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participant DiagnosticPublisher
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DiagnosticPublisher->>DiagnosticsCliNode: Publish DiagnosticArray
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It introduces a contract-breaking change in the RViz diagnostics source’s alert_message mapping and the new CLI entrypoint currently prevents standard ROS 2 --ros-args usage by not forwarding ROS arguments to rclpy.init().
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Pull request overview
This PR introduces a new ROS 2 Python package (waybionic_diagnostics) that provides a terminal-based diagnostics viewer for diagnostic_msgs/msg/DiagnosticArray, intended to complement the existing RViz diagnostics panel while sharing the same normalization/value extraction rules.
Changes:
- Added a new
waybionic_diagnosticspackage implementing snapshot + watch-mode diagnostics rendering and staleness handling. - Added unit tests for status mapping, value/unit extraction, overall status calculation, and callback state updates.
- Updated the temporary diagnostics publisher to emit “normal”
DiagnosticStatus.messagestrings for OK signals, and adjusted RViz live-source message mapping behavior.
File summaries
| File | Description |
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| waybionic_rviz_plugins/src/ros_diagnostics_source.cpp | Adjusts how ROS DiagnosticStatus.message is mapped into the RViz panel’s normalized model. |
| waybionic_rviz_plugins/scripts/temporary_diagnostics_publisher.py | Adds human-readable messages for OK statuses in the “normal” demo mode. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/waybionic_diagnostics/cli.py | Implements the diagnostics CLI node, rendering, snapshot/watch flows, and stale stream handling. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/waybionic_diagnostics/init.py | Initializes the Python package namespace. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/test/test_cli.py | Adds pytest coverage for key CLI mapping/extraction/state logic. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/setup.py | Defines package metadata and the diagnostics console entry point. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/setup.cfg | Configures ROS 2 ament-python script install locations. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/resource/waybionic_diagnostics | Registers the package with the ament index. |
| waybionic_diagnostics/package.xml | Declares ROS 2 package dependencies and test dependencies. |
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Fixed in commit 7f69e3f. alert_message is now populated only for non-OK normalized statuses, and a regression test was added to verify OK diagnostics do not carry an alert message.
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Fixed in commit 7f69e3f. alert_message is now only populated when the normalized status is not DiagnosticStatus::Ok.
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- Line 231: The CLI parsing flow around parser.parse_args must remove
ROS-specific arguments before parsing: use sys.argv[1:] when args is None,
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- 1: https://docs.ros.org/en/iron/p/rclpy/rclpy.utilities.html
- 2: https://github.com/darshmenon/rosnav/blob/47a26170/src/diff_drive_robot-main/scripts/mission_server.py
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- 1: https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/blob/d0652deb/rclpy/test/test_utilities.py
- 2: https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/blob/995bbed81cdb6bbcc2910c23ebfb280f8564c85f/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy_pybind11.cpp
- 3: GitHub pull request 180 in ros2/rclpy (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Filter ROS arguments before parsing CLI arguments.
parse_args(args) rejects --ros-args before ROS initialization. Build the parser input from sys.argv[1:] when args is None, or from args otherwise, then apply rclpy.utilities.remove_ros_args. Keep rclpy.init(args=None) unchanged for normal CLI invocation. Add a regression test for a --ros-args remap.
