From 51ace0288899cf79d4803095f3f749dc085d71f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Andres-Martinez <miguel.andres-martinez@awi.de>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:56:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add hostfiles to the tracked files in last_tested for
 esm_tests

(cherry picked from commit 29e7a6989218203b68f6c2c67e53b126b1035aef)
---
 src/esm_tests/test_utilities.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/esm_tests/tests.py          |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/esm_tests/test_utilities.py b/src/esm_tests/test_utilities.py
index 931bb2e2a..4f302c543 100644
--- a/src/esm_tests/test_utilities.py
+++ b/src/esm_tests/test_utilities.py
@@ -347,6 +347,24 @@ def get_rel_paths_compare_files(info, cfile, v, this_test_dir):
                     num = 1
                 subpaths.append(f"{cf_path}/{cfiles[num].split('/')[-1]}")
                 break
+    elif cfile == "hostfiles":
+        # Collect all hostfile_* files from the scripts folder of the first run_ directory
+        ctype = "scripts"
+        ldir = os.listdir(f"{user_info['test_dir']}/{this_test_dir}")
+        ldir.sort()
+        for f in ldir:
+            # Take the first run directory
+            if "run_" in f:
+                cf_path = f"{this_test_dir}/{f}/{ctype}/"
+                cfiles = glob.glob(f"{user_info['test_dir']}/{cf_path}/hostfile_*")
+                # If not found, try in the general directory
+                if len(cfiles) == 0:
+                    cf_path = f"{this_test_dir}/{ctype}/"
+                    cfiles = glob.glob(f"{user_info['test_dir']}/{cf_path}/hostfile_*")
+                cfiles.sort()
+                for hf in cfiles:
+                    subpaths.append(f"{cf_path}/{hf.split('/')[-1]}")
+                break
     elif cfile == "namelists":
         # Get path of the finished_config
         s_config_yaml, _ = get_rel_paths_compare_files(
diff --git a/src/esm_tests/tests.py b/src/esm_tests/tests.py
index 004f3c881..c7f945fc9 100644
--- a/src/esm_tests/tests.py
+++ b/src/esm_tests/tests.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Define default files for comparisson
 compare_files = {
     "comp": ["comp-"],
-    "run": [".run", "finished_config", "namelists"],
+    "run": [".run", "finished_config", "namelists", "hostfiles"],
 }
 
 """

From 2d549509976ef945c1a9e29fc27dc427b0ce8d64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Andres-Martinez <miguel.andres-martinez@awi.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 08:39:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add hostfiles ot files tracked for esm_tests

(cherry picked from commit 1dd65d83566e9288ebd691d88a2acd788df76edb)
---
 src/esm_tests/output.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/esm_tests/output.py b/src/esm_tests/output.py
index 7a8b4745c..6250bdcb7 100644
--- a/src/esm_tests/output.py
+++ b/src/esm_tests/output.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Define default files for comparisson
 compare_files = {
     "comp": ["comp-"],
-    "run": [".run", "finished_config", "namelists"],
+    "run": [".run", "finished_config", "namelists", "hostfiles"],
 }