[bug] ROS2 status always showing Offline

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• Windows: (Version)

• Linux: (Ubuntu 20.04)

• ROS 1: Dist

• ROS 2: foxy

• Version of the plugin: v0.8.2

what is the bug

Even when the ROS2 daemon is running, the status is “Offline”.

Alternative bug

Also, I’m not able to launch anything. It times out waiting for the ROS daemon to start:

Repro steps

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1. Installed ROS2 foxy from binaries (as indicated in the ROS2 foxy installation tutorial, https://docs.ros.org/en/foxy/Installation/Ubuntu-Install-Debians.html)
2. Installed the vscode-ros plugging (Last updated: 2/26/2022, 23:12:23)
3. Start the ROS2 daemon from the Cmd Pallete in VS Code (“ROS: Start”)
4. Run the “ROS: Show Status” and expect to see the status page pop up as “Offline” (as shown in the screenshot)
5. However, the rus2 daemon status from the Terminal shows it’s “running” (as shown in the screenshot)

expected behavior

I would expect to see the proper status and list of topics in the page

additional context

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[Lakmusluk]

I had the exact same behavior. My problem was that I set the ROS_DOMAIN_ID to a different value in my .bashrc file. Switching back to the default value made VSCode discover my ROS daemon.

Maybe this helps to dig deeper into the issue.

[ubuntuslave]

Update: If I build the extension from source (version v0.8.3), it works as expected