Closing NetworkTables publisher doesn't flush queued data

[brettle]

Describe the question you have. Consider the following code:

try (var publisher = topic.publish()) {
    publisher.set(value);
}

Shouldn't remote subscribers (eventually) see the new value? My testing seems to indicate that they might not see it unless inst.flushLocal() (or inst.flush()) is called before the publisher is (auto-)closed. That seems to hold independent of any PubSubOptions associated with the publisher or whether the topic is cached . Is that intentional?

Describe the reason for your confusion. The current behavior was just not what I expected. If it is intentional, it should probably be better documented.

[PeterJohnson]

It used to, but I think the transmit changes made in #5659 are likely what causes these to be lost now.

[brettle]

Is this considered a bug or was it considered a necessary part of #5659?

[PeterJohnson]

I consider it to be a bug.