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In `@waybionic_diagnostics/waybionic_diagnostics/cli.py` at line 231, The CLI
parsing flow around parser.parse_args must remove ROS-specific arguments before
parsing: use sys.argv[1:] when args is None, otherwise use args, and pass that
input through rclpy.utilities.remove_ros_args. Leave rclpy.init(args=None)
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In `@waybionic_diagnostics/waybionic_diagnostics/cli.py`:
- Around line 231-233: Update the argument handling around
parser.parse_known_args and rclpy.init so unknown application options are
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- 1: https://docs.ros.org/en/ros2_packages/jazzy/api/rclpy/api/utilities.html
- 2: https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/p/rclpy/rclpy.utilities.html
- 3: https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/blob/995bbed81cdb6bbcc2910c23ebfb280f8564c85f/rclpy/rclpy/__init__.py
- 4: https://docs.ros.org/en/ros2_packages/humble/api/rclpy/rclpy.html
- 5: https://docs.ros2.org/latest/api/rclpy/api/node.html
- 6: https://docs.ros.org/en/ros2_documentation/jazzy/How-To-Guides/Node-arguments.html
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In ROS 2 Jazzy, the function rclpy.utilities.remove_ros_args is available to filter ROS-specific command-line arguments from a list of strings [1][2]. This utility is commonly used to clean up sys.argv before passing arguments to non-ROS libraries that may not recognize ROS-specific flags (e.g., --ros-args, -r, ns) [1]. Usage: The function accepts a list of arguments and returns a new list with the ROS-specific arguments removed [1]. Example usage: import sys import rclpy.utilities # Assuming sys.argv contains something like ['my_node', '--ros-args', '-r', 'ns:=/test', '--foo', 'bar'] filtered_args = rclpy.utilities.remove_ros_args(args=sys.argv) # filtered_args will contain ['my_node', '--foo', 'bar'] The implementation is designed to handle the --ros-args flag and the associated arguments, as well as the -- separator [1]. This ensures that any arguments passed after -- are preserved, while ROS-specific configuration arguments are stripped out [1].
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Reject unknown application options before ROS initialization.
parse_known_args sends unknown application options to ros_args, and rclpy.init ignores non-ROS arguments. An option such as --not-a-cli-option can therefore bypass validation. Filter ROS arguments before strict parsing, pass the original arguments to rclpy.init, and add a regression test.
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- parsed_args, ros_args = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+ raw_args = sys.argv if args is None else [sys.argv[0], *args]
+ parsed_args = parser.parse_args(
+ rclpy.utilities.remove_ros_args(raw_args)[1:]
+ )
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In `@waybionic_diagnostics/waybionic_diagnostics/cli.py` around lines 231 - 233,
Update the argument handling around parser.parse_known_args and rclpy.init so
unknown application options are rejected before ROS initialization: filter
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In `@waybionic_rviz_plugins/test/test_ros_diagnostics_source.cpp`:
- Line 182: Before the one-shot publish in the test, wait until
publisher_node_->count_subscribers(kTopic) is greater than zero so subscription
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In ROS 2, when the durability QoS policy is set to Volatile, no attempt is made by the publisher to persist samples for late-joining subscriptions [1][2][3]. Consequently, a subscriber with Volatile durability will not receive any messages that were published before it matched with the publisher [2][3]. If you require a subscriber to receive messages published before it matched (often referred to as a "latched" topic in ROS 1), both the publisher and the subscriber must be configured to use the Transient Local durability policy [3]. In this configuration, the publisher is responsible for storing samples and delivering them to late-joining subscribers [2][3]. To ensure communication occurs, the QoS policies of the publisher and subscriber must be compatible [1][3]. Specifically, regarding the durability policy: - Volatile (Publisher) + Volatile (Subscription): Compatible, new messages only [2][3]. - Transient Local (Publisher) + Volatile (Subscription): Compatible, new messages only [2][3]. - Transient Local (Publisher) + Transient Local (Subscription): Compatible, both new and old (persisted) messages are delivered [2][3]. - Volatile (Publisher) + Transient Local (Subscription): Incompatible, no communication [2][3].
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- 2: http://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/Concepts/Intermediate/About-Quality-of-Service-Settings.html
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Synchronize subscription discovery before the one-shot publish.
Because both endpoints use volatile rclcpp::QoS(10), a message published before discovery completes can be lost. Wait for publisher_node_->count_subscribers(kTopic) > 0u before publishing.
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const auto source = makeSource();
+ ASSERT_TRUE(waitFor([&]() {
+ return publisher_node_->count_subscribers(kTopic) > 0u;
+ }, 5s));
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The 8 CLI tests pass in Jazzy/Noble, and the earlier ROS-args and OK-alert fixes are present. New probes still lose a CAN fault when an IMU update arrives and display old samples as fresh. Please address the comments below before merge.
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Re-reviewed 7bfd6e8. The updated cache and delayed-sample handling are present, and all 10 CLI tests pass in Jazzy/Noble. The three probes below still reproduce incorrect snapshot or freshness reporting. Please address the inline findings before merge.
