From 240db17311b23db8cea6d9a2204f8a23cdd72792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:35:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/29] chore: empty commit


From 561695d45ba48ad992b6a49abd75e6bff061ecd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:36:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/29] chore: adding changelog file 4319.fixed.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da490bb7c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Cicd

From 2a8563a35da721c838621cff9ae3b19b054e415c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:04:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/29] feat: add log upload options with encryption for local
 and remote testing workflows

---
 .github/workflows/test-local.yml  | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 .github/workflows/test-remote.yml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index bce0a912d94..86805c23d4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      
+      skip-log-upload:
+        description: |
+          If true, logs will not be uploaded (for security). Set to false to enable encrypted log upload.
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
 
       file-name:
         description: |
@@ -97,6 +104,11 @@ on:
         description: |
           Token for Codecov.
         required: true
+
+      log-encryption-key:
+        description: |
+          Encryption key for sensitive log files.
+        required: false
       
       token:
         description: |
@@ -295,12 +307,37 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           .ci/collect_mapdl_logs_locals.sh
 
-      # - name: "Upload logs to GitHub"
-      #   if: always()
-      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
-      #   with:
-      #     name: logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}.tgz
-      #     path: ./logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}.tgz
+      - name: "Encrypt and upload logs to GitHub"
+        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        env:
+          ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${{ secrets.log-encryption-key }}
+          FILE_NAME: ${{ inputs.file-name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Check if logs exist
+          if [ -f "./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz" ]; then
+            echo "Encrypting logs..."
+            
+            # Encrypt using OpenSSL (already available in container)
+            openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -pbkdf2 \
+              -in ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz \
+              -out ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc \
+              -pass env:ENCRYPTION_KEY
+            
+            echo "Logs encrypted successfully"
+            echo "To decrypt locally, use:"
+            echo "openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -pbkdf2 -in logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc -out logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz -pass pass:YOUR_KEY"
+          else
+            echo "No log file found to encrypt"
+          fi
+
+      - name: "Upload encrypted logs to GitHub"
+        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}-encrypted
+          path: ./logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}.tgz.enc
+          retention-days: 3
 
       - name: "Display files structure"
         if: always()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
index fc67e101eca..c20899703fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
 
+      skip-log-upload:
+        description: |
+          If true, logs will not be uploaded (for security). Set to false to enable encrypted log upload.
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+
       python-version:
         description: |
           Python version to use.
@@ -46,6 +53,11 @@ on:
           Token for Codecov.
         required: true
 
+      log-encryption-key:
+        description: |
+          Encryption key for sensitive log files.
+        required: false
+
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
@@ -320,12 +332,37 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           .ci/collect_mapdl_logs_remote.sh
 
-      # - name: "Upload logs to GitHub"
-      #   if: always()
-      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
-      #   with:
-      #     name: logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}.tgz
-      #     path: ./logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}.tgz
+      - name: "Encrypt and upload logs to GitHub"
+        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        env:
+          ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${{ secrets.log-encryption-key }}
+          FILE_NAME: ${{ inputs.file-name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Check if logs exist
+          if [ -f "./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz" ]; then
+            echo "Encrypting logs..."
+            
+            # Encrypt using OpenSSL
+            openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -pbkdf2 \
+              -in ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz \
+              -out ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc \
+              -pass env:ENCRYPTION_KEY
+            
+            echo "Logs encrypted successfully"
+            echo "To decrypt locally, use:"
+            echo "openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -pbkdf2 -in logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc -out logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz -pass pass:YOUR_KEY"
+          else
+            echo "No log file found to encrypt"
+          fi
+
+      - name: "Upload encrypted logs to GitHub"
+        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}-encrypted
+          path: ./logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}.tgz.enc
+          retention-days: 3
 
       - name: "Display files structure"
         if: always()

From 801fef7daaa6440982595cd6eb549bf2a7e471b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:06:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/29] chore: clean up whitespace in workflow YAML files

