phenotypic.sdk_.resolve_execution_mode

phenotypic.sdk_.resolve_execution_mode(job_meta: dict | None) → Literal['local', 'slurm']

Extract ExecutionMode from job metadata, defaulting to "local".

Replaces a 5-site copy-paste of the job_meta.get("execution_mode", "local") if job_meta else "local" pattern.

Silent coercion: any value that isn’t exactly "slurm" collapses to "local" — including None (no metadata file), {} (no key), garbage strings (e.g. "validate", ""), and the literal None value. The function never raises. Callers who need to detect an unknown mode and warn / refuse should inspect job_meta directly before calling this helper.

Parameters:

job_meta (dict | None) – Parsed progress/job_metadata.json content, or None when the file is absent.

Returns:

"local" or "slurm".

Return type:

Literal[‘local’, ‘slurm’]