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Werk #18501: Tighten validation on ID fields

Component Setup
Title Tighten validation on ID fields
Date Aug 13, 2026
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
3.0.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Several ID fields in Setup accepted IDs like ümlaut or abcℕ, although the rule they advertise is ASCII letters, digits, dash and underscore and the REST API rejected those IDs. These fields now apply the ASCII rule too, and answer with:

An identifier must only consist of letters, digits, dash and underscore and it must start with a letter or underscore.

Affected are: * the Unique ID of dynamic host management connections * InfluxDB connections * OAuth2 connections, predefined conditions and passwords * the Site ID under Distributed monitoring * the Unique ID of message broker connections

The stricter check applies to new objects only.

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