Release of Slurm-web v5.0.0

[rezib]

Important

Please read update guide for updating from Slurm-web 4 to Slurm-web 5!

The default authentication mode to slurmrestd has been changed from local to jwt because of some changes in Slurm 25.05. This is a breaking changes for some setups. Some manual steps must be performed for this update, instructions are provided in the link above.

Added

• Support Slurm 25.05 and Slurm REST API v0.0.41 (Support Slurm 25.05 and REST API v0.0.41 #541).
• GPU resources utilization monitoring (GPGPU support #258).
• frontend:
  • Dark mode support (Dark mode theme #278).
  • Display cluster total memory size and number of GPUs in dashboard stats.
  • Display number of GPUs per node in resources page and node details page.
  • Display number of allocated GPU and allocation percentage in node details page.
  • Display number of GPU requested or allocated in jobs list.
  • Display number of GPU requested and allocated in job details page.
  • Add buttons to display GPU status metrics in dashboard.
  • Reproduce Slurm job status logic for jobs badges (Reproduce Slurm logic to represent job states #404).
  • Reproduce Slurm node status logic for node status and allocation badges with icons to represent status flags (Reproduce Slurm logic to represent node states #405).
  • Add node filter for error and fail states.
  • Display version in below logo in main menu (Display Slurm-web version in UI #568).
  • Display suspended, preempted, deadline, node fail, boot fail, out of memory jobs in dashboard chart.
  • Display fail and error nodes in dashboar chart.
• agent:
  • Add total quantity of memory and number of gpus in cluster stats response.
  • Add metrics for GPU by state and total number of GPU.
  • Support querying GPU metrics.
  • Add missing jobs base states in collected metrics: SUSPENDED, PREEMPTED, NODE_FAIL, BOOT_FAIL, DEADLINE and OUT_OF_MEMORY.
  • Add ERROR and FAIL node states in collected metrics.
• gateway: Add version in configuration file generated for frontend component.
• conf:
  • Select gres and gres_used attributes by default in slurmrestd nodes list and indiviual node responses.
  • Select gres_detail, sockets_per_node, tasks, tres_per_job, tres_per_node, tres_per_socket, tres_per_task attributes by default in slurmrestd jobs list and Slurm controller invidual job responses.
• docs:
  • Mention support of Fedora 42.
  • Mention GPU support feature in overview page.
  • Mention GPU metrics in metrics configuration reference documentation.
  • Mention dark mode support feature in overview page.
  • Mention new --with-slurm option in slurm-web-gen-jwt-key manpage.
  • Add update guide page with special notes for manual steps required to update from v4 to v5.

Changed

• agent:
  • Run agent as slurm-web system user by default.
  • Emit warning log entry at launch when slurmrestd local authentication method is used.
• frontend:
  • Migrate to Tailwind CSS v4 (Upgrade to Tailwind CSS 4 #449). Note this breaks support of old browsers versions, it requires Safari 16.4+, Chrome 111+, and Firefox 128+.
  • Convert nodes memory size in GB or TB in resources page and node details page.
  • Appearance of jobs sort button to visually separate its double role, change sort order and select sort criterion.
  • Bump heroicons dependency to version 2.2.0.
  • Group drain and draining node state filters.
• genjwt: Give ownership of Slurm-web JWT signing key to slurm-web system user only by default. Read ACL is added for slurm system user only if --with-slurm option is provided explicitely.
• connect: Emit warning log entry when slurmrestd local authentication method is used.
• ldap-check: Return exit code 1 on LDAP authentication error.
• conf:
  • Bump [slurmrestd] > version default value from 0.0.40 to 0.0.41 in agent configuration for compatibility with Slurm 25.05.
  • Change default value of [slurmrestd] > auth agent parameter from local to jwt.
• docs:
  • Replace mention of Slurm REST API version v0.0.40 by v0.0.41.
  • Mention requirement of Slurm >= 24.05 and dropped support of Slurm 23.11.
  • Update quickstart guide to setup slurmrestd JWT authentication, automatic token management mode on Unix socket by default.
  • Update installation guide and quickstart guide to mention new separate slurmweb-5 repository.
  • Update troubleshooting guide with different curl command for slurmrestd JWT authentication and TCP/IP socket.
  • Mention slurmrestd local authentication is deprecated in architecture and slurmrestd configuration pages.
  • Update slurmrestd configuration guides to reflect change to jwt authentication method by default.
  • Update configuration reference documentation.

Fixed

• agent: Fix AttributeError with prometheus_client.registry.Collector on el8 (AttributeError: module 'prometheus_client.registry' has no attribute 'Collector' on el8 #548).
• frontend:
  • Rendering of nodes grid in resources page in presence of long node names.
  • Update dependencies to fix CVE-2025-46565 (vite).
• ldap-check: Report and return error instead of crashing when LDAP URI is not defined in configuration.

Removed

• Drop support of Slurm 23.11 and Slurm REST API v0.0.40.
• docs: Drop support of Fedora 40.

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This discussion was created from the release v5.0.0.