# Wandb agent creates new IDs instead of using the ID provided **URL:** \ **Category:** W&B Help\ **Created:** [September 19, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097 "2023-09-19T09:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liutiming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@liutiming](https://community.wandb.ai/u/liutiming)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/1 "2023-09-19T09:48:00Z")
in wandb, why is it creating a new sweep id `grj782il` and not using the ID `qmi88fp4 `? ```auto CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=4 wandb agent organisation_name/sweep_project/qmi88fp4 wandb: Starting wandb agent 🕵️ 2023-09-17 17:33:59,952 - wandb.wandb_agent - INFO - Running runs: [] 2023-09-17 17:34:00,599 - wandb.wandb_agent - INFO - Agent received command: run 2023-09-17 17:34:00,599 - wandb.wandb_agent - INFO - Agent starting run with config: batch_size: 8 densenet_depth: 121 lr: 0.0001 n_epochs: 10 2023-09-17 17:34:00,601 - wandb.wandb_agent - INFO - About to run command: /usr/bin/env python 3d_training.py --batch_size=8 --densenet_depth=121 --lr=0.0001 --n_epochs=10 2023-09-17 17:34:05,612 - wandb.wandb_agent - INFO - Running runs: ['ofr52kq1'] Create sweep with ID: grj782il Sweep URL: https://wandb.ai/organisation_name/sweep_project/sweeps/grj782il ``` ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/2 "2023-09-21T20:23:00Z")
Hi @liutiming ! Thank you for writing in! Could you please talk a bit about your experiment setup? Are you interested in resuming your previous sweep? Are you changing your sweep config in between ending your old one and starting a new one? Warmly, Artsiom ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/3 "2023-09-25T21:12:42Z")
Hi there, I wanted to follow up on this request. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance or if your issue has been resolved. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/4 "2023-09-27T18:13:31Z")
Hi @liutiming , since we have not heard back from you we are going to close this request. If you would like to re-open the conversation, please let us know! Warmly, Artsiom ---
**Author:** ![liutiming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@liutiming](https://community.wandb.ai/u/liutiming)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/5 "2023-09-28T16:49:05Z")
> [@artsiom](#): > > you we are going to close this request. If you would like to re-open the conversation, please let us know! Thank you @artsiom! Sorry I did not get email notification on this. The command is as `CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=4 wandb agent organisation_name/sweep_project/qmi88fp4`. What I am hoping to achieve with this command is to use another GPU to contribute to sweep `qmi88fp4`, but the output shows that instead of creating runs under `qmi88fp4`, the command created a new sweep with ID `grj782il` ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/6 "2023-10-02T21:29:26Z")
Gotcha, so you are interested in being able to use multiple GPUs to on one single run instead of multiple different runs? Are you launching a sweep, and then trying to connect a gpu to it, or are you trying to launch a sweep with 2 gpus from the beginning? ---
**Author:** ![liutiming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@liutiming](https://community.wandb.ai/u/liutiming)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/7 "2023-10-03T08:20:31Z")
> [@liutiming](#): > > CUDA\_VISIBLE\_DEVICES=4 wandb agent organisation\_name/sweep\_project/qmi88fp4 Thanks @artsiom If this is the command, then I think it is connecting a GPU to a newly lauched sweep run, but it should uses the existing sweep config and ID? ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/8 "2023-10-06T20:14:09Z")
Thank you for your swift response! The command should look something like this: `CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=4 wandb agent sweep_ID` Could you send me a link to the project and a sweep you are trying to launch using distributed resources? ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/9 "2023-10-10T22:10:32Z")
Hi there, I wanted to follow up on this request! ---
**Author:** ![artsiom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/artsiom/32/1001_2.png) [@artsiom](https://community.wandb.ai/u/artsiom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/10 "2023-10-13T15:15:06Z")
Hi, since we have not heard back from you, we are going to close this request. If you would like to reopen the conversation, please let us know! Unfortunately, at the moment, we do not receive notifications if a thread reopens on Discourse. So, please feel free to create a new ticket regarding your concern if you’d like to continue the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/wandb/original/1X/366b649231631dbab896843020da0056074ac79d.png) [@system](https://community.wandb.ai/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/wandb-agent-creates-new-ids-instead-of-using-the-id-provided/5097/11 "2023-12-12T15:15:32Z")
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