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Werk #22818: Relay: Empty fetch results

Component Relay
Title Relay: Empty fetch results
Date Oct 22, 2026
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
3.0.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.5.0p18
Not yet released
Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

If the fetcher process on the relay ended without returning a result, the relay finished the fetch task with an empty result. Fetching the data of the host then failed with a crash report (JSONDecodeError) and the host went to UNKNOWN.

This is now reported as a regular fetch error of the host: "The fetcher on the relay ended without returning a result. See the relay log for details." Like other connection problems, the host now gets the state configured for connection errors (CRIT by default) instead of UNKNOWN.

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