Update MFEM and PETSc

conda/libmesh/conda_build_config.yaml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ mpi:
   - openmpi
 
 moose_petsc:
-  - moose-petsc 3.24.0 mpich_1
-  - moose-petsc 3.24.0 openmpi_1
+  - moose-petsc 3.24.1 mpich_0
+  - moose-petsc 3.24.1 openmpi_0
 
 moose_libmesh_vtk:
   - moose-libmesh-vtk 9.4.2 mpich_6

conda/libmesh/meta.yaml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 # As well as any directions pertaining to modifying those files.
 # ALSO: Follow the directions in scripts/tests/versioner_hashes.yaml
-{% set build = 1 %}
-{% set version = "2025.10.15" %}
+{% set build = 0 %}
+{% set version = "2025.11.14" %}
 
 package:
   name: moose-libmesh

conda/moose-dev/conda_build_config.yaml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ mpi:
   - openmpi
 
 moose_libmesh:
-  - moose-libmesh 2025.10.15 mpich_1
-  - moose-libmesh 2025.10.15 openmpi_1
+  - moose-libmesh 2025.11.14 mpich_0
+  - moose-libmesh 2025.11.14 openmpi_0
 
 moose_wasp:
   - moose-wasp 2025.09.18

conda/moose-dev/meta.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # REMEMBER TO UPDATE the .yaml files for the following packages:
 #   moose/conda_build_config.yaml
 # As well as any directions pertaining to modifying those files.
-{% set version = "2025.10.27" %}
+{% set version = "2025.11.14" %}
 
 package:
   name: moose-dev

conda/moose/conda_build_config.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ mpi:
   - mpich
 
 moose_dev:
-  - moose-dev 2025.10.27
+  - moose-dev 2025.11.14
 
 #### Darwin SDK SYSROOT
 CONDA_BUILD_SYSROOT:                                        # [osx]

conda/petsc/meta.yaml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #
 # As well as any directions pertaining to modifying those files.
 # ALSO: Follow the directions in scripts/tests/versioner_hashes.yaml
-{% set build = 1 %}
-{% set version = "3.24.0" %}
+{% set build = 0 %}
+{% set version = "3.24.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: moose-petsc

modules/contact/test/tests/sliding_block/sliding/tests

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     input = 'frictionless_aug.i'
     exodiff = 'frictionless_aug_out.e'
     heavy = true
-    capabilities = 'superlu'
+    capabilities = 'mumps'
     min_parallel = 4
     abs_zero = 1e-4
     rel_err = 1e-4
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     input = 'frictional_02_aug.i'
     exodiff = 'frictional_02_aug_out.e'
     heavy = true
-    capabilities = 'superlu'
+    capabilities = 'mumps'
     min_parallel = 4
     rel_err = 1e-4
     abs_zero = 1e-4

modules/doc/content/newsletter/2025/2025_11.md

@@ -11,8 +11,94 @@ for a complete description of all MOOSE changes.
 
 ## libMesh-level Changes
 
+### `2025.11.14` Update
+
+- A long-deprecated behavior has been removed: code initializing data
+  using an `FE` object now *must* prerequest all data it will later
+  access; it can no longer prerequest nothing and rely on libMesh to
+  interpret that as a potential need for everything.
+- A large number of long-deprecated APIs have been removed:
+   - The `DofObject::set_unique_id()` overload that returns a reference
+    is gone; use the overload that takes an argument instead.
+  - `Elem::centroid()` is gone.  Code that requires an accurate
+    approximation of ths should be using `Elem::true_centroid()`
+    instead; code that requires a non-centroidal but
+    quick-to-calculate internal point should be using
+    `Elem::vertex_average()` instead.
+  - `Elem::which_node_am_i()` is gone.  Use `Elem::local_side_node()`
+    instead.
+  - The `BoundaryInfo::build_*_list()` overloads that fill vector
+    arguments are gone.  Use the overloads that return vectors
+    instead, or use the `multimap` getters.
+  - `CondensedEigenSystem` no longer supports direct access to raw
+    `condensed_matrix_A` and `condensed_matrix_B` pointers; use e.g.
+    `get_condensed_matrix_A()` instead.
+  - The `MeshFunction::init()` overload taking a tree build type is
+    gone.  Use the other `init()` overload instead.
+  - The poorly named `EquationSystems::get_solution()` is gone.  Use
+    `EquationSystems::build_elemental_solution_vector() for elemental
+    data instead.
+  - `System::read_legacy_data()` is gone.  Use libMesh .xda files that
+    postdate 2007, and show your pre-2007 libMesh .xda files to Roy to
+    amuse and delight him.
+  - The old `libmesh/mesh_inserter_iterator.h` header is gone.  Rely
+    on `Node` and `Elem` unpacking specializations to insert
+    communicated objects into a target `UnstructuredMesh`.
+  - The `libmesh_make_unique` macro is gone.  Use `std::make_unique`
+    directly.
+  - The old `libmesh/auto_ptr.h` header and macro is gone.  Use
+    `std::unique_ptr`.
+  - `Utility::iota()` and `Utility::is_sorted()` are gone.  Use
+    `std::iota()` and `std::is_sorted()`
+  - `DynaIO::clear_spline_nodes()` is gone.  Use
+    `MeshTools::clear_spline_nodes()` instead.
+  - `DifferentiableSystem::swap_physics()` is gone.  Use `push_physics()` and
+    `pop_physics()` instead.
+  - `DifferentiableSystem::init_qoi()` is gone.  Override
+    `DifferentiableQoI::init_qoi_count()` in `DifferentiableQoI`
+    subclasses instead.
+  - `RBParameterized::get_parameter_names()` and an
+    `RBEvaluation::eval_output_dual_norm()` overload have been
+    removed.  Use `get_parameters_map()` or the remaining
+    `eval_output_dual_norm()` overload.
+- libMesh now throws `DegenerateMap` exceptions when encountering
+  singularities while evaluating geometric element mappings or
+  factoring dense matrices, not `LogicError` exceptions, which are
+  reserved for errors in logic.  Code catching these exceptions should
+  use the new type, or for compatibility with old libMesh can catch
+  `std::exception & e` and examine `e.what()` to determine the exception
+  details.
+- MetaPhysicL code can now run on accelerator/GPU devices, using Kokkos
+- `VariationalSmoother` now supports meshes with tetrahedral elements.
+- `VariationalSmoother` now supports fine-grained user-controlled
+  verbosity, and emits better error messages in cases where a smoother
+  optimization solve fails.
+- Added `SparseMatrix::print_coreform_hdf5`, to create CSR-structured
+  matrix data in HDF5 files in the Coreform format.
+- `LaplaceMeshSmoother` now has API signatures to match
+  `VariationalSmoother`.
+- `Elem::size_vertex_average_normal()` now supports `Edge3` (and in
+  theory `Edge4`) elements
+- Added `ExodusII_IO::set_unique_ids_from_maps()` to set `unique_id()`
+  rather than `id()` from Exodus file numbering.  This can be useful
+  for efficiency when loading very sparse numberings into a
+  `ReplicatedMesh`.
+- Added `libmesh_assert_valid_point_locator()` method to verify
+  `PointLocator` consistency when debugging with potentially-changed
+  meshes
+- Bug fixes:
+  - The VariationalSmoother is now calculating target elements
+    properly; this gives better-smoothed results for meshes with
+    triangle, prism, and pyramid elements.
+  - libMesh no longer triggers deprecation warnings with PETSc 3.24
+    and newer versions
+  - libMesh no longer triggers compiler warnings from NVidia HPC SDK
+    compilers
+
 ## PETSc-level Changes
 
