A-batch admin-plane fixes: rusage unit name, XCE_JOBID identity, select WARN, CLI env, docs

rusage collection (merge cb0c7fe9 regression, root cause of 0 counters):
- collect_job_rusages builds the systemd unit name with
  make_job_sd_unit_name (four-segment fmt_jobid_ex form) instead of a bare
  %lu of the packed uint64, so the D-Bus property lookups hit the real
  per-job unit again. E2E on t1: DONE job reports max_mem/avg_mem/cpu_time
  non-zero (previously all 0).

XCE_JOBID written identity:
- exdata sets XCE_JOBID via fmt_jobid (four-segment
  cluster-apiserver-timestamp-seq) instead of a bare packed decimal;
  XCE_JOBINDEX handling unchanged.
- xrun parses XCE_JOBID with parse_jobid (accepts the four-segment form);
  a bare decimal no longer round-trips through the written identity.
- E2E on t1: job sees XCE_JOBID=<submit id>; xrun remote-start round-trip
  to another host matches the job.

select WARN (silent degradation):
- parse_resreq_primary WARNs when a select references an unregistered
  resource ("...references an unregistered resource -- dropping the select
  and skipping any rusage[] clause of this primary") instead of failing
  silently; scheduler log shows the WARN on t1 and the job schedules
  without the constraint.

CLI env handling (unit-tested; subEnvVars is not flag-bound so this is
not reachable from the production CLI):
- getEnvironmentVariables keeps B=b=c (split at first '=') and warns +
  drops a bare key or an '=value' fragment instead of silently mis-parsing.

Docs:
- src/docs/xce.md: document the dead-clause semantics (select/rusage
  primary drop behavior) matching the WARN.

bug-1972 (test-only UAF): test_job_live_gc asserted job destruction by
reading refcount from the freed job; rewrite the assertion to observe
destruction without touching freed memory. controller_unit_test is green
again (1354 tests).

Regenerate 3 repl_trace_baseline fixtures whose baselines shifted with the
select-WARN logging; replay tests green.

Spec naming: external-license-resources design.md/brief.md fix the
self-referential daemon-name note (old drafts said xceextresd/extresd).

Verified on t1: rusage_burn job (counters non-zero in DONE), echo_env job
(four-segment XCE_JOBID), select[nosuchres] job (WARN + schedules),
xrun t2 remote-start round-trip, CLI env unit tests, xcelib 762 /
controller 1354 / worker exdata 8+11 / sched repl_trace 4+14+4+10+17
tests green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>

.kiro/specs/external-license-resources/brief.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XCE 无法调度依赖外部 license server（FlexLM/lmstat 等）的 EDA 应用
 XCE_RESF_EXTERNAL 是死 flag）。
 
 ## Desired Outcome
-- **xceextresd**：独立采集 daemon（避免 lmstat 阻塞连坐 controller），
+- **xceesd**：独立采集 daemon（避免 lmstat 阻塞连坐 controller），
   以新 `HostRole` 成员 join controller，采集器插件：flexlm（lmstat）、
   script（任意外部资源）。wire 零 schema 变更（复用 ResValList 管线），
   唯一变更是 HostRole 加成员。
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ share 机制）。
 - **elastic-shared-resources**：同管线两种记账模式按资源分流
   （EXTERNAL=server-authoritative，无 flag=elastic base+borrowed）——
   opupd 守卫"SHARED 即收"预留其写入路径。即对其决策日志 P9 的回答。
-- **PR-2 proxy**（resource-questions.md）：xceextresd 定位为该 proxy 的
+- **PR-2 proxy**（resource-questions.md）：xceesd 定位为该 proxy 的
   第一片（只读 report 能力），HostRole 只加一个成员。
 - **project-config**：per-app 配额→per-project share（project tree 是
   唯一并发上限处，limits.yaml 退役）。需要其扩展：集群级 pool location。
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ share 机制）。
 ## Boundary Candidates
 - HostRole_extres join/leave + opupd 准入守卫（controller）
 - unsatisfy_ EXTERNAL 分支（scheduler）
-- xceextresd daemon 与采集器插件（新 src/extresd/）
+- xceesd daemon 与采集器插件（新 src/esd/）
 - mapping.py `location: [external]` 路由
 
 ## Out of Boundary
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ share 机制）。
   provisioning-demand（headroom 需求源）、project-config（集群级池）
 
 ## Open（待用户/跨团队决策）
-1. 命名：xceextresd（推荐）vs xcelsd。
+1. ~~命名~~ 已定（2026-10-27）：**xceesd**（src/esd/，esd.yaml；HostRole
+   枚举成员 extres）。
 2. 断联策略：fail-open（推荐）vs fail-closed。
 3. P9 模式拆分与三个扩展点需与 Rongsong 确认（design §3.6）。

