This article provides an example of how to clear a pending commit.

A user wants to edit the configuration and commit applied changes in the configuration, but the system rejects the changes as well as the commit due to a pending commit ('commit at' command).  The following message is displayed:

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user# commit
error: Another commit is pending


 

If you need to make any changes before the scheduled commit, you can use the command clear system commit.

The example below shows how a commit can cause problems and how to clear any pending commits:

• A user makes some configuration changes and issues a 'commit at' for a certain date:
  
    user> configure
  Entering configuration mode

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  user# show system login message
  message " \n\n ********** test ********** \n\n";

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  user# commit at "2006-12-31 23:59:59"
  configuration check succeeds
  commit at will be executed at 2006-12-31 23:59:59 CET
  The configuration has been changed but not committed
  Exiting configuration mode
   
• Before the commit has taken place, the configuration needs to be further changed. This fails due to the pending commit:
  
    user> configure
  Entering configuration mode
  Users currently editing the configuration:
  user terminal d0 (pid 15099) on since 2006-07-27 09:23:28 CEST
  commit-at
  The configuration has been changed but not committed

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  user# set firewall family inet filter urgent term 1 then accept
  error: configuration database locked by:
  user terminal d0 (pid 15099) on since 2006-07-27 09:23:28 CEST, idle 00:00:38
  commit at
  error: configuration database locked by:
  user terminal d0 (pid 15099) on since 2006-07-27 09:23:28 CEST, idle 00:00:38
  commit at

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  user# commit
  error: Another commit is pending
   
• With the clear system commit command the pending commit can be cleared and the configuration changes can be committed:
  
    [edit]
  user# run clear system commit
  Pending commit cleared

  [edit]
  user# set firewall family inet filter urgent term 1 then accept

  [edit]
  user# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet filter input urgent

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  user# commit
  commit complete