Address memory issues in tests #21
Description
Several of the tests currently fail the memory check tests.
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9147772Z 86% tests passed, 8 tests failed out of 58
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9148313Z
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9148478Z Total Test time (real) = 656.46 sec
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9148816Z
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9148962Z The following tests FAILED:
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9149359Z 20 - memcheck_growclr (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9149779Z 22 - memcheck_growin (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9150483Z 24 - memcheck_growsub (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9150925Z 26 - memcheck_grow (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9151398Z 30 - memcheck_kappawetr (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9151714Z 34 - memcheck_nuc2 (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9151993Z 36 - memcheck_nuc (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9152453Z 38 - memcheck_pheat (Failed)
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9152858Z Errors while running CTest
2025-09-02T23:47:11.9181975Z ##[error]Process completed with exit code 8.