Workflow step skipped while execution

Hello Friends,
I have an issue with a custom workflow. it has 2 levels of approval , the first level has executed successfully and the second level of approval ( which is a sub workflow ) has been just skipped.
i see that the graphical workflow just skipped the step and proceeded with the subsequent steps.
the issue is with the document alone and am not able to replicate the same error.
both the workflow templates havent been changes lately.
any clues why this happens ?
thanks,
Raghu V

hello Friends,
thanks for the inputs , i thought i could ignore this issue , but unable to do as we have fresh cases.
this is a custom workflow which has 2 sub workflows ( 1 for level 1 approval and another for level 2 approval ) .
I see that level approval sub workflow has executed fine , but the level 2 sub workflow has just been skipped .
i can see the skip in the graphic log and also in the technical log - I see that the step/nodes corresponding to the 2nd subworkflow is not present at all .
I also verified the none of these workflow are modified recently ,
Any clues, Do help me.
thanks.
Raghu V

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