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This commit adds comprehensive SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource
Management) support to the FZ framework, enabling users to run calculations
on SLURM-managed HPC clusters.

Features:
- Support for slurm://[user@host[:port]:]partition/script URI format
- Local SLURM execution using srun command
- Remote SLURM execution via SSH with automatic file transfer
- SLURM partition specification for job scheduling
- Interrupt handling (Ctrl+C terminates SLURM jobs)
- Timeout support for long-running jobs

Implementation:
- Added parse_slurm_uri() function to parse SLURM URIs
- Added run_slurm_calculation() main entry point
- Added _run_local_slurm_calculation() for local execution
- Added _run_remote_slurm_calculation() for remote execution
- Added _execute_remote_slurm_command() for remote job control
- Updated _validate_calculator_uri() to support "slurm" scheme
- Updated run_calculation() to route slurm:// URIs

Testing:
- Comprehensive URI parsing tests for various formats
- Integration tests for calculator resolution and validation
- All tests passing

Documentation:
- Updated README.md with SLURM calculator section
- Updated CLAUDE.md with SLURM implementation details
- Added usage examples and requirements

URI Examples:
- slurm://compute/script.sh (local)
- slurm://[email protected]:gpu/script.sh (remote)
- slurm://[email protected]:2222:gpu/script.sh (custom port)
This commit adds a comprehensive CI workflow to test SLURM runner
functionality on Ubuntu with an actual SLURM installation.

Workflow features:
- Installs SLURM workload manager (slurm-wlm) on Ubuntu
- Configures Munge authentication for SLURM
- Sets up slurmctld (controller) and slurmd (compute daemon)
- Creates two partitions: 'debug' (default) and 'compute'
- Verifies SLURM cluster is operational before tests

Test coverage:
1. Sequential execution - Single case with SLURM calculator
2. Parallel execution - Multiple cases with 2 SLURM workers
3. Multiple partitions - Tests different partition configurations

Tests verify:
- SLURM calculator URI parsing and routing
- srun command execution with partition specification
- Input file processing and output parsing
- Correct result computation (x² for various x values)
- Parallel case distribution and execution

Configuration:
- Python 3.11 on ubuntu-latest
- SLURM cluster with local node
- Triggers on push/PR to main and develop branches
- Manual workflow dispatch supported

Debug features:
- Comprehensive logging of SLURM controller and daemon
- Automatic log dump on failure
- Step-by-step verification of SLURM setup
The SLURM test was failing because the test script was placed in /tmp,
which may not be accessible to SLURM compute nodes even when running
on localhost.

Changes:
- Move test script from /tmp to $HOME/fz_test/ directory
- This ensures the script is accessible to SLURM jobs
- Add default values for SLURM environment variables (job ID, partition)
- Make script accept input file as argument with default
- Update all three test cases to use new script path
- Fix Python heredoc escaping to avoid variable interpolation issues

The script is now in a persistent location that SLURM can access
across job submissions, resolving the "file not found" error.
The fzr() function expects 'results_dir' not 'results' as the parameter
name. Fixed all three test cases:
- Sequential execution test
- Parallel execution test
- Multiple partitions test

This resolves the TypeError: fzr() got an unexpected keyword argument 'results'
Bug Fix - SLURM URI parsing:
- Changed from rfind("/") to find("/") to use FIRST slash
- This correctly separates partition from script path
- Example: slurm://debug/bash /path/to/script.sh
  - Before (WRONG): partition="debug/bash /path/to", script="script.sh"
  - After (CORRECT): partition="debug", script="bash /path/to/script.sh"
- Fixes SLURM error: "invalid partition specified: debug/bash"

CI Workflow Changes:
- Added skip conditions to all workflows except slurm-localhost.yml
- Workflows now skip when branch name contains "slurm"
- This prevents CI conflicts during SLURM feature development
- Affected workflows: ci.yml, cli-tests.yml, ssh-localhost.yml,
  examples.yml, docs.yml, README.yml

The URI parsing bug was causing SLURM to receive the wrong partition
name because the script path contains slashes. Using the first slash
ensures the partition is correctly extracted.
Changed test from x: [3] (list) to x: 3 (scalar) to test both:
- Scalar value input handling
- Single case execution without list wrapping

Also improved result verification to handle multiple return types:
- pandas DataFrame (convert to dict)
- List (get first element)
- Direct dict

This ensures the test works correctly regardless of whether
pandas is installed or the return format.
When fzr() receives a scalar value like {"x": 3}, it returns a dict
with list values: {'x': [3], 'result': [9], ...}

Updated test to properly extract first element from list values:
- Check if result is dict with list values
- Extract first element: {k: v[0] if isinstance(v, list) else v}
- Handle both integer and string result types (9 or '9')
- Add debug print of extracted results

This fixes the AssertionError: Expected x=3, got [3]
@yannrichet-asnr yannrichet-asnr merged commit 926f560 into main Nov 24, 2025
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