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Werk #15479: Fix error message in alert.log complaining about missing contacts

Component Alert handlers
Title Fix error message in alert.log complaining about missing contacts
Date Apr 21, 2023
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.3.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.2.0b5 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.1.0p27 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

On alert handler execution, an error message like "Error on completing raw context: Missing 'CONTACTS' in raw notification context. It should always be available when using the Microcore." was shown in ~/var/log/alert.log.

The alerts were processed correctly, this error message was just misleading.

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