Daily Example tests failing

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Describe the issue

For the example SpikeGLXConverter-Phy https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/actions/runs/16171462278/job/45646662581#logs

[electron] [2025-07-09 14:22:13,971] INFO in app: Logging error message: Conversion failed for SpikeGLXConverter-Phy — /Users/runner/NWB_GUIDE/.test/preview/SpikeGLXConverter-Phy/sub-mouse1/sub-mouse1_ses-session1.nwb (convert_to_nwb)

stdout | tests/e2e/pipelines.test.ts > Run example pipelines > Generate and run pipeline from YAML file > SpikeGLXConverter-Phy > Full conversion completed
[electron] [2025-07-09 14:22:13,972] ERROR in app: Conversion failed for SpikeGLXConverter-Phy — /Users/runner/NWB_GUIDE/.test/preview/SpikeGLXConverter-Phy/sub-mouse1/sub-mouse1_ses-session1.nwb (convert_to_nwb)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/runner/work/nwb-guide/nwb-guide/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/manage_neuroconv.py", line 1020, in create_file
    converter.run_conversion(**run_conversion_kwargs)
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/neuroconv/nwbconverter.py", line 247, in run_conversion
    self.add_to_nwbfile(nwbfile=nwbfile_out, metadata=metadata, conversion_options=conversion_options)
  File "/Users/runner/work/nwb-guide/nwb-guide/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/manage_neuroconv.py", line 387, in add_to_nwbfile
    data_interface.add_to_nwbfile(**subconverter_kwargs)
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/neuroconv/nwbconverter.py", line 171, in add_to_nwbfile
    data_interface.add_to_nwbfile(
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/baserecordingextractorinterface.py", line 361, in add_to_nwbfile
    add_recording_to_nwbfile(
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/neuroconv/tools/spikeinterface/spikeinterface.py", line 1115, in add_recording_to_nwbfile
    add_electrical_series_to_nwbfile(
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/neuroconv/tools/spikeinterface/spikeinterface.py", line 954, in add_electrical_series_to_nwbfile
    nwbfile.add_acquisition(es)
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/hdmf/utils.py", line 668, in func_call
    return func(args[0], **pargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pynwb/file.py", line 852, in add_acquisition
    self._add_acquisition_internal(nwbdata)
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/hdmf/utils.py", line 668, in func_call
    return func(args[0], **pargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/nwb-guide/lib/python3.12/site-packages/hdmf/container.py", line 1212, in _func
    raise ValueError(msg)
ValueError: Cannot add <class 'pynwb.ecephys.ElectricalSeries'> 'ElectricalSeriesAPImec0' at 0x4644499392 to dict attribute 'acquisition' in <class 'pynwb.file.NWBFile'> 'root'. <class 'pynwb.ecephys.ElectricalSeries'> 'ElectricalSeriesAPImec0' at 0x4646063376 already exists in 'acquisition' and has the same name.

This was working 3 days ago (after the 1.0.6 release). Not sure yet why this error is happening.

Steps to Reproduce

See workflow.

Operating System

All

GUIDE Version

main

Code of Conduct

Yes

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Yes

[rly]

The error is due to a new neo 0.14.2 release 3 days ago that includes this commit NeuralEnsemble/python-neo#1683. This was addressed in NeuroConv recently in 0.7.5 catalystneuro/neuroconv#1373.

Pinning neo to 0.14.1 locally fixes the error.