Threaded Web API test passes although Web server fails to start

[FrederikPM]

The test Threaded Web API test executed by the test_simultaneous_simulations.py script as part of the github actions workflow passes although it states that the test fails to start the web server with the following description: "Web server failed to start. Port 8082 was already in use.".

[FrederikPM]

@maxs-rose can you look into this?

[maxs-rose]

That occurs when the previous script fails to shutdown maestro. I think its a problem with python being unable to stop Java processes sometimes and I am not entirely sure how to solve it

[FrederikPM]

Ah okay. So it connects to the Maestro instance created by the previous test on port 8082 as it is not shutdown and this is why it passes although the port is in use?
Could a workaround then be to check if the port is in use and if so find a free port for the Maestro intance that is to be instantiated for the test?

[maxs-rose]

I think that could be a workaround. Will have a look into it

[FrederikPM]

Thanks! :)