1) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : Xtrack (Xboinc) (Message 52435)
Posted 2 Oct 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
Credit is always a hot topic, and yes, this is a BOINC-wide issue rather than something unique to LHC@home. As far as I understand, we are using CreditNew, which bases granted credit on the actual floating-point operations (FLOPs) performed, with a scaling factor to keep credit levels consistent across projects. Providing more accurate values for rsc_fpops_est should improve estimates and reduce distortions. The credit assignment itself is something we can tune, since the validator has hooks that allow us to adjust the equations if needed.
2) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : Xtrack (Xboinc) (Message 52344)
Posted 26 Sep 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
This is just a cosmetic issue related to timestamp generation for the message. It will hopefully be fixed in the next release.

Edit: The jobs are successful even if this message appears.
3) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : Xtrack (Xboinc) (Message 52328)
Posted 25 Sep 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
Even if an application appears solid in the development project, the production project is a different environment, running at scale. Labeling the application as beta reflects that difference and is intended to set expectations. It also allows volunteers who want to focus solely on crunching, without engaging in the development process, to do so.

We very much value those who do choose to test beta applications and provide feedback, even knowing they may not receive credit for failures. All feedback we receive is appreciated and acknowledged by the whole community.
4) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : Xtrack (Xboinc) (Message 52318)
Posted 25 Sep 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
The XTrack application is currently labeled as beta, so you may encounter issues until it is officially released. Running the beta is still valuable, it helps validate and strengthen the app. Some problems may involve credit, and in certain cases, credit might not be granted even if tasks complete successfully. If you require stability and guaranteed credit, we recommend not running beta applications.
5) Message boards : Theory Application : New version v301.00 (Message 52086)
Posted 13 Aug 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
This version increases the required memory to 1024Mb
6) Message boards : Theory Application : New version v300.99 (Message 52079)
Posted 12 Aug 2025 by Profile Laurence
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This version fixes the upload issue.
7) Message boards : Theory Application : New version v300.98 (Message 51996)
Posted 3 Jul 2025 by Profile Laurence
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This new version provides some additional dependencies needed by the Theory jobs.
8) Message boards : Theory Application : New version v300.95 (Message 51846)
Posted 17 Apr 2025 by Profile Laurence
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This new version provides improved handling for configuring CVMFS proxies.
9) Message boards : CMS Application : CMS 70.91 (Message 51826)
Posted 7 Apr 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
This version uses vboxwrapper 26210.
10) Message boards : Theory Application : New native version v300.08 (Message 51823)
Posted 7 Apr 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
As soon a the next version of the BOINC client is released. We had to stop sending tasks for the current native version due to the need for having an EL9 container. Work on the EL9 version was focused on the new BUDA from BOINC. It replaces the runc component with docker or podman. We have been testing it on the Dev project and it is looking promising.
11) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : Missing "sixtrack test" column on the leaderboards (Message 51822)
Posted 7 Apr 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
This was an oversight during a recent cleanup of old versions. The credit is still valid; it just wasn’t displayed on the page. It should be back now.
12) Message boards : Theory Application : New version v300.94 (Message 51810)
Posted 3 Apr 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
The version fixes the local proxy issues reported a few days ago.
13) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51772)
Posted 27 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
I have restarted the server. This is required when we release new versions.
now I can download Theory v300.60, and this version works well with the squid :-)


Thanks. Now I need to figure out the difference ...
14) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51768)
Posted 26 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
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I have restarted the server. This is required when we release new versions.
15) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51765)
Posted 26 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
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I have reverted back to v300.60 from January. Please can you confirm that this works.
16) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51763)
Posted 26 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
v300.93 for Windows contains a few more fixes.
17) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51762)
Posted 26 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
I am investigating.
18) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51756)
Posted 25 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
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I have added some additional debugging statements to v300.92 for Windows.
19) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51754)
Posted 25 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
I will add some debugging statements to to the next release.
20) Message boards : Theory Application : New Version v300.90 (Message 51750)
Posted 24 Mar 2025 by Profile Laurence
Post:
A new version is available with the pactester command.


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