there's a bug in typeshed:

python/typeshed#8799

that gives this error:

parsl/executors/workqueue/executor.py:674: error: "SynchronizedBase[c_bool]" has no attribute "value"  [attr-defined]


this patch ignores that, until a fix becomes available upstream

parsl/executors/workqueue/executor.py

@@ -654,7 +654,6 @@ def initialize_scaling(self):
         # Start scaling in/out
         logger.debug("Starting WorkQueueExecutor with provider: %s", self.provider)
         self._patch_providers()
-
         if hasattr(self.provider, 'init_blocks'):
             try:
                 self.scale_out(blocks=self.provider.init_blocks)
@@ -697,7 +696,9 @@ def shutdown(self, *args, **kwargs):
         collector thread, which shuts down the Work Queue system submission.
         """
         logger.debug("Work Queue shutdown started")
-        self.should_stop.value = True
+        self.should_stop.value = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        # issue https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/8799
+        # from mypy 0.981 onwards
 
         # Remove the workers that are still going
         kill_ids = [self.blocks[block] for block in self.blocks.keys()]
@@ -719,7 +720,9 @@ def _collect_work_queue_results(self):
         """
         logger.debug("Starting Collector Thread")
         try:
-            while not self.should_stop.value:
+            while not self.should_stop.value:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                # issue https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/8799
+                # from mypy 0.981 onwards
                 if not self.submit_process.is_alive():
                     raise ExecutorError(self, "Workqueue Submit Process is not alive")