KBI 311170 Issue Addressed: Argent AT Supervising Engine Keeps Recycling With Checkpoint Error When Daughter Upload File Is Corrupted

Version

Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1501-C and earlier

Date

Wednesday, 25 Feb 2015

Summary

Argent AT Supervising Engine can recycle constantly and stop scheduling new monitoring tasks or accepting connection from Trusted Agent or Daughter Engine

In Global System View as well as Service Log, customer can see lines like following:

The issue is addressed in Argent AT 3.1A-1501-T2

Technical Background

When the uploaded file is corrupted in a certain way that does not trigger the archive exception, Argent AT Engine can be caught in access violation but does not label the file as bad format

As a result, the uploaded file is not discarded, and being processed over and over

The Engine process can eventually stall because of that

Resolution

Upgrade to Argent AT 3.1A-1501-T2 or later

For customer cannot upgrade immediately, he can identify the culprit file from the Service Log, and manually remove it from UPLOAD folder and restart the service