`ros2 action send_goal` shows incorrect goal UUID
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- Python
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Description
Bug report
Required Info:
- Operating System:
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Installation type:
- sources
- Version or commit hash:
- Galactic
- DDS implementation:
- Fast-DDS
- Client library (if applicable):
- rclpy
Steps to reproduce issue
Send a ROS 2 action goal from command line to an action server running in a C++ application.
The ROS 2 CLI prints a goal id when the goal is accepted.
Have the action server print the UUID of the goal using
rclcpp_action::to_string(goal_handle->get_goal_id())
Expected behavior
The UUID printed by the C++ action server and the UUID printed by the Python action client should match.
Actual behavior
The UUIDs are very similar but they do not match.
For example, the CLI shows:
Goal accepted with ID: b10a7c4d52564eafa06962e25eefe297
while the C++ app shows
b1a7c4d52564eafa06962e25eefe297
Note how the two string representations are very similar, but different.
The same applies to many other goals. It looks like there are always a couple of extra/missing zeros in the Python representation.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the ros2 action send_goal command and trace how the accepted goal UUID is formatted by the Python action client. Compare it with the UUID returned by rclcpp_action::to_string(goal_handle->get_goal_id()); done means both representations match for the same goal, including the reproduced example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100