---
 .github/workflows/test-local.yml  | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 .github/workflows/test-remote.yml | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index 86805c23d4f..c8282a4cb53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -31,21 +31,21 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
-      
+
       test_dpf:
         description: |
           If true, the DPF tests will be run.
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: true
-      
+
       on-console:
         description: |
           If true, the tests will be run on console.
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
-      
+
       skip-log-upload:
         description: |
           If true, logs will not be uploaded (for security). Set to false to enable encrypted log upload.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: ghcr.io/ansys/mapdl
-      
+
       runner:
         description: |
           Runner to use.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: "3.12"
-        
+
     secrets:
       license-server:
         description: |
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ on:
         description: |
           Encryption key for sensitive log files.
         required: false
-      
+
       token:
         description: |
           Token for GitHub. Used also for login into ghcr.io.
         required: true
-      
+
       username:
         description: |
           GitHub username for login into ghcr.io.
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "TAG_STUDENT: $TAG_STUDENT"
           echo "ON_STUDENT=$(echo $ON_STUDENT)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "TAG_STUDENT=$(echo $TAG_STUDENT)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        
+
       - name: "Install gcc"
         shell: bash
         if: ${{ contains(inputs.mapdl-version, 'cicd') }}
         run: |
           apt-get update && apt-get -y install gcc mono-mcs g++
-    
+
 
       - name: "Installing minimal OS packages"
         shell: bash
@@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ jobs:
           # Check if logs exist
           if [ -f "./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz" ]; then
             echo "Encrypting logs..."
-            
+
             # Encrypt using OpenSSL (already available in container)
             openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -pbkdf2 \
               -in ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz \
               -out ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc \
               -pass env:ENCRYPTION_KEY
-            
+
             echo "Logs encrypted successfully"
             echo "To decrypt locally, use:"
             echo "openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -pbkdf2 -in logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc -out logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz -pass pass:YOUR_KEY"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
index c20899703fc..9a18cfb0478 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ on:
         description: |
           Username for the GitHub container registry.
         required: true
-      
+
       token:
         description: |
           Token for GitHub.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ on:
         description: |
           License server for ANSYS MAPDL
         required: true
-      
+
       codecov-token:
         description: |
           Token for Codecov.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "TAG_STUDENT: $TAG_STUDENT"
           echo "ON_STUDENT=$(echo $ON_STUDENT)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "TAG_STUDENT=$(echo $TAG_STUDENT)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
+
       - name: "Pull, launch, and validate MAPDL service"
         id: start_mapdl
         env:
@@ -342,13 +342,13 @@ jobs:
           # Check if logs exist
           if [ -f "./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz" ]; then
             echo "Encrypting logs..."
-            
+
             # Encrypt using OpenSSL
             openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -pbkdf2 \
               -in ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz \
               -out ./logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc \
               -pass env:ENCRYPTION_KEY
-            
+
             echo "Logs encrypted successfully"
             echo "To decrypt locally, use:"
             echo "openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -pbkdf2 -in logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz.enc -out logs-${FILE_NAME}.tgz -pass pass:YOUR_KEY"

From 9cec690b5ea2f51ed267f484bcd39e2e7f190713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:12:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/29] feat: add upload logs option for local and remote
 testing workflows

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml          |  9 ++++++---
 .github/workflows/test-local.yml  | 10 +++++-----
 .github/workflows/test-remote.yml | 10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2a92555a420..f22996cffe4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: 'ansys-mapdl-core'
   PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: 'ansys.mapdl.core'
   DOCUMENTATION_CNAME: 'mapdl.docs.pyansys.com'
+  upload_logs: true
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-assignees@a5b84af721c4a621eb9c7a4a95ec20a90d0b88e9 #v1.0.1
+      - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-assignees@a5b84af721c4a621eb9c7a4a95ec20a90d0b88e9 #v1.0.1
         if: |
           (
           github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       mapdl-version: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
       file-name: "remote-${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
-
+      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
 
   build-test-local-matrix:
     name: "Build test matrix for minimal and local"
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ jobs:
       tags: "local"
       latest-version: "252"
       test_dpf: ${{ contains(matrix.mapdl-version, 'cicd') }}
+      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
 
 
   build-test-ubuntu-minimal:
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ jobs:
       tags: "local,minimal"
       latest-version: "252"
       test_dpf: false
+      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
 
 
   build-test-ubuntu-console:
@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ jobs:
       file-name: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}-console"
       tags: "local,console"
       test_dpf: false
-
+      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
 
   package:
     name: "Package library"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index c8282a4cb53..fc66731fce5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         default: false
 
