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Werk #20069: Check_MK service: Show cluster node name in agent status

Component Core & setup
Title Check_MK service: Show cluster node name in agent status
Date Jun 9, 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
2.5.0p8 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When monitoring a cluster host, the Check_MK service collects the agent (and other data source) status of every cluster node. Previously each line only showed the data source - for example [agent] Success, or when a node could not be reached [agent] Communication failed: ...(!!). Because the node name was missing, you could not tell which node an entry belonged to: when one node's agent timed out or was unreachable, the Check_MK service went CRIT without revealing the culprit, and you had to look up the cluster's nodes and inspect each one individually.

The Check_MK service now appends the node name to each per-node line on cluster hosts. A failing node is immediately visible, e.g. [agent] Communication failed: [Errno 113] No route to host on node node03(!!), and healthy nodes are no longer indistinguishable: [agent] Success on node node01, [agent] Success on node node02.

This only affects cluster hosts; the output for regular (non-cluster) hosts is unchanged.

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