

It seems that the issue arises because the MIDAS database server at https://midasdb.pollard.gladstone.org is currently unreachable. This is preventing the download from proceeding successfully.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run the following command:

   midas database --species_list species.txt --num_cores 30 --download --midasdb_dir midasdb

2. Observe the error message about gzip and tar.

Expected Behavior:

The MIDAS database should download and extract successfully.

Additional Information:

• The error indicates a failure to download the tarball from the server, likely due to network connectivity issues or server unavailability.
• I have verified that the server https://midasdb.pollard.gladstone.org is unreachable from my network.

Possible Solutions:

• It would be helpful to confirm whether the server is temporarily down or if there are network restrictions preventing access.
• An alternative download location or mirror would be useful.

[zhaoc1]

Thanks for reporting the issue. I can reproduce the database downloading error. I believe some of the servers were under maintenance during the break. I will keep an eye on this issue after the new year.

Chunyu

[zhaoc1]

Hi,

The IT fixed the configure issue after the server shutdown and I also tested the database downloading. It should be working now. Thank you!

Chunyu