-      skip-log-upload:
+      upload-logs:
         description: |
-          If true, logs will not be uploaded (for security). Set to false to enable encrypted log upload.
+          If true, logs will be uploaded encrypted. Set to false to disable log upload (for security).
         required: false
         type: boolean
-        default: true
+        default: false
 
       file-name:
         description: |
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
           .ci/collect_mapdl_logs_locals.sh
 
       - name: "Encrypt and upload logs to GitHub"
-        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        if: always() && inputs.upload-logs == true
         env:
           ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${{ secrets.log-encryption-key }}
           FILE_NAME: ${{ inputs.file-name }}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: "Upload encrypted logs to GitHub"
-        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        if: always() && inputs.upload-logs == true
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
         with:
           name: logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}-encrypted
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
index 9a18cfb0478..37e758f6920 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
 
-      skip-log-upload:
+      upload-logs:
         description: |
-          If true, logs will not be uploaded (for security). Set to false to enable encrypted log upload.
+          If true, logs will be uploaded encrypted. Set to false to disable log upload (for security).
         required: false
         type: boolean
-        default: true
+        default: false
 
       python-version:
         description: |
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ jobs:
           .ci/collect_mapdl_logs_remote.sh
 
       - name: "Encrypt and upload logs to GitHub"
-        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        if: always() && inputs.upload-logs == true
         env:
           ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${{ secrets.log-encryption-key }}
           FILE_NAME: ${{ inputs.file-name }}
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: "Upload encrypted logs to GitHub"
-        if: always() && inputs.skip-log-upload == false
+        if: always() && inputs.upload-logs == true
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 #v4.6.2
         with:
           name: logs-${{ inputs.file-name }}-encrypted

From 5fcf6e29de0f99cdf33c0707f7bfbe19b0467889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:15:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/29] feat: add log encryption key to CI jobs for enhanced
 security

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f22996cffe4..fe7cd3d1699 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       username: ${{ github.actor }}
+      log-encryption-key: ${{ secrets.LOG_ENCRYPTION_KEY }}
     with:
       mapdl-version: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
       file-name: "remote-${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ jobs:
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       username: ${{ github.actor }}
+      log-encryption-key: ${{ secrets.LOG_ENCRYPTION_KEY }}
     with:
       testing-minimal: false
       pytest-arguments: '--reset_only_failed  --add_missing_images'
@@ -311,6 +313,7 @@ jobs:
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       username: ${{ github.actor }}
+      log-encryption-key: ${{ secrets.LOG_ENCRYPTION_KEY }}
     with:
       testing-minimal: true
       pytest-arguments: ''
@@ -339,6 +342,7 @@ jobs:
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       username: ${{ github.actor }}
+      log-encryption-key: ${{ secrets.LOG_ENCRYPTION_KEY }}
     with:
       latest-version: "252"
       mapdl-version: ${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}

From fe344ce3e9cac8329c06535fd8ce965790b7ef1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:35:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/29] fix: set upload-logs to true in CI jobs for consistent
 logging

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fe7cd3d1699..8165fb9a0d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: 'ansys-mapdl-core'
   PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: 'ansys.mapdl.core'
   DOCUMENTATION_CNAME: 'mapdl.docs.pyansys.com'
-  upload_logs: true
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       mapdl-version: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
       file-name: "remote-${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
-      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
+      upload-logs: true
 
   build-test-local-matrix:
     name: "Build test matrix for minimal and local"
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ jobs:
       tags: "local"
       latest-version: "252"
       test_dpf: ${{ contains(matrix.mapdl-version, 'cicd') }}
-      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
+      upload-logs: true
 
 
   build-test-ubuntu-minimal:
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ jobs:
       tags: "local,minimal"
       latest-version: "252"
       test_dpf: false
-      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
+      upload-logs: true
 
 
   build-test-ubuntu-console:
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ jobs:
       file-name: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}-console"
       tags: "local,console"
       test_dpf: false
-      upload-logs: ${{ env.upload_logs }}
+      upload-logs: true
 
   package:
     name: "Package library"

