chained dependency problem (DL 3.0)

Hi,

using Deadline 2.7, we work with job dependency chains in the form (example):
[A comp job] --> [b] --> [C movie conversion job]

Now that I’ve translated the whole concept to Deadline 3.0, I figured the following:

  • [job A] renders ok,
  • [job B] (pending, waits for [job A]), renders ok, frame dependent, is auto-archiving
  • [job C] (pending, waits for [job B], does not start at all

Looking at the [job C]'s Job Dependencies, the [job B] is indicated as “Deleted” there, which is wrong. But in the job monitor, the [job 2] is indicated first as “Deleted”, then normally as “Archived”, as intended. So it looks like [job C] gets a wrong status info from its dependencies.

I played with the Job Scan Interval, as recommended in related threads (some links don’t work there, though), but i can’t seem to get the [job C] working the inteded way. A workaround may be to set [job C] to “Resume on deleted dependencies” but it isn’t quite aspired.

This issue would be vital for us for switching from v2.7 to v3.0.

greetings
Marcus

Hi Marcus,

It looks like Deadline isn’t handling the case where the parent job gets archived. We’ve logged this as a bug, and we’ll definitely try to get it fixed for the 3.1 release at the end of March. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

Cheers,

  • Ryan

Groovy, guys! :sunglasses:

Just an FYI that it appears we’ve got this problem solved, so the fix will be included in the 3.1 release!