From f4885ca40bdd74ab58a6ce6ceb11f04c6ba5ef5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Huber <69919478+DavidHuber-NOAA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 08:49:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Return all gaea head nodes to the building rotation

Removed excluded nodes from GAEAC6 configuration.
---
 sorc/build_opts.yaml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sorc/build_opts.yaml b/sorc/build_opts.yaml
index c0248c125eb..a21d3d751c0 100644
--- a/sorc/build_opts.yaml
+++ b/sorc/build_opts.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ host_override:  # over-ride options for host
   GAEAC6:
     max_cores: 8
     walltime_ratio: 1.5  # Uniformly adjust the wallclock by this factor (builds are slower on head nodes)
-    exclude_nodes: "gaea61,gaea65,gaea67"
     build:
       gdas:
         cores: 8

From 8a60528c1e3c85e55932bb76f3ff1c496de0c116 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Huber <69919478+DavidHuber-NOAA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 08:54:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add a commented exclude_nodes list for instructive
 purposes

---
 sorc/build_opts.yaml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/sorc/build_opts.yaml b/sorc/build_opts.yaml
index a21d3d751c0..ba359566c8a 100644
--- a/sorc/build_opts.yaml
+++ b/sorc/build_opts.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ host_override:  # over-ride options for host
   GAEAC6:
     max_cores: 8
     walltime_ratio: 1.5  # Uniformly adjust the wallclock by this factor (builds are slower on head nodes)
+#    exclude_nodes: "gaea61"  # Use this field to black-list out any malfunctioning nodes.
     build:
       gdas:
         cores: 8