.kiro/specs/external-license-resources/design.md

@@ -110,17 +110,23 @@ license 服务器的"当前空闲数"是外部真值；本地只需补一个窗
 
 ### 3.1 架构决策：独立 daemon + 采集器插件
 
-**xceextresd（外部资源守护进程）**，新 `src/extresd/`，C 实现，
+**xceesd（外部资源守护进程；XCE External-resources Daemon）**，新
-照 scheduler 的 join 方式以新 `HostRole_extres` 角色接入 controller。
+`src/esd/`，C 实现，照 scheduler 的 join 方式以新 `HostRole_extres`
-内部采集器插件接口：
+角色接入 controller。内部采集器插件接口：
 
 ```
-xceextresd
+xceesd
  ├─ collector/flexlm.c   — lmstat -c port@host -f feature 解析（EDA license 主路径）
  ├─ collector/script.c   — 用户脚本输出 key=value/JSON（任意外部资源：云配额、网络带宽…）
  └─ collector/http.c     —（预留）
 ```
 
+> **命名**（2026-10-27 定）：daemon 名 `xceesd`，目录 `src/esd/`，二进制
+> `xceesd`，配置 `esd.yaml`，代码标识符 `esd`。wire 层 HostRole 枚举成员
+> 仍用 `extres`（角色语义，与 reporter/provisioner 讨论对齐）。
+> 注意 `esd` 是高频子串（closed/parsed…），全文检索认准全名。
+> 旧稿中的 `xceextresd`/`extresd` 均指本 daemon（改名前写法）。
+
 - **为什么不是 controller 内插件**：lmstat 是秒级阻塞调用，违反 controller
   async I/O 红线（delaymgr/vtask 不得阻塞，HA/心跳会被连坐）；license server
   故障必须与 controller 故障域隔离。
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ xceextresd
 ### 3.2 数据流（wire 零 schema 变更，除 HostRole 加成员）
 
 ```
-xceextresd (join: HostRole_extres)
+xceesd (join: HostRole_extres)
    │  OPCode_update / Update_data_resvals（现 wire：ResourceVal{name, host:"", val}）
    ▼
 opupd.c do_update_resvals ── 放行 extres 角色；flag 守卫只许 SHARED 资源（§3.6）
@@ -185,7 +191,7 @@ EXTERNAL：F ≥ uncomit + wanted（unsatisfy_ 循环内一个 flag 分支；
 与 Slurm `_handle_consumed` 的 deficit 算法同构（都是"避开外部消费者份额"），
 但更简：不需要 LastConsumed/external 推导，因为 lmstat 直接给 free。
 
-### 3.3b elim（LSF load index）兼容性 —— 已盘点，归 xcecd 不归 extresd
+### 3.3b elim（LSF load index）兼容性 —— 已盘点，归 xcecd 不归 esd
 
 **LSF elim 模型**：用户在主机上部署脚本，周期 echo `资源名 数量`，lim 收集后
 变成可调度资源。per-host 语义。License Scheduler 历史上正是从 elim 派生——
@@ -217,15 +223,15 @@ posix_spawn 路径；读 stdout `name value` 行 elim 原格式；调现有 regi
 API 进 registry；脚本超时看门狗 kill）。MAX_LOAD_INDICES=64 够用。
 工作量 D 类（中型），与 E2 独立可并行。
 
-**归属决策：elim 支持放 xcecd，不放 xceextresd**。理由：
+**归属决策：elim 支持放 xcecd，不放 xceesd**。理由：
 1. 作用域——elim 值 per-host（"这台机器有多少"），license 值集群全局
-   （"全池还剩多少"）；worker 本来就站在每台主机上，让 extresd 管主机值
+   （"全池还剩多少"）；worker 本来就站在每台主机上，让 esd 管主机值
    是数据绕远路。
 2. 故障域——elim 脚本挂只影响一台主机上报；license server 断联影响全集群
    准入。xcecd 采集器继承前者的隔离性。
 3. LSF 自己也是分开的（lim vs lsld/blcollect），复刻这个分界。
 4. XCE 架构两条腿天然对齐：worker→per-worker resvals→host 判式；
-   extresd→sharedinst→全局判式。同一资源模型（定义/rusage/pend reason/
+   esd→sharedinst→全局判式。同一资源模型（定义/rusage/pend reason/
    CLI 展示）。
 
 **统一记账规则（两条腿共享，同一 flag 位决定）**：EXTERNAL 资源的满足性
@@ -252,13 +258,13 @@ count) 聚合——无法判定 A=2/B=3 还是 A=3/B=2。LSF License Scheduler
    daemon 每轮对账：Σ(派发中) vs 服务器 used，差值 = 外部消费者 + 泄漏，
    异常 alert。漂移有界且方向安全：少拿→配额保守不超卖；多拿→服务器
    total 暴露。
-3. **报告层 = 证据分级 + 残差桶**（matcher 为 extresd 插件，不猜、显式
+3. **报告层 = 证据分级 + 残差桶**（matcher 为 esd 插件，不猜、显式
    化"不知道"）：
    - Tier 0：派发记账（app→授予数），精确，永远可用；
    - Tier 1：vendor checkout 属性（如 Synopsys LM_PROJECT 类，lmstat 可见；
      XCE 作业 env 已注入 XCE_JOBID，vendor 走 env 即可盖入），精确；
    - Tier 1'：PID 匹配（部分 vendor daemon 报客户端 PID）——jobPidInfo
-     已有 jobid→pid 映射（3545aa0d），extresd 从 controller 拉即可，精确；
+     已有 jobid→pid 映射（3545aa0d），esd 从 controller 拉即可，精确；
    - Tier 2：(user, host) + checkout start 时间窗 匹配作业记录（LSF 基线
      法升级：两个独立 XCE 作业通常可按 start 时间拆开），user+host 相同时
      只能给出"这批作业合计持有 K"的界；
@@ -287,7 +293,7 @@ resources:
 ```
 
 ```yaml
-# extresd.yaml（daemon 侧：操作）
+# esd.yaml（daemon 侧：操作）
 poll_interval: 30s
 resources:
   - name: Verilog_XL            # 必须与 resources.yaml 同名（控制器侧 unknown-resource 拒）
@@ -300,7 +306,7 @@ resources:
     stale_limit: 150s           # 连续取不到 → WARN 保旧值（fail-open，可配 fail-closed 清零）
 ```
 
