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Public search query: agent misread dnf needs-restarting output and rebooted database servers after a
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes this failure: fix the agent's exit code table: 1642 means the upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service and is a failure for wave purposes. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent re-approved a superseded security update for deployment because it failed to parse the wsus declined updates list - agent failed to catch superseded update misclassified as missing
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent re-approved a superseded security update for deployment because it faile
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent hallucinating maintenance windows in the wrong timezone: generated wrong values and validation failed with error - [agent's upgrade PR changed the lockfile format version (npm lockfileVersion 2…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent started every host download at the maintenance window open and s
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes this failure: judge VM patch compliance from inside the guest after the snapshot revert point: tag snapshots taken for patching, alert when a patched VM is reverted. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent failed to catch superseded update misclassified as missing - agent reverted a security upgrade because tests failed and never re-attempted - the CVE stayed open for six weeks
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent re-approved a superseded security update for deployment because it faile
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes this failure: verify reboot completion by an agent check that runs after logon is possible - compare the pre- and post-patch boot time. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Fixes this failure: add a pre-patch service stop step with verification: the agent stops the application service, confirms the process and its file handles are gone. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - kerberos ticket expired mid-run and agent's patch window failed - sccm maintenance window expired before updates finished installing
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent patch window expired while hosts waited at notify before install because
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent forgot to disable foreign key checks before the bulk backfill and every batch failed - agent quarantined integration tests that need a service the agent forgot to start in its repro
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent forgot to stop the application service before patching: installer r
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent applied patch to production ring instead of pilot ring after misreading ring label - agent hallucinated open ports from nmap output after the scan failed to resolve services
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent misread dnf needs-restarting output and rebooted database servers after a
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes this failure: fix the agent's exit code table: 1642 means the upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service and is a failure for wave purposes. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent reported patch compliance from cached sccm client data that predated the last successful update scan - agent reported success on hosts where the update install failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent reported patch success before pending file rename operations completed
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes this failure: install python3-dnf (or python3-libdnf) on the RHEL-family targets as a preflight package. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent failed when patch window closed mid transaction and dnf left system half upgraded - agent failed on truncated json patch metadata response
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: patch agent ansible run failed the dnf module requires python3-dnf on the ta
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes a patch agent applying an out of band update out of order and breaking a servicing stack dependency, where a hotfix installs before its required stack or cumulative base. Use when an out of band release fails or breaks servicing on agent-managed hosts. Not for an out of band update installed in correct order tha…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent timed out waiting for windows update service to restart after servicing stack update - agent applied migrations out of order - it skipped a revision and now the schema is inconsistent
Problem outcome: unknown