From b41232348bc93103a700562e6d9c065f7fd2c6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Franz=20P=C3=B6schel?= <franz.poeschel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 17:55:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Workaround for force-flushing in parallel

---
 mala/common/physical_data.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mala/common/physical_data.py b/mala/common/physical_data.py
index e756e96d1..7ec85623d 100644
--- a/mala/common/physical_data.py
+++ b/mala/common/physical_data.py
@@ -642,6 +642,11 @@ def write_to_openpmd_iteration(
 
         # Third loop: Extra flushes to harmonize ranks
         for _ in range(extra_flushes):
+            # This following line is a workaround for issue
+            # https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/issues/1616
+            # Fixed in openPMD-api 0.16 by
+            # https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/pull/1619
+            iteration.dt = iteration.dt
             iteration.series_flush()
 
         iteration.close(flush=True)