diff --git a/doc/lsst.ap.verify/index.rst b/doc/lsst.ap.verify/index.rst index d0a25397..e82d669b 100644 --- a/doc/lsst.ap.verify/index.rst +++ b/doc/lsst.ap.verify/index.rst @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Using lsst.ap.verify datasets new-metrics command-line-reference + limitations .. _lsst.ap.verify-contributing: diff --git a/doc/lsst.ap.verify/limitations.rst b/doc/lsst.ap.verify/limitations.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ff8c7411 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/lsst.ap.verify/limitations.rst @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +.. py:currentmodule:: lsst.ap.verify + +.. _ap-verify-request: + +################# +Known Limitations +################# + +mpSkyEphemerisQueryTask +======================= + +The AP pipelines now run :py:class:`lsst.ap.association.MPSkyEphemerisQueryTask`, which includes a request to mpSky. +mpSky is not expected to host ephemerides for all test datasets, (or be reachable from Jenkins) so it will often (or always) fail. +When requests fail, mpSkyEphemerisQuery will return nothing, and diaPipe will skip ssoAssociation.