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AWS Parallel Computing Service Updates Slurm Support to Version 25.11

AWS PCS integrated new Slurm features like expedited re-queue and OpenMetrics for enhanced HPC workload management.

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Retrospective edition: 2026-04-23. Source published: 2026-04-23. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

AWS Parallel Computing Service adopted Slurm 25.11 to provide capabilities such as expedited job re-queueing that prioritizes rescheduling jobs affected by node failures, thus improving workload resilience. The service also introduced an OpenMetrics endpoint compatible with Prometheus for real-time monitoring of HPC jobs and nodes.

Additionally, AWS PCS enhanced observability by enabling delivery of scheduler audit logs and other daemon logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, S3, or Data Firehose. These improvements simplify troubleshooting and compliance for HPC clusters, easing management overhead for researchers and engineers working in Slurm environments on AWS.

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AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Slurm 25.11 ↗

Source published 2026-04-23. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.