SQUEUE(1)

NAME
squeue - view information about jobs located in the SLURM scheduling queue.

SYNOPSIS
squeue [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION
squeue is used to view job and job step information for jobs managed by SLURM.

OPTIONS

-a, --all
    Display information about jobs and job steps in all partions. This causes information to be displayed about partitions that are configured as hidden and partitions that are unavailable to user's group.

-h, --noheader
    Do not print a header on the output.

--help
    Print a help message describing all options squeue.

--hide
    Do not display information about jobs and job steps in all partions. By default, information about partitions that are configured as hidden or are not available to the user's group will not be displayed (i.e. this is the default behavior).

-i <seconds>, --iterate=<seconds>
    Repeatedly gather and report the requested information at the interval specified (in seconds). By default, prints a time stamp with the header.

-j, --jobs
    Specify the jobs to view. This flag indicates that a comma separated list of jobs to view follows without an equal sign (see examples). Defaults to all jobs.

-l, --long
    Report more of the available information for the selected jobs or job steps, subject to any constraints specified.

-n <node_name>, --node=<node_name>
    Report only on jobs allocated to the specified node. This may either be the NodeName or NodeHostname as defined in slurm.conf(5) in the event that they differ. A node_name of localhost is mapped to the current host name.

-o <output_format>, --format=<output_format>
    Specify the information to be displayed, its size and position (right or left justified). The default formats with various options are

    default
        "%.7i %.9P %.8j %.8u %.2t %.9M %.6D %R"

    -l, --long
        ".7i %.9P %.8j %.8u %.8T %.9M %.9l %.6D %R"

    -s, --steps
        "%10i %.8j %.9P %.8u %.9M %N"

    The format of each field is "%[.][size]type".

    size
        is the minimum field size. If no size is specified, whatever is needed to print the information will be used.

    .   indicates the output should be left justified. By default, output is right justified.

    Valid type specifications include:

    %a  Account associated with the job

    %A  Number of tasks created by a job step. This reports the value of the srun --ntasks option.

    %b  Time at which the job began execution

    %c  Minimum number of CPUs (processors) per node requested by the job. This reports the value of the srun --mincpus option with a default value of zero.

    %C  Number of CPUs (processors) requested by the job or allocated to it if already running.

    %d  Minimum size of temporary disk space (in MB) requested by the job.

    %D  Number of nodes allocated to the job or the minimum number of nodes required by a pending job. The actual number of nodes allocated to a pending job may exceed this number of the job specified a node range count or the cluster contains nodes with varying processor counts.

    %e  Time at which the job ended or is expected to end (based upon its time limit)

    %E  Job dependency. This job will not begin execution until the dependent job completes. A value of zero implies this job has no dependencies.

    %f  Features required by the job

    %g  Group name

    %G  Group ID

    %h  Can the nodes allocated to the job be shared with other jobs

    %H  Minimum number of sockets per node requested by the job. This reports the value of the srun --minsockets option.

    %i  Job or job step id

    %I  Minimum number of cores per socket requested by the job. This reports the value of the srun --mincores option.

    %j  Job or job step name

    %J  Minimum number of threads per core requested by the job. This reports the value of the srun --minthreads option.

    %l  Time limit of the job in days-hours:minutes:seconds. The value may be "NOT_SET" if not yet established or "UNLIMITED" for no limit.

    %m  Minimum size of memory (in MB) requested by the job

    %M  Time used by the job or job step in days-hours:minutes:seconds. The days and hours are printed only as needed. For job steps this field shows the elapsed time since execution began and thus will be inaccurate for job steps which have been suspended. Clock skew between nodes in the cluster will cause the time to be inaccurate. If the time is obviously wrong (e.g. negative), it displays as "INVALID".

    %n  List of node names (or base partitions on BlueGene systems) explicitly requested by the job

    %N  List of nodes allocated to the job or job step. In the case of a COMPLETING job, the list of nodes will comprise only those nodes that have not yet been returned to service. This may result in the node count being greater than the number of listed nodes.

