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title: "Announcing WDL 1.1.3"
author: Venkat Malladi
date: 2025-12-19 12:00:00 -0600
categories: wdl bioinformatics workflows
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# Announcing WDL 1.1.3

The [OpenWDL](https://openwdl.org/) community is pleased to announce the
release of [Workflow Description Language (WDL)
1.1.3](https://github.com/openwdl/wdl/blob/wdl-1.1/SPEC.md)!

This release includes several bug fixes, clarifications, and improvements to the testing infrastructure:

* Fixed issues with testing examples Thanks to [@stxue1](https://github.com/stxue1) and [@vsmalladi](https://github.com/vsmalladi):
* GPU test example fails due to missing `lspci` command in default containers - fixed by specifying a container with `pciutils`.
* WDL comment test incorrectly uses `cat` on numeric values - fixed by using `echo` instead.
* Unit test expected outputs mismatch actual workflow outputs (e.g., struct keys, task output names).
* Missing output sections in unit tests causing no outputs in runners.
* Call statements missing required inputs or `input:` keyword, violating WDL syntax.
* Python heredoc examples with indentation errors causing `IndentationError`.
* `read_json()` fails on Python-stringified output due to single quotes - fixed by ensuring valid JSON format.
* HISAT2 example uses unsupported `--sra-acc` option - fixed by updating to valid options.
* GATK example has mismatched chromosome indexing - fixed by correcting indexing.
* Various examples with parsing issues, invalid inputs/outputs, or runtime failures - fixed by correcting syntax and logic.

* Clarified that a file is not required to exist or be accessible until and unless it is accessed.

* Fixed the unit test for `round()` to properly test for round-half-up behavior as described in the specification.

* Added CI/CD pipelines for MiniWDL, Sprocket, Toil, and Cromwell to ensure spec compliance.

* Removed Advanced Task Examples to clearly distinguish what is in scope for testing.

If you find other areas of the specification that you think need improvement, we welcome
[issues](https://github.com/openwdl/wdl/issues) and [pull requests](https://github.com/openwdl/wdl/pulls).