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Werk #16263: Broken discovery result if services contained pipe symbol

Component Checks & agents
Title Broken discovery result if services contained pipe symbol
Date Nov 29, 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
2.2.0p16 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.1.0p37 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

If a services item contained the pipe symbol ("|"), the discovery check produced invalid metrics. This resulted in a rapidly growing var/log/web.log.

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