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Possible bug reacquiring lock in 372 agent

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agent: ls372 bug
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Description

I was just looking through the 372 agent usage of release_and_acquire and I'm confused by this behavior:
https://github.com/simonsobs/socs/blob/4c8224e2289c79ac64bb9bc0b421dbb1a4263788/agents/lakeshore372/LS372_agent.py#L202-L205

This continue seems a bit sketchy as on the next iteration of the loop it'll try to release_and_acquire a second time, but having never actually re-acquired the lock...

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Research direction

Start at agents/lakeshore372/LS372_agent.py lines 202-205 and trace release_and_acquire through the surrounding loop. Inspect the lock state across continue and subsequent iterations; done means the agent does not attempt a second release_and_acquire without having successfully reacquired the lock.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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