A test launched by the CIME Case Control System "create_test" script goes through all the phases of configuring, building and running a case. Each phase is checked for a PASS/FAIL condition and the results are output in the TestStatus.log file in the case directory. Within the E3SM nightly test system, the TestStatus.log is parsed in order to populate the cdash display with pass/fail and also uploaded to the dashboard for examination.
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FAIL message | FAIL meaning | Setting | Control |
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ERROR: BUILD FAIL: build e3sm failed, cat 'filename' MODEL_BUILD FAILED for test 'testname' | Model failed to build. Could be a code error, or compiler error or compiler license may not be available at that time. Could run out of disk to store build artifacts. Linking error also possible. | Always onAlways on | None |
RUN FAILED for test 'testname' | The "run phase" of the test failed. This almost always means the executable exited early for some reason. It could be a code error or a rearead/write problem. It could also mean that A run fail is also triggered if data needed by check_input_data did not all download for any reason. | Always onAlways on | None |
| The driver computes a highwater memory mark and outputs it to the coupler log each simulated day. The log is parsed and if the highwater memory increased by more then TEST_MEMLEAK_TOLERANCE the test will fail. Only possible if case is set to run for multiple days. | Always on | Turn off by adding --ignore-memleak to create_test. TEST_MEMLEAK_TOLERANCE is defined per machine in config_machines.xml. Can be changed in testcase directory with xmlchange. |
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