From 1561b8a134fa9b2d0fddfa4e52fc1f100ee821a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:57:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] feat: add STATUS enum for MAPDL state management

---
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py
index 111c1a0164d..da2bea6d9ce 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 """Module to control interaction with MAPDL through Python"""
 
+from enum import StrEnum
 from functools import wraps
 import glob
 import logging
@@ -233,6 +234,12 @@
 ]
 
 
+class STATUS(StrEnum):
+    EXITED = "exited"
+    EXITING = "exiting"
+    RUNNING = "running"
+
+
 def parse_to_short_cmd(command):
     """Takes any MAPDL command and returns the first 4 characters of
     the command
@@ -472,18 +479,18 @@ def chain_commands(self):
         return self._chain_commands(self)
 
     @property
-    def check_status(self):
+    def check_status(self) -> STATUS:
         """Return MAPDL status.
         * 'exited' if MAPDL is exited
         * 'exiting' if MAPDL is exiting
-        * Otherwise returns 'OK'.
+        * Otherwise returns 'running'.
         """
         if self.exited:
-            return "exited"
+            return STATUS.EXITED
         elif self.exiting:
-            return "exiting"
+            return STATUS.EXITING
         else:
-            return "OK"
+            return STATUS.RUNNING
 
     @property
     def components(self) -> "ComponentManager":

From 5a5c5fc34e28f755c0fce3fc969b91c435cebb8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:59:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] chore: adding changelog file 4221.added.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/4221.added.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/4221.added.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4221.added.md b/doc/changelog.d/4221.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b57475a222e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4221.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add STATUS enum for MAPDL state management

From 36744fe782ddc458790baeaba90c89853e751b3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:34:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] refactor: change STATUS class to inherit from str and
 Enum2

---
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py
index da2bea6d9ce..e6ba3d9b982 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_core.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 """Module to control interaction with MAPDL through Python"""
 
-from enum import StrEnum
+from enum import Enum
 from functools import wraps
 import glob
 import logging
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 ]
 
 
-class STATUS(StrEnum):
+class STATUS(str, Enum):
     EXITED = "exited"
     EXITING = "exiting"
     RUNNING = "running"

From a23667aeb28218e3146eb12c15f5f1d30d27f4ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:48:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] test: update check_status assertion to reflect running
 state

---
 tests/test_mapdl.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_mapdl.py b/tests/test_mapdl.py
index 56ef1beb906..7e1796d56b4 100644
--- a/tests/test_mapdl.py
+++ b/tests/test_mapdl.py
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ def test_exiting(mapdl, cleared):
 
 
 def test_check_status(mapdl, cleared):
-    assert mapdl.check_status == "OK"
+    assert mapdl.check_status == "running"
 
     mapdl._exited = True
     assert mapdl.exited