Stacked on #2589 (the threshold-off fix). Until it merges this PR also
shows its two commits; the change here is the last commit, 7c8e9099a1.
A host-agent SMART disk temperature alert (`diskTemperature`, resource
`agent:<host>/disk_temp:<device>`) stayed active for about a day after
its disk left the agent's report (removed, replaced, or a renamed device
path). `CheckHost` only evaluates disks it still lists, and
`shouldPreserveAlertOutsideNodeCleanup` exempts `agent:` alerts from
node cleanup, so only the 24-hour stale-alert sweep resolved it.
What changes:
- `CheckHost` records every disk a non-empty SMART list reports. A disk
holding an alert or a pending threshold run that is missing from three
consecutive non-empty reports has its alert cleared and its pending run
dropped (`cleanupHostDiskTemperatureAlerts`). The count restarts when
the disk is reported again, because the Windows, FreeBSD and
controller-multiplexed Linux collectors drop a disk whose probe fails.
- An empty SMART list holds every alert. The agent omits the list when
SMART collection fails or is unsupported (`collectSMARTData`).
- A listed disk in standby, or with no temperature (a failed Linux probe
lists the disk identity-only), holds its alert. Neither reading shows
the disk cooled, and SMART health alerts already hold through standby.
- Turning the threshold off, or removing the agent, now also drops the
host's pending disk temperature runs and absence counts.
`TestCheckHostClearsDiskTemperatureAlertWhenDiskLeavesSMARTReport`
covers removal, rename, the three holds, the restarted count, and the
pending-run and count cleanup. Each case was checked against a mutation
that disables its mechanism.
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