Pytest for sgtk creating a new engine, and not reusing existing one

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Hi,

I am writing a pytest for sgtk.

So, the main code contains sgtk.platform.current_engine() command, to get the engine and the context from Maya for the selected task.

In the test setUp, im creating a new engine, here is the code.

tk = sgtk.sgtk_from_path("project_path")
sa = sgtk.authentication.ShotgunAuthenticator()
user = sa.get_user()
sgtk.set_authenticated_user(user)
ctx = tk.context_from_path(self.file_path)
self.current_engine = sgtk.platform.start_engine('tk-maya', tk, ctx)

When i run the test, it throws the below error.

engine_name = 'tk-maya'
tk = <Sgtk Core v0.20.6@0x7f551aa48c10 Config project_path>
old_context = None
new_context = <Sgtk Context:   project_data{}>

    def _start_engine(engine_name, tk, old_context, new_context):
        """
        Starts an engine for a given Toolkit instance and context.
    
        :param engine_name: Name of the engine to start.
        :param tk: Toolkit instance.
        :type tk: :class:`~sgtk.Sgtk`
        :param old_context: Context before the context change.
        :type old_context: :class:`~sgtk.Context`
        :param new_context: Context after the context change.
        :type new_context: :class:`~sgtk.Context`
    
        :returns: A new sgtk.platform.Engine object.
        """
        # first ensure that an engine is not currently running
        if current_engine():
            raise TankError(
                "An engine (%s) is already running! Before you can start a new engine, "
                "please shut down the previous one using the command "
>               "tank.platform.current_engine().destroy()." % current_engine()
            )
E           tank.errors.TankError: An engine (<Sgtk Engine 0x7f552764cd50: tk-maya, env: shot_step>) is already running! Before you can start a new engine, please shut down the previous one using the command tank.platform.current_engine().destroy().

project_path/install/core/python/tank/platform/engine.py:3146: TankError

The test setUp code runs fine and creates a new engine, but when it tries to access the main code, and reach sgtk.platform.current_engine() this line, it throws the error.

So, sgtk.platform.current_engine() is supposed to retrieve the current engine right? or am i doing anything wrong in writing the test?