    %o  Minimum number of nodes requested by the job.

    %O  Are contiguous nodes requested by the job

    %p  Priority of the job (converted to a floating point number between 0.0 and 1.0

    %P  Partition of the job or job step

    %q  Comment associated with the job

    %r  The reason a job is in its current state. See the JOB REASON CODES section below for more information.

    %R  For pending jobs: the reason a job is waiting for execution is printed within parenthesis. For terminated jobs with failure: an explanation as to why the job failed is printed within parenthesis. For all other job states: the list of allocate nodes. See the JOB REASON CODES section below for more information.

    %s  Node selection plugin specific data. Possible data includes: Geometry requirement of resource allocation (X,Y,Z dimensions), Connection type (TORUS, MESH, or NAV == torus else mesh), Permit rotation of geometry (yes or no), Node use (VIRTUAL or COPROCESSOR), etc.

    %S  Start time of the job or job step

    %t  Job state, compact form: PD (pending), R (running), CA (cancelled), CG (completing), CD (completed), F (failed), TO (timeout), and NF (node failure). See the JOB STATE CODES section below for more information.

    %T  Job state, extended form: PENDING, RUNNING, SUSPENDED, CANCELLED, COMPLETING, COMPLETED, FAILED, TIMEOUT, and NODE_FAIL. See the JOB STATE CODES section below for more information.

    %u  User name

    %U  User ID

    %x  List of node names explicitly excluded by the job

    %X  Number of requested sockets per node

    %Y  Number of requested cores per socket

    %Z  Number of requested threads per core

    %z  Extended processor information: number of requested sockets, cores, threads (S:C:T) per node

-p <part_list>, --partition=<part_list>
    Specify the partitions of the jobs or steps to view. Accepts a comma separated list of partition names.

-s, --steps
    Specify the job steps to view. This flag indicates that a comma separated list of job steps to view follows without an equal sign (see examples). The job step format is "job_id.step_id". Defaults to all job steps.

-S <sort_list>, --sort=<sort_list>
    Specification of the order in which records should be reported. This uses the same field specifciation as the <output_format>. Multiple sorts may be performed by listing multiple sort fields separated by commas. The field specifications may be preceeded by "+" or "-" for assending (default) and desending order respectively. For example, a sort value of "P,U" will sort the records by partition name then by user id. The default value of sort for jobs is "P,t,-p" (increasing partition name then within a given partition by increasing node state and then decreasing priority). The default value of sort for job steps is "P,i" (increasing partition name then within a given partition by increasing step id).

-t <state_list>, --states=<state_list>
    Specify the states of jobs to view. Accepts a comma separated list of state names or "all". If "all" is specified then jobs of all states will be reported. If no state is specified then pending, running, and completing jobs are reported. Valid states (in both extended and compact form) include: PENDING (PD), RUNNING (R), SUSPENDED (S), COMPLETING (CG), COMPLETED (CD), CANCELLED (CA), FAILED (F), TIMEOUT (TO), and NODE_FAIL (NF). Note the <state_list> supplied is case insensitve ("pd" and "PD" work the same). See the JOB STATE CODES section below for more information.

-u <user_list>, --user=<user_list>
    Specifies a comma separated list of users whose jobs or job steps are to be reported. The list can consist of user names or user id numbers.

--usage
    Print a brief help message listing the squeue options.

-v, --verbose
    Report details of squeues actions.

-V , --version
    Print version information and exit.

JOB REASON CODES
These codes identify the reason that a job is waiting for execution. A job may be waiting for more than one reason, in which case only one of those reasons is displayed.

Dependency
    This job is waiting for a dependent job to complete.

None
    No reason is set for this job.

PartitionDown
    The partition required by this job is in a DOWN state.

