         status = undefined
         async.series([
             (cb) =>
-                # for now we disable automatic failover completely
                 @_action
                     action : "status"
                     cb     : (err, s) =>

                                    dbg("result of failover -- #{err}")
                        else
                            cb()
            (cb) =>
                cb(); return  # disabled
                if status.assigned and @assigned and (status.assigned != @assigned)
                    dbg("timestamps when project assigned to this host do not match, so files left on host must be from past automatic failover -- delete them and start over")
                    async.series([
                        (cb) =>
                            dbg("ensure closed")
                            @ensure_closed
                                force  : true
                                nosave : true
                                cb     : cb
                        (cb) =>
                            dbg("now get status again")
                            @_action
                                action : "status"
                                cb     : (err, s) =>
                                    status = s; cb(err)
                    ], cb)
                else
                    cb()
            (cb) =>
                @get_quotas
                    cb : (err, quotas) =>

                            status = s
                        cb(err)
            (cb) =>
                dbg("get status from compute server")
                f = (cb) =>
                    @_action
