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[valeriupredoi]

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Sister PR to ESMValGroup/ESMValTool#4315 with an issue describing the problem at ESMValGroup/ESMValTool#4316

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 95.62%. Comparing base (df9ad59) to head (5a4abb4).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on main.

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  Coverage   95.62%   95.62%           
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  Files         266      266           
  Lines       15601    15601           
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  Hits        14918    14918           
  Misses        683      683           

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[valeriupredoi]

@bouweandela are you aware of these barfs? https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/14394/workflows/bb3d1905-5ee1-40e7-82ac-9a6990a42908/jobs/58977?utm_campaign=vcs-integration-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=github-checks-link&utm_content=summary

It may be that intake_esgf went up in version, and it's not perfectly healthy, let me turn on GHA, have a look

[bouweandela]

Thanks V! I assume you found the cause of the failing tests in #2950

[valeriupredoi]

Thanks V! I assume you found the cause of the failing tests in #2950

yes, Panda's is being a 🐷 - gonna have to pin it now, until Nathan finds a solution at intake-esgf