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…me nodes

When enabled, all DSE steps after the first run on the same node set as
step 1, improving cross-step comparability by eliminating node variance.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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TestDefinition adds an opt-in pin_nodelist setting. When enabled, CloudAIGymEnv captures a valid node from the first completed job and applies it to later test runs.

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DSE node pinning

Layer / File(s) Summary
Node pinning configuration
src/cloudai/models/workload.py
Adds TestDefinition.pin_nodelist, defaulting to False, with a description of its behavior.
Node capture and reuse
src/cloudai/configurator/cloudai_gym.py
Stores a valid node from Slurm output after the first run and applies it to later copied test runs when pinning is enabled.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6689e

The change can pin later DSE steps to the wrong job when the first step cannot be resolved, or stop before obtaining a valid node list, violating the requested first-step affinity behavior. Merge should wait for this bounded correctness issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted; the configuration rename also requires owner awareness if backward compatibility is expected.

Suggested reviewers: jj10306, podkidyshev

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Description check ❓ Inconclusive No pull request description was provided, so its relevance to the changeset cannot be assessed. Add a brief description of the new pinning option and how subsequent DSE steps reuse the first step's nodes.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the new DSE option and its purpose of pinning steps to the first step's nodes.
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saivishal1999 and others added 2 commits August 13, 2026 09:06
runner.jobs is cleared on job completion so was empty when we tried
to read it. Store last_submitted_job_id on SlurmRunner at submit time
and use it to query sacct for the NodeList after step 1 completes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
runner.jobs is cleared on job completion. Instead of adding a field to
the runner, reuse runner.get_job_id() on the stdout file in the output
path to find the job ID, then query sacct for the NodeList.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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We are basically only restricting it for DSE jobs. We can start with this to unblock ourselves.

But I think even benchmarking or chaining jobs in test scenario can also benefit from this?
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saivishal1999 and others added 2 commits August 13, 2026 13:30
Replaced by reading job ID from stdout files in output path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
fetch_command_output is only on SlurmSystem, not System base class.
Use getattr to keep the same defensive pattern as get_job_id.

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In `@src/cloudai/configurator/cloudai_gym.py`:
- Around line 175-186: Restrict the pinning logic around
test_run.test.pin_nodes_to_first_step to the DSE step 1 execution: record and
retry resolution of step 1’s job ID or NodeList before proceeding, but do not
inspect later runs as fallback sources. If step 1 cannot provide a usable job ID
or NodeList, leave _pinned_nodes unset and keep subsequent steps unpinned rather
than capturing their nodes.
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Comment on lines +175 to +186
if self.test_run.test.pin_nodes_to_first_step and not self._pinned_nodes:
get_job_id = getattr(self.runner, "get_job_id", None)
fetch_cmd = getattr(self.runner.system, "fetch_command_output", None)
for f in new_tr.output_path.rglob("*.stdout"):
job_id = get_job_id(f.read_text(errors="ignore"), "") if get_job_id else None
if job_id and fetch_cmd:
out, _ = fetch_cmd(f"sacct -j {job_id} -p --noheader -X --format=NodeList")
nodes = out.splitlines()[0].strip().replace("|", "") if out.splitlines() else ""
if nodes and nodes != "Unknown":
self._pinned_nodes = [nodes]
logging.info(f"Pinned DSE nodes to: {nodes}")
break

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Capture nodes only from DSE step 1.

Lines 175-186 retry capture after every unpinned run. If step 1 has no readable job ID or no usable NodeList, step 2 can run unpinned and become the pin source. Later steps then use step 2 nodes, which contradicts pin_nodes_to_first_step.

Record and retry only step 1’s job ID before later execution, or leave pinning inactive when step 1 cannot be resolved. Do not capture nodes from a later step.

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In `@src/cloudai/configurator/cloudai_gym.py` around lines 175 - 186, Restrict the
pinning logic around test_run.test.pin_nodes_to_first_step to the DSE step 1
execution: record and retry resolution of step 1’s job ID or NodeList before
proceeding, but do not inspect later runs as fallback sources. If step 1 cannot
provide a usable job ID or NodeList, leave _pinned_nodes unset and keep
subsequent steps unpinned rather than capturing their nodes.

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178-186: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Break only after a valid node list.

Line 186 exits after any successful job ID lookup. If sacct returns an empty value or Unknown, later stdout files are not checked. Move the break into the valid-node branch.

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                         if nodes and nodes != "Unknown":
                             self._pinned_nodes = [nodes]
                             logging.info(f"Pinned DSE nodes to: {nodes}")
-                        break
+                            break
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In `@src/cloudai/configurator/cloudai_gym.py` around lines 178 - 186, In the
stdout-file loop, move the break statement inside the valid-node branch after
`_pinned_nodes` is set and the pinning is logged. Continue checking later files
when `sacct` returns an empty value or “Unknown”.
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In `@src/cloudai/configurator/cloudai_gym.py`:
- Around line 178-186: In the stdout-file loop, move the break statement inside
the valid-node branch after `_pinned_nodes` is set and the pinning is logged.
Continue checking later files when `sacct` returns an empty value or “Unknown”.

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@saivishal1999 please provide PR description:

  • how does it change behavior, in what cases
  • how configs will look like
  • how did you test it

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