Fix FileNotFoundError in monitors and importers using improper NamedTemporaryFile pattern

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The always_kill monitor and ArithmeticAddCalculationImporter were causing FileNotFoundError when transport.getfile() attempted to write to temporary files created with NamedTemporaryFile('w+'). The open file handle conflicted with external file access, particularly on Windows and certain filesystems.

Changes

• Replace NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True) with tempfile.mkstemp() in monitor and importer code
  • Matches existing pattern in cmd_computer.py for transport operations
  • Explicitly close file descriptor before external access
  • Manual cleanup in finally block with OSError handling
• Add minimal tests to verify temporary file cleanup
  • test_always_kill_tempfile_cleanup: Verifies the monitor properly cleans up temporary files
  • test_parse_remote_data_tempfile_cleanup: Verifies the importer properly cleans up temporary files

Before:

with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('w+') as handle:
    cwd = node.get_remote_workdir()
    transport.getfile(str(Path(cwd).joinpath('_aiidasubmit.sh')), handle.name)
    handle.seek(0)
    output = handle.read()

After:

handle, temp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.sh')
os.close(handle)

try:
    transport.getfile(str(Path(cwd).joinpath('_aiidasubmit.sh')), temp_path)
    with open(temp_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        output = f.read()
finally:
    try:
        os.remove(temp_path)
    except OSError:
        pass

Files Modified

• src/aiida/calculations/monitors/base.py - always_kill() function
• src/aiida/calculations/importers/arithmetic/add.py - ArithmeticAddCalculationImporter.parse_remote_data() method
• tests/engine/processes/calcjobs/test_monitors.py - Added cleanup test for always_kill()
• tests/calculations/importers/arithmetic/test_add.py - Added cleanup test for parse_remote_data()

Original prompt

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<issue_title>🐛 FileNotFoundError related to monitors</issue_title>
<issue_description>While "running" a workflow, I am reliably running into the following error:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file

From the full traceback (see below), the issue seems to be related to the monitors. In the end, the workflow does complete successfully, but the issue produces a lot of noise that will worry users.

I tested both core.ssh and core.ssh_async, and am running into the issue for both.

Full Traceback

11/05/2025 11:52:01 AM <1716> aiida.engine.transports: [ERROR] Exception whilst using transport:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/engine/transports.py", line 106, in request_transport
    yield transport_request.future
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/engine/processes/calcjobs/tasks.py", line 257, in do_monitor
    return monitors.process(node, transport)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/engine/processes/calcjobs/monitors.py", line 204, in process
    monitor_result = monitor_function(node, transport, **monitor.kwargs)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-vasp/src/aiida_vasp/calcs/monitors.py", line 66, in monitor_stdout
    file_stat = transport.get_attribute(stdout_path)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py", line 1201, in get_attribute
    paramiko_attr = self.lstat(path)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py", line 662, in lstat
    return self.sftp.lstat(path)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 511, in lstat
    t, msg = self._request(CMD_LSTAT, path)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 857, in _request
    return self._read_response(num)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 909, in _read_response
    self._convert_status(msg)
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 938, in _convert_status
    raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, text)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file

11/05/2025 11:52:01 AM <1716> aiida.orm.nodes.process.calculation.calcjob.CalcJobNode: [ERROR] iteration 1 of do_monitor excepted, retrying after 20 seconds
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/engine/utils.py", line 205, in exponential_backoff_retry
    result = await coro()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/engine/processes/calcjobs/tasks.py", line 257, in do_monitor
    return monitors.process(node, transport)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/engine/processes/calcjobs/monitors.py", line 204, in process
    monitor_result = monitor_function(node, transport, **monitor.kwargs)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-vasp/src/aiida_vasp/calcs/monitors.py", line 66, in monitor_stdout
    file_stat = transport.get_attribute(stdout_path)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py", line 1201, in get_attribute
    paramiko_attr = self.lstat(path)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/project/defect/git/aiida-core/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py", line 662, in lstat
    return self.sftp.lstat(path)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 511, in lstat
    t, msg = self._request(CMD_LSTAT, path)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 857, in _request
    return self._read_response(num)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 909, in _read_response
    self._convert_status(msg)
  File "/Users/mbercx/.aiida_venvs/defect/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 938, in _convert_status
    raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, text)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file

Comments on the Issue (you ar...

• Fixes 🐛 FileNotFoundError related to monitors #7086

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[khsrali]

@copilot changes looks good. Please try writing minimal tests

[Copilot]

@copilot changes looks good. Please try writing minimal tests

Added minimal tests in commit cac5f4d:

• test_always_kill_tempfile_cleanup: Verifies the monitor properly cleans up temporary files after execution
• test_parse_remote_data_tempfile_cleanup: Verifies the importer properly cleans up temporary files after parsing

Both tests use monkeypatch to track mkstemp() calls and verify no temporary files remain after execution.

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Pull request overview

This pull request fixes a FileNotFoundError that occurred when using NamedTemporaryFile('w+') with transport.getfile() operations. The open file handle conflicted with external file access, particularly on Windows and certain filesystems. The solution replaces the problematic pattern with tempfile.mkstemp() followed by explicit file descriptor closure and manual cleanup.

Key Changes:

• Replaced NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True) pattern with mkstemp() + manual cleanup in monitors and importers
• Added test coverage to verify temporary file cleanup behavior
• Ensured pattern consistency with existing code in cmd_computer.py

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
src/aiida/calculations/monitors/base.py	Updated always_kill() to use mkstemp pattern for retrieving submission script via transport
src/aiida/calculations/importers/arithmetic/add.py	Updated parse_remote_data() to use mkstemp pattern for retrieving input file via transport
tests/engine/processes/calcjobs/test_monitors.py	Added test_always_kill_tempfile_cleanup() to verify proper cleanup of temporary files
tests/calculations/importers/arithmetic/test_add.py	Added test_parse_remote_data_tempfile_cleanup() to verify proper cleanup of temporary files

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