The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 8.7.10. This development series release contains new features that are under development. This release contains all of the bug fixes from the 8.6.13 stable release. Enhancements in the release include: Can now interactively submit Docker jobs; The administrator can now add arguments to the Singularity command line; The MUNGE security method is now supported on all Linux platforms; The grid universe can create and manage VM instances in Microsoft Azure; Added a single-node package to facilitate using a personal HTCondor. Further details can be found in the Development Version History and the Stable Version History. HTCondor 8.7.10 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.

The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 8.6.13. A stable series release contains significant bug fixes. Highlights of this release are: Made the Python 'in' operator case-insensitive for ClassAd attributes; Python bindings are now built for the Debian and Ubuntu platforms; Fixed a memory leak in the Python bindings; Fixed a bug where absolute paths failed for output/error files on Windows; Fixed a bug using Condor-C to run Condor-C jobs; Fixed a bug where Singularity could not be used if Docker was not present. More details about the fixes can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.6.13 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.

The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 8.7.9. This development series release contains new features that are under development. This release contains all of the bug fixes from the 8.6.12 stable release. Enhancements in the release include: Support for Debian 9, Ubuntu 16, and Ubuntu 18; Improved Python bindings to support the full range of submit functionality; Allows VMs to shutdown when the job is being gracefully evicted; Can now specify a host name alias (CNAME) for NETWORK_HOSTNAME; Added the ability to run a job immediately by replacing a running job. Further details can be found in the Development Version History and the Stable Version History. HTCondor 8.7.9 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.

The HTCondor team is pleased to announce the release of HTCondor 8.6.12. A stable series release contains significant bug fixes. Highlights of this release are: Support for Debian 9, Ubuntu 16, and Ubuntu 18; Fixed a memory leak that occurred when SSL authentication fails; Fixed a bug where invalid transform REQUIREMENTS caused a Job to match; Fixed a bug to allow a queue super user to edit protected attributes; Fixed a problem setting the job environment in the Singularity container; Fixed several other minor problems. More details about the fixes can be found in the Version History. HTCondor 8.6.12 binaries and source code are available from our Downloads page.

The 2018 European HTCondor Workshop will be held Tuesday Sept 4 through Friday Sept 7, 2018, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK. This is a chance to find out more about HTCondor from the developers, and also to provide feedback and learn from other HTCondor users. Participation is open to all organizations and persons interested in HTCondor.

The registration deadline is Tuesday 21 Aug -- register here (this web site also has much more information about the conference). You will receive a discount if you register by July 31.

If you're planning to attend, please consider speaking -- we'd like to hear about your project and how you are using HTCondor. Abstracts are accepted via the conference page linked above; follow the "Call for Abstracts" link and select "Submit new abstract".

This aritcle describes how HTCondor delivered more than 9 million CPU hours to help understand the genetics of human disease.