TEMP: This is probably the fix!

Author: AlexanderWells-diamond

tests/conftest.py

@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 from typing import Any
 import pytest
 
+# It is necessary to ensure we always import cothread.catools before aioca as
+# doing this import will cause an EPICS context to be created, and it will also
+# register an atexit function to delete it.
+# If we were to import aioca first it would create an EPICS context, note it has
+# created it, then try to delete it in its own atexit function which will collide
+# with cothread's attempts to do the same (despite the fact in this configuration
+# cothread did not create the context)
+import cothread.catools
+
 from softioc import builder
 from softioc.builder import ClearRecords, SetDeviceName, GetRecordNames