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+"""
+Tests for running hermes workflows through hera's hermesWorkflowToolkit.
+
+Covers:
+  - Building and executing a minimal single-node hermes workflow with the
+    local Luigi scheduler, verifying it completes and writes its targets.
+
+These tests are skipped when hermes or luigi are not importable so the suite
+remains green in environments without the full hermes stack.
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Skip entire module if hermes / luigi unavailable
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+hermes = pytest.importorskip("hermes")
+pytest.importorskip("luigi")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fixtures and helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_HERMES_ROOT = os.path.dirname(hermes.__file__) + "/.."
+
+_SIMPLE_WORKFLOW_JSON = {
+    "workflow": {
+        "nodes": {
+            "RunPythonCode": {
+                "Execution": {
+                    "input_parameters": {
+                        "ModulePath": "hello_mod",
+                        "ClassName": "Hello",
+                        "MethodName": "run",
+                        "Parameters": {},
+                    }
+                },
+                "type": "general.RunPythonCode",
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+_HELLO_MODULE = (
+    "class Hello:\n"
+    "    def run(self):\n"
+    "        print('hello from hermes')\n"
+)
+
+
+def _run_workflow(workdir: str, workflow_json: dict, module_name: str = "Workflow1"):
+    """Build and execute a hermes workflow in *workdir* using the local scheduler.
+
+    Returns (returncode, stdout, stderr).
+    """
+    from hermes import workflow
+
+    wf = workflow(workflow_json, workdir, Resource_path=workdir)
+    workflow_script = os.path.join(workdir, f"{module_name}.py")
+    with open(workflow_script, "w") as fp:
+        fp.write(wf.build(buildername=workflow.BUILDER_LUIGI))
+
+    cmd = (
+        f"{sys.executable} -m luigi"
+        f" --module {module_name} finalnode_xx_0 --local-scheduler"
+    )
+    env = dict(os.environ)
+    env["PYTHONPATH"] = os.pathsep.join(
+        [_HERMES_ROOT, workdir, env.get("PYTHONPATH", "")]
+    )
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        cmd, shell=True, cwd=workdir, env=env,
+        capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=120,
+    )
+    return result.returncode, result.stdout, result.stderr
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+class TestSimpleHermesWorkflow:
+    """End-to-end tests running a hermes workflow with the local scheduler."""
+
+    def test_single_node_workflow_completes(self, tmp_path):
+        """A single RunPythonCode node should run to completion."""
+        workdir = str(tmp_path)
+        with open(os.path.join(workdir, "hello_mod.py"), "w") as fp:
+            fp.write(_HELLO_MODULE)
+
+        rc, stdout, stderr = _run_workflow(workdir, _SIMPLE_WORKFLOW_JSON)
+        # Luigi can exit 0 even when tasks fail, so the return code alone is
+        # not sufficient; also check its execution summary reported success.
+        assert rc == 0, f"Workflow exited with code {rc}.\nstderr:\n{stderr}"
+        assert "this progress looks :)" in stderr.lower(), (
+            "Luigi did not report successful completion.\nstderr:\n" + stderr
+        )
+
+    def test_target_files_are_created(self, tmp_path):
+        """Luigi target JSON files must be written for each node."""
+        workdir = str(tmp_path)
+        with open(os.path.join(workdir, "hello_mod.py"), "w") as fp:
+            fp.write(_HELLO_MODULE)
+
+        _run_workflow(workdir, _SIMPLE_WORKFLOW_JSON)
+
+        target_dir = os.path.join(workdir, "Workflow1_targetFiles")
+        assert os.path.isdir(target_dir), f"Target directory not found: {target_dir}"
+        assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(target_dir, "RunPythonCode_0.json"))
+        assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(target_dir, "finalnode_xx_0.json"))
+
+    def test_workflow_is_idempotent(self, tmp_path):
+        """Running the same workflow twice should succeed both times (Luigi re-uses targets)."""
+        workdir = str(tmp_path)
+        with open(os.path.join(workdir, "hello_mod.py"), "w") as fp:
+            fp.write(_HELLO_MODULE)
+
+        rc1, _, stderr1 = _run_workflow(workdir, _SIMPLE_WORKFLOW_JSON)
+        rc2, _, stderr2 = _run_workflow(workdir, _SIMPLE_WORKFLOW_JSON)
+        assert rc1 == 0, f"First run failed.\nstderr:\n{stderr1}"
+        assert rc2 == 0, f"Second run failed.\nstderr:\n{stderr2}"