Yup, WCG is back(ish)

Edit: No new tasks here yet though. But I don't expect any, until things calm down a bit.

I just reported 30 WUs and received 1 new Covid task. 🎇🎆✨🎉
As reported earlier, Smashing Childhood Cancer tasks should also be available.

I just reported 30 WUs and received 1 new Covid task. 🎇🎆✨🎉
As reported earlier, Smashing Childhood Cancer tasks should also be available.

SCC is not available yet.
The order they start releasing work is as follows, and it may take several days, or weeks before all types are released.

On March 27, the team posted:

..... "We plan to start with MCM and OPN/OPNG; followed by ARP and then the new SCC work units."

My one task on Android has reported. Not too bothered about no ARP tasks yet as computer currently less than half way through 51day long testing tasks fro CPDN. Testing site working normally though still waiting for main site to be sorted.

I now have on MCM task running on my phone.

The time stamps on the WCG stat's export page have not updated yet or the export point has changed.

Last update user XML 2023-03-01 01:21:01 UTC (32 days 01:08:48 old)
Last update host XML 2023-02-28 13:11:22 UTC (32 days 13:18:27 old)
Last update team XML 2023-03-01 01:21:01 UTC (32 days 01:08:48 old)

WCG stats must of have updated overnight because I am showing new credit but according to BOINCstats it doesn't look like it...

Last update user XML 	2023-03-01 01:21:01 UTC (32 days 01:08:48 old)
Last update host XML 	2023-02-28 13:11:22 UTC (32 days 13:18:27 old)
Last update team XML 	2023-03-01 01:21:01 UTC (32 days 01:08:48 old)

ARP tasks are back.

Yes, together with OPNG, and the usual transient http upload errors.
The same crap, every time ARP and OPNG are available at the same time.

Yes, together with OPNG, and the usual transient http upload errors.
The same crap, every time ARP and OPNG are available at the same time.

Yep, just looked and noticed the transient upload errors.

New announcement from the WCG team. I fear it's way too early though.

The World Community Grid is restarting tomorrow!

As I feared: Errors now. When trying to reach the WCG forum the following happens:

SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle /forums/wcg/index has not been defined.

SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle www.worldcommunitygrid.org:443 has not been defined.

Hmm, other WCG pages gives the same type of message, or the usual:

System error
World Community Grid is currently experiencing an unexpected error. Please check Facebook or Twitter for more information.

Edit, added: That outage didn't last long. WCG webpages are back again.

After a brief break, now getting a steady flow of ARP tasks for PC and MCM tasks for phone. On ARP haven't noticed any problems with uploading result files so seems like progress.

#Ihaveprobablyjinxeditnow

On ARP haven't noticed any problems with uploading result files so seems like progress.

OK, I now have a backlog of files uploading but they are maxing out my bored band upload bandwidth now the uploads for CPDN testing have finished for a few hours so the issue is my bored band and not theirs.

As usual, WCG keeps throwing "transient HTTP error" on ARP CPU tasks...

4/17/2023 11:53:06 AM | World Community Grid | Temporarily failed download of ARP1_0018367_139_ARP1_0018367_input_d02: transient HTTP error

Now on a several hour auto retry back-off.

Has some problems with Mapping Cancer (MCM) tasks to download also but they all completed on 2nd auto retry.

Lots of OPNG tasks coming in now, and of course also the transient HTTP errors.

From drought to flood. Tons of OPNG tasks now the last 4 hours or so, and no transient HTTP errors.
This can only mean that they stopped sending out ARP1 tasks, while they send out OPNG tasks.

I doubt that it means that they have finally solved the transient HTTP error problem.

This can only mean that they stopped sending out ARP1 tasks, while they send out OPNG tasks.

I was wondering if that was why my ARP tasks were taking so long for another result to come in to validate them but it looks like they have just gone to computers that don't even run 12/7 never mind 24/7.

It was a good OPNG run there for a while, 104 OPNG tasks crunched. The last OPNG task I got was some time ago now, Apr. 19, 2023 - 23:50 UTC.
Now, my main GPU cruncher will rest, until the next time they release OPNG tasks.

I'll continue to run one of my Laptops some 6 hours/day, with CPU tasks, and any OPNG task that shows up. Waiting now for the promised release of SCC tasks.

SCC is back. Tasks are being sent out now.