fix: use unique logger name per job to prevent log handler conflicts

calphy/helpers.py

@@ -232,15 +232,15 @@ def write_data(lmp, file):
 
 
 def prepare_log(file, screen=False):
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logger = logging.getLogger(file)
 
     # Remove all existing handlers to prevent duplicate logging
     for handler in logger.handlers[:]:
         handler.close()
         logger.removeHandler(handler)
 
     handler = logging.FileHandler(file)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(name)-12s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s")
+    formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s calphy.helpers %(levelname)-8s %(message)s")
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(handler)
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

calphy/routines.py

@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ def run_jobs(self):
             simfolder=self.calculations[1].create_folders(),
         )
 
+        # Propagate MeltingTemp file handlers to sub-job loggers so that
+        # all sub-job output also appears in melting_temperature.log
+        for handler in self.logger.handlers:
+            self.soljob.logger.addHandler(handler)
+            self.lqdjob.logger.addHandler(handler)
+
         self.logger.info(
             "Free energy of %s and %s phases will be calculated"
             % (self.soljob.calc.lattice, self.lqdjob.calc.lattice)

tests/test_helpers.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
+import tempfile
+import os
 import calphy.helpers as ch
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -35,6 +37,50 @@ def test_validate_spring_constants():
 	e = ch.validate_spring_constants(d)
 	assert e[0] == 1
 
-	d = [1, np.NaN, 4]
+	d = [1, np.nan, 4]
 	e = ch.validate_spring_constants(d)
 	assert e[1] == 1
+
+def test_prepare_log_no_handler_accumulation():
+    """
+    Calling prepare_log twice for the same file should not accumulate handlers.
+    Each call should reset to exactly one file handler.
+    """
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        logfile = os.path.join(tmpdir, "test.log")
+
+        logger1 = ch.prepare_log(logfile)
+        assert len(logger1.handlers) == 1, "Should have exactly 1 handler after first call"
+
+        logger2 = ch.prepare_log(logfile)
+        assert len(logger2.handlers) == 1, "Should still have exactly 1 handler after second call"
+        assert logger1 is logger2, "Should return the same logger object"
+
+def test_prepare_log_no_cross_contamination():
+    """
+    Two independent calculations logging to different files must not
+    write into each other's log files.
+    """
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        log1 = os.path.join(tmpdir, "calc1.log")
+        log2 = os.path.join(tmpdir, "calc2.log")
+
+        logger1 = ch.prepare_log(log1)
+        logger1.info("message from calc1")
+
+        logger2 = ch.prepare_log(log2)
+        logger2.info("message from calc2")
+
+        # Flush all handlers
+        for h in logger1.handlers:
+            h.flush()
+        for h in logger2.handlers:
+            h.flush()
+
+        content1 = open(log1).read()
+        content2 = open(log2).read()
+
+        assert "message from calc1" in content1, "calc1.log should contain calc1 message"
+        assert "message from calc2" not in content1, "calc1.log must NOT contain calc2 message"
+        assert "message from calc2" in content2, "calc2.log should contain calc2 message"
+        assert "message from calc1" not in content2, "calc2.log must NOT contain calc1 message"