Werk #18541: FIX ODBC backend in Microsoft SQL Server plugin reports correct job name

Component

Checks & agents

Title

FIX ODBC backend in Microsoft SQL Server plugin reports correct job name

Date

Nov 26, 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)
2.4.0p17	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0p42 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When using the ODBC backend, the agent plugin was unable to properly decode non-ANSI characters in the job name. As a result, an empty name was sent, which made job monitoring impossible. With this release, the agent will decode the incoming stream using the fallback code page Windows-1252.

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