PartitionNodeLimit
    The number of nodes required by this job is outside of it's partitions current limits.

PartitionTimeLimit
    The job's time limit exceeds it's partition's current time limit.

Priority
    One or more higher priority jobs exist for this partition.

Resources
    The job is waiting for resources to become availble.

NodeDown
    A node required by the job is down.

BadConstraints
    The job's constraints can not be satisfied.

SystemFailure
    Failure of the SLURM system, a file system, the network, etc.

JobLaunchFailure
    The job could not be launched. This may be due to a file system problem, invalid program name, etc.

NonZeroExitCode
    The job terminated with a non-zero exit code.

TimeLimit
    The job exhausted its time limit.

InactiveLimit
    The job reached the system InactiveLimit.

JOB STATE CODES
Jobs typically pass through several states in the course of their execution. The typical states are PENDING, RUNNING, SUSPENDED, COMPLETING, and COMPLETED. An explanation of each state follows.

CA  CANCELLED
    Job was explicitly cancelled by the user or system administrator. The job may or may not have been initiated.

CD  COMPLETED
    Job has terminated all processes on all nodes.

CG  COMPLETING
    Job is in the process of completing. Some processes on some nodes may still be active.

F   FAILED
    Job terminated with non-zero exit code or other failure condition.

NF  NODE_FAIL
    Job terminated due to failure of one or more allocated nodes.

PD  PENDING
    Job is awaiting resource allocation.

R   RUNNING
    Job currently has an allocation.

S   SUSPENDED
    Job has an allocation, but execution has been suspended.

TO  TIMEOUT
    Job terminated upon reaching its time limit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

Some squeue options may be set via environment variables. These environment variables, along with their corresponding options, are listed below. (Note: Commandline options will always override these settings.)

SLURM_CONF
    The location of the SLURM configuration file.

SQUEUE_ALL
    -a, --all

SQUEUE_FORMAT
    -o <output_format>, --format=<output_format>

SQUEUE_PARTITION
    -p <part_list>, --partition=<part_list>

SQUEUE_SORT
    -S <sort_list>, --sort=<sort_list>

SQUEUE_STATES
    -t <state_list>, --states=<state_list>

SQUEUE_USERS
    -u <user_list>, --users=<user_list>

EXAMPLES
Print the jobs scheduled in the debug partition and in the COMPLETED state in the format with six right justified digits for the job id followed by the priority with an arbitrary fields size:
# squeue -p debug -t COMPLETED -o "%.6i %p"
 JOBID PRIORITY
 65543 99993
 65544 99992
 65545 99991 Print the job steps in the debug partition sorted by user:
# squeue -s -p debug -S u
  STEPID NAME PARTITION USER TIME_USED NODELIST(REASON)
 65552.1 test1 debug alice 0:23 dev[1-4]
 65562.2 big_run debug bob 0:18 dev22
 65550.1 param1 debug candice 1:43:21 dev[6-12] Print information only about jobs 12345,12345, and 12348:
# squeue --jobs 12345,12346,12348
 JOBID PARTITION NAME USER ST TIME_USED NODES NODELIST(REASON)
 12345 debug job1 dave R 0:21 4 dev[9-12]
 12346 debug job2 dave PD 0:00 8 (Resources)
 12348 debug job3 ed PD 0:00 4 (Priority) Print information only about job step 65552.1:
# squeue --steps 65552.1
  STEPID NAME PARTITION USER TIME_USED NODELIST(REASON)
 65552.1 test2 debug alice 12:49 dev[1-4]

COPYING
Copyright (C) 2002-2007 The Regents of the University of California. Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER). LLNL-CODE-402394.

This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program. For details, see <https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/>.

SLURM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SLURM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

SEE ALSO
scancel(1), scontrol(1), sinfo(1), smap(1), srun(1), slurm_load_ctl_conf(3), slurm_load_jobs(3), slurm_load_node(3), slurm_load_partitions(3)