From 7751f4d1cff9570ef52cd98177fae792d726a541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Haritha Siddabathuni Som <93623920+alcf-haritha@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:26:40 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Clarify overburn policy Addressing issue #937 --- docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md b/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md index 96304b9c79..76d7e47167 100644 --- a/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md +++ b/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ On select Mondays when the ALCF is on a regular business schedule, ALCF systems ## INCITE/ALCC Overburn Policy -If an INCITE or ALCC project has exhausted its allocation in the first 11 months of its allocation year, it is eligible for overburn running. At this point, capability jobs (20% of the machine) submitted by INCITE and ALCC projects will run in the default queue (instead of backfill) for the first 11 months of the allocation year until 125% of the project allocation has been consumed. +If an INCITE or ALCC project has exhausted its allocation in the first 11 months of its allocation year, it is eligible for overburn running. At this point, capability jobs (20% of the machine) submitted by INCITE and ALCC projects will run in the regular `prod` execution queues, instead of backfill queues, for the first 11 months of the allocation year until 125% of the project allocation has been consumed. Non-capability jobs will get routed to backfill queues, which have low priority for active projects with negative balance. INCITE and ALCC projects needing additional overburn hours should email [support@alcf.anl.gov](mailto:support@alcf.anl.gov) with a short description of what they plan to do with the additional hours, highlighting specific goals or milestones and the time expected to accomplish them. This will be reviewed by the scheduling committee, allocations committee, and ALCF management. Requests should be submitted 15 days before the start of the next quarter of the allocation year for full consideration. Non-capability jobs (less than 20% of the machine) from projects that have exhausted their allocation will continue to run in backfill. From 6fdf1e1c19de5f21900bac00fc87935910c5b4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Haritha Siddabathuni Som <93623920+alcf-haritha@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:03:56 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Bethany Lusch <9046040+BethanyL@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md b/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md index 76d7e47167..bba5de71c7 100644 --- a/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md +++ b/docs/policies/queue-scheduling/index.md @@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ On select Mondays when the ALCF is on a regular business schedule, ALCF systems ## INCITE/ALCC Overburn Policy -If an INCITE or ALCC project has exhausted its allocation in the first 11 months of its allocation year, it is eligible for overburn running. At this point, capability jobs (20% of the machine) submitted by INCITE and ALCC projects will run in the regular `prod` execution queues, instead of backfill queues, for the first 11 months of the allocation year until 125% of the project allocation has been consumed. Non-capability jobs will get routed to backfill queues, which have low priority for active projects with negative balance. +If an INCITE or ALCC project has exhausted its allocation, it can still run jobs for the rest of the allocation year, but the jobs are often low priority. +- The project can still run in the non-`prod` queues, such as `debug`. +- For the first 11 months of its allocation year, it is eligible for overburn running. This means that capability jobs (20% of the machine) submitted to the `prod` queue will be routed to the regular queues until 125% of the project allocation has been consumed. +- Otherwise, the `prod` queue routes the jobs to `backfill` queues, which have low priority. They are for active projects with a negative balance. INCITE and ALCC projects needing additional overburn hours should email [support@alcf.anl.gov](mailto:support@alcf.anl.gov) with a short description of what they plan to do with the additional hours, highlighting specific goals or milestones and the time expected to accomplish them. This will be reviewed by the scheduling committee, allocations committee, and ALCF management. Requests should be submitted 15 days before the start of the next quarter of the allocation year for full consideration. Non-capability jobs (less than 20% of the machine) from projects that have exhausted their allocation will continue to run in backfill.