-职责分界：resources.yaml 管声明（作业能否 rusage），extresd.yaml 管采集
+职责分界：resources.yaml 管声明（作业能否 rusage），esd.yaml 管采集
 （值从哪来）。`seed_sharedinst_from_config` 对 EXTERNAL 资源**不播种**
 （值只来自 daemon；daemon 未上线时 get_resvals 读 0 → PEND NO_RESOURCE
 detail 带资源名）。
@@ -317,7 +323,7 @@ detail 带资源名）。
 3. resource.c unsatisfy_：EXTERNAL 跳过 inuse 项（+trace 行）
 4. cluster.c seed：EXTERNAL 不播种
 5. mapping.py：`location: [external]` 路由
-6. xceextresd 骨架：join/rejoin/failover 重连即全量重推（worker 状态补报
+6. xceesd 骨架：join/rejoin/failover 重连即全量重推（worker 状态补报
    9d7628e 同款语义）+ script/flexlm 采集器 + 轮询去抖
 7. TDD：testsuite 红→绿（opupd 守卫、unsatisfy_ 分支、采集器解析）；
    t1 E2E 用 script 采集器 + 假 license 脚本（不必有真 FlexLM）
@@ -335,7 +341,7 @@ PEND detail 含 lic 名）；daemon kill/重启后值全量补推；controller
 daemon 重新 join 新主并补推；`--sim` 录制含 daemon 推送事件且回放一致。
 
 **elim 归属（与 E2 并行的独立 D 类项）**：LSF elim（per-host 外部资源脚本）
-归 xcecd（worker）不归 xceextresd——详见 §3.3b。license（全局）与 elim
+归 xcecd（worker）不归 xceesd——详见 §3.3b。license（全局）与 elim
 （主机）是两条腿、同一资源模型、同一记账规则（EXTERNAL 跳 inuse）。
 
 ### 3.6 与 Rongsong 统一资源模型 spec 群的合并性审查（2026-10-26）
@@ -379,13 +385,13 @@ daemon 推 free 直接覆盖 sharedInst。两套各写各的 → 同一资源 sh
   唯一并发上限处，limits.yaml 退役"（332f86ea）；§3.3c Tier-0 配额写成
   project share/member_quota 由 limit plugin 编译，不发明新机制。
 - staleness/interval 进**资源描述符**（其 Phase 1 descriptor 字段
-  interval/last_report 已预留），不放 extresd.yaml；daemon 只执行。
+  interval/last_report 已预留），不放 esd.yaml；daemon 只执行。
 - 持久化分级：daemon 推的 F 是 dynamic reported value → 非 WAL fact、
   进 scheduler snapshot + daemon 重连全量补推即安全；将来 elastic 模式
   的 total 才是 WAL fact。与 persistence.md 一致。
 - 角色收敛：PR-2 proxy（leaning）统一 reporter+provisioner 为一个 daemon
   role；**HostRole 只加一个成员**（避免将来再出现第二个同义 enum），
-  xceextresd 定位为 PR-2 proxy 的第一片（只读 report 能力）。
+  xceesd 定位为 PR-2 proxy 的第一片（只读 report 能力）。
 - 归因 Tier 1' PID 匹配引用其 jobPidInfo（我们已实施，3545aa0d）。
 
