added a test controller that fails at activation

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Part two for testing #1487

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Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 0% with 18 lines in your changes are missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 62.57%. Comparing base (35bb5f7) to head (baa48e8).
Report is 19 commits behind head on master.

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Files	Coverage Δ
...ailed_activate/test_controller_failed_activate.hpp	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
...ailed_activate/test_controller_failed_activate.cpp	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)

... and 59 files with indirect coverage changes