If srun is allocating resources (not within sbatch or salloc) and MaxWait

    is configured to a non-zero value then wait indefinitely for the resource
    allocation rather than aborting the request after MaxWait time.

NEWS

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 ========================
  -- Fix processing of auth/munge authtentication key for messages originating 
     in slurmdbd and sent to slurmctld. 
+ -- If srun is allocating resources (not within sbatch or salloc) and MaxWait
+    is configured to a non-zero value then wait indefinitely for the resource
+    allocation rather than aborting the request after MaxWait time.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.3.4
 ========================

src/srun/allocate.c

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ allocate_nodes(void)
 	xsignal(SIGUSR2, _signal_while_allocating);
 
 	while (!resp) {
-		resp = slurm_allocate_resources_blocking(j, opt.max_wait,
+		resp = slurm_allocate_resources_blocking(j, 0,
 							 _set_pending_job_id);
 		if (destroy_job) {
 			/* cancelled by signal */