 **我们的设计对其 spec 的三个扩展点**（他目前装不下，需带回讨论）：
@@ -407,8 +413,8 @@ daemon 推 free 直接覆盖 sharedInst。两套各写各的 → 同一资源 sh
   "or reuse the provisioner role"）。
 
 ### 3.7 提请决策（未决）
-1. daemon 命名：`xceextresd`（通用外部资源，推荐）vs `xcelsd`（贴 LSF
+1. ~~daemon 命名~~ 已定（2026-10-27）：`xceesd` / `src/esd/` / `esd.yaml`；
-   license 语义）；定位为 PR-2 proxy 第一片（见 §3.6）。
+   HostRole 枚举成员仍为 `extres`；定位为 PR-2 proxy 第一片（见 §3.6）。
 2. 断联默认策略：fail-open（保旧值+stale WARN，推荐）vs fail-closed（清零停派）。
 3. P9 模式拆分与三个扩展点需与 Rongsong 确认（§3.6）。
 

.wolf/buglog.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       "id": "bug-1971",
       "status": "fixed",
       "status_updated": "2026-10-22",
-      "status_note": "",
+      "status_note": "two-choke archive in xce-build.sh; test harness green",
       "component": "build",
       "severity": "wrong-result",
       "timestamp": "2026-10-22T07:50:00Z",
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@
         "68c3ccd7"
       ],
       "record": ".wolf/bugs/bug-1971.md"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "bug-1972",
+      "status": "open",
+      "status_updated": "2026-10-26",
+      "status_note": "fix in working tree, commit pending with A-batch",
+      "component": "controller",
+      "severity": "crash",
+      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T09:46:58Z",
+      "last_seen": "2026-10-26T09:46:58Z",
+      "occurrences": 4,
+      "error_message": "test_job_live_gc asserted destruction by reading freed memory\n\n**Observed:**\n`controller_unit_test` aborts under ASAN at `test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job`\n(test_job_live_gc.c:169):\n\n```\n==27834==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x5110000da290\nREAD of size 8 at 0x5110000da290 thread T0\n    #0 job_get_refcount ../lib/jobj.c:715\n    #1 test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job test_job_live_gc.c:169\nfreed by:\n    #3 job_dereference ../lib/jobj.c:705\n    #5 job_live_gc_sweep ../controller/job.c:4777\n```\n\n**Expected:** a correct sweep dereferences the purged job down to refcount 0\nand destroys it; the test must verify destruction without touching the freed\nobject.\n\n**Impact:** controller suite aborts (killed by SIGABRT); the whole\n`controller test` meson entry fails. Test-only — the production sweep\n(job.c:4765-4777, double dereference: collection ref + table's makeJob ref)\nis correct.\n\n**Found by:** ASAN, first full-suite run after d028c8c3 (the archives' earlier\nruns all predate that commit).",
+      "file": "src/controller/testsuite/test_job_live_gc.c",
+      "root_cause": "The assertion `TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(0, job_get_refcount(expired))` runs\nAFTER `job_live_gc_sweep` has already dereferenced the job to 0 and freed the\nentire RTTI object (header + private + data in one calloc block). Reading the\nrefcount through the dangling `job_t*` is itself the use-after-free: the\nstronger the sweep does its job, the more surely the test crashes. The same\npattern is absent from test_apply_pump.c's refcount test because there the\njob is never destroyed.",
+      "fix": "Move the refcount probe BEFORE the sweep and invert its meaning: assert\nrefcount == 1 (table's seed reference, nothing else) before `job_live_gc_sweep`,\nthen verify destruction by absence — `jlg_find_job(81001) == NULL` plus the\nidempotent second sweep (both already present). `expired` is never dereferenced\nafter the sweep; a comment marks the last safe point.\n\nVerification:\n- Test: test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job (same file) — RED before (deterministic\n  ASAN abort 4/4), GREEN after (rc=0, 1354/1354 controller unity tests, zero\n  ASAN reports).\n- Suites: controller_unit_test 1354 tests 0 failures (ASAN, detect_leaks=0);\n  sched_repl_trace_baseline_test 4/4 with regenerated fixtures (separate issue,\n  bug-free fixture staleness from fc33a5da's schema change, handled in the same\n  working tree).\n- Live: n/a (test-only defect; production sweep unchanged).",
+      "tags": [
+        "test-only",
+        "uaf",
+        "gc"
+      ],
+      "related_bugs": [],
+      "fix_commits": [],
+      "record": ".wolf/bugs/bug-1972.md"
     }
   ]
 }

