Open XIOS context definition for apps

[Ed Hone (EdHone)]

PR Summary

Sci/Tech Reviewer: Mike Hobson (@mike-hobson)
Code Reviewer: Andrew Coughtrie (@andrewcoughtrie)

Corresponding lfric_apps changes related to the de-coupling of the call to xios_close_context_definition from the lfric_xios_context_type's initialisation method. The before_close methods that are un-used have now been safely removed, and the updated interfaces have been rolled out to the apps that need them.

• linked De-couple XIOS context definition from object initialisation lfric_core#382

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Test Suite Results - lfric_apps - lfric_apps-open-context-definition/run5

Suite Information

Item	Value
Suite Name	lfric_apps-open-context-definition/run5
Suite User	edward.hone
Workflow Start	2026-06-02T08:42:45
Groups Run	developer

Dependency	Reference	Main Like
casim	MetOffice/casim@2026.03.2	True
jules	MetOffice/jules@3647a42	True
lfric_apps	EdHone/lfric_apps@open-context-definition	False
lfric_core	EdHone/lfric_core@291-context-definition	True
moci	MetOffice/moci@2026.03.2	True
SimSys_Scripts	MetOffice/SimSys_Scripts@3e2998b	True
socrates	MetOffice/socrates@2026.03.2	True
socrates-spectral	MetOffice/socrates-spectral@2026.03.2	True
ukca	MetOffice/ukca@1cdb9c2	True

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✅ succeeded tasks - 1198

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[Mike Hobson (mike-hobson)]

This is mostly just the "plumbing" part of the implementation. I can see no issues with it, but I'm not approving it, yet, as I've asked for a change on the linked Core PR and I don't want this to head off to the code reviewer before the linked PR is ready.

[DanStoneMO]

Tested JEDI with this and it plays nicely as-is. No linked JEDI PR will be needed.

[Mike Hobson (mike-hobson)]

The linked PR has now passed sci-tech review, so I'm releasing this for code review with Andrew Coughtrie (@andrewcoughtrie)