Skip notifyFleetAuditUninstall on Windows (#6065)

* Skip notifyFleetAuditUninstall on Windows.

changelog/fragments/1731951823-Skip-notify-Fleet-on-Windows-uninstall.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Kind can be one of:
+# - breaking-change: a change to previously-documented behavior
+# - deprecation: functionality that is being removed in a later release
+# - bug-fix: fixes a problem in a previous version
+# - enhancement: extends functionality but does not break or fix existing behavior
+# - feature: new functionality
+# - known-issue: problems that we are aware of in a given version
+# - security: impacts on the security of a product or a user’s deployment.
+# - upgrade: important information for someone upgrading from a prior version
+# - other: does not fit into any of the other categories
+kind: feature
+
+# Change summary; a 80ish characters long description of the change.
+summary: Skip notify Fleet on Windows uninstall
+
+# Long description; in case the summary is not enough to describe the change
+# this field accommodate a description without length limits.
+# NOTE: This field will be rendered only for breaking-change and known-issue kinds at the moment.
+#description:
+
+# Affected component; usually one of "elastic-agent", "fleet-server", "filebeat", "metricbeat", "auditbeat", "all", etc.
+component:
+
+# PR URL; optional; the PR number that added the changeset.
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling finding the PR where this changelog fragment has been added.
+# NOTE: the tooling supports backports, so it's able to fill the original PR number instead of the backport PR number.
+# Please provide it if you are adding a fragment for a different PR.
+pr: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/6065
+
+# Issue URL; optional; the GitHub issue related to this changeset (either closes or is part of).
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling with the issue linked to the PR number.
+issue: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5952

internal/pkg/agent/install/uninstall.go

@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ func Uninstall(ctx context.Context, cfgFile, topPath, uninstallToken string, log
 	}
 	pt.Describe("Removed install directory")
 
-	if notifyFleet {
+	// Skip on Windows because of https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5952
+	// Once the root-cause is identified then this can be re-enabled on Windows.
+	if notifyFleet && runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
 		notifyFleetAuditUninstall(ctx, log, pt, cfg, ai) //nolint:errcheck // ignore the error as we can't act on it
 	}
 

testing/integration/install_test.go

@@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ func TestInstallUninstallAudit(t *testing.T) {
 		Stack: &define.Stack{}, // needs a fleet-server.
 		Sudo:  true,
 		Local: false,
+		// Skip Windows as it has been disabled because of https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5952
+		OS: []define.OS{
+			{
+				Type: define.Linux,
+			},
+			{
+				Type: define.Darwin,
+			},
+		},
 	})
 
 	ctx, cancel := testcontext.WithDeadline(t, context.Background(), time.Now().Add(10*time.Minute))