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Werk #17958: REST-API: Require ETag for passwords endpoints

Component REST API
Title REST-API: Require ETag for passwords endpoints
Date Aug 7, 2025
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required
Checkmk versions & editions
2.5.0b1
Not yet released 		Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previously, the Password endpoints already returned ETags. However, they were not validated.

The update and delete password endpoints are now validating ETags. Users should either pass the correct ETag via the If-Match header, or use the wildcard * to maintain the old behaviour.

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