Why this wokunit is already in my list since Dec 2004 ?

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=522057

My hostid = 397363

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> Why this wokunit is already in my list since Dec 2004 ?
>
> http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=522057
>
> My hostid = 397363

You've got a client error while downloading:
21105137 397363 6 Dec 2004 6:28:04 UTC 6 Dec 2004 6:29:11 UTC Over Client error Downloading 0.00 0.00 ---

What I do not know is, why you got this WU in the first place, since it was already crunched 3 times in july.

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Gruesse vom Saenger

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I have a same "problem":
7008107 1782911 8 Sep 2004 7:32:42 UTC 9 Sep 2004 12:29:04 UTC Over Success Done 13,710.73 45.19 pending

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> Why this wokunit is already in my list since Dec 2004 ?
>
> http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=522057
>
> My hostid = 397363
>
>

Before December, any wu that didn't pass validation due to the results wasn't "similar enough", wasn't sent out again as it should. After this bug was fixed, a fix-script was run on the database re-starting all wu with 3 "success" but no consensus. Looking on the date, this wu is one of these, but since all 5 re-issues got a download-error most likely the actual wu-file had been corrupted/missing from download-directory in one of the many server-crashes.

Anyway, the wu should have been purged by now since errored-out, but it looks like the db_purger isn't removing errored-out wu any longer, or it's not removing any wu there some results is still showing "pending"...

> > Why this wokunit is already in my list since Dec 2004 ?
> >
> > http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=522057
> >
> > My hostid = 397363
> >
> >
>
> Before December, any wu that didn't pass validation due to the results wasn't
> "similar enough", wasn't sent out again as it should. After this bug was
> fixed, a fix-script was run on the database re-starting all wu with 3
> "success" but no consensus. Looking on the date, this wu is one of these, but
> since all 5 re-issues got a download-error most likely the actual wu-file had
> been corrupted/missing from download-directory in one of the many
> server-crashes.
>
> Anyway, the wu should have been purged by now since errored-out, but it looks
> like the db_purger isn't removing errored-out wu any longer, or it's not
> removing any wu there some results is still showing "pending"...

Thanks for your explanations. I dont know from where this WU has been purged but it is already in my list of WU:

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=397363&offset=380

and I think that it is because of this problem, that I have so many WU in this list (384).

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> Thanks for your explanations. I dont know from where this WU has been purged
> but it is already in my list of WU:
>

The db_purger saves to file and afterwards deletes "done" wu from the database, since it's still showing up in your list of wu it means it haven't been purged yet. ;)

>
> and I think that it is because of this problem, that I have so many WU in this
> list (384).
>

The db_purger normally deletes wu 7 days after was validated and all results reported or passed deadline, but due to the database currently overworked everything goes slower than normal.

> > Thanks for your explanations. I dont know from where this WU has been
> purged
> > but it is already in my list of WU:
> >
>
> The db_purger saves to file and afterwards deletes "done" wu from the
> database, since it's still showing up in your list of wu it means it haven't
> been purged yet. ;)
>
> >
> > and I think that it is because of this problem, that I have so many WU in
> this
> > list (384).
> >
>
> The db_purger normally deletes wu 7 days after was validated and all results
> reported or passed deadline, but due to the database currently overworked
> everything goes slower than normal.
>

Ok, but 12 days after this post, the WU is already in my list and my list is 491 length !!!
I think there is a problem with this WU.

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>
> Ok, but 12 days after this post, the WU is already in my list and my list is
> 491 length !!!
> I think there is a problem with this WU.
>
>

This wu have already errored-out, and it looks like the db_purger doesn't purge these wu any longer...
As for having so large total wu-count at the moment, AFAIK they haven't started running the db_purger after changing db-server. This probably to make sure everything is working as it should before removing any "done" wu.

> >
> > Ok, but 12 days after this post, the WU is already in my list and my list
> is
> > 491 length !!!
> > I think there is a problem with this WU.
> >
> >
>
> This wu have already errored-out, and it looks like the db_purger doesn't
> purge these wu any longer...
> As for having so large total wu-count at the moment, AFAIK they haven't
> started running the db_purger after changing db-server. This probably to make
> sure everything is working as it should before removing any "done" wu.
>

Thank you very much for your answers and your patience.

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