From aaa0b3ede370972df2e2f4751d30cb7cc85d5bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:29:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/29] fix: remove unnecessary './' prefix from log file paths
 in display_logs_locals.sh

---
 .ci/display_logs_locals.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh b/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
index af1558ab175..325c1e5e860 100755
--- a/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
+++ b/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@
 
 #####
 # Displaying files
-FILE_PAT=./"$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.log
+FILE_PAT="$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.log
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="PyMAPDL log"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
 
 #####
-FILE_PAT=./"$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.apdl
+FILE_PAT="$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.apdl
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="PyMAPDL APDL log"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
 
 #####
-FILE_PAT=./"$LOG_NAMES"/apdl.out
+FILE_PAT="$LOG_NAMES"/apdl.out
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="MAPDL Output"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
\ No newline at end of file

From 7a850f81b7fe5c6c756ec33ab909ff1f2b31a514 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:30:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/29] fix: update ubuntu version identifiers in
 build_matrix.sh for consistency

---
 .ci/build_matrix.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/build_matrix.sh b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
index 5110185ddf2..2b9396f2244 100755
--- a/.ci/build_matrix.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ versions=(
     'latest-ubuntu-student'
     'v25.2.0'
     'v25.1.0'
-    'v25.1-ubuntu'
+    'v25.1-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v25.1-ubuntu-student'
     'v24.2.0'
-    'v24.2-ubuntu'
+    'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v24.1.0'
     'v24.1-ubuntu'
     'v23.2.0'

From 29d0adec1fc6f46923211cb33339a874b37c6a08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:20:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/29] fix: enhance log display in display_logs_remote.sh for
 better debugging

---
 .ci/display_logs_remote.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh b/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
index f58979ee97c..2a9891ff5d4 100755
--- a/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
+++ b/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ echo "::group:: Display files structure" && docker exec "$MAPDL_INSTANCE" /bin/b
 
 echo "::group:: Display docker run log" && cat log.txt && echo "::endgroup::"
 
+# Displaying Docker stdout log
+FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/mapdl_launch_*.log"
+if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: MAPDL docker launch $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
+
+FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/MAPDL_*.log"
+if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: MAPDL docker output $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
+
 # Displaying MAPDL files
 FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.err"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Error file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'err' files."

From 3f64caeb6491cff81e4b3c9d3fd43df2d76aabf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:34:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/29] fix: add MPI environment variable for CICD version in
 start_mapdl.sh

---
 .ci/entrypoint.sh  | 4 +++-
 .ci/start_mapdl.sh | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/entrypoint.sh b/.ci/entrypoint.sh
index ca61a1ee21d..40cd8460c3b 100755
--- a/.ci/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.ci/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 export OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT=1
 export OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM=1
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ if [ -n "${ANSYS_DPF_ACCEPT_LA}" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+
 echo "RUN_DPF_SERVER: $RUN_DPF_SERVER"
 
 if [ "$RUN_DPF_SERVER" == "true" ]; then
@@ -26,4 +28,4 @@ fi
 echo "Starting MAPDL..."
 echo "Using executable path: ${EXEC_PATH}"
 
-$EXEC_PATH -grpc -dir /jobs -"${DISTRIBUTED_MODE}" -np 2 -db -6000 -m -6000 -
\ No newline at end of file
+$EXEC_PATH -grpc -dir /jobs -"${DISTRIBUTED_MODE}" -np 2 -db -6000 -m -6000 "$@" -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index 07d418fd4e9..636653c818d 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -79,10 +79,15 @@ if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"cicd"* ]] ; then
 
     echo "Overriding DISTRIBUTED_MODE to 'dmp' for CICD version"
     export DISTRIBUTED_MODE="dmp"
+
+    echo "Using OpenMPI for CICD version"
+    export MPI="-mpi openmpi"
+
 else
     export DPF_PORT_ARG=""
     export DB_INT_PORT=50055
     export DPF_ON=""
+    export MPI=""
 fi;
 
 echo "EXEC_PATH: $EXEC_PATH"
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ run \
   --memory=6656MB \
   --memory-swap=16896MB \
   --mount type=bind,src=${PWD}/.ci/entrypoint.sh,dst=/entrypoint.sh \
-  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh
+  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh ${MPI}
 _EOT_
 )
 

