Out of curiosity I put one into the WU checker to see if someone else had picked it up and finished it.
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#proje ... =635&gen=0
Turns out someone else also failed it before someone successfully completed it.
Again, out of curiosity (and boredom - self-isolation does that...) I clicked on the other failed user.
Interesting - a list of 228 slots having returned WUs, so putting in some significant effort.
However, most show a very low credit - suggesting failures. I picked every 3rd slot to sample the low point WUs (<1000):
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https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14158&run=2&clone=8992&gen=1 failed - 2 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14443&run=0&clone=17&gen=3 failed - 4 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11763&run=0&clone=6892&gen=47 failed - for some season issued and completed successfully by 3 others
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=13879&run=0&clone=1568&gen=81 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14437&run=227&clone=2&gen=3 failed - 3 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11743&run=0&clone=2872&gen=13 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14432&run=0&clone=268&gen=38 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11741&run=0&clone=5579&gen=23 failed - for some season issued and completed successfully by 2 others
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16434&run=548&clone=2&gen=4 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16433&run=1879&clone=0&gen=7 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14538&run=0&clone=1965&gen=90 failed - 2 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14436&run=2444&clone=0&gen=16 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=13878&run=0&clone=1390&gen=56 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11746&run=0&clone=324&gen=65 failed - for some season issued and completed successfully by 2 others
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11743&run=0&clone=4735&gen=73 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16433&run=53&clone=1&gen=11 failed - for some season issued and completed successfully by 2 others
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11743&run=0&clone=9178&gen=12 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11761&run=0&clone=13123&gen=1 failed - 2 failures before completion by 2 others
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14251&run=401&clone=0&gen=6 failed - no other return
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14436&run=877&clone=0&gen=17 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14549&run=0&clone=603&gen=46 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14549&run=0&clone=514&gen=54 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11746&run=0&clone=6303&gen=43 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16434&run=388&clone=2&gen=12 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14444&run=0&clone=170&gen=6 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14438&run=0&clone=808&gen=3 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14436&run=2137&clone=3&gen=8 failed - 2 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14549&run=0&clone=1461&gen=39 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16444&run=0&clone=526&gen=5 failed - no other return
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=13876&run=0&clone=1840&gen=60 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14436&run=2526&clone=0&gen=26 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14561&run=0&clone=1307&gen=18 failed - 4 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16434&run=328&clone=0&gen=22 failed - 2 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14436&run=772&clone=0&gen=31 failed - completed by next person
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https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11762&run=0&clone=6151&gen=31 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14549&run=0&clone=1217&gen=0 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14543&run=0&clone=359&gen=38 failed - completed by next person (me!)
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16421&run=0&clone=2459&gen=9 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=14251&run=102&clone=2&gen=6 failed - no other return
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16443&run=0&clone=276&gen=7 failed - no other return
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11779&run=0&clone=8875&gen=43 failed - 4 failures before completion
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11761&run=0&clone=5160&gen=16 failed - 2 failures before completion by 3 others
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16804&run=13&clone=144&gen=0 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=16804&run=53&clone=408&gen=9 failed - completed by next person
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11761&run=0&clone=3118&gen=48 failed - 2 failures before completion by 2 others and 1 dumped
https://apps.foldingathome.org/wu#project=11759&run=0&clone=227&gen=61 failed - 3 failures before completion by 6 others
Just following the tree from WU to user to WUs to users you quickly come across hundreds of failed WUs failed by a few users. I've seen similar patterns in BOINC projects where the WU results are somewhat easier to browse and you're not limited to just the last WU for a client.
Obviously, anyone can have a bad spell and produce a few failures, myself included, but the above is shameful.
What can be done to stop this having a huge detrimental effect on the project?
Isn't there a risk that WUs get marked as bad if there are too many bad clients out there? Also, a high proportion get completed by more than 1 person - so there's also a duplication of work and effort.
When WUs are in short supply and assignment servers under such heavy load with a surplus of good clients sitting idle, shouldn't some blacklisting be implemented?