add sleep to give Slurm time to relinquish user's compute node

lanl · Jan 10, 2025 · 91807d3 · 91807d3
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diff --git a/beeflow/client/core.py b/beeflow/client/core.py
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ def start(foreground: bool = typer.Option(False, '--foreground', '-F',
     if bee_client.get_hostname() == "" and bee_client.check_backend_status() == "":
         bee_client.setup_hostname(start_hn)  # add to client db
     else:
+        time.sleep(5)  # giving Slurm time to relinquish compute node, if necessary
         bee_client.check_db_flags(start_hn)
 
     if backend:  # allow beeflow to run on backend node