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Message 6238 - Posted: 23 Mar 2019, 11:32:45 UTC

There was an intervention (i.e. upgrade) yesterday afternoon[1] on the cmsweb-testbed system we use to submit CMS workflows that left things a bit confused. One problem was fixed, and the monitor shows all good. However, we are running out of CMS jobs -- maybe 10 hours left -- but the new batch I submitted yesterday isn't showing up on the testbed monitor. I submitted another last night but still neither are being shown this morning, so I submitted yet another batch.
At the moment I don't know whether the submission has failed or whether the monitor hasn't picked up the new batches. As a precaution, set No New Tasks on your CMS project(s) to avoid tasks crashing due to lack of jobs. I'll let you know as soon as I'm sure jobs are available again.

[1] How many times do I have to tell people not to touch critical systems on a Friday -- especially Friday afternoon!?
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Message 6239 - Posted: 23 Mar 2019, 17:54:40 UTC - in response to Message 6238.  

OK, the batch I submitted last night is now showing on the monitor, so you can resume tasks at will.
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