From 8b5125d35f93d3834879701894d959d3071ce515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Falcone <mapfalcone@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:26:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove dependence on external tests for fixed-point
 restart

---
 .../fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests    | 20 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests b/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests
index 93386941..8875ba75 100644
--- a/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests
+++ b/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests
@@ -4,10 +4,22 @@
             type = RunCommand
             command = 'bash -c "foamCleanCase -case fluid-openfoam && blockMesh -case fluid-openfoam && decomposePar -case fluid-openfoam"'
         []
-        [first]
+        [run_reference]
             type = RunApp
             prereq = heated_plate_restart/setup
             input = heated_plate.i
+            min_parallel = 4
+            max_parallel = 4
+        []
+        [copy_reference]
+            type = RunCommand
+            command = 'bash -c "reconstructPar -case fluid-openfoam && mkdir -p gold && cp -r fluid-openfoam heated_plate_out.e gold/"'
+            prereq = heated_plate_restart/run_reference
+        []
+        [first]
+            type = RunApp
+            prereq = heated_plate_restart/copy_reference
+            input = heated_plate.i
             cli_args = '--test-checkpoint-half-transient'
             min_parallel = 4
             max_parallel = 4
@@ -19,7 +31,6 @@
             cli_args = '--recover heated_plate_out_cp/LATEST'
             delete_output_before_running = false
             exodiff = heated_plate_out.e
-            gold_dir = '../heated_plate_converge'
             min_parallel=4
             max_parallel=4
         []
@@ -33,5 +44,10 @@
             input = test.py
             prereq = heated_plate_restart/prep_verify
         []
+        [clean]
+            type = RunCommand
+            command = 'bash -c "rm -rf gold"'
+            prereq = 'heated_plate_restart/verify'
+        []
     []
 []

From df20415b995c5274929568f3a902fd52be26631f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Falcone <mapfalcone@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:14:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add requirement and force remove gold directory at setup

---
 test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests b/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests
index 8875ba75..2e1d3c07 100644
--- a/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests
+++ b/test/tests/fixed-point/restart_heated_plate/tests
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [Tests]
     [heated_plate_restart]
+        requirement = "Test the cases using fixed-point iteration restart correctly"
         [setup]
             type = RunCommand
-            command = 'bash -c "foamCleanCase -case fluid-openfoam && blockMesh -case fluid-openfoam && decomposePar -case fluid-openfoam"'
+            command = 'bash -c "foamCleanCase -case fluid-openfoam && rm -rf gold && blockMesh -case fluid-openfoam && decomposePar -case fluid-openfoam"'
         []
         [run_reference]
             type = RunApp