ok, got it, all tests pass. PR ready at https://github.com/web2py/web2py/pull/565
In the meantime, if you want to verify the "better assignment", all you have to do is applying this <https://github.com/web2py/web2py/pull/565/files#diff-1cbb9c488bb09b40aff4560078808c79R1091> to the scheduler currently on master, i.e. on the assign_tasks function, add the green part. ....... #build workers as dict of groups wkgroups = {} for w in all_workers: if w.worker_stats['status'] == 'RUNNING': continue group_names = w.group_names ...... @all: this is one of the best "bug report"/"feature request" discussion I've seen so far: - User asking politely legitimate questions - an app to reproduce the behaviour with examples - user reporting "there's something wrong" with actual data at hand, without barking at the wrong tree @PengfeiYu: it's been a real pleasure. See you -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

