Werk #18028: systemd-timedated: avoid agent timeout when service is down

Component

Checks & agents

Title

systemd-timedated: avoid agent timeout when service is down

Date

Jun 11, 2025

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.5.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.4.0p6	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0p35	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When the systemd-timedated.service is not running, the command used by the agent to retrieve its status can time out, resulting in the agent timeout.

To address this issue, we have added a timeout of 5 seconds to limit the timedatectl show command.

Credits for this improvement go to GitHub user mueller-ma.

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