Known issues

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Known Issues

Title Category Resolution Description Postedsort ascending Updated
CP package hang with MVAPICH3 in Quantum-Espresso Software Resolved
(workaround)

While using MVAPICH3 builds of Quantum ESPRESSO (QE), users may encounter hangs when running the CP package, which can lead to job timeouts. We recommend switching to the OpenMPI build of any QE... Read more

1 week 1 day ago 1 day 12 hours ago
xfdtd could not find the command lsb_release Software Unresolved

You may encounter the following error while running xfdtd on Cardinal:

Could not find the command 'lsb_release'.  Please install the system package that has this command.
On RHEL7/... Read more          
2 weeks 1 day ago 2 weeks 1 day ago
OSC Service Outage Notification Outage Resolved

We are currently experiencing outages affecting multiple services, including OnDemand (ondemand.osc.edu) and login nodes of HPC systems. Our team is actively investigating and working to resolve... Read more

3 weeks 6 hours ago 2 weeks 6 days ago
Some MKL environment variables have incorrect paths Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer, Software Unresolved

MKL module files define some helper environment variables with incorrect paths.  This can yield link time errors.  All three clusters are affected.  We are working to correct the module files.   A... Read more

3 weeks 1 day ago 3 weeks 1 day ago
OneDrive Connector File Transfer Issue with Globus Resolved

Update:

We deployed the fix from Globus: https://docs.globus.org/globus-connect-server/... Read more

3 weeks 2 days ago 2 weeks 1 day ago
Resolved: Home directory space Issue with MATLAB 2024a Software Resolved

Users may experience their home directory running out of space after executing multiple MATLAB 2024a jobs. This issue is caused by the accumulation of multiple copies of the MathWorks Service... Read more

1 month 12 hours ago 1 month 12 hours ago
NCCL hang on Ascend dual-GPU nodes Ascend, GPU, Software Resolved
(workaround)

Users may encounter the following message and experience NCCL hangs if the first operation is a barrier when running multi-GPU training. We have identified... Read more

1 month 1 week ago 1 month 23 hours ago
Python version mismatch in Jupyter + Spark instance Software Resolved
(workaround)

You may encounter the following error message when running a Spark instance using a custom kernel in the Jupyter + Spark app:

25/04/25 10:49:01 WARN TaskSetManager: Lost task 0.0 in... Read more          
1 month 2 weeks ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
Instability on Clusters after May 13 Downtime Resolved

We've been experiencing some instability on the clusters (particularly Cardinal and Ascend) following the recent May 13 downtime, especially with parallel job processing. If you notice any unusual... Read more

1 month 2 weeks ago 1 month 11 hours ago
STAR error bgzf_open: Assertion failed Cardinal, Software Resolved
(workaround)

You may encounter errors that look similar to these when running STAR 2.7.10b:

STAR: bgzf.c:158: bgzf_open: Assertion `compressBound(0xff00) < 0x10000' failed.

Cause... Read more

1 month 2 weeks ago 1 month 1 week ago

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