gazebo_state_logging prevents the competition from starting

If the osrf_gear config yaml file has

gazebo_state_logging: true

then the competition never starts for me. It hangs at

rospy.wait_for_service('/ariac/start_competition')

Everything else seems normal and it starts fine if I turn off logging.

Here is the start_competition code I am using:

def start_competition():
    rospy.loginfo("Waiting for competition to be ready...")
    rospy.wait_for_service('/ariac/start_competition')
    rospy.loginfo("Competition is now ready.")
    rospy.loginfo("Requesting competition start...")

    try:
        start = rospy.ServiceProxy('/ariac/start_competition', Trigger)
        response = start()
    except rospy.ServiceException as exc:
        rospy.logerr("Failed to start the competition: %s" % exc)
        return False
    if not response.success:
        rospy.logerr("Failed to start the competition: %s" % response)
    else:
        rospy.loginfo("Competition started!")
    return response.success

What am I doing wrong?

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