Hello!

We are hitting this problem when we are making a first run of slurmdbd:

[2025-05-13T13:29:08.916] debug4: accounting_storage/as_mysql: _get_parent_id: 10(as_mysql_assoc.c:699) query select id_assoc, lineage from "slurm_assoc_table" where user='' and deleted!=1 and acct='root'; [2025-05-13T13:29:08.916] debug5: assoc_mgr_fill_in_assoc: looking for assoc of user=(null)(4294967294), acct=(null), cluster=slurm, partition=(null) [2025-05-13T13:29:08.916] debug2: _find_assoc_rec_id: no associations added yet [2025-05-13T13:29:08.916] error: We can't find assoc 1 on cluster slurm

I checked and up to that moment the table slurm_assoc_table has not getting a record inserted after the table has been created.

[root@ea-r9-29504-pid1 ~]# grep -C1 slurm_assoc_table /var/log/slurmdbd [2025-05-13T13:29:06.666] debug2: DBD_ADD_CLUSTERS: called in CONN 10 [2025-05-13T13:29:06.719] debug4: Table "slurm_assoc_table" doesn't exist, adding [2025-05-13T13:29:06.720] debug2: query alter table "slurm_assoc_table" modify `creation_time` bigint unsigned not null, modify `mod_time` bigint unsigned default 0 not null, modify `deleted` tinyint default 0 not null, modify `comment` text, modify `flags` int unsigned default 0 not null, modify `is_def` tinyint default 0 not null, modify `id_assoc` int unsigned not null auto_increment, modify `user` tinytext not null default '', modify `acct` tinytext not null, modify `partition` tinytext not null default '', modify `parent_acct` tinytext not null default '', modify `id_parent` int unsigned not null, modify `lineage` text, modify `lft` int not null default 0, modify `rgt` int not null default 0, modify `shares` int default 1 not null, modify `max_jobs` int default NULL, modify `max_jobs_accrue` int default NULL, modify `min_prio_thresh` int default NULL, modify `max_submit_jobs` int default NULL, modify `max_tres_pj` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_pn` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_mins_pj` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_run_mins` text not null default '', modify `max_wall_pj` int default NULL, modify `grp_jobs` int default NULL, modify `grp_jobs_accrue` int default NULL, modify `grp_submit_jobs` int default NULL, modify `grp_tres` text not null default '', modify `grp_tres_mins` text not null default '', modify `grp_tres_run_mins` text not null default '', modify `grp_wall` int default NULL, modify `priority` int unsigned default NULL, modify `def_qos_id` int default NULL, modify `qos` blob not null default '', modify `delta_qos` blob not null default '', drop primary key, add primary key (id_assoc), drop index udex, add unique index udex (user(42), acct(42), `partition`(42)), drop key lft, add key lft (lft), drop key account, add key account (acct(42)); [2025-05-13T13:29:06.729] debug3: query insert into table_defs_table (creation_time, mod_time, table_name, definition) values (1747135746, 1747135746, '"slurm_assoc_table"', 'alter table "slurm_assoc_table" modify `creation_time` bigint unsigned not null, modify `mod_time` bigint unsigned default 0 not null, modify `deleted` tinyint default 0 not null, modify `comment` text, modify `flags` int unsigned default 0 not null, modify `is_def` tinyint default 0 not null, modify `id_assoc` int unsigned not null auto_increment, modify `user` tinytext not null default '', modify `acct` tinytext not null, modify `partition` tinytext not null default '', modify `parent_acct` tinytext not null default '', modify `id_parent` int unsigned not null, modify `lineage` text, modify `lft` int not null default 0, modify `rgt` int not null default 0, modify `shares` int default 1 not null, modify `max_jobs` int default NULL, modify `max_jobs_accrue` int default NULL, modify `min_prio_thresh` int default NULL, modify `max_submit_jobs` int default NULL, modify `max_tres_pj` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_pn` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_mins_pj` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_run_mins` text not null default '', modify `max_wall_pj` int default NULL, modify `grp_jobs` int default NULL, modify `grp_jobs_accrue` int default NULL, modify `grp_submit_jobs` int default NULL, modify `grp_tres` text not null default '', modify `grp_tres_mins` text not null default '', modify `grp_tres_run_mins` text not null default '', modify `grp_wall` int default NULL, modify `priority` int unsigned default NULL, modify `def_qos_id` int default NULL, modify `qos` blob not null default '', modify `delta_qos` blob not null default '', drop primary key, add primary key (id_assoc), drop index udex, add unique index udex (user(42), acct(42), `partition`(42)), drop key lft, add key lft (lft), drop key account, add key account (acct(42));') on duplicate key update definition='alter table "slurm_assoc_table" modify `creation_time` bigint unsigned not null, modify `mod_time` bigint unsigned default 0 not null, modify `deleted` tinyint default 0 not null, modify `comment` text, modify `flags` int unsigned default 0 not null, modify `is_def` tinyint default 0 not null, modify `id_assoc` int unsigned not null auto_increment, modify `user` tinytext not null default '', modify `acct` tinytext not null, modify `partition` tinytext not null default '', modify `parent_acct` tinytext not null default '', modify `id_parent` int unsigned not null, modify `lineage` text, modify `lft` int not null default 0, modify `rgt` int not null default 0, modify `shares` int default 1 not null, modify `max_jobs` int default NULL, modify `max_jobs_accrue` int default NULL, modify `min_prio_thresh` int default NULL, modify `max_submit_jobs` int default NULL, modify `max_tres_pj` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_pn` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_mins_pj` text not null default '', modify `max_tres_run_mins` text not null default '', modify `max_wall_pj` int default NULL, modify `grp_jobs` int default NULL, modify `grp_jobs_accrue` int default NULL, modify `grp_submit_jobs` int default NULL, modify `grp_tres` text not null default '', modify `grp_tres_mins` text not null default '', modify `grp_tres_run_mins` text not null default '', modify `grp_wall` int default NULL, modify `priority` int unsigned default NULL, modify `def_qos_id` int default NULL, modify `qos` blob not null default '', modify `delta_qos` blob not null default '', drop primary key, add primary key (id_assoc), drop index udex, add unique index udex (user(42), acct(42), `partition`(42)), drop key lft, add key lft (lft), drop key account, add key account (acct(42));', mod_time=1747135746; [2025-05-13T13:29:06.775] debug4: Table "slurm_assoc_usage_day_table" doesn't exist, adding -- [2025-05-13T13:29:08.916] debug4: accounting_storage/as_mysql: _get_parent_id: 10(as_mysql_assoc.c:699) query select id_assoc, lineage from "slurm_assoc_table" where user='' and deleted!=1 and acct='root'; [2025-05-13T13:29:08.916] debug5: assoc_mgr_fill_in_assoc: looking for assoc of user=(null)(4294967294), acct=(null), cluster=slurm, partition=(null) -- [2025-05-13T13:29:08.921] debug4: accounting_storage/as_mysql: _set_assoc_lft_rgt: 10(as_mysql_assoc.c:737) query select lft, rgt from "slurm_assoc_table" where id_assoc=2; [2025-05-13T13:29:08.922] debug4: accounting_storage/as_mysql: _make_sure_user_has_default_internal: 10(as_mysql_assoc.c:401) query select distinct is_def, acct from "slurm_assoc_table" where user='root' and deleted!=1 ORDER BY is_def desc, creation_time desc LIMIT 1; [2025-05-13T13:29:08.924] debug4: accounting_storage/as_mysql: as_mysql_add_assocs: 10(as_mysql_assoc.c:3999) query

Even though the message shows up in the logs as an _error_, the service is able to come up fine, by the way, but is there an easy way to avoid the error message in the first place?

BR!