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Werk #3584: check_mkevents: Fixed "failed to parse perfdata" errors in web.log caused by "Events" checks

Component Checks & agents
Title check_mkevents: Fixed "failed to parse perfdata" errors in web.log caused by "Events" checks
Date May 31, 2016
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.4.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.2.8p3 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When the last worst event found in the Event Console contained a pipe character the remaining output was treated as performance data string and resulted in "failed to parse perfdata" errors in web.log e.g. when opening the service detail page of such an Events service.

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