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Werk #17504: Do not crash when attempting to bake and sign agents with empty password

Component Agent bakery
Title Do not crash when attempting to bake and sign agents with empty password
Date Feb 7, 2025
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.5.0b1 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.4.0b1 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.3.0p27 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When pressing "Bake and sign" without entering a password for the signing key, the UI crashed with the error message "Internal error: Password must not be empty". As of this werk, the UI will instead show a standard validation error in case of an empty password.

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