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Werk #13138: timesyncd: Crash (Cannot render negative timespan)

Component Checks & agents
Title timesyncd: Crash (Cannot render negative timespan)
Date Aug 20, 2021
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.0.0p10 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The check would crash when host time and server time ran out of sync.

Negative timespans are now detected and result in a {CRIT} state and an informational message.

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