Werk #17109: More helpful error handling for broken plugins

Component

Checks & agents

Title

More helpful error handling for broken plugins

Date

Jun 22, 2024

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.4.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0p8	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

This only affects developers of plugins. In case of a broken import in a plugin the resulting ImportError has been swallowed, making debugging very hard. Now the error is reported on the console (to std error), and raised in debug mode (as is the case for any other exception).

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