The behavior for last_state_change date between host and service is different

[klnjmm]

Hi,

I have a different behavior between the value of last_state_change date between host and service when having retry (soft and hard state)

Environment : Ubuntu 20.04

Nagios 4.2.3

• For host, the value is the date at the last try (when passing from soft to hard status)

  

• For service, the value is the date at the first try (1/X soft state)

  

Nagios 4.4.3

This change has fixed this bug for service :

• Fixed last_state_change to update when a state goes from soft -> hard state (#592) (Jake Omann)

But the value for host has changed : it's now the date at the first try ...

Nagios 4.4.9

Same behavior than nagios 4.4.3

Expected behavior :

The value of last_state_change is the value of the last try, when passing in hard state, for host and for service.

Do you encounter the same problem ?

[sawolf]

Hi Jim - thanks for reaching out. I haven't gotten into this one yet but the information you've given is clear. I'll commit to at least looking into this for 4.4.11.

[sawolf]

Fixed in https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/ade7c47207130926cb4d120bd604eced2b59fc6a

I wasn't able to find the change that made host state changes regress, but based on the discussion around #592 it seems like people expect "Last State Change" to reflect changes from SOFT to HARD state.