test_xpl.py::test_save fails on v24.2

[germa89]

this is due to a bug (977113) in MAPDL.

(venv) {REDACTED@ REDACTED}{/home/REDACTED/REDACTED/Linux_Agent/_work/11/s/repo/pymapdl}$ xvfb-run pytest -k "test_save and xpl" -vvv
======================================================================================== test session starts =========================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.11.5, pytest-8.1.1, pluggy-1.4.0 -- /home/REDACTED/REDACTED/Linux_Agent/_work/11/s/repo/venv/bin/python
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: /home/REDACTED/REDACTED/Linux_Agent/_work/11/s/repo/pymapdl
configfile: pyproject.toml
testpaths: tests
plugins: rerunfailures-14.0, pytest_pyvista-0.1.9, memprof-0.2.0, cov-4.1.0
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tests/test_xpl.py::test_save FAILED                                                                                                                                                            [100%]
 
============================================================================================== FAILURES ==============================================================================================
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ test_save ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
xpl = <[MapdlExitedError('MAPDL server connection terminated with the following error\n<_InactiveRpcError of RPC that termin...:50052: Failed to connect to remote host: Connection refused"}"\n>') raised in repr()] ansXpl object at 0x14cc0bc33b90>
 
    def test_save(xpl):
>       xpl.save()
 
tests/test_xpl.py:83:
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../venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/ansys/mapdl/core/xpl.py:381: in save
    response = self._mapdl.run("*XPL,SAVE").strip()
../venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py:2212: in run
    text = self._run(command, verbose=verbose, mute=mute)
../venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_grpc.py:898: in _run
    response = self._send_command(cmd, mute=mute)
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args = (<ansys.mapdl.core.mapdl_grpc.MapdlGrpc object at 0x14cc09079890>, '*XPL,SAVE'), kwargs = {'mute': False}, old_handler = <built-in function default_int_handler>, class_name = 'MapdlGrpc'
mapdl = <ansys.mapdl.core.mapdl_grpc.MapdlGrpc object at 0x14cc09079890>
 
    @wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        """Capture gRPC exceptions and KeyboardInterrupt"""
 
        # capture KeyboardInterrupt
        old_handler = None
        if threading.current_thread().__class__.__name__ == "_MainThread":
            if threading.current_thread().is_alive():
                old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, handler)
 
        # Capture gRPC exceptions
        try:
            out = func(*args, **kwargs)
        except (_InactiveRpcError, _MultiThreadedRendezvous) as error:
            # can't use isinstance here due to circular imports
            try:
                class_name = args[0].__class__.__name__
            except:
                class_name = ""
 
            if class_name == "MapdlGrpc":
                mapdl = args[0]
            elif hasattr(args[0], "_mapdl"):
                mapdl = args[0]._mapdl
 
            # Must close unfinished processes
            mapdl._close_process()
>           raise MapdlExitedError(
                f"MAPDL server connection terminated with the following error\n{error}"
            ) from None
E           ansys.mapdl.core.errors.MapdlExitedError: MAPDL server connection terminated with the following error
E           <_InactiveRpcError of RPC that terminated with:
E               status = StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE
E               details = "Socket closed"
E               debug_error_string = "UNKNOWN:Error received from peer  {grpc_message:"Socket closed", grpc_status:14, created_time:"2024-03-18T13:46:49.059524792-04:00"}"
E           >
 
../venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/ansys/mapdl/core/errors.py:319: MapdlExitedError
==================================================================================== memory consumption estimates ====================================================================================
pymapdl::tests::test_xpl.py::test_save  - 3.8 MB
==================================================================================== PyMAPDL Pytest short summary ====================================================================================
[FAILED] test_save - E           >