Werk #11953: tab character in service description causes stale services

Component

Checks & agents

Title

tab character in service description causes stale services

Date

Mar 1, 2021

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.1.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0b8	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0p23	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

A tab character in a service description caused services of the affected host to go stale, including the Check_MK service. This was first observed when checking RabbitMQ queues. Tab characters are now removed from all service descriptions, so that services can be processed normally.

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