Background

I have been seeing this issue since version 3 I believe, so this is not directly tied to version 5.2, however it was never resolved.

HOST.ID and/or ITEM.ID macros are not being expanded when calling external check script, on contrast, HOST.NAME does resolve properly.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create item of time external check in any host
2. Pass arguments {HOST.ID} or {ITEM.ID} to script
3. Also pass {HOST.NAME} to validate expansion

Result:

Host.ID and ITEM.ID doesnt get expanded and they are sent as is.

Expected:
HOST.ID and ITEM.ID should have been expanded with proper data.