This release brings various minor quality-of-life improvements and security updates. dynamic AMR criteria updated to match Kotipalo et al 2024: vg_amr_alpha -> vg_amr_alpha1, vg_amr_jperb -> vg_amr_alpha2, scaling fixes Ionospheric parameters written to vlsv files Added option to deactivate refinement by Cartesian coordinate thresholds Fixes to timers New testpackage and CI structure Cleaned up sample configuration files Fix to 3D dipole field in solar wind inflow cells Auto-generated release notes follow: What's Changed Use newer docker image in CI runs. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/899 Github actions workflow to automatically sync branches to HLRS gitlab by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/901 static dipole copysphere.zeroPerB = 1 in testpackage Magnetopshere_small by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/905 Fix gitlab sync action yaml syntax by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/910 Fix git remote syntax in gitlab sync action. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/911 vlsvExtract std containers dis-ambiguation by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/913 refine_radius for dAMR version support, a QoL improvements: output b … by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/912 updated dccrg and fsgrid submodule commits by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/907 updated dccrg and fsgrid submodule commits by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/908 Use Github "Retry Step" Action to wait for vlasiator binary on lustre. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/921 Mpi in block adjustment by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/919 Refinement param renames by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/920 Some explanations of config option groups in sample cfg by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/917 Output time difference in vlsvdiff by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/925 Fix CI runs on RISCV failing, probably due to old libraries still lingering in the work directory. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/931 Makefile and github actions steps to build on apple M1 by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/930 Use mpirun instead of srun for tool runs on carrington for CI by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/934 Update appleM1 CI build boost version. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/935 Cross-compile on BSC RiscV cluster for much faster CI builds by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/941 Squelch a big bunch of unused variable warnings. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/942 Reverting submodule urls to https instead of ssh, for easier accessib… by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/932 Fix Warnings by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/900 Face neighbor caching by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/933 Refinement hotfix by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/914 Amr translation cleanup by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/767 Minor moments fixes by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/947 Amr translation cleanup addon by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/948 Bug fix (Add parameters into the VLSV file) by @ArnaudLalague in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/950 Add support for DCCRG/FSgrid split feature (requires support from DCCRG and FSgrid) by @hokkanen in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/926 Push to GitLab only from fmihpc by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/954 Reworked testpackage in a major fashion. by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/927 Added Eigen as a submodule by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/890 Move spatial cell to cpu-specific file by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/955 Concurrency check and trap to scancel testpackage_run if caught cancel signal by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/961 Remove . /etc/profile from generate_version.sh by @astatide in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/963 Updates to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability project by @vetarvus in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/960 Fix ig_rhon units incorrectly being a mass density by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/971 Update github artefact actions to v4. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/968 Add Makefile for MareNostrum 5's general partition by @astatide in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/964 Ci carrington fs ops to srun by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/974 Fix crash if OMPI_MCA_io is not set in environment. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/984 Dev up-to-speed by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/967 Don't checkout submodules in testpackage CI run. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/975 Write out vg_f_saved if any VDFs are coming as well. by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/976 Add LFM (Merkin et al 2010) ionosphere solver test. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/957 Pass scancel --full to cancel jobs by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/989 Check script default local by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/987 Patch tracing to spheres at shallow angles. by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/970 Refinement exclusion halfspaces by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/985 Harris update, after #967 by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/986 Update ci reference data runner by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/991 Added trap output by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/977 Purge dead projects projects/unsupported/* and projects/VelocityBox by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/992 change CI reference data generation job name by @markusbattarbee in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/993 Parallel timer fixes by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/966 Add a "check cfg files" CI step. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/990 Try to use a cancel job step to scancel by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/995 Add rescaleDensity to Flowthrough to stabilize testing. by @alhom in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/994 Ensure dtIsChanged is false on static timestep by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/997 Squelch two compiler warnings. by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/996 Document refinement region limits behaviour by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/998 Makefile for MPCDF's Viper system by @ursg in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1010 AMR Testpackage by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/902 Long overdue fix to the glueChunksTogether.sh script that usually doe… by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1011 Removed block adjustment in initialization of donotcompute cells. by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1009 Adding omp simd-pragmas to moment filtering by @veetihaaja in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1002 No noDipoleInSW by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1005 Only proc boundary cells in one trans loop by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1008 Simplify division by kernelSum. by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1018 Reinstate shrink_to_fit in SpatialCell. by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1016 Move submodule include paths by @lkotipal in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/895 Vlasiator 5.3.1 dev into master merge by @ykempf in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1025 New Contributors @ArnaudLalague made their first contribution in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/950 @astatide made their first contribution in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/963 @veetihaaja made their first contribution in https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/pull/1002 Full Changelog: https://github.com/fmihpc/vlasiator/compare/v5.3...v5.3.1