From 692964ef33b46f1a8e7115daf642c44d673be549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:45:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/29] fix: add MPI switches for CICD version in test-local
 workflow

---
 .github/workflows/test-local.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index fc66731fce5..08d5b64ef4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           if [[ "${MAPDL_VERSION}" == *"cicd"* ]]; then
             echo "CICD MAPDL version detected, testing DPF backend for results module.";
             echo "TEST_DPF_BACKEND=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
+            echo "PYMAPDL_ADDITIONAL_SWITCHES='-mpi openmpi'" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           fi
 
           echo "ON_STUDENT: $ON_STUDENT"

From 282ef460a577554d303503b33ab0ddf8060055d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:45:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/29] fix: quote MPI variable in docker run command for
 proper handling

---
 .ci/start_mapdl.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index 636653c818d..fac43d9fa39 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ run \
   --memory=6656MB \
   --memory-swap=16896MB \
   --mount type=bind,src=${PWD}/.ci/entrypoint.sh,dst=/entrypoint.sh \
-  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh ${MPI}
+  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh "${MPI}"
 _EOT_
 )
 

From 5d01e361f816f01465e6eaf9b662234b86c4f4cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:33:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/29] fix: remove quotes around MPI variable in docker run
 command for proper execution

---
 .ci/start_mapdl.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index fac43d9fa39..636653c818d 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ run \
   --memory=6656MB \
   --memory-swap=16896MB \
   --mount type=bind,src=${PWD}/.ci/entrypoint.sh,dst=/entrypoint.sh \
-  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh "${MPI}"
+  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh ${MPI}
 _EOT_
 )
 

From bbbc830f0d017e148cc3d233e61a1f781ff65530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:38:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 15/29] fix: remove quotes around MPI switches in CICD testing
 for proper environment variable handling

---
 .github/workflows/test-local.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index 08d5b64ef4b..83d255ebb30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           if [[ "${MAPDL_VERSION}" == *"cicd"* ]]; then
             echo "CICD MAPDL version detected, testing DPF backend for results module.";
             echo "TEST_DPF_BACKEND=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
-            echo "PYMAPDL_ADDITIONAL_SWITCHES='-mpi openmpi'" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
+            echo "PYMAPDL_ADDITIONAL_SWITCHES=-mpi openmpi" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           fi
 
           echo "ON_STUDENT: $ON_STUDENT"

From f6c71b593a8ca58017334b8fbbcd392798abe96d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:53:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 16/29] fix: remove quotes around LOG_NAMES variable in log
 display scripts for consistency

---
 .ci/display_logs_locals.sh |  6 +++---
 .ci/display_logs_remote.sh | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh b/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
index 325c1e5e860..a7eb58179d5 100755
--- a/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
+++ b/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@
 
 #####
 # Displaying files
-FILE_PAT="$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.log
+FILE_PAT=${LOG_NAMES}/pymapdl.log
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="PyMAPDL log"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
 
 #####
-FILE_PAT="$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.apdl
+FILE_PAT=${LOG_NAMES}/pymapdl.apdl
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="PyMAPDL APDL log"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
 
 #####
-FILE_PAT="$LOG_NAMES"/apdl.out
+FILE_PAT=${LOG_NAMES}/apdl.out
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="MAPDL Output"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh b/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
index 2a9891ff5d4..e7b0aab1e53 100755
--- a/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
+++ b/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ echo "::group:: Display files structure" && docker exec "$MAPDL_INSTANCE" /bin/b
 echo "::group:: Display docker run log" && cat log.txt && echo "::endgroup::"
 
 # Displaying Docker stdout log
-FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/mapdl_launch_*.log"
+FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/mapdl_launch_*.log"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: MAPDL docker launch $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
 
-FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/MAPDL_*.log"
+FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/MAPDL_*.log"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: MAPDL docker output $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
 
 # Displaying MAPDL files
-FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.err"
+FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/*.err"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Error file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'err' files."
 
-FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.log"
+FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/*.log"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Log file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
 
-FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.out"
+FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/*.out"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Output file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'output' files."

