diff --git a/tests/python/core_mapping_smoke.py b/tests/python/core_mapping_smoke.py
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--- a/tests/python/core_mapping_smoke.py
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-"""Focused core-mapping smoke checks for a built or staged STROID Python module.
-
-Example:
-    python core_mapping_smoke.py --module _stroid --module-dir build/build-python
-    python core_mapping_smoke.py --module-dir /path/to/staged/site-packages
-"""
-
-import argparse
-import importlib
-import json
-from pathlib import Path
-import sys
-import tempfile
-
-
-def element_counts(stroid, mesh):
-    result = stroid.stats.ComputeMeshStats(
-        mesh, stroid.stats.MeshStatFeatures.ELEMENT_COUNT
-    )
-    assert not result.errors, result.errors
-    assert result.element_counts is not None
-    return result.element_counts
-
-
-def run(stroid):
-    default = stroid.config.MeshConfig()
-    assert default.core_mapping == "spherified"
-    default.core_mapping = "multi_block"
-    assert default.core_mapping == "multi_block"
-    assert "core_mapping: multi_block" in repr(default)
-
-    summaries = []
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="stroid-python-smoke-") as output:
-        output_path = Path(output)
-        config_path = output_path / "multi_block.toml"
-        config_path.write_text(
-            '[main]\ncore_mapping = "multi_block"\nrefinement_levels = 0\n'
-            'order = 3\ninclude_external_domain = false\n'
-            'r_core = 0.25\nr_star = 1.0\nr_infinity = 6.0\n'
-            'flattening = 0.0\nr_instability = 1e-14\n'
-            'core_steepness = 1.0\ncontinuity_order = 2\n'
-            'surface_bdr_id = 1\ninf_bdr_id = 2\n'
-            'core_id = 1\nenvelope_id = 2\nvacuum_id = 3\n'
-            '[main.optimization_methods]\ntmop = false\nsmoothstep = true\n'
-        )
-        configured_mesh = stroid.GenerateMesh(str(config_path))
-        assert configured_mesh.config.core_mapping == "multi_block"
-        assert element_counts(stroid, configured_mesh).total == 13
-
-        for mapping in ("spherified", "multi_block"):
-            for external in (False, True):
-                config = stroid.config.MeshConfig(
-                    core_mapping=mapping,
-                    refinement_levels=0,
-                    order=3,
-                    include_external_domain=external,
-                    optimization_methods=stroid.config.OptimizationMethods(
-                        tmop=False, smoothstep=True
-                    ),
-                )
-                mesh = stroid.GenerateMesh(config)
-                assert mesh.has_mesh() and mesh.has_rmesh()
-                counts = element_counts(stroid, mesh)
-                expected_core = 7 if mapping == "multi_block" else 1
-                expected_total = expected_core + 6 + (6 if external else 0)
-                assert counts.total == expected_total
-                assert counts.core == expected_core
-                assert counts.envelope == 6
-                assert counts.vacuum == (6 if external else 0)
-
-                path = output_path / f"{mapping}-{external}.smesh"
-                stroid.IO.SaveStroidMesh(mesh, str(path), "Python core-mapping smoke")
-                loaded = stroid.IO.LoadStroidMesh(str(path))
-                assert loaded.config.core_mapping == mapping
-                assert element_counts(stroid, loaded).total == expected_total
-
-                stroid.refinement.UniformRefinement(loaded, 1)
-                assert loaded.config.core_mapping == mapping
-                assert loaded.refinement_levels == 1
-                refined_counts = element_counts(stroid, loaded)
-                assert refined_counts.total == expected_total * 8
-                assert refined_counts.core == expected_core * 8
-
-                if mapping == "spherified":
-                    legacy = "\n".join(
-                        line for line in path.read_text().splitlines()
-                        if not line.startswith("core_mapping:")
-                    )
-                    legacy_mesh = stroid.IO.ParseStroidMesh(legacy)
-                    assert legacy_mesh.config.core_mapping == "spherified"
-                    assert element_counts(stroid, legacy_mesh).total == expected_total
-
-                summaries.append({
-                    "mapping": mapping,
-                    "external": external,
-                    "initial_elements": expected_total,
-                    "refined_elements": refined_counts.total,
-                })
-
-        invalid = stroid.config.MeshConfig(
-            core_mapping="unknown", refinement_levels=0
-        )
-        try:
-            stroid.GenerateMesh(invalid)
-        except (ValueError, RuntimeError):
-            pass
-        else:
-            raise AssertionError("Unsupported core_mapping was accepted")
-
-    return summaries
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
-    parser.add_argument("--module", default="stroid")
-    parser.add_argument("--module-dir", type=Path)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    if args.module_dir is not None:
-        sys.path.insert(0, str(args.module_dir.resolve()))
-    stroid = importlib.import_module(args.module)
-    summaries = run(stroid)
-    print(json.dumps({"module": stroid.__file__, "cases": summaries}, indent=2))
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()