How to confirm dialog in event manager applet?

[rund]

Hi,

I try to add a delayed reload at the end of an event manager script that can ba canceled by another script if a defined "good" event happens.

event manager applet CONFIGURE

...

 action 98 cli command "reload in 10"

!

event manager applet STOP_RELOAD

 event syslog pattern "good"

 action 1 cli command "reload cancel"

!

The Problem is, that there is a confirmation dialog when I enter "reload in 10":

Router#reload in 10

Reload scheduled for 05:11:06 MET(S) Thu Oct 28 2021 (in 10 minutes) by console
Reload reason: Reload Command
Proceed with reload? [confirm]

How can (should) I hit enter in an event manager applet?

[pman]

Hi,

Hope the following example helps you,

Note the following command: "send log <Message>"

event manager applet STOP_RELOAD
event syslog pattern "good"
action 1 cli command "enable"
action 2 cli command "reload cancel"

R1#reload in 10

Reload scheduled in 10 minutes by console

Reload reason: Reload Command
Proceed with reload? [confirm]

R1#send log good

R1#

***
*** --- SHUTDOWN ABORTED ---
***

*Jul 30 17:10:30.070: %SYS-7-USERLOG_DEBUG: Message from tty0(user id: good
R1#

*Jul 30 17:10:30.249: %SYS-5-SCHEDULED_RELOAD_CANCELLED: Scheduled reload cancelled at 19:10:30 EET Thu Jul 30 2026

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

in addition to pman's post, typically you would confirm a prompt in EEM as below:

action 1.0 cli command "enable"
action 2.0 cli command "reload in 10" pattern "confirm"
action 3.0 cli command "y"

[rund]

It looks like there is a general problem with the "reload" command in event manager:

Oct 28 10:37:03.211 MET(S): %HA_EM-6-LOG: reload : DEBUG(cli_lib) : : IN : Router#reload in 10
Oct 28 10:37:03.215 MET(S): cli_history_entry_add: free_hist_list size=0, hist_list size=7
Oct 28 10:37:03.215 MET(S): eem_no_scan flag set, skipping scan of command_string=reload in 10
Oct 28 10:37:23.235 MET(S): %HA_EM-6-LOG: reload : DEBUG(cli_lib) : : CTL : cli_close called.

(same result with "pattern" extention from the suggestion of Georg Pauwen)

Like the event manager doesn't see the confirmation prompt at all.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

which device are you configuring this on ?

Post the output of:

sh ver

debug event manager action cli

[pman]

Maybe instead of reload in 10 you will use the "event timer countdown time <x>":

event manager applet daily_reload
event timer countdown time 600
action 1.0 reload

R1#
*Jul 30 23:53:50.239: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested by EEM. Reload Reason: Embedded Event Manager action.