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Vulnerability Management: Immediate Plugin Update Setting

Tenable has added the immediate_plugin_updates parameter to the Tenable Vulnerability Management agent profile API calls.

  • When set to true, agents immediately update their plugin sets after receiving a new plugin set assignment that replaces an earlier set assigned by the agent profile.
  • When set to false or null, agents update their plugin sets according to their regular check-in cycle, which occurs at least every 24 hours.

This update affects the following endpoints:

EndpointNameChange
POST /sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}Create profileAdded the immediate_plugin_updates request parameter.
GET /sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}List profilesAdded the immediate_plugin_updates response property.
GET /sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}/{profile_uuid}Get profile detailsAdded the immediate_plugin_updates response property.
PUT /sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}/{profile_uuid}Update profileAdded the immediate_plugin_updates request parameter.