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Werk #17858: Correct escaping of double backslashes in notifications

Component Event Console
Title Correct escaping of double backslashes in notifications
Date May 8, 2025
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.5.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.4.0p1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.3.0p33 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Even texts like "\HOSTNAME\PATH\FILE" were shown as "\HOSTNAME\PATH\FILE" in the resulting notification.

This has been fixed.

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