I have 7 WUs now with elapsed time >1 day.
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=31705335
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=31705337
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=30975828
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=31705296
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=30975696
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=30975574
https://universeathome.pl/universe/result.php?resultid=31705255

Both elapsed time and remaining time are incrementing. The last task listed is the oldest with 2d:04:11:35 elapsed and 92d:04:31:29 remaining

Win 10 ... latest update
intel 6700 CPU
BOINC 7.8.3 (x64), Widgets 3.0.1

It is a common problem.
https://universeathome.pl/universe/forum_thread.php?id=199&sort_style=8&start=0

There are posts going back 2+ years about the issue with BHSpin (the 1st version). Just abort them.

I aborted those right after posting the original to bring this problem back to the top

4 more today. Not as bad for me as it is for those who have dedicated machines that are checked on at long intervals as I generally check to see what's processing once or twice a day.

I think I'm seeing the same problem too.

Here is my observation: I experimented with a 12C/24T xeon system (Win 7) and dedicated to run only Universe project. Sometimes there are one or two WUs that takes forever to finish. When I suspended this project, I should expect the CPU utilization to go down to 1% or less (started off with 100% CPU utilization, load 24 threads) but it shows one or two threads still running after suspending the project via BOINC manager. The windows task manager shows one or two "BHspin2_1_windows_intel86.exe" tasks still running outside of BOINC manager control. There are now a total of 25 or 26 BHspin2 tasks instead of 24 tasks. Perhaps these one or two tasks running outside the control of BOINC manager is robbing the CPU time for the other one or two tasks controlled by the BOINC manager, hence that one or two tasks never complete. I'm not sure if anyone is seeing the same thing. I don't know what causes this.

I'm currently experimenting running 22 out of 24 threads on that machine since yesterday to see if this makes any difference.

I think I'm seeing the same problem too.

Here is my observation: I experimented with a 12C/24T xeon system (Win 7) and dedicated to run only Universe project. Sometimes there are one or two WUs that takes forever to finish. When I suspended this project, I should expect the CPU utilization to go down to 1% or less (started off with 100% CPU utilization, load 24 threads) but it shows one or two threads still running after suspending the project via BOINC manager. The windows task manager shows one or two "BHspin2_1_windows_intel86.exe" tasks still running outside of BOINC manager control. There are now a total of 25 or 26 BHspin2 tasks instead of 24 tasks. Perhaps these one or two tasks running outside the control of BOINC manager is robbing the CPU time for the other one or two tasks controlled by the BOINC manager, hence that one or two tasks never complete. I'm not sure if anyone is seeing the same thing. I don't know what causes this.

I'm currently experimenting running 22 out of 24 threads on that machine since yesterday to see if this makes any difference.

Another issue. Maybe related.

When running the CPU with one full core free (22 out of 24 in my case), after more than three full days, I've not seen any task with extreme long times. Maybe lucky or the problem has just disappeared. I'll monitor this closely.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

PS. I use to see one or two very long tasks every one or two days.

Here is my rig: https://universeathome.pl/universe/results.php?hostid=41909

Last aborted WU was on Jan 5th.

Just got one task with very long hours..... :(

When running the CPU with one full core free (22 out of 24 in my case), after more than three full days, I've not seen any task with extreme long times. Maybe lucky or the problem has just disappeared. I'll monitor this closely.

That is good information. I sometimes think I see patterns like that, but have not been able to nail it down. But I do know that my Haswell processors (i7-4770 and i7-4790) do much better. I can go for several weeks without a long runner. But my Ivy Bridge (i7-3770) and Ryzen 1700 chips can go for only a few days. All are on Ubuntu 16 or 17.