Bug 492911

Summary:	Scheduler will regard job as "complete" if previous job has captured images of the same object in the same directory
Product:	[Applications] kstars	Reporter:	Steve Cohen <stevecoh2>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	stevecoh2
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	3.7.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	log file of the session

Description Steve Cohen 2024-09-09 20:31:59 UTC

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SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.   Capture Images in a Session
2.  Try to run the next day the same sequence
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Ekos decides that it already has the captures from the previous night and decides that the job is complete, and therefore won't run it.  So, for example, last night I captured 120 images of M32.  I want to run it again tonight.  Ekos decides it has the captures and won't schedule the job.

As an additional test, I modified the sequence to capture images, and tried to schedule that.  It would then only schedule 30 captures of the target.


EXPECTED RESULT
I would expect that tonight it would run the sequence again and save the captures as XXXXXXX-121.fits - XXXXXXX-240.fits, not refuse to run the job.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Stellarmate Pro OS


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Steve Cohen 2024-09-09 20:36:49 UTC

Created attachment 173495 [details]
log file of the session

I've attached the log file which clearly shows that Ekos made a decision not to run the job.  See line 269.

Comment 2 Jasem Mutlaq 2024-09-10 04:34:47 UTC

That's not a bug, it's a feature! To disable this behavior, you must turn off "Remember Job Progress" in Settings --> Configure KStars --> Ekos --> Scheduler.

This feature is important if you want to resume scheduler work the next day or for multi-night scheduling, you don't want to start fresh every time but continue.

Comment 3 Steve Cohen 2024-09-10 04:55:44 UTC

Thanks. Did not know about that setting.i thought it might have behaved differently in the past.

Comment 4 Steve Cohen 2024-09-10 18:31:09 UTC

I don't think I ever looked at that settings page or even knew it was there.  After all my effort at learning the App and Ekos, it seems odd to have this in KStars settings.  I would expect it to be on the Scheduler settings or somewhere in the app.