September 17, 2025 - SUNK v6.8.0 release

SUNK v6.8.0 released with improved cluster reliability with job and node cleanup, cache-dropper sidecars, updated SCIM filtering, NVIDIA plugin additions, image additions, enhanced syncer reconfiguration, and bug fixes.

Update SUNK SUNK v6.8.0 has been released. This release adds a cleanup script for stuck jobs and nodes, introduces a cache-dropper sidecar for compute pods, updates SCIM parameters to filter inactive users, refreshes NVIDIA device plugin options, includes build-essential in the extras image, and enhances the syncer to reconfigure when nodes are added.

Changes

Cleanup script

• Cleanup script: Script cleans up jobs and nodes stuck in a completing state.

New chart features

• cache-dropper sidecar is now added to compute pods.
• Ability to filter out inactive users by default with SCIM parameters.
• Updated nvidia-device-plugins options to pass through the list of devices as volume mounts.

syncer updates

The syncer now automatically requests reconfigures when nodes are added to the cluster.

Bug fixes

Charts

• Added support for dependencies in s6 scripts.
• Fixed GPU counting logic to correctly handle cases with 0 GPUs in run-parts exclusive checks.
• Ensured deterministic ordering by sorting keys in s6 helpers.

Image updates

• Patched the Slurm cgroup/v2 plugin to handle a race condition on startup