Houdini - USD Render Error

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Hey there,

I’m trying to render on farm and I’m getting this error on the Publish studio validation:

DEBUG: Extracting USD pinning file for usdrender family.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/gabriel.valderramos/.local/share/AYON/dependency_packages/ayon_2502101346_linux-rocky9.zip/dependencies/pyblish/plugin.py", line 528, in __explicit_process
    runner(*args)
  File "/home/gabriel.valderramos/.local/share/AYON/addons/usd_0.1.4/ayon_usd/plugins/publish/integrate_pinning_file.py", line 43, in process
    usd_file_path = self.save_usd(instance)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/gabriel.valderramos/.local/share/AYON/addons/usd_0.1.4/ayon_usd/plugins/publish/integrate_pinning_file.py", line 110, in save_usd
    return self._save_usd_from_houdini(instance)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/gabriel.valderramos/.local/share/AYON/addons/usd_0.1.4/ayon_usd/plugins/publish/integrate_pinning_file.py", line 141, in _save_usd_from_houdini
    temp_usd_node.render()
  File "/opt/hfs20.5/houdini/python3.11libs/houpythonportion/ui.py", line 1158, in decorator
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/hfs20.5/houdini/python3.11libs/hou.py", line 80957, in render
    return _hou.RopNode_render(self, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hou.OperationFailed: The attempted operation failed.
Error:       Layer saved to a location generated from a node path: /Volumes/Entretenimento/_O2_RnD/2025/projects/ProjectTest/sequences/seq_0010/Shot_0010/work/lighting/render/usd/PJTest_Shot_0010_lighting_v003/renderLightingMain1/obj/geo1/BOX_OUT.usd
             Layer saved to a location generated from a node path: /Volumes/Entretenimento/_O2_RnD/2025/projects/ProjectTest/sequences/seq_0010/Shot_0010/work/lighting/render/usd/PJTest_Shot_0010_lighting_v003/renderLightingMain1/obj/geo1/GRID_OUT.usd
             Layer saved to a location generated from a node path: /Volumes/Entretenimento/_O2_RnD/2025/projects/ProjectTest/sequences/seq_0010/Shot_0010/work/lighting/render/usd/PJTest_Shot_0010_lighting_v003/renderLightingMain1/obj/geo1/SPHERE_OUT.usd
             Layer saved to a location generated from a node path: /Volumes/Entretenimento/_O2_RnD/2025/projects/ProjectTest/sequences/seq_0010/Shot_0010/work/lighting/render/usd/PJTest_Shot_0010_lighting_v003/renderLightingMain1/obj/geo1/TORUS_OUT.usd

I checked the output usd files and it seems everything is there and working, does anyone has any clue what would been happening?

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USD Render and farm render don’t work togther atm.

For more info. see USD and Farm Rendering · Issue #91 · ynput/ayon-usd · GitHub

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I could workaround of this yesterday.
I noticed that my import sop node I wasn’t setting the output directory. So because something it wasn’t identifying that it was already exported by the ROP node.
I just fill it in, exported again and it sent my job to Deadline.
It didn’t work completely because I noticed that I need install the Ayon console in all computers in my farm, but that is easier to solve.

Thanks!

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FYI, submitting USD Render while enabling using AYON USD Resolver may not work as outlined in the mentioned GH issue above.

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