## Feature request #### Feature description `rclpy` counterpart of https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/pull/2005 see more details for https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/issues/1980 #### Implementation considerations `rclpy` implementation also depends on https://github.com/ros2/rcl/pull/1004, with adding `autostart` option flag to `Timer` class.