# Buildfarm

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## [About the Buildfarm category](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/about-the-buildfarm-category/399)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tfoote)\
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This is a category to discuss the ROS buildfarm. Topics may relate to both the active instance of the ROS buildfarm: http://build.ros.org or custom deployments. Related repositories include: GitHub - ros-infrastructu…

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## [Missing px4\_msgs from APT](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/missing-px4-msgs-from-apt/57491)

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**Author:** [@mcamurri](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mcamurri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/missing-px4-msgs-from-apt/57491 "2026-08-19T07:57:50Z")

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The px4\_msgs package takes a lot of time to compile. It would be nice to have it on APT. I’ve seen that it is actually built by the ROS2 buildfarm for Noble: however, it seems not to be available on apt, e.g. by runn…

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## [\[Announcement\] The Buildfarm Dashboard is Live – Feedback Wanted!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcement-the-buildfarm-dashboard-is-live-feedback-wanted/56849)

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**Author:** [@miguelgonrod](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/miguelgonrod)\
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**Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcement-the-buildfarm-dashboard-is-live-feedback-wanted/56849 "2026-07-21T21:49:13Z")

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Topic redirected to: Buildfarmer Dashboard: ROS & Gazebo test health in one place Hi everyone! :waving\_hand: We are excited to share that the Buildfarm Dashboard is now live and ready for you to explore! This tool was p…

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## [sync-packages-to-testing job failing, blocking release of tecgihan\_driver 0.2.0 to Humble](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sync-packages-to-testing-job-failing-blocking-release-of-tecgihan-driver-0-2-0-to-humble/56754)

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**Author:** [@RyotaAmakawa](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/RyotaAmakawa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sync-packages-to-testing-job-failing-blocking-release-of-tecgihan-driver-0-2-0-to-humble/56754 "2026-07-20T00:47:31Z")

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Package: tecgihan\_driver Distro: Humble (Ubuntu Jammy, amd64) The binary build for tecgihan\_driver 0.2.0 succeeded on 2026-07-08: (version: 0.2.0-1jammy.20260708.091808) However, the downstream job Hrel\_sync-packag…

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## [Generating 'dev' and runtime artefacts from ROS packages](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/generating-dev-and-runtime-artefacts-from-ros-packages/12448)

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**Author:** [@gavanderhoorn](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gavanderhoorn)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/generating-dev-and-runtime-artefacts-from-ros-packages/12448 "2026-05-11T18:23:48Z")

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First: I’m not entirely sure this belongs here, but I couldn’t think of a better category. It’s probably something that will touch the buildfarm if we can come up with something, hence why I posted it here. I’ve been i…

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## [Ros-jazzy-fusioncore-ros not available via apt despite build farm showing SYNC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-jazzy-fusioncore-ros-not-available-via-apt-despite-build-farm-showing-sync/53841)

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**Author:** [@manankharwar](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/manankharwar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-jazzy-fusioncore-ros-not-available-via-apt-despite-build-farm-showing-sync/53841 "2026-04-07T19:56:31Z")

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Hi, FusionCore was merged into rosdistro via PR #50462 on March 31, 2026. The build farm shows all 4 packages built successfully and synced: fusioncore\_core :white\_check\_mark: SYNC fusioncore\_ros :white\_check\_mark: S…

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## [Running build farm jobs locally?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/running-build-farm-jobs-locally/50336)

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**Author:** [@mehermvr](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mehermvr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/running-build-farm-jobs-locally/50336 "2025-10-03T07:00:35Z")

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I’m trying to wrap my head around the entire build farm infrastructure but I’m struggling. Partially as I don’t understand what is and isn’t outdated information anymore. Regardless, my specific question is how can i ru…

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## [Increasing build timeout for individual packages](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/increasing-build-timeout-for-individual-packages/50382)

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**Author:** [@Serafadam](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Serafadam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/increasing-build-timeout-for-individual-packages/50382 "2025-10-02T16:45:39Z")

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Hi, as the title says, is it possible to increase build timeout when building deb packages for a specific package? Currently, depthai package has some additional dependencies which increased build time, and while PR job w…

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## [buildfarm 'make' 'install' error](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/buildfarm-make-install-error/39231)

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**Author:** [@CAcarADI](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/CAcarADI)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/buildfarm-make-install-error/39231 "2025-09-30T08:57:28Z")

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Hi, I got 2 problems Context: My package’s CMakeList.txt automatically clones and builds a library required by the package. I achieved this using “include(ExternalProject)” in CMakeList.txt, followed by INSTALL\_COMMAND…

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## [How to disable building rosdistro package on specific OS platform?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-disable-building-rosdistro-package-on-specific-os-platform/45204)

