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+name: HDF5 Fortran API CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build_serial_HDF5_with_gfortran:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            gfortran \
+            cmake \
+            libhdf5-dev \
+            libhdf5-fortran-102  
+
+      - name: Verify compilers and HDF5
+        run: |
+          gfortran --version
+          cmake --version
+
+      - name: Configure test runner with CMake and run
+        run: |
+          cmake -S ./test/. -B ./build-tests \
+             -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=gfortran
+          cmake --build ./build-tests 
+          ./build-tests/h5testrunner
+
+
+  build_parallel_HDF5_with_gfortran:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            gfortran \
+            cmake \
+            libopenmpi-dev \
+            libhdf5-openmpi-dev
+
+      - name: Verify compilers and HDF5
+        run: |
+          gfortran --version
+          cmake --version
+          mpif90 --version
+
+      - name: Configure test runner with CMake and run
+        run: |
+          cmake -S ./test/. -B ./build-tests \
+             -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=mpif90 -DMPI_VERSION=ON
+          cmake --build build-tests 
+          ./build-tests/h5testrunner
+          ./build-tests/h5testrunner_mpi
+          mpirun --allow-run-as-root --oversubscribe \
+                 -np 2 ./build-tests/h5testrunner_mpi