# Inconsistent "invalid suite ID" error when running ACCESS-CM2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Earth System\ **Tags:** help, community-help\ **Created:** [2 December 2025 06:02 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642 "2025-12-02T06:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hrsdawson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/hrsdawson/32/218_2.png) [@hrsdawson](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/hrsdawson)\ **Post date:** [2 December 2025 06:02 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/1 "2025-12-02T06:02:59Z")
I’m running some experiments with ACCESS-CM2 by copying suite corresponding to a piControl simulation that I ran on Gadi (u-dk158). As of a few weeks ago, whenever I try to copy this suite-ID I get this error: ![Screenshot 2025-12-02 at 4.57.37 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/access1/original/2X/4/421ac58f6f29b460f55d3b867247ebd444ebb7a3.png) If I log out of Gadi, log back in, reload cylc and re-authenticate mosrs, then _sometimes_ I can copy the suite successfully, although sometimes the error persists. Has anyone else come across this before? ---
**Author:** ![edoyango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@edoyango](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/edoyango)\ **Post date:** [3 December 2025 00:25 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/2 "2025-12-03T00:25:56Z")
Hi @hrsdawson I’ll see if someone from access-nri can help you with this. Do you mind also sharing what modules you load and the order you load them? That might a source of the error. ---
**Author:** ![hrsdawson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/hrsdawson/32/218_2.png) [@hrsdawson](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/hrsdawson)\ **Post date:** [3 December 2025 05:25 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/3 "2025-12-03T05:25:06Z")
Hi Edward, thanks for following up. I’m following the instructions [here](https://docs.access-hive.org.au/models/run_a_model/run_access-cm2/#cylc), so running; `module use /g/data/hr22/modulefiles` `module load cylc7`and then `mosrs-auth` This loads `cylc7/24.03` and `mosrs-setup/2.0.1`. I’m not loading any other modules. ---
**Author:** ![Paul.Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/paul.gregory/32/2566_2.png) [@Paul.Gregory](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Paul.Gregory)\ **Post date:** [3 December 2025 07:19 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/4 "2025-12-03T07:19:03Z")
Hi Hannah Could you try deactivating your conda environment and then trying again? ---
**Author:** ![edoyango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@edoyango](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/edoyango)\ **Post date:** [4 December 2025 22:43 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/5 "2025-12-04T22:43:10Z")
Hi @hrsdawson, We haven’t been able to reproduce your problem so it might be an auth issue or other issue with the modules. if @Paul.Gregory’s suggestion doesn’t help I suggest reaching out to NCI as they manage the modules in `hr22`. ---
**Author:** ![hrsdawson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/hrsdawson/32/218_2.png) [@hrsdawson](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/hrsdawson)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2025 21:40 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/6 "2025-12-07T21:40:49Z")
Thanks both for your suggestions and sorry for my slow responses - I’m on a research voyage at the moment. Just to clarify, which conda environment do you mean? If I unload the cylc7 module and then reload it, then yes sometimes I am able to copy the suite successfully. So all-in-all this is not an urgent issue (with persistence I can get the suite copied), it’s just very perplexing to me that it works sometimes, and not others. ---
**Author:** ![Paul.Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/paul.gregory/32/2566_2.png) [@Paul.Gregory](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Paul.Gregory)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2025 00:26 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/7 "2025-12-08T00:26:54Z")
Hi Hannah Your post above displayed your login prompt as ```auto (base) (hd4873@gadi-login-05 roses]$ rosie copy u-dk158 ``` and the `(base)` section indicates that you currently have your `base` `conda` environment activated. Next time you have this issue, can you type `conda deactivate` at the command line (which will remove the `base` environment)? Given that `rosie` relies on the `cylc7` package (and its python libraries), I had a hunch that maybe your local `conda` environment is conflicting with the python libraries within `cylc7`. If this turns out to be the case, you might want to set your local `conda` environment to not automatically activate. Or alternatively, remove it altogether and just rely on the NRI supplied `conda`packages. PS Whereabouts are you at the moment? Sailing around Antarctica? ---
**Author:** ![hrsdawson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/hrsdawson/32/218_2.png) [@hrsdawson](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/hrsdawson)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2025 00:53 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/8 "2025-12-08T00:53:46Z")
Interesting, I didn’t realise my local conda environment was being activated! I’ve gone into my `.bashrc` file and I can see this code block (no idea if I added this - if I did it was years ago). If I comment this out, will this stop the local conda environment being activated when I log in? ```auto # !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !! __conda_setup="$('/g/data/e14/hd4873/miniconda3/bin/conda' 'shell.bash' 'hook' 2> /dev/null)" if [$? -eq 0]; then eval "$__conda_setup" else if [-f "/g/data/e14/hd4873/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"]; then . "/g/data/e14/hd4873/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" else export PATH="/g/data/e14/hd4873/miniconda3/bin:$PATH" fi fi unset __conda_setup ``` Yes - anchored off Casey station at the moment! ---
**Author:** ![Paul.Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/paul.gregory/32/2566_2.png) [@Paul.Gregory](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Paul.Gregory)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2025 01:02 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/inconsistent-invalid-suite-id-error-when-running-access-cm2/5642/9 "2025-12-08T01:02:12Z")
Yes. If you comment that section out, it will no longer activate automatically when you log in. PPS post pics! 😃