2024 Release Notes¶

Release notes describe features as they exist at the time of publication. Some names, paths, and other details may have changed since publication.

December 19, 2024¶

The limit for the total number of spaces now applies to the entire organization, not to individual teams. The limit is now 25 spaces per organization. Previously, the limit was 10 spaces per team.
When editing a space, you can now add lifecycle policies to automatically delete files after a certain number of days. Implementing lifecycle policies can help you minimize storage costs for data that you no longer need.
Added the job:stop and job:terminate commands to the CLI.
The --state option for the job:list command now accepts a comma-delimited list of job statuses.

Workstations are now created directly from the Workstations page, not from a space.
Files are no longer transferred automatically between spaces and workstations. After connecting to a workstation, you are now responsible for uploading and downloading the files needed to complete your work. Any files you want to keep must be uploaded to a space before the workstation is terminated, otherwise they will be permanently deleted.
You can now specify a time limit of zero to create a workstation that will continue running until it is terminated manually.
CONVERGE example cases are now included in the CONVERGE Studio installation on workstations.
You can now compile user-defined functions (UDFs) on workstations.

Added workstations to enable pre- and post-processing on CONVERGE Horizon. Workstations are available with 15- and 30-core node types, both of which run Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 processors with NVIDIA GPUs. Commonly used applications, including CONVERGE Studio, Tecplot for CONVERGE, and ParaView, are installed by default. This feature is in beta.
Added the --output_excludes and --output_includes options to the job:create command.
You can now use the space:download command to download an entire space by passing "/" as the path to the source directory.

Updated the job:create command to support scripting workflows and improve usability. Input is now validated in real time when you run the command interactively, and you can specify either the names or IDs of the associated project and space. You can also use the new --horizon option to run the command with a horizon.json file as input.
While a job is running, you can now view CPU and memory utilization metrics in Job Details > Nodes and application metrics in Job Details > Application.
Added the Resizing job status to prevent unnecessary hardware charges for multi-node jobs with high storage requirements.

Updated the CLI. All CLI users must upgrade their local installation to version 0.11.0 or later. Older versions of the CLI will no longer work.
Added the VM-AMD-FLEX node type, which can be used to run jobs on virtual machines based on AMD EPYC 9J14 (Genoa) processors. Queue times are significantly shorter for VM-AMD-FLEX nodes than for bare metal (BM) nodes. Note that the job:create CLI command is not yet supported for VM-AMD-FLEX nodes.
Running the check_inputs utility no longer incurs an on-demand license charge. You can run this utility by specifying a command-line argument in Advanced Options.
While a job is running, you can now view the last 500 lines of horizon.log in Job Details > Log (click on the job name in the Jobs Queue to access Job Details). When the job status changes to Uploading, this tab will show the upload.log file.
Added job:log to the CLI.
Added an option for X11 forwarding to job:ssh.

Added the BM-AMD-192 node type. BM-AMD-192 nodes are faster than BM-AMD-128 nodes and typically have high availability in all data centers. Refer to Node Types for Jobs for hardware specifications. Pricing information is available at convergecfd.com.

When creating a new job, you can now control which output files will be saved using the Exclude Output and/or Include Output options.
You can now rename files in the File Manager.

Added the UK South (London) data center.
Reduced job startup time.
You can now download multiple files simultaneously from the web interface by selecting the files and clicking .
Added an advanced option for specifying custom application arguments during job creation.
Added the --include option for the space:download and space:upload commands.
Updated images from OL7 to OL8.

Added a command-line interface (CLI). You can use the CLI to transfer files and manage jobs directly from your local file system. The CLI currently supports scripting for all commands except job:create, which must be run interactively without specifying arguments at the command line. Support for scripting with job:create will be added in a future release.
Added several filtering options to the Jobs Queue. By default, the queue now shows only your own jobs from the past week.
You can now delete all files and directories in a space without removing the space. To use this option, go to Spaces and click in the row of the space you want to empty. This option is available only if you own the space or if you are a team manager.
For jobs that use on-demand licensing, the base license cost per job-hour has increased by $0.50 across all subscription tiers. Complete pricing information is available at convergecfd.com.