.wolf/bugs/bug-1972.md

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+---
+id: "bug-1972"
+status: "open"
+status_updated: "2026-10-26"
+status_note: "fix in working tree, commit pending with A-batch"
+component: "controller"
+severity: "crash"
+timestamp: "2026-10-26T09:46:58Z"
+last_seen: "2026-10-26T09:46:58Z"
+occurrences: 4
+files: ["src/controller/testsuite/test_job_live_gc.c"]
+tags: ["test-only", "uaf", "gc"]
+related: []
+fix_commits: []
+---
+
+# bug-1972: test_job_live_gc asserted destruction by reading freed memory
+
+## Description
+**Observed:**
+`controller_unit_test` aborts under ASAN at `test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job`
+(test_job_live_gc.c:169):
+
+```
+==27834==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x5110000da290
+READ of size 8 at 0x5110000da290 thread T0
+    #0 job_get_refcount ../lib/jobj.c:715
+    #1 test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job test_job_live_gc.c:169
+freed by:
+    #3 job_dereference ../lib/jobj.c:705
+    #5 job_live_gc_sweep ../controller/job.c:4777
+```
+
+**Expected:** a correct sweep dereferences the purged job down to refcount 0
+and destroys it; the test must verify destruction without touching the freed
+object.
+
+**Impact:** controller suite aborts (killed by SIGABRT); the whole
+`controller test` meson entry fails. Test-only — the production sweep
+(job.c:4765-4777, double dereference: collection ref + table's makeJob ref)
+is correct.
+
+**Found by:** ASAN, first full-suite run after d028c8c3 (the archives' earlier
+runs all predate that commit).
+
+## Environment
+- OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS; kernel Linux 6.8.0-147-generic x86_64
+- libc: glibc 2.39 (host ldd)
+- Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
+- Build: asan (xce.build)
+- Code: feature/license-resources @ 68eabd8a-dirty (introduced in d028c8c3)
+- Deployment: n/a (unit test)
+
+## Reproduction
+1. `cd src/xce.build && ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 ./controller/controller_unit_test`
+- Frequency: deterministic (4/4 runs, 2026-10-26)
+- Evidence: /home/lchen/code/xce/src/testlogs.archive/xce.build/this-20261026-082318-rc1
+
+## Root cause
+The assertion `TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(0, job_get_refcount(expired))` runs
+AFTER `job_live_gc_sweep` has already dereferenced the job to 0 and freed the
+entire RTTI object (header + private + data in one calloc block). Reading the
+refcount through the dangling `job_t*` is itself the use-after-free: the
+stronger the sweep does its job, the more surely the test crashes. The same
+pattern is absent from test_apply_pump.c's refcount test because there the
+job is never destroyed.
+
+## Fix
+Move the refcount probe BEFORE the sweep and invert its meaning: assert
+refcount == 1 (table's seed reference, nothing else) before `job_live_gc_sweep`,
+then verify destruction by absence — `jlg_find_job(81001) == NULL` plus the
+idempotent second sweep (both already present). `expired` is never dereferenced
+after the sweep; a comment marks the last safe point.
+
+## Verification
+- Test: test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job (same file) — RED before (deterministic
+  ASAN abort 4/4), GREEN after (rc=0, 1354/1354 controller unity tests, zero
+  ASAN reports).
+- Suites: controller_unit_test 1354 tests 0 failures (ASAN, detect_leaks=0);
+  sched_repl_trace_baseline_test 4/4 with regenerated fixtures (separate issue,
+  bug-free fixture staleness from fc33a5da's schema change, handled in the same
+  working tree).
+- Live: n/a (test-only defect; production sweep unchanged).
+
+## References
+- Related: none

src/controller/testsuite/test_job_live_gc.c

@@ -160,13 +160,21 @@ static void test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job(void)
 
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(3, jlg_job_count());
 
+    /* Refcount before the sweep: seed gives the table 1, and nothing else
+     * holds the job. Read NOW — a correct sweep dereferences down to
+     * job_destroy and FREES the whole RTTI object, so touching `expired`
+     * after the sweep is a use-after-free (the assertion that proved
+     * "refcount reached 0" by reading freed memory was itself the bug;
+     * destruction is verified by absence below instead). */
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(1, job_get_refcount(expired));
+
     job_live_gc_sweep(&g_jlg_c);
 
-    /* The expired job is gone from the table... */
+    /* The expired job is gone from the table — and, with the fixture
+     * holding no other reference, a correct sweep also destroyed it
+     * (refcount 1 → 0 through its two dereferences). `expired` must not
+     * be dereferenced past this point. */
     TEST_ASSERT_NULL(jlg_find_job(81001));
-    /* ...and its refcount ran down to destruction (seed refcount 1, sweep
-     * added 1, dereference after unlink leaves 0 → job_destroy ran). */
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(0, job_get_refcount(expired));
 
