fix: SiteDirector should not interact with the CEs if nothing to submit

src/DIRAC/Resources/Computing/CloudComputingElement.py

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
 import uuid
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+import requests
 
 import yaml
 from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver, set_driver
@@ -525,9 +526,14 @@ def getCEStatus(self):
         """
         driver = self._getDriver()
         count = 0
-        for node in driver.list_nodes():
-            if node.name.startswith(VM_NAME_PREFIX):
-                count += 1
+        try:
+            for node in driver.list_nodes():
+                if node.name.startswith(VM_NAME_PREFIX):
+                    count += 1
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout as err:
+            self.log.error("Cannot get CE Status. Connection timeout occurred:", str(err))
+            return S_ERROR("Cannot get CE Status. Connection timeout occurred")
+
         result = S_OK()
         result["SubmittedJobs"] = 0
         result["RunningJobs"] = count

src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/Agent/SiteDirector.py

@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ def submitPilots(self):
         self.log.verbose("Submission: Queues treated are", ",".join(self.queueDict))
 
         errors = []
+        totalSubmittedPilots = 0
         with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(self.queueDict)) as executor:
             futures = []
             for queue in self.queueDict:
@@ -291,6 +292,10 @@ def submitPilots(self):
                 result = future.result()
                 if not result["OK"]:
                     errors.append(result["Message"])
+                else:
+                    totalSubmittedPilots += result["Value"]
+
+        self.log.info("Total number of pilots submitted", f"to all queues: {totalSubmittedPilots}")
 
         if errors:
             self.log.error("The following errors occurred during the pilot submission operation", "\n".join(errors))
@@ -313,7 +318,7 @@ def _submitPilotsPerQueue(self, queueName: str):
                 f"{queueName} ==> {self.failedQueueCycleFactor - failedCount}",
             )
             self.failedQueues[queueName] += 1
-            return S_OK()
+            return S_OK(0)
 
         # Adjust queueCPUTime: needed to generate the proxy
         if "CPUTime" not in queueDictionary["ParametersDict"]:
@@ -336,16 +341,23 @@ def _submitPilotsPerQueue(self, queueName: str):
 
         # Get the number of available slots on the target site/queue
         totalSlots = self._getQueueSlots(queueName)
-        # Apply the submission policy
-        totalSlots = self.submissionPolicy.apply(totalSlots, ceParameters=self.queueDict[queueName]["CE"].ceParameters)
-
         if totalSlots <= 0:
             self.log.verbose(f"{queueName}: No slot available")
-            return S_ERROR(f"{queueName}: No slot available")
-        self.log.info(f"{queueName}: to submit={totalSlots}")
+            return S_OK(0)
+
+        # Apply the submission policy
+        submittablePilots = self.submissionPolicy.apply(
+            totalSlots, ceParameters=self.queueDict[queueName]["CE"].ceParameters
+        )
+
+        if submittablePilots <= 0:
+            self.log.verbose(f"{queueName}: Nothing to submit")
+            return S_OK(0)
+
+        self.log.info(f"{queueName}: slots available={totalSlots} to submit={submittablePilots}")
 
         # Limit the number of pilots to submit to self.maxPilotsToSubmit
-        pilotsToSubmit = min(self.maxPilotsToSubmit, totalSlots)
+        pilotsToSubmit = min(self.maxPilotsToSubmit, submittablePilots)
 
         # Now really submitting
         result = self._submitPilotsToQueue(pilotsToSubmit, ce, queueName)
@@ -359,9 +371,9 @@ def _submitPilotsPerQueue(self, queueName: str):
         if not result["OK"]:
             return result
 
-        # Summary after the cycle over queues
-        self.log.info("Total number of pilots submitted in this cycle", f"{len(pilotList)} to {queueName}")
-        return S_OK()
+        submittedPilots = len(pilotList)
+        self.log.info("Total number of pilots submitted", f"to {queueName}: {submittedPilots}")
+        return S_OK(submittedPilots)
 
     def _getQueueSlots(self, queue: str):
         """Get the number of available slots in the queue"""