Dev Call Jun 29, 2026

CI Workflows

Release Update

Issues & Pull Requests

Attendee count (max): 10

UTC2300 - CI ci · Workflow runs · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Looking a lot better
  • colcon/dds is a lot better, but maybe still a problem
  • Peter merging his fixes as he can get approval for them

UTC2304 - release

  • A couple of confirmed issues blocking release
    • Broken compass disable mask
    • Poshold starting/stopping
      • Leans forward then leans back then leans forward again
      • There’s a PR generated by a community dev
  • Red herring with with logged NaNs
    • All motors stopped
    • D-shot telem stopped, harmonic notch no longer got its data, so logged NaN
    • Almost certainly the 4-in-1 ESC failing
  • The “loiter control change”
    • This is bugging a lot of people
    • We really need a video showing this
  • Internal error param storage failed discussion
    • There’s an old issue containing a flash.bin which probably reproduces
    • Need to know if there’s a bunch of parameters written
  • Copter dead-reckoning broken?
    • Maybe broken by EKF changes to improve spoof/bad GPS issues
    • After about 25 seconds

UTC2309 - Merge minor changes into development.xml from mavlink/mavlink/master by peterbarker · Pull Request #512 · ArduPilot/mavlink · GitHub

  • Minor changes to the XML from mavlink/mavlink/master
  • Merged!

UTC2329 - Plane: add input shaping to roll and pitch controllers by IamPete1 · Pull Request #32743 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Input shaping to roll/pitch controllers
  • Testing would be good!
  • Tim will fly on his aircraft
  • PH would really like another Plane maintainer to approve if possible

UTC2333 - TMP119 sensor support by Williangalvani · Pull Request #33322 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Add support fr TMP119 temperature sensor
  • Merged!

UTC2339 - Tools: autotest: Copter: add test for time-constant change during a maneuver by IamPete1 · Pull Request #33464 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Add test for time-constant change during a dramatic maneuver
  • You can do a complete roll in stabilize if you work at it
  • 0.1 to 0.3 gets a 35-degree over-shoot
  • Accel gets big then you change the constant and you can’t decelerate quickly
  • Change test to actually pass

UTC2343 - people changing parameters and getting the vehicle to die?

  • Change default to not allow setting parameters in flight?
  • Add a parameter to disallow in-flight and maybe ever?
  • Randy’s creating an issue

UTC2359 - autotest: fix flaky FRSkyMAVlite by using sim time for SPort polling by peterbarker · Pull Request #33518 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Fix FrSkyMAVLite test to not be flakey
  • Merged!

UTC0000 - https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/pull/33554

  • Switches detection of attitude reset to be counter based rather than looking at core
  • Just get tid of _last and merge it!

UTC0010 - AP_AHRS: remove backend get_relative_position_*_origin methods by peterbarker · Pull Request #33561 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Move AHRS relorigin state into backend state structure
  • Merged!

UTC0016 - AP_HAL: hwdef.py: Restore lost _driver_enabled check by peterbarker · Pull Request #33562 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Restore lost _driver_enabled check in compass
  • Peter’s bad - missed this in his refactoring / split between changes
  • Merged!

UTC0017 - Tidy reporting of secondary estimates via logging and MAVLink by peterbarker · Pull Request #33570 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Tidy logging of secondary estimates
  • Can be merged once Randy’s comments addressed

UTC0023 - Copter: fix PosHold pilot override mix by zebulon-86 · Pull Request #33590 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Poshold control problem
    • Constant control input doesn’t do as expected
  • Really need Leonard to look at this one

UTC0025 - Move instantiation of beacon library up to AP_Vehicle by peterbarker · Pull Request #33594 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Move beacon support up to AP_Vehicle
  • Merged!

UTC0028 - AP_DiskCrypto: full-disk encryption for SD cards by kraln · Pull Request #33584 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub

  • Full-disk encryption for SD cards
  • We’ve previously seen some lua thing
  • Do we even want this?
    • Tim thinks we should?
    • Thinks we should be pro-active about it
    • So add protection before we actually find a use case which actually requires it
  • is the ISR argument strong enough to include this feature?

UTC0052 - off the floor

  • The ArduConfigurator with Josh
  • Want the betaflight experience
  • Web-focussed
  • Works in Brave
  • There’s a desktop app for it too
  • Live demonstration of the interface
  • “Guided” setup is likely to be presets
  • Another attempt at an "ArduConfigurator"

UTC0103 - close