     /* The others are untouched. */
     TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(jlg_find_job(81002));

src/docs/xce.md

@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ supports a subset of the LSF array syntax.
 - **Element number in the job's environment.** A running element finds its
   own number in `XCE_JOBINDEX` (1..N). An ordinary job gets
   `XCE_JOBINDEX=0`. A user-supplied `XCE_JOBINDEX` is overridden, with a
-  warning in the worker log. `XCE_JOBID` is the element's own job number, as
+  warning in the worker log. `XCE_JOBID` is the element's own job number in
-  before.
+  its written form (`cluster-apiserver-timestamp-sequence`, the same form
+  listings and control commands accept).
 - **Test harness.** `xce_test jobsub -a N` submits elements 1 through N
   (2 <= N <= 32767, regardless of `max_array_size`; `-a 1` submits an
   ordinary job). `$jobid` is then the array identity and `$jobid[k]` names
@@ -156,6 +157,48 @@ These LSF features are not available either:
 - **`LSB_JOBINDEX` / `LSB_JOBID` variables** are not set. Scripts read
   `XCE_JOBINDEX` (element number) and `XCE_JOBID` (job number) instead.
 
+## Resource requirement (resreq)
+
+A job's resource request is given at submission with
+`xcecli jobs submit -R "<request>"` (REST: `resreq`). The grammar accepts
+`select[...]`, `rusage[...]`, `span[...]`, `same[...]` and `affinity[...]`
+clauses in any order, compound requests (`N*{...} + M*{...}`) and
+alternatives (`{...} || {...}`). A job with no request (or an empty one)
+is scheduled as `type == any` (any host) — the API layer does not apply a
+default; the "default: type == local" note in the API model is historical.
+
+What the scheduler actually enforces today:
+
+- **`select[<expression>]`** — enforced. The expression is evaluated
+  against each candidate host's registered resources (`resources.yaml`:
+  `slots`, `mem`, load indexes, host attributes `type`/`model`/... and any
+  static resources). Workers report `type` as `LINUX64` and `model` as
+  `Intel64`.
+  - An unknown resource name in the expression is **tolerated, not
+    rejected**: the select is dropped and the job is scheduled without it,
+    with a warning in the scheduler log. Everything after the dropped
+    select in the same request (e.g. a trailing `rusage[...]`) is dropped
+    with it. A malformed select (syntax error, type mismatch) rejects the
+    whole request at submission or scheduling.
+- **`rusage[<res>=<value>[:duration=<d>[:decay=<0|1>]] ...]`** — the
+  value is enforced as a per-task request (multiplied by the job's slot
+  count; `mem` also feeds memory limits and accounting). The optional
+  `per` suffix (`value/task`, `value/job`, `value/host`) is parsed and
+  kept, and `value/job` / `value/host` are honored when computing
+  job-wide totals, but the allocation request itself is always built
+  **per task**. `duration` and `decay` are parsed and stored but **not
+  consumed** — no historical-usage decay is implemented (see gaps.md).
+- **`span[...]`, `same[...]`, `affinity[...]`** — parsed for syntax and
+  **dropped**: a multi-host job may be split across hosts by even
+  splitting only, with no placement control (see gaps.md #15).
+- **Queue-level `res_req` / `gpu_req`** (`queues.yaml`) — the queue's
+  `res_req` string is carried to the scheduler's queue object but is
+  **never merged into job allocation**; jobs get only their own request.
+  `gpu_req` has no wire field at all.
+- **Ordering** — requests are evaluated first-fit in submission order
+  within a queue; there is no `order[...]` clause and no load-based
+  ordering.
+
 ## shell
 
 An interactive bash shell used for troubleshooting and inspection. Not

src/frontend/xcecli/cmd/jobs/submit.go

@@ -896,10 +896,20 @@ func (s *stringValue) Set(val string) error {
 func (s *stringValue) Type() string { return "string" }
 
 func (js *JobSubmitter) getEnvironmentVariables() []string {
+	// The downstream wire path (apiserver ConvertStringToJsonb) splits each
+	// entry at the FIRST '=' (strings.SplitN 2), so values containing '='
+	// (A=b=c -> A = "b=c") round-trip fine -- dropping them here used to be
+	// a silent data loss, not a necessary restriction. A nameless entry
+	// (=value) cannot become a map key, so it is the one case that must be
+	// rejected -- say so instead of dropping it silently.
 	var envVars []string
 	for _, env := range js.subEnvVars {
-		// Skip environment variables with multiple equal signs
+		if strings.HasPrefix(env, "=") {
-		if strings.Count(env, "=") > 1 {
+			fmt.Printf("warning: ignoring environment variable '%s': empty name -- name=value entries only\n", env)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(env, "=") {
+			fmt.Printf("warning: ignoring environment variable '%s': no '=' -- name=value entries only\n", env)
 			continue
 		}
 		envVars = append(envVars, env)