From 9795ef37f17975ce52083cff64df7e918849170f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:54:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 17/29] fix: reduce maxfail and reruns in pytest arguments for
 local and remote testing

---
 .github/workflows/test-local.yml  | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/test-remote.yml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index 83d255ebb30..fb76e7a0df8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
       TESTING_MINIMAL: ${{ inputs.testing-minimal }}
       P_SCHEMA: "/ansys_inc/v241/ansys/ac4/schema"
       PYTEST_TIMEOUT: 120 # seconds. Limit the duration for each unit test
-      PYTEST_ARGUMENTS: '-vvv -ra --color=yes --durations=30 --random-order --random-order-bucket=class --maxfail=10 --reruns 3 --reruns-delay 4 --cov=ansys.mapdl.core --cov-report=html --timeout=180 --profile-svg --profile --report-log-exclude-logs-on-passed-tests --strict-markers'
+      PYTEST_ARGUMENTS: '-vvv -ra --color=yes --durations=30 --random-order --random-order-bucket=class --maxfail=2 --reruns 2 --reruns-delay 2 --cov=ansys.mapdl.core --cov-report=html --timeout=180 --profile-svg --profile --report-log-exclude-logs-on-passed-tests --strict-markers'
       OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT: 1
       OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM: 1
       DATAPROCESSING_DEBUG: /home/mapdl/dpf_logs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
index 37e758f6920..dc7f74fea57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-remote.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       DPF_START_SERVER: False
       HAS_DPF: True
       TEST_DPF_BACKEND: false
-      PYTEST_ARGUMENTS: '-vvv -ra --color=yes --durations=30 --random-order --random-order-bucket=class --maxfail=10 --reruns 3 --reruns-delay 4 --cov=ansys.mapdl.core --cov-report=html --timeout=180 --profile-svg --profile --report-log-exclude-logs-on-passed-tests --strict-markers'
+      PYTEST_ARGUMENTS: '-vvv -ra --color=yes --durations=30 --random-order --random-order-bucket=class --maxfail=2 --reruns 2 --reruns-delay 2 --cov=ansys.mapdl.core --cov-report=html --timeout=180 --profile-svg --profile --report-log-exclude-logs-on-passed-tests --strict-markers'
       MAPDL_PACKAGE: ghcr.io/ansys/mapdl
 
     steps:

From c637c1c7f737140e9109b1fdffb61da69f46a6eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:24:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 18/29] fix: add MAPDL_IMAGE environment variable to
 start_mapdl.sh for Docker container

---
 .ci/entrypoint.sh  | 10 +++++++++-
 .ci/start_mapdl.sh |  1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.ci/entrypoint.sh b/.ci/entrypoint.sh
index 40cd8460c3b..6e1e51a42ec 100755
--- a/.ci/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.ci/entrypoint.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ if [ "$RUN_DPF_SERVER" == "true" ]; then
     echo "DPF server started."
 fi
 
+if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"cicd"* ]] ; then
+    echo "Using OpenMPI for CICD version"
+    export MPI="-mpi openmpi"
+
+else
+    export MPI=""
+fi;
+
 echo "Starting MAPDL..."
 echo "Using executable path: ${EXEC_PATH}"
 
-$EXEC_PATH -grpc -dir /jobs -"${DISTRIBUTED_MODE}" -np 2 -db -6000 -m -6000 "$@" -
\ No newline at end of file
+$EXEC_PATH -grpc -dir /jobs -"${DISTRIBUTED_MODE}" -np 2 -db -6000 -m -6000 "${MPI}" -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index 636653c818d..d6a29438ef4 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ run \
   -e DPF_PORT_INTERNAL=${DPF_PORT_INTERNAL} \
   -e EXEC_PATH=${EXEC_PATH} \
   -e DISTRIBUTED_MODE=${DISTRIBUTED_MODE} \
+  -e MAPDL_IMAGE=${MAPDL_IMAGE} \
   --shm-size=2gb \
   -e I_MPI_SHM_LMT=shm \
   -e P_SCHEMA=${P_SCHEMA} \

From c07b83038ae27d6e8cc8737e92da4e4f94fe10be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:24:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 19/29] fix: update mapdl-version in CI configuration for
 consistency across builds

