Patch validating forward model config schema

tests/everest/test_config_validation.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -957,19 +958,21 @@ def test_that_non_existing_workflow_jobs_cause_error():
     ],
 )
 def test_warning_forward_model_write_objectives(objective, forward_model, warning_msg):
-    if warning_msg is not None:
-        with pytest.warns(ConfigWarning, match=warning_msg):
-            EverestConfig.with_defaults(
-                objective_functions=[{"name": o} for o in objective],
-                forward_model=forward_model,
-            )
-    else:
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("error", category=ConfigWarning)
-            EverestConfig.with_defaults(
-                objective_functions=[{"name": o} for o in objective],
-                forward_model=forward_model,
-            )
+    # model.realizations is non-empty and therefore this test will run full validation on forward model schema, we don't want that for this test
+    with patch("everest.config.everest_config.validate_forward_model_configs"):
+        if warning_msg is not None:
+            with pytest.warns(ConfigWarning, match=warning_msg):
+                EverestConfig.with_defaults(
+                    objective_functions=[{"name": o} for o in objective],
+                    forward_model=forward_model,
+                )
+        else:
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                warnings.simplefilter("error", category=ConfigWarning)
+                EverestConfig.with_defaults(
+                    objective_functions=[{"name": o} for o in objective],
+                    forward_model=forward_model,
+                )
 
 
 def test_deprecated_keyword_report_steps():