Adjust failing remote test (#711)

# Overview

This marks xfail for a test that is failing for Debian package builds.

# Related Issue / Discussion

Addresses issue raised here:
#699 (comment)

# Additional Information

This should be released next Monday (2026-10-05).

# Contribution Agreement

(as per
https://github.com/geopython/pywps/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst#contributions-and-licensing)

- [ ] I'd like to contribute [feature X|bugfix Y|docs|something else] to
PyWPS. I confirm that my contributions to PyWPS will be compatible with
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Author: Zeitsperre

VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.8.0
+4.8.1

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pywps (4.8.1) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Async test that was failing for Debian builds has been marked xfail. (#711).
+
+ -- Trevor James Smith <smith.trevorj@ouranos.ca>  Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000
+
 pywps (4.8.0) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Tests that require specific optional libraries have been marked as such (#699).

pyproject.toml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ s3 = ["boto3"]
 joblauncher = "pywps.processing.job:launcher"
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "4.8.0"
+current_version = "4.8.1"
 commit = false
 tag = false
 parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"

pywps/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from lxml.builder import ElementMaker
 
-__version__ = "4.8.0"
+__version__ = "4.8.1"
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('PYWPS')
 LOGGER.debug('setting core variables')

tests/test_async.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def setUp(self) -> None:
         # Running processes using the MultiProcessing scheduler and a file-based database
         configuration.CONFIG.set('processing', 'mode', 'distributed')
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(platform.system() == "Darwin", reason="Response failures on macOS.")
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="WPS request sometimes returns 500 Internal Server Error depending on infrastructure.", strict=False)
     def test_async(self):
         client = client_for(Service(processes=[Sleep()]))
         wps = WPSExecution()