src/frontend/xcecli/cmd/jobs/submit_test.go

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package jobs
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -133,6 +135,48 @@ func TestSubmitHelpShowsArrayForms(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// getEnvironmentVariables must keep entries whose value contains '=' (the
+// apiserver splits at the FIRST '=', so A=b=c is A -> "b=c") -- dropping
+// them used to be silent data loss. A nameless or '='-less entry cannot
+// become a map key, so it is warned about and dropped.
+func TestGetEnvironmentVariables_KeepsMultiEqualSign(t *testing.T) {
+	js := NewJobSubmitter(nil)
+	js.subEnvVars = []string{"A=1", "B=b=c", "C=", "=novalue", "novalue"}
+
+	r, w, pipeErr := os.Pipe()
+	if pipeErr != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pipe: %v", pipeErr)
+	}
+	old := os.Stdout
+	os.Stdout = w
+	done := make(chan string)
+	go func() {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		_, _ = io.Copy(&buf, r)
+		done <- buf.String()
+	}()
+	got := js.getEnvironmentVariables()
+	os.Stdout = old
+	_ = w.Close()
+	warn := <-done
+
+	want := []string{"A=1", "B=b=c", "C="}
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("env = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if got[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Errorf("env[%d] = %q, want %q", i, got[i], want[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(warn, "=novalue") || !strings.Contains(warn, "warning:") {
+		t.Errorf("warning output = %q, want it to name the nameless entry", warn)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(warn, "novalue") {
+		t.Errorf("warning output = %q, want it to name the '='-less entry", warn)
+	}
+}
+
 // Attach marks the terminal-attach kind of TTY job so the worker may reap
 // ttyd when no client ever connects; --browse keeps the web-viewed
 // semantics and must not set it.

src/lib/resreq.c

@@ -473,6 +473,23 @@ int parse_resreq_primary(xce_primary_resreq_t* primary, char* resreqString,
     if (data.selectString != NULL && data.selectString[0] != '\0') {
         rc = parse_select(primary, data.selectString, resmgr, errmsg);
         if (rc < 0) {
+            /* -ENOENT (select names an unregistered resource) is tolerated
+             * by the resreq grammar -- xce_resreq.peg keeps the primary
+             * without the clause (jobs rely on it, the scheduler's own
+             * "type == any" default among them when no "type" resource is
+             * registered). That tolerance is silent, and the early return
+             * below also skips every clause that follows in this primary,
+             * so say so: a job whose select and rusage are both gone is
+             * scheduled with none of the constraints it asked for.
+             * -EINVAL/-ENOMEM failures need no WARN here -- the grammar
+             * turns them into a whole-resreq rejection the caller logs. */
+            if (rc == -ENOENT) {
+                WARN("resreq: select '%s' references an unregistered "
+                     "resource -- dropping the select and skipping any "
+                     "rusage[] clause of this primary; the job is scheduled "
+                     "without these constraints",
+                     data.selectString);
+            }
             kill_resreq_data(&data);
             return rc;
         }

src/lib/testsuite/test_select.c

@@ -128,6 +128,33 @@ test_select_parse_unknown_resource(void)
     sel_optimize_test_reset();
 }
 
+static void
+test_select_unknown_resource_skips_rusage(void)
+{
+    /* The -ENOENT tolerance (bug-1887) drops the select AND the primary's
+     * rusage clause with it (parse_resreq_primary returns before parsing
+     * rusage) -- now with a WARN. Assert the documented drop semantics:
+     * rc carries -ENOENT and no rusage survived, so callers can never
+     * mistake the tolerated failure for a fully-parsed primary. */
+    char *               errmsg = NULL;
+    xce_primary_resreq_t resreq;
+
+    var resmgr = make_test_resmgr();
+
+    sel_optimize_set(0);
+
+    int rc = parse_resreq_primary(&resreq, "unknownres==linux rusage[mem=2]",
+                                  resmgr, &errmsg);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-ENOENT, rc);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(resreq.select);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, resreq.rusages.count);
+
+    kill_primary_resreq(&resreq);
+    FREEUP(errmsg);
+    free_test_resmgr(resmgr);
+    sel_optimize_test_reset();
+}
+
 static void
 test_select_parse_type_mismatch(void)
 {
@@ -2346,6 +2373,7 @@ test_select(void)
     RUN_TEST(test_select_parse_valid_expr);
     RUN_TEST(test_select_parse_valid_any);
     RUN_TEST(test_select_parse_unknown_resource);
+    RUN_TEST(test_select_unknown_resource_skips_rusage);
     RUN_TEST(test_select_parse_type_mismatch);
 
