From d03dd7ac2d97e0f48382f1a134eb4f273d255d26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reyesj2 <94730068+reyesj2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:32:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] check for oom kill only in the last 24 hours

Signed-off-by: reyesj2 <94730068+reyesj2@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
index eb0b84ac4..e3768da46 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ done
 # Look for OOM specific errors in /var/log/messages which can lead to odd behavior / test failures
 if [[ -f /var/log/messages ]]; then
     status "Checking log file /var/log/messages"
-    if cat /var/log/messages | grep -iE 'out of memory|oom-kill'; then
+    if journalctl --since "24 hours ago" | grep -iE 'out of memory|oom-kill'; then
         RESULT=1
     fi
 fi