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Provide lifecycle servicing

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Description

The mode manager usually knows the **target** state/mode and the **current** state/mode (via mode_inference) of a system or node. Currently we assume, that there is a trivial transition to the target state, e.g, _activate_ to go to active, _deactivate_ to go to inactive.

However, this is not always true, e.g., if actual state is already the target state, or if target state can only be reached with >1 transitions. In order to allow that, mode manager needs to implement some kind of lifecycle service that knows how to get a node from any state to any other.

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Research direction

Start by locating the mode manager and its mode_inference integration, then trace how target and current states are used for transitions. Define the lifecycle service around the requested behavior: it should handle already-reached targets and targets requiring multiple transitions between arbitrary states.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
robotics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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