# Increase cpu allocated to a job

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/increase-cpu-allocated-to-a-job/2969>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [February 12, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/increase-cpu-allocated-to-a-job/2969 "2022-02-12T15:42:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chhavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Chhavi](https://community.openpbs.org/u/Chhavi)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/increase-cpu-allocated-to-a-job/2969/1 "2022-02-12T15:42:54Z")

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Hi,  
Is there any way to increase the cpu allocated to a job in middle way, suppose previous job stops running, so its nodes became available, then can those be allocated to this other job that is running?

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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/increase-cpu-allocated-to-a-job/2969/2 "2022-02-12T19:39:44Z")

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- short answer is no
- once the job is in running state, we can cannot alter its resources