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8165fb9a0d7..b04d92d31f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mapdl-version: ['v25.2-ubuntu-cicd', 'v25.1-ubuntu']
+        mapdl-version: ['v25.2-ubuntu-cicd', 'v25.1-ubuntu-cicd']
     secrets:
       license-server: ${{ secrets.LICENSE_SERVER }}
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mapdl-version: ['v25.2-ubuntu-cicd', 'v25.1-ubuntu']
+        mapdl-version: ['v25.2-ubuntu-cicd', 'v25.1-ubuntu-cicd']
     secrets:
       license-server: ${{ secrets.LICENSE_SERVER }}
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

From eaf1c536eda82ff19ed81a4468c66149665a43dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:54:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 20/29] fix: update test_dpf condition to exclude version 24 in
 CI configuration

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b04d92d31f7..2b1a88c6c1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
       file-name: "local-${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
       tags: "local"
       latest-version: "252"
-      test_dpf: ${{ contains(matrix.mapdl-version, 'cicd') }}
+      test_dpf: ${{ contains(matrix.mapdl-version, 'cicd') && !contains(matrix.mapdl-version, '24') }}
       upload-logs: true
 
 

From cc2afb0bb07526256defae2bf30c62ac6448c1ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:54:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 21/29] fix: remove MPI argument from docker run command in
 start_mapdl.sh

---
 .ci/start_mapdl.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index d6a29438ef4..609fcf03f01 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ run \
   --memory=6656MB \
   --memory-swap=16896MB \
   --mount type=bind,src=${PWD}/.ci/entrypoint.sh,dst=/entrypoint.sh \
-  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh ${MPI}
+  ${MAPDL_IMAGE} /entrypoint.sh
 _EOT_
 )
 

From 2de6eccb7f1c3d3a1821d1b41c6a3710d5a2b6ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:24:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 22/29] fix: remove 'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd' from version list in
 build_matrix.sh

---
 .ci/build_matrix.sh | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.ci/build_matrix.sh b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
index 2b9396f2244..9f049203c4a 100755
--- a/.ci/build_matrix.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ versions=(
     'v25.1-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v25.1-ubuntu-student'
     'v24.2.0'
-    'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v24.1.0'
     'v24.1-ubuntu'
     'v23.2.0'

From c98ea95c1dc886358f4cf3c660c897ce03e2ddbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:24:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 23/29] fix: remove MPI argument for non-CICD versions in
 start_mapdl.sh

---
 .ci/start_mapdl.sh | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index 609fcf03f01..3ce38a16d82 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -80,14 +80,10 @@ if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"cicd"* ]] ; then
     echo "Overriding DISTRIBUTED_MODE to 'dmp' for CICD version"
     export DISTRIBUTED_MODE="dmp"
 
-    echo "Using OpenMPI for CICD version"
-    export MPI="-mpi openmpi"
-
 else
     export DPF_PORT_ARG=""
     export DB_INT_PORT=50055
     export DPF_ON=""
-    export MPI=""
 fi;
 
 echo "EXEC_PATH: $EXEC_PATH"

From 9bb22e1f36e58bfb39d64d935af0dea3463b7b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:25:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 24/29] fix: add echo statement for default MPI version in
 entrypoint.sh

---
 .ci/entrypoint.sh | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.ci/entrypoint.sh b/.ci/entrypoint.sh
index 6e1e51a42ec..669cc1d0bfb 100755
--- a/.ci/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.ci/entrypoint.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"cicd"* ]] ; then
     export MPI="-mpi openmpi"
 
 else
+    echo "Using default MPI version"
     export MPI=""
 fi;
 

From c261b0e1f9d5326b500ce0396dde14b4fa954414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:25:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 25/29] Revert display_logs scripts to match main

---
 .ci/display_logs_locals.sh |  6 +++---
 .ci/display_logs_remote.sh | 13 +++----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh b/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
index a7eb58179d5..af1558ab175 100755
--- a/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
+++ b/.ci/display_logs_locals.sh
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@
 
 #####
 # Displaying files
-FILE_PAT=${LOG_NAMES}/pymapdl.log
+FILE_PAT=./"$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.log
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="PyMAPDL log"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
 
