From ab3accef97cde8c153a208af20045f771d8828ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ronnie Dutta <61982285+MetRonnie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:12:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Mypy lint

---
 cylc/flow/task_job_mgr.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cylc/flow/task_job_mgr.py b/cylc/flow/task_job_mgr.py
index 75c651536b..3c8167e2b0 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/task_job_mgr.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/task_job_mgr.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     Optional,
     Tuple,
     Union,
+    cast,
 )
 
 from cylc.flow import LOG
@@ -1233,8 +1234,14 @@ def _prep_submit_task_job(
                 rtconfig['remote']['host'] = host_n
 
             try:
-                platform = get_platform(
-                    rtconfig, itask.tdef.name, bad_hosts=self.bad_hosts
+                platform = cast(
+                    # We know this is not None because eval_platform() or
+                    # eval_host() called above ensure it is set or else we
+                    # return early if the subshell is still evaluating.
+                    'dict',
+                    get_platform(
+                        rtconfig, itask.tdef.name, bad_hosts=self.bad_hosts
+                    ),
                 )
             except PlatformLookupError as exc:
                 itask.waiting_on_job_prep = False