'sacct -a' missing running jobs 'held' by user - slurm-users

15 Dec 2025


      Hello,
I am using slurm 23.02.6.  I have a strange issue.  I periodically use
sacct to dump job data.  I then generate reports based on the resource
allocation of our users.
Recently, I noticed some 'missing' jobs from my query. The missing jobs
came from a user who had a large array job, who then 'held' all of the
array jobs.  This included 'holding' the Running array jobs.
Now, if I run `sacct -a -S YYYY-MM-DD --format="jobidraw,jobname"`, the job
will be missing from that query.
However, if I query specifically for that job, i.e. `sacct -j RAWJOBID -S
YYYY-MM-DD --format="jobidraw,jobname", the job is present.
*Question* :
1. How can I include the 'held' running job when I do my bulk query with
`sacct -a`?  Finding these outliers and adding them ad-hoc to my dumped
file is too laborious and isn't feasible.
*Minimum working example *:
    #. Submit a job :
        myuser@clusterb01:~$ srun --pty bash # landed on dgx29
#. Hold job
        myuser@clusterb01:~$ scontrol hold 120918
        myuser@clusterb01:~$ scontrol show job=120918 JobId=120918
JobName=bash
           UserId=myuser(123456) GroupId=rdusers(7000) MCS_label=N/A
           Priority=0 Nice=0 Account=allusers QOS=normal
           JobState=*RUNNING* Reason=*JobHeldUser* Dependency=(null)
           Requeue=0 Restarts=0 BatchFlag=0 Reboot=0 ExitCode=0:0
           RunTime=00:00:29 TimeLimit=7-00:00:00 TimeMin=N/A
           SubmitTime=2025-12-15T13:31:28 EligibleTime=Unknown
           AccrueTime=Unknown
           StartTime=2025-12-15T13:31:28 EndTime=2025-12-22T13:31:28
Deadline=N/A
           SuspendTime=None SecsPreSuspend=0
LastSchedEval=2025-12-15T13:31:28 Scheduler=Main
           Partition=defq AllocNode:Sid=clusterb01:4145861
           ReqNodeList=(null) ExcNodeList=(null)
           NodeList=dgx29
           BatchHost=dgx29
           NumNodes=1 NumCPUs=2 NumTasks=1 CPUs/Task=1 ReqB:S:C:T=0:0:*:*
           ReqTRES=cpu=1,mem=9070M,node=1,billing=1
           AllocTRES=cpu=2,mem=18140M,node=1,billing=2
           Socks/Node=* NtasksPerN:B:S:C=0:0:*:* CoreSpec=*
           MinCPUsNode=1 MinMemoryCPU=9070M MinTmpDiskNode=0
           Features=(null) DelayBoot=00:00:00
           OverSubscribe=OK Contiguous=0 Licenses=(null) Network=(null)
           Command=bash
           WorkDir=/home/myuser
           Power=
#. Release job
        myuser@clusterb01:~$ scontrol release 120918
#. Show job again
        myuser@clusterb01:~$ scontrol show job=120918
        JobId=120918 JobName=bash
           UserId=myuser(123456) GroupId=rdusers(7000) MCS_label=N/A
           Priority=1741 Nice=0 Account=allusers QOS=normal
           JobState=*RUNNING* Reason=*None* Dependency=(null)
           Requeue=0 Restarts=0 BatchFlag=0 Reboot=0 ExitCode=0:0
           RunTime=00:01:39 TimeLimit=7-00:00:00 TimeMin=N/A
           SubmitTime=2025-12-15T13:31:28 EligibleTime=Unknown
           AccrueTime=Unknown
           StartTime=2025-12-15T13:31:28 EndTime=2025-12-22T13:31:28
Deadline=N/A
           SuspendTime=None SecsPreSuspend=0
LastSchedEval=2025-12-15T13:31:28 Scheduler=Main
           Partition=defq AllocNode:Sid=clusterb01:4145861
           ReqNodeList=(null) ExcNodeList=(null)
           NodeList=dgx29
           BatchHost=dgx29
           NumNodes=1 NumCPUs=2 NumTasks=1 CPUs/Task=1 ReqB:S:C:T=0:0:*:*
           ReqTRES=cpu=1,mem=9070M,node=1,billing=1
           AllocTRES=cpu=2,mem=18140M,node=1,billing=2
           Socks/Node=* NtasksPerN:B:S:C=0:0:*:* CoreSpec=*
           MinCPUsNode=1 MinMemoryCPU=9070M MinTmpDiskNode=0
           Features=(null) DelayBoot=00:00:00
           OverSubscribe=OK Contiguous=0 Licenses=(null) Network=(null)
           Command=bash
           WorkDir=/home/myuser/
           Power=
#. In slurmctld, I see :
            root@clusterb01:~# grep 120918 /var/log/slurmctld
            [2025-12-15T13:31:28.706] sched: _slurm_rpc_allocate_resources
JobId=120918 NodeList=dgx29 usec=1269
            [2025-12-15T13:31:47.751] sched: _hold_job_rec: hold on
JobId=120918 by uid 123456
            [2025-12-15T13:31:47.751] sched: _update_job: set priority to 0
for JobId=120918
            [2025-12-15T13:31:47.751] _slurm_rpc_update_job: complete
JobId=120918 uid=123456 usec=189
            [2025-12-15T13:32:48.081] sched: _release_job_rec: release hold
on JobId=120918 by uid 123456
            [2025-12-15T13:32:48.081] _slurm_rpc_update_job: complete
JobId=120918 uid=123456 usec=268
            [2025-12-15T13:33:20.552] _job_complete: JobId=120918
WEXITSTATUS 0
            [2025-12-15T13:33:20.552] _job_complete: JobId=120918 done
#. Job is NOT missing, when identifying it by jobid
            myuser@clusterb01:~$ sacct -j 120918 --starttime=2025-12-12 -o
"jobidraw,jobid,node,start,end,elapsed,state,submitline%30"
            JobIDRaw     JobID               NodeList               Start
              End    Elapsed      State                     SubmitLine
            ------------ ------------ --------------- -------------------
------------------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------
            120918       120918                 dgx29 2025-12-15T13:31:28
2025-12-15T13:33:20   00:01:52  COMPLETED                srun --pty bash
            120918.0     120918.0               dgx29 2025-12-15T13:31:28
2025-12-15T13:33:20   00:01:52  COMPLETED                srun --pty bash
#. Job IS *missing* when using -a
            myuser@clusterb01:~$ sacct -a --starttime=2025-12-12 -o
"jobidraw,jobid,node,start,end,elapsed,state,submitline%30"  | grep -i
120918    ## *MISSING*
Best regards,
Lee