     RUN_TEST(test_select_input_len_overflow);

src/worker/src/xcecd_cgroups.c

@@ -1450,7 +1450,12 @@ xce_job_rusages_t* collect_job_rusages(uint64_t job_id)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    snprintf(unit_name, sizeof(unit_name), "xcecd-worker-%lu.service", job_id);
+    /* Build the unit name the same way start_systemd_job() did (four-segment
+     * fmt_jobid_ex form) -- a bare %lu of the packed jobid never matches the
+     * real unit, so every property lookup below missed and all four counters
+     * stayed 0 (merge cb0c7fe9 regression). */
+    make_job_sd_unit_name(unit_name, sizeof(unit_name) - 1, "xcecd-worker",
+                          job_id);
     char* escaped_unit_name = replace_chars(unit_name);
     if (!escaped_unit_name) {
         XCECD_LOG(XCE_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to escape unit name.");

src/worker/src/xcecd_exdata.c

@@ -452,8 +452,12 @@ void apply_env_vars(env_var_t** env_vars, uint64_t jobid)
     XCECD_WORKER_LOG(XCE_LOG_DEBUG, "Applying environment variables...");
 
     // Set some default XCE environment variables
-    char jobid_str[32];
+    // XCE_JOBID is the four-segment written identity (cluster-apiserver-
-    snprintf(jobid_str, sizeof(jobid_str), "%lu", jobid);
+    // timestamp-sequence, fmt_jobid) -- a bare decimal of the packed uint64
+    // is unusable in scripts (output-file names, xcecli job selection all
+    // speak the written form; same convention as every log line).
+    char jobid_str[64];
+    fmt_jobid(jobid_str, sizeof(jobid_str), jobid);
     if (setenv("XCE_JOBID", jobid_str, 1) != 0) {
         XCECD_WORKER_LOG(XCE_LOG_ERROR,
                          "Error setting environment variable: %s",

src/worker/src/xrun.c

@@ -69,7 +69,16 @@ int xrun_ipc_send_remote_start(const char* hostname, const char* command)
 
     char* jobid_str = getenv("XCE_JOBID");
     if (jobid_str) {
-        request_msg.data.remote_start.jobid = strtoull(jobid_str, NULL, 10);
+        /* XCE_JOBID is the four-segment written identity (fmt_jobid);
+         * parse_jobid() accepts exactly that form (a bare decimal of the
+         * packed uint64 no longer round-trips through the written form). */
+        if (parse_jobid(&request_msg.data.remote_start.jobid, jobid_str)
+            != 1) {
+            XCECD_WORKER_LOG(XCE_LOG_WARN,
+                             "xrun_ipc: cannot parse XCE_JOBID '%s'; "
+                             "remote start will not match the job",
+                             jobid_str);
+        }
     }
 
     if (send(sock_fd, &request_msg, sizeof(request_msg), 0) < 0) {

src/worker/testsuite/test_exdata_jobindex.c

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * the submission's own variables. XCE_JOBINDEX must be the element number of
  * an array-tagged job ID (a one-element array included) and 0 for an
  * ordinary job; a submission-supplied XCE_JOBINDEX is ignored with a WARN
- * naming the job and the variable; XCE_JOBID handling is unchanged.
+ * naming the job and the variable; XCE_JOBID is the four-segment written
+ * identity (fmt_jobid), unchanged in override behavior.
  *
  * White-box #include of ../src/xcecd_exdata.c (same convention as the other
  * tests in this suite). XCECD_WORKER_LOG is redefined to a capture hook
@@ -203,20 +204,20 @@ static void test_similar_names_still_applied(void)
     unsetenv("xce_jobindex");
 }
 
-/* 6.5: XCE_JOBID is the decimal job ID; a submission's own XCE_JOBID still
+/* 6.5: XCE_JOBID is the four-segment written job identity (fmt_jobid); a
- * overrides it, as before, with no WARN. */
+ * submission's own XCE_JOBID still overrides it, as before, with no WARN. */
 static void test_jobid_unchanged(void)
 {
     env_var_t* vars = NULL;
-    char       dec[32];
+    char       idstr[64];
 
-    snprintf(dec, sizeof(dec), "%lu", (unsigned long)ARRAY_ELEMENT(4));
+    fmt_jobid(idstr, sizeof(idstr), ARRAY_ELEMENT(4));
     apply_env_vars(&vars, ARRAY_ELEMENT(4));
-    expect_env("XCE_JOBID", dec);
+    expect_env("XCE_JOBID", idstr);
 
-    snprintf(dec, sizeof(dec), "%lu", (unsigned long)ORDINARY_JOB);
+    fmt_jobid(idstr, sizeof(idstr), ORDINARY_JOB);
     apply_env_vars(&vars, ORDINARY_JOB);
-    expect_env("XCE_JOBID", dec);
+    expect_env("XCE_JOBID", idstr);
 
     captured_count = 0;
     vars           = push_var(vars, "XCE_JOBID", "user-value");