Error: Exception in thread "Task submitter" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

[desmodus1984]

Expected behavior and actual behavior

It should terminate after an error, right?

Steps to reproduce the problem

I can't share my data but I will share the code...
I ran #InterproScan @ebi-pf-team and I ran it with 16 parallel processes/cores. I am running on a workstation with Linux, 16 cores/ 32 GB RAM.
I used the following code:

nextflow run ebi-pf-team/interproscan6     -profile apptainer --goterms     --input LW3.fasta --pathways     --datadir data --max-workers 16

I ran well but then I got this error:

Plus 7 more processes waiting for tasks…
ERROR ~ Execution aborted due to an unexpected error

 -- Check '.nextflow.log' file for details
Exception in thread "Task submitter" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

1st- I ran this on the Documents folder and there is no .nextflow.log there, nor I can't make sense where it should or ought to be. I thought it would be in the same directory where I ran, and it is not there. So, I can't upload it because I can't find it.

2nd. My data is sensitive so I can't share it. I shared the code, hope someone can help me how to make it run in my system - as described above.

3rd. Normally, after a code runs into an error, the shell returns to the point where I can type/write on the command line - AND the shell is still like running the code- though, the CPUs are not working or active.

Environment

• Nextflow version: [?]

• nextflow version 25.10.3.10983

• Java version: [?]

• java --version
  openjdk 21.0.9 2025-10-21
  OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.9+10-Ubuntu-124.04)
  OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.9+10-Ubuntu-124.04, mixed mode, sharing)

• Operating system: [macOS, Linux, etc] - Linux

• Bash version: (use the command $SHELL --version)$SHELL --version
  GNU bash, version 5.2.21(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

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