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I just saw that a task running on my Pentium II machine was apparently "abandoned." I see this on my Accounts/Tasks page. The workunit page shows a replacement task has been set up, but is as yet unsent. | |
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100  | |
I just saw that a task running on my Pentium II machine was apparently "abandoned." I see this on my Accounts/Tasks page. The workunit page shows a replacement task has been set up, but is as yet unsent. It means it is past its deadline and has not been returned yet. That task is now in a race against its replacement. If the original on your computer is completed, uploaded, and reported before the replacement is committed to a host, worked its way up the client's queue, completed, uploaded and reported, then it will count. NOTE: The replacement only has to beat its deadline to get credit. Of course, the actual credit grant is based on the result being validated, as always. I would not abort the task quite yet. There is a fair amount of hope that it will be returned early enough and have some scientific value. If you have not completed the task by the time the replacement is reported, there is no hope left and the task should be aborted. ____________   BOINC WIKI | |
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Thank you for the explanation of "abandoned." Of note, however, is that the original deadline for this task was Aug. 31, so missing a deadline should not have been an issue. | |
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Thank you for the explanation of "abandoned." Of note, however, is that the original deadline for this task was Aug. 31, so missing a deadline should not have been an issue. The CPID is not a secret, you can post it. It is visible e.g. in these links: http://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/host/detail/2a187557a9641a6211f6811e977fccd8 http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=hostbycpid&cpid=2a187557a9641a6211f6811e977fccd8 (but the 'account key'/<authenticator> is secret) New CPID will not influence credits (old credits remain, new credits will be granted as usual) Is this the task? http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2527116689 Name 09jl12ac.32457.18472.7.10.234.vlar_1 Sent 16 Jul 2012 | 17:58:12 UTC Received 11 Aug 2012 | 21:15:57 UTC Server state Over Outcome Abandoned Client state New Exit status 0 (0x0) Computer ID 6725012 Report deadline 1 Sep 2012 | 6:04:52 UTC AFAIK 'Abandoned' is shown usually if you Detach from the project. ('Timed out - no response' is shown for missing a deadline: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1017149380) But in that case (Detach) the task had to be deleted from your computer. You say it is still runnung (which is strange). The 'Received' + 'Abandoned' above seems to indicate the server thinks your computer was Detached from the project. (the server 'Received' a command (report/message) from your computer/BOINC to 'Abandon' the task) ('Attach/Detach project' are commands in BOINC 6.6.38 used on your Pentium II/Windows 98 computer, in BOINC 7.0.28 the same is done by 'Add/Remove project') ____________   - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) | |
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