Merge pull request #256 from chef-cookbooks/varunsharma5/CHEF-29540

 Fix for CHEF-29540: chef_client_updater fails on Windows Server 2022 and above due to failure to restart Windows EventLog Service

Author: varunsharma5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of the chef_client_updater cookbook.
 
-## 3.13.0 (2206-01-19)
+## 3.13.1 (2026-01-28)
+
+- Fixed the issue with failure to restart Windows EventLog Service
+
+## 3.13.0 (2026-01-19)
 
 - Added license_id to resource for mixlib-install 3.14.0 support of new chef downloads api requiring license key for chef-client downloads
 

metadata.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 maintainer_email 'cookbooks@chef.io'
 license 'Apache-2.0'
 description 'Upgrades chef-client to specified releases'
-version '3.13.0'
+version '3.13.1'
 
 chef_version '>= 11' if respond_to?(:chef_version) # cookstyle: disable ChefModernize/RespondToInMetadata
 

providers/default.rb

@@ -506,14 +506,25 @@ def event_log_ps_code
                         Where-Object Status -eq 'Running' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
       # Attempt to preemptively stop Dependent Services
       $depsvcsrunning | ForEach-Object {
-        Stop-Service -Name "$_" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        $depsvc = $_
+        try {
+          Stop-Service -Name "$($depsvc)" -Force -ErrorAction Stop
+        } catch {
+          $process='svchost.exe'
+          $data = Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "name = '$process'" | Select-Object ProcessId, CommandLine |
+                  Where-Object {$_.CommandLine -Match "$($depsvc)"}
+          $data = $data.ProcessId
+          Stop-Process -Id $data -Force
+          Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
+        }
       }
       # Stop EventLog Service - First Politely, then Forcibly
       try {
         Stop-Service -Name 'EventLog' -Force -ErrorAction Stop
       } catch {
         $process='svchost.exe'
-        $data = Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "name = '$process'" | Select-Object ProcessId, CommandLine | Where-Object {$_.CommandLine -Match "LocalServiceNetworkRestricted"}
+        $data = Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "name = '$process'" | Select-Object ProcessId, CommandLine |
+                Where-Object {$_.CommandLine -Match "LocalServiceNetworkRestricted"}
         $data = $data.ProcessId
         Stop-Process -Id $data -Force
         Start-Sleep -Seconds 10

spec/unit/resources/default_spec.rb

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     context 'when license_id is provided' do
       before do
         allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:update_necessary?).and_return(false)
-        chef_run.node.normal['chef_client_updater']['license_id'] = 'test-license-123'
+        chef_run.node.default['chef_client_updater']['license_id'] = 'test-license-123'
       end
 
       it 'does not log a warning about missing license_id' do