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**Author:** [@Bernd\_Pfrommer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Bernd_Pfrommer)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-disable-building-rosdistro-package-on-specific-os-platform/45204 "2025-09-24T16:32:27Z")

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How can I disable that a rosdistro package is build on a certain operating system? Concretely, I am maintaining a camera driver that relies on a vendor-provided SDK which is not available under RHEL9 (just Ubuntu). Sin…

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## [How to make the build farm use --packages-select/--packages-up-to?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-make-the-build-farm-use-packages-select-packages-up-to/49453)

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**Author:** [@jtbandes](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jtbandes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-make-the-build-farm-use-packages-select-packages-up-to/49453 "2025-08-06T23:31:43Z")

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The foxglove\_msgs build is currently failing due to a build failure in a different package in the workspace. This is because we are in the process of moving foxglove\_bridge into the same repository, but that is not yet c…

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## [ROS2 Iron ARM64 packages vanished](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-iron-arm64-packages-vanished/38652)

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**Author:** [@wittenator](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/wittenator)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2-iron-arm64-packages-vanished/38652 "2024-07-17T22:00:23Z")

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Since a few days several ARM64 images are gone from the package index e.g. ros-iron-ros2-control. Running apt-cache search ros-iron-ros2-control on an ARM machine yields no results. Does somebody know what happened there…

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## [Snapshots for Noetic?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-noetic/38361)

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**Author:** [@otbu2](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/otbu2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-noetic/38361 "2024-07-11T17:34:27Z")

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It seems like the snapshots for the latest two Noetic syncs (2024-06-07 and 2024-06-20) are still missing as of this writing (see Index of /noetic/). What is the expected delay for snapshot versions to be available afte…

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## [Migration of docs.ros.org to new web host](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/migration-of-docs-ros-org-to-new-web-host/37753)

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**Author:** [@nuclearsandwich](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/nuclearsandwich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/migration-of-docs-ros-org-to-new-web-host/37753 "2024-05-24T14:42:58Z")

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We have been in the process of migrating the ROS web properties to an upgraded web host. The latest of these to migrate has been docs.ros.org. Since both the ROS and ROS 2 build farms both write to docs.ros.org this migr…

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## [How to build full ROS2 deb packages for debian distribution which are built from source code](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-build-full-ros2-deb-packages-for-debian-distribution-which-are-built-from-source-code/35969)

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**Author:** [@sprhawk](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/sprhawk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-build-full-ros2-deb-packages-for-debian-distribution-which-are-built-from-source-code/35969 "2024-02-26T18:52:09Z")

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I have searched several posts in forum and stack exchange, which described how to build a deb package for a single project by bloom. However, I want to build all deb packages for the full ROS2 distribution. I don’t thin…

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## [How can I request to be a member of ros-gbp?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-can-i-request-to-be-a-member-of-ros-gbp/34578)

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**Author:** [@majiiiiiiiiiiii](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/majiiiiiiiiiiii)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-can-i-request-to-be-a-member-of-ros-gbp/34578 "2023-11-20T19:34:24Z")

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I wanted to be a member of ros-gbp to make it contain a release repo of our package in preparation for the ROS Noetic buildfarm. I have seen instructions on doing this for ros2-gbp, but I can’t see any instructions on h…

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## [Moving status pages for older ROS 2 distributions](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/moving-status-pages-for-older-ros-2-distributions/34139)

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**Author:** [@nuclearsandwich](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/nuclearsandwich)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/moving-status-pages-for-older-ros-2-distributions/34139 "2023-10-14T16:54:12Z")

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The ROS 2 repository status pages stored at https://repo.ros2.org/status\_page/ had been getting very full, especially as our active distributions make their way down the alphabet. To surface the most useful information f…

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## [Snapshots for Iron](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-iron/31878)

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**Author:** [@flynneva](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/flynneva)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-iron/31878 "2023-06-13T02:17:04Z")

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How quickly should we expect the snapshots site to include the new ROS 2 Iron release? I am working on an updated CI workflow that generates the distro matrix for us using only the “active” ROS distros…which relies on t…

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## [Build and publish all packages on Chocolatey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/build-and-publish-all-packages-on-chocolatey/31473)

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**Author:** [@agoeckner](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/agoeckner)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/build-and-publish-all-packages-on-chocolatey/31473 "2023-05-24T16:58:52Z")

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The installation process for new ROS/2 packages on Windows desperately needs to be improved, and providing Chocolatey packages for Windows would solve the problem. Is this something that the build farm can currently sup…

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## [Publishing source packages?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/publishing-source-packages/29957)

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**Author:** [@aposhian](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/aposhian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/publishing-source-packages/29957 "2023-03-20T23:53:45Z")

