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chatter_pub is being destroyed at the end of the function, before the message gets out. You should always create publishers at a more global scope, either as a global variable, or by wrapping your implementation up in a class, and having the chatter_pub as a member variable.

Similar problem to this question, although it was about a subscriber, not a publisher.

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