diff --git a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/allocation_test.py b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/allocation_test.py
index 7c035c19..bf67c49d 100644
--- a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/allocation_test.py
+++ b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/allocation_test.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from . import testutil
 
 import logging
+import pytest
 import sys
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format="%(message)s", stream=sys.stderr)
 
@@ -93,8 +94,18 @@ def test_mixed_resume_names() -> None:
     assert len(bootup_result.nodes) == 2
     assert node_list == [n.name for n in bootup_result.nodes]
 
- 
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_is_slurmctld_up() -> None:
+    implementation = slutil.is_slurmctld_up
+    slutil.is_slurmctld_up = lambda: True
+    yield
+    slutil.is_slurmctld_up = implementation
+
+
 def test_resume_dynamic_by_feature() -> None:
+
+    
     node_mgr = testutil.make_test_node_manager()
     bindings: MockClusterBinding = node_mgr.cluster_bindings  # type: ignore
     native_cli = testutil.make_native_cli()
@@ -130,8 +141,6 @@ def test_resume_dynamic_by_feature() -> None:
     assert 2 == len(result.nodes)
 
 
-
-
 def test_failure_mode() -> None:
     node_mgr = testutil.make_test_node_manager()
     bindings: MockClusterBinding = node_mgr.cluster_bindings  # type: ignore
diff --git a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/cli_test.py b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/cli_test.py
index 63c974d9..693602a6 100644
--- a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/cli_test.py
+++ b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/cli_test.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def make_partition(
     use_pcpu: bool = True,
     slurm_memory: str = "",
     dampen_memory: Optional[float] = None,
-    dynamic_config: str = "",
+    dynamic_feature: str = "",
 ) -> Partition:
     resources = {"slurm_memory": Memory.value_of(slurm_memory)} if slurm_memory else {}
     node_def = NodeDefinition(
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def make_partition(
         [bucket],
         100,
         use_pcpu,
-        dynamic_config,
+        dynamic_feature,
         {},
         ["Standard_f4"],
         dampen_memory,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_partitions() -> None:
     partitions = [
         make_partition("htc", False, False),
         make_partition("hpc", True, True),
-        make_partition("dynamic", False, False, dynamic_config="-Z Feature=dyn"),
+        make_partition("dynamic", False, False, dynamic_feature="dyn"),
     ]
 
     # Define neither slurm_memory nor dampen_memory, autoscale=true
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_partitions() -> None:
         make_partition("htc", False, False, slurm_memory="15g"),
         make_partition("hpc", True, True, slurm_memory="14g"),
         make_partition(
-            "dynamic", False, False, dynamic_config="-Z Feature=dyn", slurm_memory="13g"
+            "dynamic", False, False, dynamic_feature="dyn", slurm_memory="13g"
         ),
     ]
     # No slurm.dampen_memory or slurm_memory resource, autoscale=FALSE
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def test_partitions() -> None:
             "dynamic",
             False,
             False,
-            dynamic_config="-Z Feature=dyn",
+            dynamic_feature="dyn",
             slurm_memory="13g",
             dampen_memory=0.75,
         ),
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def test_partitions() -> None:
             "dynamic",
             False,
             False,
-            dynamic_config="-Z Feature=dyn",
+            dynamic_feature="dyn",
             slurm_memory="13g",
             dampen_memory=0.75,
         ),
diff --git a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/testutil.py b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/testutil.py
index 5bd357be..1c18b3a9 100644
--- a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/testutil.py
+++ b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/testutil.py
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ def create_nodes(self, node_names: List[str], features: List[str] = [], partitio
             }
         clear_caches()
 
+    def srun(self, args: List[str], retry: bool = True) -> str:
+        raise RuntimeError("srun not implemented")
+
 
 set_slurm_cli(MockNativeSlurmCLI())
 
diff --git a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/util_test.py b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/util_test.py
index 14bed953..7b87a1a1 100644
--- a/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/util_test.py
+++ b/azure-slurm/test/slurmcc_test/util_test.py
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ def test_run_function() -> None:
 
     # test case for permissions errors
     try:
-        out=run(['touch', '/root/.test'])
+        run(['touch', '/root/.test'])
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        assert out.returncode != 0
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+        assert e.returncode != 0
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