Thanks. The job started when I lowered to 2 CPUs. This will probably have some impact on the runtime, which is a factor. I'd still like to know if it's as simple as the extra CPU preventing it from starting altogether. If so, does that mean the limit is set too high to in practice?
*Sebastian Berlin* Utvecklare/*Developer* Wikimedia Sverige (WMSE) E-post/*E-Mail*: [email protected] Telefon/*Phone*: (+46) 0707 - 92 03 84 On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 at 12:44, Nicolas Vervelle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sebastian, > > I also had this kind of problem, it was with jobs requesting a lot of cpu > resources, 3 like you (which is the default maximum). When I reduced the > CPU request, it started a lot faster. > > So I guess the cluster is too busy and never find a node with enough CPU > available. > > Nicolas > > Le lun. 23 mars 2026 à 12:15, Sebastian Berlin via Cloud < > [email protected]> a écrit : > >> A Toolforge job I'm running is stuck. I started it last Friday after >> having stopped once before for now apparent reason. When I checked today I >> got: >> >>> tools.commonsdb-registry@tools-bastion-15:~$ toolforge jobs show >>> make-declarations-wlm-2013 >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Job name: | make-declarations-wlm-2013 >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Command: | src/make_declaration.py -t mem:1.0Gi -t cpu:3.0 -t >>> version:0.1.11 --verbose batch:category-26152515 | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Job type: | one-off >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Image: | tool-commonsdb-registry/tool-commonsdb-registry:latest >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Port: | none >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | File log: | yes >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Output log: | >>> /data/project/commonsdb-registry/make-declarations-wlm-2013.out >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Error log: | >>> /data/project/commonsdb-registry/make-declarations-wlm-2013.err >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Emails: | all >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Resources: | mem: 1.0Gi, cpu: 3.0 >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Replicas: | >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Mounts: | all >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Retry: | no >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Timeout: | no >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Health check: | none >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Status: | Running for 3d23m >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >>> | Hints: | Run not attempted yet. Pod in 'Pending' phase. >>> | >>> >>> +---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> >> As far as I can tell that means it hasn't actually started. It's still >> waiting for something, but it's unclear what. I restarted it a couple of >> times today so far, but it never gets past that stage. >> >> When I've run similar jobs in the past they sometimes take a while to >> start. Eventually they have though, so I though maybe they were waiting for >> resources or something. >> >> Can anyone help me get this started or explain if I've misunderstood >> something? >> >> *Sebastian Berlin* >> Utvecklare/*Developer* >> Wikimedia Sverige (WMSE) >> >> E-post/*E-Mail*: [email protected] >> Telefon/*Phone*: (+46) 0707 - 92 03 84 >> _______________________________________________ >> Cloud mailing list -- [email protected] >> List information: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/cloud.lists.wikimedia.org/ >> >
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