Error killing process: TerminateProcess: Access is denied

[tguenneguez]

Relevant telegraf.conf

[[inputs.exec]]
  commands = [ "powershell.exe -OutputFormat Text -NonInteractive -NoProfile -NoLogo -File check_update_status.ps1" ]
  data_format = "influx"
  timeout = "59s"
  interval = "60s"

Logs from Telegraf

2026-04-20T07:21:33Z W! [inputs.exec] Collection took longer than expected; not complete after interval of 1m0s
2026-04-20T07:21:34Z E! [agent] Error killing process: TerminateProcess: Access is denied.

System info

Windows Serveur 2016

Docker

No response

Steps to reproduce

1. Have a powershell script that response in more than timeout
2. Run telegraf as service

Expected behavior

Why ower windows, the service is not able to kill child process ?

Actual behavior

Be able to kill child process

Additional info

No response

[srebhan]

Can you please provide a reproducible setup?