Merge pull request #47 from PyAutoLabs/feature/no-run-config-purge

chore: remove 28 zero-match no_run entries and 5 dead env_vars overrides

Author: Jammy2211

config/build/env_vars.yaml

@@ -20,23 +20,18 @@ defaults:
   NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"   # Writable cache dir for numba
   MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"       # Writable config dir for matplotlib
 
-overrides:
-  # start_here scripts load real FITS data that breaks with small datasets
-  - pattern: "imaging/start_here"
-    unset: [PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS]
-  - pattern: "interferometer/start_here"
-    unset: [PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS]
-  - pattern: "group/start_here"
-    unset: [PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS]
-  - pattern: "multi/start_here"
-    unset: [PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS]
-  # (Removed the dead `howtolens/` + `guides/` PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS-unset
-  # workarounds: they matched no files here, and the tutorials now use
-  # `al.util.dataset.should_simulate` which deletes + re-simulates stale
-  # data under the cap, so the chapters run correctly at 16x16.)
-  # guides/results/start_here.py must produce real samples so the example
-  # scripts that read from `output/results_folder` afterwards
-  # (data_fitting, queries, models, samples_via_aggregator) find a
-  # non-empty aggregator. Covers all scripts under guides/results/.
-  - pattern: "guides/results/"
-    unset: [PYAUTO_TEST_MODE, PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT]
+# (Removed the dead `howtolens/` + `guides/` PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS-unset
+# workarounds: they matched no files here, and the tutorials now use
+# `al.util.dataset.should_simulate` which deletes + re-simulates stale
+# data under the cap, so the chapters run correctly at 16x16.)
+#
+# 2026-07-23: the remaining five overrides were removed for the same reason —
+# `imaging/start_here`, `interferometer/start_here`, `group/start_here`,
+# `multi/start_here` and `guides/results/` are all autolens_workspace paths
+# copied in from that repo's env_vars.yaml. HowToLens contains only
+# chapter_*/tutorial_*.py, so none of them ever matched a file here.
+# Do not copy override patterns between repos; a pattern that matches nothing
+# is silently inert, not an override. The list is now empty, and `overrides: []`
+# is written explicitly because env_config.py reads `.get("overrides", [])` —
+# a bare `overrides:` key would load as None and raise on iteration.
+overrides: []

config/build/no_run.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 #   - Entries without '/' match the file stem exactly
 # Add an inline # comment to document the reason for skipping.
 #
+# THIS LIST IS REPO-LOCAL. Do not copy entries from autolens_workspace (or any
+# other repo) into it. HowToLens contains only chapter_*/tutorial_*.py, so a
+# workspace path such as `gui/mask` or `cluster/modeling` can never match here;
+# it is silently inert, not a skip. In July 2026 this file had accumulated 28
+# such entries against 2 real ones. Every entry below must match a file in THIS
+# repo — verify with `should_skip` in PyAutoHands/autobuild/build_util.py before
+# adding one.
+#
 # SLOW-skip convention:
 #   Entries tagged `# SLOW <YYYY-MM-DD> - <reason>` mark scripts that are
 #   skipped because they exceed the per-script timeout cap (300s by
@@ -19,32 +27,4 @@
 #   the NEEDS_FIX marker.
 
 - tutorial_searches
-- guides/results/examples/samples # SLOW 2026-04-10 - exceeds 60s test timeout; unsets TEST_MODE for downstream examples
-- guides/results/examples/samples_via_aggregator # SLOW 2026-04-10 - exceeds 60s test timeout; unsets TEST_MODE for downstream examples
-- guides/results/examples/queries # SLOW 2026-04-10 - cascade from SLOW-skipped results/start_here.py; stub Model lacks sersic_index attribute
-- guides/results/database/start_here # SLOW 2026-04-10 - previously failed fast on a broken aggregator query; now runs the real aggregator and exceeds 60s
 - tutorial_5_borders # Cant get right masks, need proper update.
-- tutorial_6_model_fit # InversionException due to test mode
-- gui/extra_galaxies_centres # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/mask_extra_galaxies # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/lens_light_centre # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/mask # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- gui/positions # GUI scripts cannot be run
-- deflections # Output HDU not supported for VectorYX Detections.
-- deflections_source_snr # Output HDU not supported for VectorYX Detections.
-- fits_make # Test mode does not output .fits images.
-- png_make # Test mode does not output .png images.
-- time_delays # Test mode does not support cosmology ift
-- hpc/example_cpu # HPC paths dont exist locally.
-- examples/searches # Test mode breaks search visualization.
-- data_fitting # Test mode breaks .fits file output
-- cluster/modeling # Cluster modeling is not maintained and test mode breaks it.
-- cluster/start_here # Cluster analysis is not maintained and test mode breaks it.
-- mass_stellar_dark/modeling # Requires CSE to be JAX enabled.
-- mass_stellar_dark/slam # Requires CSE to be JAX enabled.
-- shapelets/modeling # Issue with JAX, claude remind me about this when you next look at build.
-- detect/database # Unsure but not a feature actively used currently.
-- imaging/features/advanced/subhalo/sensitivity/ # All sensitivity scripts need updating when visualization refactored.
-- plot/visuals # Bugged, but visuals being refactored soon.
-- point_source/features/double_einstein_cross/simulator # PointSolver finds 0 positions on small grid
-- dataset/imaging/slacs1430+4105 # Dataset folder contains data.py helper, not a runnable script