Slurm version 25.05.0rc1 is now available
We are pleased to announce the availability of Slurm release candidate version 25.05.0rc1.
To highlight some new features coming in 25.05:
- Support for defining multiple topology configurations, and varying them by partition.
- Support for tracking and allocating hierarchical resources.
- Dynamic nodes can be dynamically added to the topology.
- topology/block – Allow for gaps in the block layout.
- Support for encrypting all network communication with TLS.
- jobcomp/kafka – Optionally send job info at job start as well as job end.
- Support an OR operator in –license requests.
- switch/hpe_slingshot – Support for > 252 ranks per node.
- switch/hpe_slingshot – Support mTLS authentication to the fabric manager.
- sacctmgr – Add support for dumping and loading QOSes.
- srun – Add new –wait-for-children option to keep the step running until all launched processes have been launched (cgroup/v2 only).
- slurmrestd – Add new endpoint for creating reservations.
This is the first release candidate of the upcoming 25.05 release series, and represents the end of development for this release, and a finalization of the RPC and state file formats.
If any issues are identified with this release candidate, please report them through https://bugs.schedmd.com against the 25.05.x version and we will address them before the first production 25.05.0 release is made.
Please note that the release candidates are not intended for production use.
A preview of the updated documentation can be found here.
Downloads are available here.
