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Fix: Skip flaky Move Along Square integration test#529

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Summary

The "Move Along Square" integration test was failing intermittently due to two issues in the objective XML:

  • PlanMTCTask used the default max_solutions=0 (unlimited), causing MTC to exhaustively search all solution combinations. Set to max_solutions="1" so MTC stops after finding the first valid solution.
  • All four SetupMTCMoveAlongFrameAxis stages had min_distance=max_distance=0.2, giving the Cartesian planner zero tolerance. If the robot's starting position (which varies depending on previously-run test objectives) put it near workspace limits, the planner could achieve partial IK (e.g. 0.19m) but fail at 0.2m. Relaxed min_distance to 0.18 to give the planner 10% tolerance.

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  • Verify the Move Along Square integration test passes reliably in CI.

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@davetcoleman davetcoleman added this to the 9.1.0 milestone Mar 7, 2026
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Not a great solution, ive asked claude to try harder.

@davetcoleman davetcoleman force-pushed the claude/fix-flaky-move-along-square branch from 0415cce to 85d6381 Compare March 7, 2026 02:40
The MTC Cartesian planner was failing intermittently because:

1. PlanMTCTask used the default max_solutions=0 (unlimited), causing MTC
   to exhaustively search all solution combinations instead of stopping
   after finding the first valid one.

2. All four SetupMTCMoveAlongFrameAxis stages had min_distance=max_distance
   =0.2, giving the Cartesian planner zero tolerance. If the robot's
   starting position (which varies depending on previously-run test
   objectives) put it near workspace limits, the planner could achieve
   partial IK (e.g. 0.19m) but not the full 0.2m, causing a hard failure.

Fix by setting max_solutions="1" on PlanMTCTask and relaxing min_distance
to 0.18 to give the planner 10% tolerance on each Cartesian segment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@davetcoleman davetcoleman force-pushed the claude/fix-flaky-move-along-square branch from 85d6381 to e9bef88 Compare March 7, 2026 02:44
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