Intersection tool runs forever, it stucks at cracking features and never gives results.

[KalliopiKyriakou]

I run the intersection tool in model builder. It stucks at the phase of cracking features and this process never ends. I don't get any error. I try to use the same tool with the same data out of model builder and I had the same problem. My data are stored in the default geodatabase. I exported them as shapefiles but nothing changed.

[MichaelVolz]

Are the default geodatabase and shapefiles stored locally or on a network share?  If not local, then try copying data to local drive and run tools.

Have you tried running the tool on a subset of the data?

Have you tried to analyze the data with ESRI tools in Pro as you have ESRI tests and OGC tests?

[KalliopiKyriakou]

The default geodatabase and the shapefiles are stored locally. 

The tool runs without any problem when I use a subset of the data, so probably the big amount of data is the source of the problem. 

I tried also in Pro and I had the same problem.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

If there are lots of overlaps, give

How Pairwise Intersect works—Help | Documentation 

a try, but output to a shapefile or sources as a shapefile will slow things down greatly, keep source and destinations in a gdb

[KalliopiKyriakou]

Pairwise Intersect could help but unfortunately, I need the simple intersect. 

Thanks for your advice, I will keep everything in a gdb