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For open source license compliance efforts, it would be very beneficial if the ROS repositories also hosted source packages for all the binary packages published. Is there any interest in getting this implemented, or ha…

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## [Humble build farm job on arm fails on first release](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/humble-build-farm-job-on-arm-fails-on-first-release/27413)

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**Author:** [@Nir-Az](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Nir-Az)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/humble-build-farm-job-on-arm-fails-on-first-release/27413 "2022-11-23T00:11:29Z")

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Hi, We release a first version on librealsense2 release for Humble distro. We saw that x86 + arm Jenkins jobs failed.. after a few days the x86 jobs passed (without changes on our side) and currently the arm build sti…

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## [How to handle timed out build jobs?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-handle-timed-out-build-jobs/28127)

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**Author:** [@ngaloppo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ngaloppo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-handle-timed-out-build-jobs/28127 "2022-11-08T23:45:52Z")

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I have a release build job that timed out compiling the codebase of the package I’m trying to release into the ROS distribution. What is the best way around this? The initial job was triggered through the blooming proce…

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## [Is it possible to run code during the \`build sourcedeb\` step?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/is-it-possible-to-run-code-during-the-build-sourcedeb-step/26016)

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**Author:** [@jtbandes](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jtbandes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/is-it-possible-to-run-code-during-the-build-sourcedeb-step/26016 "2022-06-14T02:16:20Z")

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I am dealing with a packaging problem in the foxglove\_msgs package, where custom message types are missing from the final deb, although they work when I build locally. I suspect the issue may be that the .msg files are c…

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## [Why not exposing \`ROS\_VERSION\` in the ROS 1 & 2 build farms?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/why-not-exposing-ros-version-in-the-ros-1-2-build-farms/25476)

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**Author:** [@jlblancoc](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jlblancoc)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/why-not-exposing-ros-version-in-the-ros-1-2-build-farms/25476 "2022-05-10T06:43:48Z")

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First, sorry if I posted this to the incorrect category :wink: I wondered why (simple) ROS packages wouldn’t be available as a single git branch for many different ROS distributions, even ROS1 and ROS2 ones. Recently, …

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## [Snapshots for ros2 rolling](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-ros2-rolling/22419)

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**Author:** [@JafarAbdi](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/JafarAbdi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-ros2-rolling/22419 "2021-09-28T16:55:57Z")

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Looking at http://snapshots.ros.org/ it looks like there’s no support for rolling, is there any plan to support rolling in the snapshots repository .? Is there something that I could do to help support it .? I would rea…

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## [Private GitHub Repositories](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/private-github-repositories/22195)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Law](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Aaron_Law)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/private-github-repositories/22195 "2021-09-08T19:07:23Z")

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I am extremely confused. I have been trying to set up a private build farm for a private repository, and I am having a lot of difficulties. Initially I thought I could simply create a new user, “jenkins” in GitHub, pro…

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## [\[ROS1\] Buildfarm PR testing no longer works](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros1-buildfarm-pr-testing-no-longer-works/21920)

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**Author:** [@xqms](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/xqms)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros1-buildfarm-pr-testing-no-longer-works/21920 "2021-08-20T08:57:38Z")

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Hi, I hope this is the correct place to ask :wink: I noticed that pull requests are no longer tested by the ROS1 buildfarm for several of the packages I maintain (GitHub - AIS-Bonn/catch\_ros: ROS wrapper for the Catch u…

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## [Doc jobs for metapackages?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/doc-jobs-for-metapackages/21480)

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**Author:** [@automatom](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/automatom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/doc-jobs-for-metapackages/21480 "2021-07-23T16:02:38Z")

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Apologies if this is made clear somewhere, but does anyone know if the buildfarm supports metapackages having doc jobs?

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## [Snapshots for Melodic stopped?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-melodic-stopped/21447)

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**Author:** [@simonschmeisser](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/simonschmeisser)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/snapshots-for-melodic-stopped/21447 "2021-07-21T16:54:05Z")

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There is no snapshot for the latest Melodic sync but rather a final folder pointing to the May sync. I would expect it to look like this for EOL distributions like Kinetic but afaik Melodic is still alive right? I hop…

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## [Doc jobs failing in buildfarm?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/doc-jobs-failing-in-buildfarm/20999)

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**Author:** [@fmauch](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/fmauch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/doc-jobs-failing-in-buildfarm/20999 "2021-06-22T17:18:41Z")

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I noticed that lately all my packages reported a failing doc job. Looking into the job (e.g. https://build.ros.org/job/Ndoc\_\_ur\_client\_library\_\_ubuntu\_focal\_amd64/5/console) didn’t get too much light into the problem for…

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