Os Security Patch Assessment Failed -21745- Instant

The scan was aborted mid-process due to a network timeout or connection drop.

: Update the system's root certificates or ensure it can connect to the internet to fetch them automatically. Service Failures os security patch assessment failed -21745-

Vendors like Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint have specific hotfixes for error -21745. For example, Qualys Cloud Agent versions prior to 4.5 had a known bug where non-English OS languages (e.g., French, German) caused the parser to throw -21745. The fix was to update the agent to 4.6+. The scan was aborted mid-process due to a

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