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Werk #4708: Windows Agent/Agent Updater: Fixed race condition which removed the windows service

Component Checks & agents
Title Windows Agent/Agent Updater: Fixed race condition which removed the windows service
Date Jun 7, 2017
Level Prominent Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.5.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The agent updater could kill itself during an update, because the MSI installation process sent a shutdown signal to the windows service. This shutdown also killed any plugins, including the agent updater... This has been fixed by detaching the cmk-update-agent.exe file from the process group of the windows agent.

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