+- PETSc was updated to v3.24.1
+
 ## Bug Fixes, Minor Changes, and Minor Enhancements
 
 ## Conda Package Changes

scripts/tests/versioner_hashes.yaml

@@ -1509,3 +1509,31 @@ fe70eeddb66f8e8f63484fea0d33ed7a67b1d8cb: #31650: update petsc, libmesh, mfem; a
   wasp:
     full_version: 2025.09.18_0
     hash: 67c57c5
+56c1b49beb81dd93e212c17293a071e6b8fcc421: #31906: update petsc, libmesh, mfem, moose-dev
+  libmesh:
+    full_version: 2025.11.14_0
+    hash: '4363918'
+  libmesh-vtk:
+    full_version: 9.4.2_6
+    hash: d384dc6
+  moose-dev:
+    full_version: 2025.11.14
+    hash: 446b077
+  mpi:
+    full_version: 2025.09.18
+    hash: 37fd888
+  petsc:
+    full_version: 3.24.1_0
+    hash: 2ff12e6
+  pprof:
+    full_version: 2025.06.13
+    hash: 3d296db
+  seacas:
+    full_version: 2025.05.22_0
+    hash: '1278418'
+  tools:
+    full_version: 2025.10.21
+    hash: a4f264e
+  wasp:
+    full_version: 2025.09.18_0
+    hash: 67c57c5

scripts/update_and_rebuild_mfem.sh

@@ -125,13 +125,16 @@ do
       -DCMAKE_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}_POSTFIX=-$METHOD \
       -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=YES \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$MFEM_DIR" \
+      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_PROFILE="-O2 -g -DNDEBUG -fno-omit-frame-pointer" \
       -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_PROFILE="-O2 -g -DNDEBUG -fno-omit-frame-pointer" \
       -DCMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS_PROFILE="-O2 -g -DNDEBUG -fno-omit-frame-pointer" \
       \
       -DMFEM_ENABLE_MINIAPPS=YES \
+      -DMFEM_FETCH_GSLIB=YES \
       \
       -DMFEM_USE_CEED=YES \
       -DMFEM_USE_CONDUIT=YES \
+      -DMFEM_USE_GSLIB=YES \
       -DMFEM_USE_MPI=YES \
       -DMFEM_USE_NETCDF=YES \
       -DMFEM_USE_PETSC=YES \

scripts/versioner.yaml

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ packages:
       - conda/libmesh-vtk/build.sh
   # dependers: libmesh, moose-dev
   petsc:
-    version: 3.24.0
-    build_number: 1
+    version: 3.24.1
+    build_number: 0
     conda: conda/petsc
     templates:
       conda/petsc/conda_build_config.yaml.template: conda/petsc/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ packages:
       - scripts/apple-silicon-hdf5-autogen.patch
   # dependers: moose-dev
   libmesh:
-    version: 2025.10.15
-    build_number: 1
+    version: 2025.11.14
+    build_number: 0
     conda: conda/libmesh
     templates:
       conda/libmesh/conda_build_config.yaml.template: conda/libmesh/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ packages:
       - python/pyhit/pyhit.py
   # dependers: none
   moose-dev:
-    version: 2025.10.27
+    version: 2025.11.14
     conda: conda/moose-dev
     templates:
       conda/moose-dev/conda_build_config.yaml.template: conda/moose-dev/conda_build_config.yaml

test/tests/mfem/kernels/tests

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                 OutputData/MixedHeatTransfer/Run0/Cycle000003/proc000000.vtu'
     requirement = 'The system shall have the ability to solve a transient heat conduction problem solved using the mixed form of the heat equation using MFEM.'
     capabilities = 'mfem'
-    compute_devices = 'cpu' # schemadiff with cuda
+    compute_devices = 'cpu cuda'
     max_parallel = 1 # schemadiff with multiple ranks
     recover = false
     restep = false