ros2 runtime_error ai_generated true

RuntimeError: Could not load storage plugin: sqlite3

ID: ros2/bag-storage-plugin-not-found

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90%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
2 active — — —

Root Cause

rosbag2 cannot find the storage backend plugin. Usually the rosbag2 storage packages are not installed.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Install the rosbag2 storage plugin packages 
    sudo apt install ros-humble-rosbag2-storage-default-plugins ros-humble-rosbag2-storage-sqlite3
  2. 85% success Verify plugin is found with ros2 bag info on an existing bag 
    ros2 bag info my_bag/
  3. 82% success Use MCAP storage format as alternative (better performance) 
    ros2 bag record -s mcap -a

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Install sqlite3 system library and expect rosbag2 to find it 82% fail

    rosbag2 needs its own ROS wrapper plugin, not just the system sqlite3 library

  2. Build rosbag2 from source in your workspace 78% fail

    rosbag2 has many interdependent packages; partial source builds create version conflicts