-*Do not upgrade from Condor 7.8.4 to 7.9.0.* +*Do not upgrade from Condor 7.8.4 to 7.9.X.* Condor 7.8.4 contains a bug that causes the negotiator daemon to write malformed entries in its =Accountantnew.log=. When a 7.8 negotiator reads the =Accountantnew.log= on startup, it ignores these entries. If any jobs complete while the negotiator wasn't running, their accumulated runtime won't be charged to their owner when calculating user priorities. -But in Condor 7.9.0, the negotiator is less tolerant of malformed entries in the =Accountantnew.log=. It will abort upon seeing one. The master will periodically attempt to restart the negotiator, and each time, the negotiator will abort and exit. As a result, no jobs will run in the local pool, as no matches will be made. +But in Condor 7.9.X, the negotiator is less tolerant of malformed entries in the =Accountantnew.log=. It will abort upon seeing one. The master will periodically attempt to restart the negotiator, and each time, the negotiator will abort and exit. As a result, no jobs will run in the local pool, as no matches will be made. -Condor version 7.8.5 (and future releases) will not produce these malformed entries and will remove them from the =Accountantnew.log=. Condor version 7.9.2 (and future releases) will not abort when reading malformed entries and will remove them from the =Accountantnew.log=. +Condor version 7.8.5 (and future releases) will not produce these malformed entries and will remove them from the =Accountantnew.log=. -Thus, upgrading from Condor 7.8.4 to 7.9.0 will render your pool unable to run jobs. But any other upgrade path is unaffected. +Thus, upgrading from Condor 7.8.4 to 7.9.X will render your pool unable to run jobs. But any other upgrade path is unaffected. Condor 7.9.1 includes =accountant_log_fixer= in the libexec directory. This tool can correct the malformed entries. It should be run with a single command line argument: the path to your =Accountantnew.log=. For example "=accountant_log_fixer Accountantnew.log=", assuming your =Accountantnew.log= is in the current working directory, and the =accountant_log_fixer= is in your path.