I noticed that completed workunits no longer have "Waiting to Report" after being uploaded. Is this a new development or an error?

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Earl F. Parrish

It appears that your wingman has already finished the work that you are returning. There isn't anything special going on.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Did you mean you no longer see "Waiting for Validation" under "tasks > view" on your account page?

Waiting for validation means your computer completed the job and is waiting for a second computer to complete the same task for verification. If you click on the blue Work Unit ID, you will see a page that displays at least two Task ID's associated with that work unit. One of the task ID's will show your computer number and indicate "Completed, waiting for validation." The other task ID will have a different computer number ("your wingman") and indicate "In Progress."

Once the other computer completes the task the results are compared. When all goes well, the results match, you get a message indicating "Completed and Validated," and credit is granted which appears under the Granted Credit column.

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John McLeod VII wrote:

BOINC reports work to a project at the first of:

1) 24 hours before deadline.
2) Connect Every X before deadline.
3) 24 hours after completion.
4) 60 seconds after the completion of upload if upload completes after any of 1 to 3.
5) On a work request to that project.
6) With any other reported work for that project.
7) On a trickle up to the project (CPDN only as far as I know).
8) On a trickle down request (no projects use this as far as I know).
9) On a server specified schedule (some project uses this, but not certain which).
10) On a BOINC Account Manager specified connection (only if using a BOINC Account Manager).
11) When the user pushes the update button.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

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