[9.4](backport #52094) [winlogbeat] Honor configured event language#52111
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Pass the configured locale to Windows publisher metadata loading so event messages render in the requested language. Assisted-By: Cursor (cherry picked from commit 77dba59)
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Proposed commit message
Pass the configured locale to
EvtOpenPublisherMetadataso Windows events render in the requested language.Checklist
I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areasI have made corresponding changes to the documentationI have made corresponding change to the default configuration files./changelog/fragmentsDisruptive User Impact
None.
How to test this PR locally
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go test -c -o /tmp/wineventlog.test.exe ./winlogbeat/sys/wineventloglanguage: 1033and confirm messages render in English.Related issues
This is an automatic backport of pull request [winlogbeat] Honor configured event language #52094 done by Mergify.