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
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.5.0i1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0i1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0i1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0i1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0i1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0i1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0i1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.4.0b7 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

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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