From a7a81e98253258257e0d14e269b7beef3498624f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Patterson <josh.patterson@securityonionsolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:05:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] always manage script, only run it if bond0 exists

---
 salt/sensor/init.sls | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/salt/sensor/init.sls b/salt/sensor/init.sls
index ee615bf9b..7d1714c2c 100644
--- a/salt/sensor/init.sls
+++ b/salt/sensor/init.sls
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ combine_bond_script:
     - template: jinja
     - defaults:
          CHANNELS: {{ SENSORMERGED.channels }}
-    - onlyif:
-      - ip link show bond0
 
 execute_combine_bond:
   cmd.run:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-combine-bond
-    - onchanges:
-      - file: combine_bond_script
+    - onlyif:
+      - ip link show bond0

From 19362fe5e57f338e19389e21f027ac09e71d8ca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Reeves <mike.reeves@securityonionsolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:06:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update so-combine-bond

---
 salt/sensor/tools/sbin_jinja/so-combine-bond | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/salt/sensor/tools/sbin_jinja/so-combine-bond b/salt/sensor/tools/sbin_jinja/so-combine-bond
index 0a8a2e66a..ded429470 100644
--- a/salt/sensor/tools/sbin_jinja/so-combine-bond
+++ b/salt/sensor/tools/sbin_jinja/so-combine-bond
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 
 # Check if bond0 exists
 if ! ip link show bond0 &>/dev/null; then
-    exit 1
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 # Function to get slave interfaces - works across distributions
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ get_bond_slaves() {
 SLAVES=$(get_bond_slaves bond0)
 
 if [ -z "$SLAVES" ]; then
-    exit 1
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 # Process each slave interface