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	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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