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Werk #7477: job: Gracefully handle long running cronjobs

Component Checks & agents
Title job: Gracefully handle long running cronjobs
Date May 8, 2019
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Previously mk_job got confused when a job was started while a job with the same Identity was still running.

The mk_job script can now handle these cases. The corresponding check plugin will apply the age levels to the longest runnging job, and additionally display the stats of the last completed job.

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