Workflow Task Not Completing

I have an odd one. I have a workflow that we have been using for over a year, (has run over a 1000 times) and have not encountered this issue with it previously. I have 1 particular running instance of the workflow that has a Task that will not
'complete'. Other tasks are updating/completing with other instances of the workflow.
With this particular task, if you Approve or Reject it, the Task record gets updated (Modified date changes), but the Outcome remains blank and the Status remains 'In Progress'.
I haven't tried to 'Terminate' the workflow yet as we would like to retain the workflow history.
Anyone else encounter anything like this before? Suggestions?

Hi,
Based on your description, my understanding is that the workflow task sticks in In Progress status.
To solve this issue, I recommend to enable the workflow tracing log in SharePoint and check the ULS log for detailed error message.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/victorbutuza/archive/2009/02/26/how-to-enable-workflow-tracing-debug.aspx
Here is a similar issue for your reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2843542
Thanks,
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