PBSControllerLauncher: Unable to connect_client_sync()

I have been using ipyparallel 6 for a while and would like to migrate to ipyparallel 7 mainly due to fact that the new Cluster API enables you to manage the entire process through a Jupyter Notebook. Unfortunatelly, I am having difficulties to connect a client to my cluster.

I have created a new IPython profile adding a custom ipcluster_config.py, which is a modified version of my existing/working config for ipp 6 (see below).

I can successfully start a cluster spawning two PBS jobs (controller and engine).

import ipyparallel as ipp

cluster=ipp.Cluster(
    n=128, 
    controller_ip='*',
    profile='pbs'
)

# Using existing profile dir: '/network/datamic/home/lukask/.aixvipmap/.ipython/profile_pbs'

await cluster.start_cluster()

# Job submitted with job id: '23777'
# Starting 4 engines with <class 'ipyparallel.cluster.launcher.PBSEngineSetLauncher'>
# Job submitted with job id: '23778'
# <Cluster(cluster_id='1635407068-xsc7', profile='pbs', controller=<running>, engine_sets=['1635407070'])>

But if I run the following line, the notebook will only show that the kernel is busy and it will never actually finish.

rc = cluster.connect_client_sync()

Am I using the API incorrectly? What might be the problem?

ipcluster_config.py

c.Cluster.engine_launcher_class = 'ipyparallel.cluster.launcher.PBSEngineSetLauncher'

c.Cluster.controller_launcher_class = 'ipyparallel.cluster.launcher.PBSControllerLauncher'

c.PBSControllerLauncher.batch_template = '''
#PBS -N ipcontroller
#PBS -j oe
#PBS -l walltime=01:00:00
#PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=1

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

conda activate ipp7

ipcontroller --profile-dir={profile_dir}
'''

c.PBSEngineSetLauncher.batch_template = '''
#PBS -N ipengine
#PBS -j oe
#PBS -l walltime=01:00:00
#PBS -l nodes={n//4}:ppn=4

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

conda activate ipp7

module load intel
mpiexec -n {n} ipengine --profile-dir={profile_dir}
'''

從 PBSControllerLauncher 和 Cluster.connect_client_sync() 路徑開始，使用 ipcluster_config.py 範本以及報告中的叢集啟動序列進行重現。檢查控制器工作輸出和連線等待行為；當同步呼叫為已啟動的 PBS 叢集返回一個可用的用戶端時，即表示完成。