Werk #4475: Windows Agent: Agent shutdown no longer stalls while plugin is running

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Windows Agent: Agent shutdown no longer stalls while plugin is running

Date

May 9, 2017

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

1.5.0i1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.4.0b7	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The agent did not stop any running plugins when the shutdown command was issued and waited for their completion. A "net stop check_mk_agent" could fail because of this behaviour. The agent updater suffered from this too, because the MSI installer failed to stop the service in time.

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