How to terminate a project communication request

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Thund3rb1rd

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Message 91616 - Posted: 24 May 2019, 21:39:31 UTC

I sort of vaguely remember an option to terminate a specific project's communication request. I think it was on the Options tab, but I can't find it.

Is there a way to terminate a communication request, or am I crazy?

BOINC 7.14.2
Windows 7
any project
BOINC was installed however it wanted to. Don't think it is a service.
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Richard Haselgrove
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Message 91617 - Posted: 24 May 2019, 21:59:51 UTC - in response to Message 91616.  

There's no way to explicitly cancel an update request. There's a timeout parameter - default 5 minutes - which you can turn down if it happens often.

If something seems to have got stuck, I find the easiest way of tickling it back into life is to suspend network activity (Activity menu) and re-enable it a few seconds later.
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Thund3rb1rd

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Message 91655 - Posted: 28 May 2019, 23:06:16 UTC

Hmmmmm. Well, that's annoying.

Okay. Then is there a way to limit the number of tries a projects gets to contact it's host before it stops trying?

For example, a projects attempts to contact it's host once every 24 hours, apparently forever.

Is there a way to limit the attempts to some number?
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Message 91676 - Posted: 31 May 2019, 22:20:59 UTC - in response to Message 91655.  

Hmmmmm. Well, that's annoying.

Okay. Then is there a way to limit the number of tries a projects gets to contact it's host before it stops trying?

For example, a projects attempts to contact it's host once every 24 hours, apparently forever.

Is there a way to limit the attempts to some number?

No. But that once a day may indicate the project is dead. If so, delete the project. Or suspend that project if you still want to see it in your display.

Some projects may actually tell BOINC to try to connect much more frequently. LHC being one I know of. It is done for them to get a FLOP count of how much work is possible.
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