BTW -- how do you edit a post? In the UD client it was a simple matter of clicking on an "edit" button. But there doesn't seem to be such an option with BOINC.

Help, please

BTW, this is pretty lame. If WCG screws up. it would be nice if they would:
a) Inform users, not just have their machines wasting days of CPU on nothing and
b) Give instructions as to how to correct the problem, not just tell everyone to go read the manual. That's lame.

Thanks D_T_G... bookmarked it for the next case where the 2+2 calculus fails at WCG.... or was it complex science that can have unexpected snags developing

@Kremmen

For good order WCG will not contact clients unless in the highest exception and only if the personal profile permits. From that perspective it is deplorable but unavoidable that computers at times will 'waste' cpu time.

WCG recommends to upgrade to 5.8.15 so that the new feature to cancel failing jobs with a remote instruction can be transmitted upon 1st contact initiated by the client.

Are the work units bigger, or is the fix causing sharply increased runtime for each WU? It's much longer than the usual 4 to 6 hours to run one now, more like 10 hours.

Just curious, really.

This forum has a pencil and paper icon in the upper left of your message. The word "edit" is also there, but helpfully is in white to make it easier (?) to read on a white or gray background.