Werk #20030: automations: Write to logs

Component

Checks & agents

Title

automations: Write to logs

Date

Jun 1, 2026

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

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
2.5.0p8	Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.4.0p33	Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Previously, automations (e.g. autodiscovery) wrote messages to STDOUT, which got discarded later. This can obfuscate any error message and leave issues unsolved.

With this change, the automations write to the logs instead. Persisting (error) messages for analysis.

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