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:farmer: launch_testing_examples.check_msgs_launch_test fails to receive messages on the chatter topic

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Since Sep 15, 2026.

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Operating System:

Ubuntu noble

ROS version or commit hash:

Kilted

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Steps to reproduce issue
  1. Go to any of the jobs listed below
  2. Build a job
  3. See test failing
Expected behavior

To build without error

Actual behavior

Building with test regressions

Additional information
Reference Build
Failing tests
  • launch_testing_examples.launch_testing_examples.check_msgs_launch_test.launch_testing_examples.check_msgs_launch_test
Log output
=====================================================================================================================================================================
FAIL: launch_testing_examples.check_msgs_launch_test.TestFixture.test_check_if_msgs_published
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ws/src/ros2/examples/launch_testing/launch_testing_examples/launch_testing_examples/check_msgs_launch_test.py", line 45, in test_check_if_msgs_published
    with WaitForTopics([('chatter', String)], timeout=15.0):
  File "/tmp/ws/install_isolated/launch_testing_ros/lib/python3.12/site-packages/launch_testing_ros/wait_for_topics.py", line 140, in __enter__
    raise RuntimeError('Did not receive messages on these topics: ',
RuntimeError: ('Did not receive messages on these topics: ', {'chatter'})
Flakyness 15 days
job_name last_fail first_fail build_count failure_count failure_percentage
Kci__nightly-zenoh_ubuntu_noble_amd64 2026-09-13 2026-09-08 2 2 100.0
Kci__nightly-cyclonedds_ubuntu_noble_amd64 2026-09-13 2026-09-07 3 3 100.0

Began to fail in https://build.ros2.org/job/Kci__nightly-cyclonedds_ubuntu_noble_amd64/106, but checking for changes I can't find a specific reason

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