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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
2.5.0p7
Not yet released
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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