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Werk #11839: Windows agent allows only one windows agent updater process to run

Component Checks & agents
Title Windows agent allows only one windows agent updater process to run
Date Jan 13, 2021
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0p20 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

In some rare cases, Windows agent updater process may hang.

Previously, Windows agent has ignored this situation - OS might be overloaded with many running cmk-agent-updater processess.

With this release, Windows agent terminates (on timeout) previousy started updater process and thus fixes the problem.

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