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Non Clean Exit from Action Examples

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp

Research direction

Reproduce the action example on Ubuntu 22.04 with ROS 2 rolling by stopping the server before the client, then compare the reverse order. Trace the action server and client shutdown paths; done means both termination orders produce clean exits.

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Description

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Operating System:

Ubuntu 22.04

ROS version or commit hash:

rolling

RMW implementation (if applicable):

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RMW Configuration (if applicable):

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Client library (if applicable):

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'ros2 doctor --report' output
ros2 doc --report
<COPY OUTPUT HERE>
Steps to reproduce issue

kill server then kill client

if done in reverse order then server have a clean exit but client will have a non clean exit

Expected behavior

Both should have a clean exit

Actual behavior

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C++
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