old_contents: from radical.entk import Pipeline, Stage, Task
  from radical.entk import states
  from radical.entk.exceptions import *
  import pytest, threading
  
  def test_pipeline_initialization():
  
      """
      ***Purpose***: Test if pipeline attributes are correctly initialized upon creation
      """
  
      p = Pipeline()
  
      assert type(p._uid) == str
  
new_contents: from radical.entk import Pipeline, Stage, Task
  import pytest
  
  def test_pipeline_initialization():
  
      """
      ***Purpose***: Test if pipeline attributes are correctly initialized upon creation
      """
  
      p = Pipeline()
  
      assert type(p._uid) == str
  
      
  
subject: update test