it spins up 8 instances even though my config says 5

You can get tot he underlying task log by going to the autoscaler configuration in the UI, clicking the "mode details" link at the bottom and downloading the console log from the task window that will open

isn't it strange that one of them working and other got failed? and also when the config says 5 instances why it spun up 8 instances? Any idea about it

I am on GCP rn, not working with AWS

The reason they failed can probably be identified in their logs

Can you also please share logs of the autoscaler?

(also, did you include the complete log?)

Hi @<1570583227918192640:profile|FloppySwallow46> . We've update the rate limits. Can you please check if the issue is still occurring?

I remove credentials from the config for security purpose, and replaced it with XYZ

{
    "gcp_project_id": "XYZ",
    "gcp_zone": "us-central1-b",
    "gcp_credentials": "XYZ",
    "git_user": "mkerrig",
    "git_pass": "XYZ",
    "default_docker_image": "pytorch/pytorch:1.7.0-cuda11.0-cudnn8-runtime",
    "instance_queue_list": [
        {
            "resource_name": "v100",
            "machine_type": "n1-highmem-4",
            "cpu_only": false,
            "gpu_type": "nvidia-tesla-v100",
            "gpu_count": 1,
            "preemptible": false,
            "regular_instance_rollback": false,
            "regular_instance_rollback_timeout": 10,
            "spot_instance_blackout_period": 0,
            "num_instances": 5,
            "queue_name": "Training-V100-16",
            "source_image": "projects/ml-images/global/images/c2-deeplearning-pytorch-1-13-cu113-v20230412-debian-10-py37",
            "disk_size_gb": 100,
            "service_account_email": "default"
        }
    ],
    "name": "autoscaler_pt1.7",
    "max_idle_time_min": 5,
    "workers_prefix": "dynamic_gcp",
    "polling_interval_time_min": "1",
    "exclude_bashrc": false,
    "custom_script": "sudo apt update\nsudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg-agent ca-certificates software-properties-common -y\ncurl -fsSL 

 | sudo apt-key add -\nsudo add-apt-repository \"deb [arch=amd64] 

 focal stable\"\nsudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y\nnewgrp docker\nsudo usermod -aG docker $USER\nsudo /opt/deeplearning/install-driver.sh\npip install --upgrade pip",
    "extra_clearml_conf": null
}

How did the tasks fail?

same config no change.

I enqueued 5 task to this auto scaler, 4 of them failed but the 5th one is working as expected..those enqued task are the clone of completed task

@<1570583227918192640:profile|FloppySwallow46> can you check the instances in the AWS dashboard? is it possible they are stuck and the autoscaler cannot communicate with them?

Oh, sorry, GCP dashboard than 🙂

strangely, I reset my task and qued them again, and its all working..

2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - --- Cloud instances (8) ---
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 1110204948425405426, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 1364006518840029853, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 4551653386764087872, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 4704932875408438200, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 4875556593045271512, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 8497507852406420461, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 8578622755082531742, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,238 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - 8829624801389113929, regular
2023-05-22 11:14:25,698 - clearml.Auto-Scaler - INFO - Idle for 60.00 seconds
2023-05-22 16:15:06
2023-05-22 11:14:35,070 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8829624801389113929/8829624801389113929.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:14:35,070 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8829624801389113929/8829624801389113929.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:14:35,070 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 11:14:40,149 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/1110204948425405426/1110204948425405426.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:14:40,149 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/1110204948425405426/1110204948425405426.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:14:40,150 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 16:16:14
2023-05-22 11:15:15,200 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8578622755082531742/8578622755082531742.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:15:15,200 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8578622755082531742/8578622755082531742.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:15:15,201 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 11:15:18,434 - usage_reporter - INFO - Sending usage report for 60 usage seconds, 1 units
2023-05-22 11:15:20,248 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4875556593045271512/4875556593045271512.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:15:20,248 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4875556593045271512/4875556593045271512.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:15:20,249 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 16:17:26
2023-05-22 11:16:25,335 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4704932875408438200/4704932875408438200.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:16:25,336 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4704932875408438200/4704932875408438200.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:16:25,336 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 16:18:01
2023-05-22 11:17:35,401 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4551653386764087872/4551653386764087872.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:17:35,401 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4551653386764087872/4551653386764087872.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:17:35,402 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 16:18:27
2023-05-22 11:18:24,727 - usage_reporter - INFO - Sending usage report for 186 usage seconds, 1 units
2023-05-22 16:19:07
2023-05-22 11:18:50,496 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4551653386764087872/4551653386764087872.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:18:50,496 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/4551653386764087872/4551653386764087872.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:18:50,497 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 16:20:14
2023-05-22 11:19:15,562 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8497507852406420461/8497507852406420461.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:19:15,562 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8497507852406420461/8497507852406420461.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:19:15,563 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed
2023-05-22 11:19:24,756 - usage_reporter - INFO - Sending usage report for 60 usage seconds, 1 units
2023-05-22 16:21:27
2023-05-22 11:20:25,636 - clearml.storage - ERROR - Exception encountered while uploading Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8829624801389113929/8829624801389113929.txt (429): 
2023-05-22 11:20:25,636 - clearml.metrics - WARNING - Failed uploading to 

 (Failed uploading object /_ApplicationInstances/gcp-autoscaler/autoscaler_pt1.7.b66b711cc90547bda5caf6aa0b508d77/artifacts/8829624801389113929/8829624801389113929.txt (429): )
2023-05-22 11:20:25,637 - clearml.metrics - ERROR - Not uploading 1/1 events because the data upload failed

Hi @<1570583227918192640:profile|FloppySwallow46> , can you please share the autoscaler configuration?

and also 4 of my task failed but the 5th one runs completely fine,

I see lots of errors in the logs

Hey, whats the rate limit?

as for the limit issue, can you please include the complete autoscaler log?

We limit the allowed calls per IP - to make sure the server is not blocked accidentally. We enabled over 1000 calls per minute.