Werk #4475: Windows Agent: Agent shutdown no longer stalls while plugin is running

Component Checks & agents
Title Windows Agent: Agent shutdown no longer stalls while plugin is running
Date May 9, 2017
Checkmk Edition Checkmk Raw (CRE)
Checkmk Version 1.4.0b7 1.5.0i1
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed

The agent did not stop any running plugins when the shutdown command was issued and waited for their completion. A "net stop check_mk_agent" could fail because of this behaviour. The agent updater suffered from this too, because the MSI installer failed to stop the service in time.

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