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 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT 2.4.0p6 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT 2.3.0p35 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

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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