From ad86881b06332c17109c918f51ca8299b77d638b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:35:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From d453fcf3a190df6fb840545805da574e7204daf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:37:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix CI: skip test_fake_gp_backend.py when gpflow is not
 installed

Co-authored-by: adowling2 <13946870+adowling2@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 tests/unit/test_fake_gp_backend.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/test_fake_gp_backend.py b/tests/unit/test_fake_gp_backend.py
index c606011..36a8eeb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_fake_gp_backend.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_fake_gp_backend.py
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@
 the exact production default (get_backend("gpflow")), so these are additive, zero-risk
 changes to the constructors.
 """
+import pytest
 import numpy as np
 
 from emcal.emulators import GPEmulator, build_gp_emulator
 from emcal.enums import Kernel
-from emcal.gp_backend.gpflow_backend import GpflowBackend
 
 from _fakes import FakeGPBackend
 
+gpflow = pytest.importorskip("gpflow", reason="gpflow not installed")
+
+from emcal.gp_backend.gpflow_backend import GpflowBackend
+
 
 def test_fake_backend_implements_full_abc_interface():
     backend = FakeGPBackend()