From d8d3f33c84b6c133de4a0a250be7dde126fb1fc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:18:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] fix: promote to exposed function

---
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/__init__.py | 2 +-
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py     | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/__init__.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/__init__.py
index 99df5b589f..66eefed548 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/__init__.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 from ansys.mapdl.core.information import Information
 from ansys.mapdl.core.mapdl_grpc import MapdlGrpc as Mapdl
-from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import _check_has_ansys
+from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import check_has_mapdl
 from ansys.mapdl.core.pool import MapdlPool
 from ansys.mapdl.core.report import Report
 
diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py
index 5ec3e355a9..1c14e05610 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def random_string(stringLength: int = 10, letters: str = string.ascii_lowercase)
     return "".join(secrets.choice(letters) for _ in range(stringLength))
 
 
-def _check_has_ansys() -> bool:
+def check_has_mapdl() -> bool:
     """Safely wraps check_valid_ansys
 
     Returns
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ def _check_has_ansys() -> bool:
 
     try:
         return check_valid_ansys()
-    except:
+    except Exception as err:
+        LOG.error(
+            f"An error was obtained when checking for a valid MAPDL installation:\n{str(err)}"
+        )
         return False
 
 

From 5d37bad86282360bf24338519e321656d5e85b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:19:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] tests: adding tests

---
 tests/test_launcher.py | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_launcher.py b/tests/test_launcher.py
index e890cfc1bc..5fefce37a9 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     update_env_vars,
 )
 from ansys.mapdl.core.licensing import LICENSES
-from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import stack
+from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import check_has_mapdl, stack
 from conftest import (
     ON_LOCAL,
     PATCH_MAPDL,
@@ -1931,3 +1931,16 @@ def test_args_pass(monkeypatch, arg, value, method):
     mapdl = launch_mapdl(**kwargs)
     meth = getattr(mapdl, method)
     assert meth == value
+
+
+def test_check_has_mapdl():
+    assert check_has_mapdl() == ON_LOCAL
+
+
+def raising():
+    raise Exception("An error")
+
+
+@patch("ansys.mapdl.core.launcher.check_valid_ansys", raising)
+def test_check_has_mapdl_failed():
+    assert check_has_mapdl() is False

From b908564fcc638be84253ed22a2157f501d363177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:22:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] chore: adding changelog file 3576.miscellaneous.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/3576.miscellaneous.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/3576.miscellaneous.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3576.miscellaneous.md b/doc/changelog.d/3576.miscellaneous.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baf1ad34eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3576.miscellaneous.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat: adding ``check_has_mapdl``
\ No newline at end of file

From b4a5b50ee670e3621d2c8c67491f83a31a434715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:41:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] fix: test

---
 tests/test_launcher.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_launcher.py b/tests/test_launcher.py
index 5fefce37a9..92952a42cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -1934,7 +1934,10 @@ def test_args_pass(monkeypatch, arg, value, method):
 
 
 def test_check_has_mapdl():
-    assert check_has_mapdl() == ON_LOCAL
+    if TESTING_MINIMAL:
+        assert check_has_mapdl() is False
+    else:
+        assert check_has_mapdl() == ON_LOCAL
 
 
 def raising():

From 5b0e3b3610aef57731452d6287c8b48f4985d359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:07:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fix: adding missing import

---
 tests/common.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index 7187c295d0..0ff9a64632 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
 import subprocess
+import time
 from typing import Dict, List
 
 import psutil