# Loading checkpoint puts the workers in Waiting

**URL:** https://discuss.ray.io/t/loading-checkpoint-puts-the-workers-in-waiting/22069
**Category:** Checkpointing, Restoring
**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/loading-checkpoint-puts-the-workers-in-waiting/22069 "2025-03-18T01:50:59Z")
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### Author: ![Sheshan\_Kutty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/sheshan_kutty/32/6568_2.png) [@Sheshan\_Kutty](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Sheshan_Kutty)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/loading-checkpoint-puts-the-workers-in-waiting/22069/1 "2025-03-18T01:50:59Z")

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When I restart and load the check point using from\_checkpoint, it just hangs there, the dash board shows that 30 or so Waiting for scheduling.

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### Author: ![Sheshan\_Kutty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/sheshan_kutty/32/6568_2.png) [@Sheshan\_Kutty](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Sheshan_Kutty)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/loading-checkpoint-puts-the-workers-in-waiting/22069/2 "2025-03-20T14:00:57Z")

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Error loading checkpoint: Placement group creation timed out. Make sure your cluster either has enough resources or use an autoscaling cluster. If you are running on a cluster, make sure you specify an address in `ray.init()`, for example, `ray.init("auto")`. You can also increase the timeout by setting the TRAIN\_PLACEMENT\_GROUP\_TIMEOUT\_S environment variable.

Note that there is no lack of resources.