Werk #14949: Malformed UTF-8 data no longer result in loss of state file

Component

Core & setup

Title

Malformed UTF-8 data no longer result in loss of state file

Date

Mar 2, 2023

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.3.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0b1	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.2.0b1	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.1.0p25	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previously, if for some reason a plugin sent a malformed UTF-8 string, it broke the integrity of state.pb and resulted in the loss of the state data. This behavior is explained by the fact that the Protobuf API allows to write incorrect UTF-8 strings, but does not allow to read them.

This issue has been resolved in this release.

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