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[P1] Collect multiple publishers before printing the snapshot
wait_for_first_message() returns after the first callback, so the new per-signal cache does not fix snapshot mode. I queued an IMU OK array and a CAN ERROR array from two publishers, with both messages acknowledged before calling run_snapshot(). It printed only the IMU row and Overall: OK; one additional spin exposed the queued CAN fault. Please collect messages over a bounded window before printing and add a two-publisher regression test that exercises run_snapshot(), not only diagnostics_callback().
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Still present in dc0ab63: run_snapshot() and wait_for_first_message() are unchanged from the reviewed commit. The snapshot still returns after one callback, so the queued two-publisher fault case has not been addressed.
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[P2] Expire signals independently of sender timestamps
A future-dated header keeps this age at zero until the receiver clock catches up. With an OK sample stamped 60 seconds ahead, advancing the receiver clocks by six seconds without another message produced data_age() == 6.0, status_age() == 0.0, and Overall: OK, despite the five-second stale threshold. A clock-skewed publisher can therefore stop while its signal still looks healthy. Track monotonic receive age per signal alongside sample timestamp age, and add a future-stamp/dropout regression test, including the case where another publisher continues sending.
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Still present in dc0ab63. status_age() still uses only the sender timestamp, with no per-signal monotonic receive time, so the future-stamp/dropout case remains unresolved.
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[P2] Use receive age for the diagnostics stream footer
After the per-signal age change, age here is the last cached row's sample age, not the stream receive age. I received a fresh IMU update after a CAN sample stamped 60 seconds earlier: node.data_age() was 0.0, but the footer said Diagnostics stream age: 60.0s. Render this footer from node.data_age() separately and add a regression with different signal timestamps so the result does not depend on row order.
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Still present in dc0ab63: the footer still prints the loop's last age value rather than node.data_age(). The CLI source and tests have not changed in this update.
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Re-reviewed dc0ab63. The CLI source and tests are unchanged from 7bfd6e8, so the three previously reproduced findings remain unresolved. The new commit instead brings arm-model and bridge changes into this CLI PR, and current CI is failing in waybionic_bringup. Please keep those changes in their own PR and address the existing CLI threads.
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[P2] Keep the shared launch unchanged in the CLI PR
This replaces the default model and RViz configuration with the old arm; the same commit also enables the motion-test node by default and adds the Arduino bridge. Merging the standalone diagnostics CLI would now change normal ground-station startup and bring in the still-under-review hardware path from #18. Please keep the model and hardware launch changes in #18 and restore the shared launch defaults here.
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Still present in dc0ab63: run_snapshot() and wait_for_first_message() are unchanged from the reviewed commit. The snapshot still returns after one callback, so the queued two-publisher fault case has not been addressed.
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Still present in dc0ab63. status_age() still uses only the sender timestamp, with no per-signal monotonic receive time, so the future-stamp/dropout case remains unresolved.
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Still present in dc0ab63: the footer still prints the loop's last age value rather than node.data_age(). The CLI source and tests have not changed in this update.
Summary
Adds a standalone ROS 2 command-line diagnostics viewer for the Waybionic Ground Station.
The CLI consumes the existing
/diagnosticstopic usingdiagnostic_msgs/msg/DiagnosticArrayand displays the diagnostic information used by the Ground Station.Features
Snapshot mode
Continuous
--watchmodeConfigurable diagnostics topic with
--topicROS status mapping:
OK→OKWARN→WARNERROR→FAULTSTALE→STALEDisplays signal name, status, value, unit, age, and message
Calculates overall system status
Detects a missing/stale diagnostics stream
Handles clean shutdown on Ctrl+C
Testing
Automated Tests
colcon test --packages-select waybionic_diagnostics colcon test-result --verboseResult:
Live Diagnostics Testing
Tested against the existing temporary diagnostics publisher:
CLI commands:
Verified:
Overall: OKWARNFAULTSTALEOKScope
This PR contains only the standalone diagnostics CLI.
Engineering Monitor / RViz Current Alerts and movement-test UI work is being kept in a separate branch/PR.
Package
waybionic_diagnosticsBranch:
feature/diagnostics-cliSummary by CodeRabbit
New Features
STALEwhen updates stop arriving.Bug Fixes