 #####
-FILE_PAT=${LOG_NAMES}/pymapdl.apdl
+FILE_PAT=./"$LOG_NAMES"/pymapdl.apdl
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="PyMAPDL APDL log"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
 
 #####
-FILE_PAT=${LOG_NAMES}/apdl.out
+FILE_PAT=./"$LOG_NAMES"/apdl.out
 FILE_DESCRIPTION="MAPDL Output"
 
 (echo "::group:: $FILE_DESCRIPTION: $FILE_PAT" && cat "$FILE_PAT" && echo "::endgroup::") || echo "Failed to show $FILE_DESCRIPTION file"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh b/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
index e7b0aab1e53..f58979ee97c 100755
--- a/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
+++ b/.ci/display_logs_remote.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,12 @@ echo "::group:: Display files structure" && docker exec "$MAPDL_INSTANCE" /bin/b
 
 echo "::group:: Display docker run log" && cat log.txt && echo "::endgroup::"
 
-# Displaying Docker stdout log
-FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/mapdl_launch_*.log"
-if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: MAPDL docker launch $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
-
-FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/MAPDL_*.log"
-if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: MAPDL docker output $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
-
 # Displaying MAPDL files
-FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/*.err"
+FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.err"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Error file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'err' files."
 
-FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/*.log"
+FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.log"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Log file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'log' files."
 
-FILE_PAT="./${LOG_NAMES}/*.out"
+FILE_PAT="./$LOG_NAMES/*.out"
 if compgen -G "$FILE_PAT" > /dev/null ;then for f in $FILE_PAT; do echo "::group:: Output file $f" && cat "$f" && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi || echo "Failed to display the 'output' files."

From 53aa89073c49797120946aac096e6486aef0cce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:26:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 26/29] revert: "fix: remove 'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd' from version
 list in build_matrix.sh"

This reverts commit 2de6eccb7f1c3d3a1821d1b41c6a3710d5a2b6ef.
---
 .ci/build_matrix.sh | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.ci/build_matrix.sh b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
index 9f049203c4a..2b9396f2244 100755
--- a/.ci/build_matrix.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ versions=(
     'v25.1-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v25.1-ubuntu-student'
     'v24.2.0'
+    'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v24.1.0'
     'v24.1-ubuntu'
     'v23.2.0'

From 3ed692b389e0a59c048c447157ea40a44a5a23cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:24:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 27/29] fix: remove 'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd' from version list in
 build_matrix.sh

---
 .ci/build_matrix.sh | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.ci/build_matrix.sh b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
index 2b9396f2244..9f049203c4a 100755
--- a/.ci/build_matrix.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ versions=(
     'v25.1-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v25.1-ubuntu-student'
     'v24.2.0'
-    'v24.2-ubuntu-cicd'
     'v24.1.0'
     'v24.1-ubuntu'
     'v23.2.0'

From 622a2ced8c077029cbde40f8f14bd5c6f41e272e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: germa89 <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:42:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 28/29] fix: disable log uploads in CI for remote and local
 builds

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2b1a88c6c1e..bf32145aecb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       mapdl-version: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
       file-name: "remote-${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}"
-      upload-logs: true
+      upload-logs: false
 
   build-test-local-matrix:
     name: "Build test matrix for minimal and local"
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ jobs:
       tags: "local"
       latest-version: "252"
       test_dpf: ${{ contains(matrix.mapdl-version, 'cicd') && !contains(matrix.mapdl-version, '24') }}
-      upload-logs: true
+      upload-logs: false
 
 
   build-test-ubuntu-minimal:
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ jobs:
       tags: "local,minimal"
       latest-version: "252"
       test_dpf: false
-      upload-logs: true
+      upload-logs: false
 
 
   build-test-ubuntu-console:
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ jobs:
       file-name: "${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}-console"
       tags: "local,console"
       test_dpf: false
-      upload-logs: true
+      upload-logs: false
 
   package:
     name: "Package library"

From f5eecfa29e7dcd979ce969c469769f109399e54f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:11:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 29/29] chore: adding changelog file 4319.fixed.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md
index da490bb7c04..87f4caa5a30 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4319.fixed.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Cicd
+Cicd mpi issue and adding conditional encrypted log uploads