Werk #17080: Hanging background jobs/frozen site

Component	User interface
Title	Hanging background jobs/frozen site
Date	Jun 26, 2024
Level	Trivial Change
Class	Bug Fix
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	2.4.0b1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.3.0p8 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.2.0p28 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Background jobs could previously hang without ever finishing under the wrong conditions. This could lead to the entire site freezing if the job had acquired crucial file locks (i.e. a lock on licensing files).

This is usually accompanied by the error

Bad file descriptor

in the logs.

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