====== Account Code & QOS Policy Errors ======

=== QOS Policy Errors ===

If you see this error:

<code lang=bash>
$ sbatch myjob.sh
sbatch: error: AssocMaxSubmitJobLimit
sbatch: error: Batch job submission failed: Job violates accounting/QOS policy (job submit limit, user's size and/or time limits)
$
</code>

This indicates that you did not submit your job with the ''--account='' parameter, and Slurm has attempted to use your //default// account code. Every Slurm user on Comet has the **allusers** account as their default and this __has no permissions to submit jobs__. 

<WRAP info round>
You must use the account code of an actual HPC Project you are a member of; this is effectively the same as the name of one of your unix groups on Comet.
</WRAP>

=== Invalid Account or Partition Error ===

The following error:

<code lang=bash>
$ sbatch df.sbatch 
sbatch: error: Batch job submission failed: Invalid account or account/partition combination specified
$
</code>

This indicates that the account code you submitted does not have permission to submit jobs to the partition you specified. The most common cause for this is using the account code of a **non-funded** HPC Project (or a funded project with zero/negative balance) against a **paid** partition (those are the partitions ending in ''_paid'').

Unfunded projects (or zero/negative balance funded projects) may only access free partitions (those ending in ''_free''), as listed on the [[:started:comet_resources|Comet HPC Resources page]].

More details about free/paid partitions and billing policies can be found in our [[:policies:billing|Billing & Project Funds]] section.

<WRAP info round>
Only account codes of funded projects which have a positive balance may submit jobs against paid partitions. If you have a funded HPC Project, you can check your project balance on the finance tab of the management page of your project. All projects can be found under [[https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/projects/|My HPC Projects]].
</WRAP>

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