pyiron / pyiron/executorlib

[Documentation] Flux add `duration` to jobspec

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  • #930 by @jan-janssen — merged
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Description

Hi All,

Would it be possible to add duration to the jobspecV1 for flux execution? I was trying to come up with the clean way to enforce a timeout with multiple jobs, and it seems like having a duration set from the flux-side might be a clean way to track this:

Flux-jobspec

Which seems to get referenced by the resource_dict here:
spawner_flux.py

This might clash a bit with the logic for executorlib if the idea with the flux executor is to start all these processes ("jobs") then submit multiple python processes to each one.

Either way, suggestions for how to handle timeouts / killing futures after a set duration after execution begins would be nice.

-Michael.

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Research direction

Start with the Flux Jobspec documentation linked in the issue and the resource_dict usage in src/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/spawner_flux.py. Review the closed pull request #930 and clarify whether duration applies to Flux jobs or executor futures; done requires an agreed timeout behavior and corresponding implementation coverage.

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Assessment

Tech stack
hpc, python
Domain
backend, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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