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MicroROS suddenly stopped working. Not enough memory in the buffer stream AND vector larger than max_size()

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Description

## The problem
I was using microROS to test some hardware. I was publishing some int32 values with ros2 topic pub and the microcontroller (Raspberry Pi Pico) decoded those values and acted accordingly.
All had been working well for several days of short tests. Then the day I started running longer tests, the microcontroller had been working all morning without interrupting the connection to microROS.
Then when I went for lunch and I didn't interrupt the connection on purpose, I just left the computer on because in the real-life scenario the hardware will be working for hours so if there was an issue I wanted to know. Careful what you wish for.
When I came back the connection had stopped with a buffer message error. Without thinking much of it I tried to restart the connection but now this error appears.
```
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'eprosima::fastcdr::exception::NotEnoughMemoryException'
what(): Not enough memory in the buffer stream
Aborted
```
Ever since I get the same error no matter the microcontroller or the code. I restarted the computer, changed the microcontroller, even changed the code to other code that had been tested before without issues and even tried the example code. Nothing works anymore. They all throw the same memory error after showing "datawriter created".
I connect using the command
`micro-ros-agent serial --dev /dev/ttyACM0 baudrate=115200`
I thought of trying a different method with
`ros2 run micro_ros_agent micro_ros_agent serial --dev /dev/ttyACM0`
This generates a different error after "session established" it throws
```
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'
what(): cannot create std::vector larger than max_size()
[ros2run]: Aborted
```

Any ideas on how to solve this? even a quick fix so I can finish the tests would be greatly appreciated.

System description: Lenovo intel core i7 running ROS2 Humble, no RTOS.

UPDATE:
I tried re-installing the microROS agent with:
```
sudo snap remove micro-ros-agent
sudo snap install micro-ros-agent
sudo snap set core experimental.hotplug=true
sudo systemctl restart snapd
snap connect micro-ros-agent:serial-port snapd:pico
```
but it didn´t work.
I tried using the [micro-ros-agent Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/microros/micro-ros-agent):
```
docker run -it --rm -v /dev:/dev --privileged --net=host microros/micro-ros-agent:jazzy serial --dev /dev/ttyACM0 -b 115200
```
And this works. So what is the issue here? any ideas on what to re-install to have it working without docker?

This is what it shows after
`sudo micro-ros-agent serial --dev /dev/ttyACM0 baudrate=115200 -v6`

```
/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
[1733135915.478349] info | TermiosAgentLinux.cpp | init | running... | fd: 3
[1733135915.478578] info | Root.cpp | set_verbose_level | logger setup | verbose_level: 6
[1733135915.604772] info | Root.cpp | create_client | create | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, session_id: 0x81
[1733135915.604883] info | SessionManager.hpp | establish_session | session established | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, address: 0
[1733135915.605051] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 19, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 04 01 0B 00 00 00 58 52 43 45 01 00 01 0F 00
[1733135915.607049] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 40, data:
0000: 81 80 00 00 01 07 20 00 00 0A 00 01 01 03 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 01 00 20 0A 00 00 00 70 69 63 6F
0020: 5F 6E 6F 64 65 00 00 00
[1733135915.618144] info | ProxyClient.cpp | create_participant | participant created | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, participant_id: 0x000(1)
[1733135915.618203] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 14, data:
0000: 81 80 00 00 05 01 06 00 00 0A 00 01 00 00
[1733135915.618221] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 01 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.619209] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 01 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.621683] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 80, data:
0000: 81 80 01 00 01 07 46 00 00 0B 00 02 02 03 00 00 38 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 72 74 2F 70 69 63 6F 5F
0020: 70 75 62 6C 69 73 68 65 72 00 00 01 1C 00 00 00 73 74 64 5F 6D 73 67 73 3A 3A 6D 73 67 3A 3A 64
0040: 64 73 5F 3A 3A 49 6E 74 33 32 5F 00 00 01 00 00
[1733135915.621779] info | ProxyClient.cpp | create_topic | topic created | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, topic_id: 0x000(2), participant_id: 0x000(1)
[1733135915.621815] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 14, data:
0000: 81 80 01 00 05 01 06 00 00 0B 00 02 00 00
[1733135915.621834] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 02 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.623364] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 02 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.623797] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 24, data:
0000: 81 80 02 00 01 07 10 00 00 0C 00 03 03 03 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
[1733135915.623858] info | ProxyClient.cpp | create_publisher | publisher created | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, publisher_id: 0x000(3), participant_id: 0x000(1)
[1733135915.623883] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 14, data:
0000: 81 80 02 00 05 01 06 00 00 0C 00 03 00 00
[1733135915.623903] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 03 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.625225] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 03 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.626267] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 36, data:
0000: 81 80 03 00 01 07 1C 00 00 0D 00 05 05 03 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 02 01 10 03 00 01 00 0A 00 00 00
0020: 00 00 00 03
[1733135915.626542] info | ProxyClient.cpp | create_datawriter | datawriter created | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, datawriter_id: 0x000(5), publisher_id: 0x000(3)
[1733135915.626578] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 14, data:
0000: 81 80 03 00 05 01 06 00 00 0D 00 05 00 00
[1733135915.626599] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | send_message | [** <> **] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 04 00 00 00 80
[1733135915.627597] debug | SerialAgentLinux.cpp | recv_message | [==>> SER <<==] | client_key: 0x50C0CFC1, len: 13, data:
0000: 81 00 00 00 0A 01 05 00 04 00 00 00 80
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'eprosima::fastcdr::exception::NotEnoughMemoryException'
what(): Not enough memory in the buffer stream
Aborted
```

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the `micro-ros-agent serial --dev /dev/ttyACM0 baudrate=115200 -v6` entry point and compare its native behavior with the working `microros/micro-ros-agent:jazzy` Docker command. Trace the failure after `datawriter created`; done means the native agent establishes the session and creates the datawriter without either exception.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, linux
Domain
cli, embedded-iot
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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