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The HTCondor Team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor version 8.3.1. This release contains a variety of changes that reduce memory usage and improve performance. If cgroups are used to limit memory utilization, HTCondor sets both the memory and swap limits. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.3.1 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor Team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor version 8.3.0. This development release contains all the bug fixes from the stable release version 8.2.2. This first release of the 8.3 series contains performance improvements. In one improvement, the condor_negotiator can request the batching of resource requests from the condor_schedd, improving performance over high latency (wide-area) network links. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.3.0 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor Team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor version 8.1.5. Major new features include: a change to the default policy, such that it does not preempt jobs; several new instances of non-blocking I/O to improve performance; fewer server resources are used by the condor_schedd when handling condor_q requests; a bug fix, such that large submit description files do not cause condor_submit to crash; a bug fix, such that large configuration files do not cause the condor_master daemon to crash. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.1.5 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor Team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor version 8.1.4. This development release contains all the bug fixes from the stable release version 8.0.6. Major new features include: added grid universe support for Google Compute Engine; support for defining custom resources that easily manage GPUs; a new tool that does GPU discovery; improved scalability when using the shared port service; Python 3 support; enhanced resilience due to the prompt detection of network failures. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.1.4 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor Team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor version 8.1.3. This development release contains all the bug fixes from the stable release version 8.0.5. Major new features include: the parsing of configuration has changed such that comments are permitted within multi-line definitions; the condor_sos tool helps administrators manage overloaded daemons by causing commands to be handled with a higher priority; a new Python binding reads event logs. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.1.3 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 8.1.2. This development release contains all the bug fixes from the stable release version 8.0.4. Major new features include: partitionable slots can now be split into dynamic slots at negotiation time using new consumption policies; new condor_chirp commands permit updates to job ClassAd attributes to occur in a delayed fashion, reducing the overhead of making the update; there are many Python binding improvements including a new Negotiator class; condor_ssh_to_job now works for grid universe jobs on amazon EC2 resources; new command line options for condor_config_val and condor_history allow them to query remote machines; increased the scalability of the condor_shared_port daemon, condor_queue, and condor_status by increasing concurrency. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.1.2 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor Team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor version 8.1.1. This development release contains all the bug fixes from the stable release version 8.0.2. Major new features include: the condor_startd daemon now advertises statistics about preemption, parameter substitution in configuration now honors per-daemon overrides. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.1.1 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 7.9.6. This is the final release of the 7.9 series. This release contains new tools, VMware player support, Linux out of memory killer hints, python bindings, new configuration parameters, and many bug fixes. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 7.9.6 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 7.9.5. This release introduces a new tool - condor_tail - which can be used to see files in the sandbox of a running job. It improves to the transfer queue with a fair share policy and per-user transfer statistics. Per-submitter time limits are now honored by the Negotiator. There are bug fixes for grid universe, dagman, the Windows keyboard daemon and more. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 7.9.5 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 7.9.4. This release supports per job PID namespaces for Linux RHEL 6, improvements to the resource usage of the EC2 GAHP, support for capping the size of input and output file transfer, and new analysis modes for condor_q -analyze. A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 7.9.4 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 7.9.3. This release contains all of the bug fixes added to the 7.8.7 stable release. The glexec problems we warned about in the 7.9.2 release notes have been fixed. Dynamic slots can now be given CPU affinity, there are number of improvements in the way grid universe jobs are handled, and there are some experimental improvements to condor_q -analyze A complete list of bugs fixed and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 7.9.3 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 7.9.2. Now with more HT. This release contains all of the bug fixes added to the 7.8.6 stable release, and most of those added to the upcoming 7.8.7 stable release. This release also contains improvements in DAGMan, use of cgroups, and changes to improve the privacy of user data. This release has known problems with glexec that we expect to have fixed in the next developer release. Users of glexec should skip this release. A complete list of bugs and features can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 7.9.2 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The Condor Team is pleased to announce the release of Condor 7.9.1. This is a development release which includes many new features, as well as all bug and security fixes from 7.8.5. See the Version History for a complete list of changes. Condor 7.9.1 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The Condor team is pleased to announce the release of Condor 7.9.0. This is the first release in a new development series. Condor 7.9.0 contains all the bug fixes from Condor version 7.8.2. The Version History lists the changes. Condor 7.9.0 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The Condor team is pleased to announce the newest release in our development series, 7.7.6. This release represents the release candidate for Condor version 7.8, and it is the last release in the 7.7 development series. Please see the release notes for a complete list. Condor binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The Condor team is pleased to announce the newest release in our development series, 7.7.5. This release represents the feature freeze for Condor version 7.8, and we expect it to be the penultimate release in the 7.7 development series. New features in this release include better statistics for monitoring a Condor pool, better support for absent ads in the collector, fast claiming of partitionable slots, and support for some newer Linux kernel features to better support process isolation. Please see the release notes for a complete list. Condor binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The Condor team is pleased to announce the newest release in our development series, 7.7.4. This introduces support for IPv6 based networks, changes the way accounting group quotas are managed to be more compatible with the way it worked in 7.4.x, fixes a Chirp bug that caused problems for the vanilla universe, and contains initial support for draining off jobs out of startds. Please see the release notes for a complete list. Please note that we are skipping the 7.7.3 release, and that this 7.7.4 release is the next release available after 7.7.2. has a list of the major changes. Condor binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
The Condor team is pleased to announce the release of Condor version 7.7.2. This is the third release in the development series. This release dynamically links more libraries than before, resulting in a 30 percent decrease in download size on most operating systems. Please be aware that due to a difference in older condor_master binaries, condor_masters older than 7.7.2, including all 7.6 releases, can not re-exec a 7.7.2 master. That is, if you try to upgrade a pre-7.7.2 system just by copying over binaries, the condor_master will shutdown, and must be manually restarted. 7.7.2 masters can re-exec themselves without incident. The Version History has a list of the major changes. Condor binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.
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