From 8a1616223e687e4de191c8ff740b1a9e0dcd24c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Powers <powersj@fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 09:53:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(statefile): Ensure valid statefile (#14937)

---
 scripts/deb/post-install.sh | 1 +
 scripts/rpm/post-install.sh | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/deb/post-install.sh b/scripts/deb/post-install.sh
index d7d23883e21b9..bdd79f79182f1 100644
--- a/scripts/deb/post-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/deb/post-install.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ test -d "$STATE_DIR" || {
 STATE_FILE="$STATE_DIR/statefile"
 test -f "$STATE_FILE" || {
     touch "$STATE_FILE"
+    echo {} > "$STATE_FILE"
     chown root:telegraf "$STATE_FILE"
     chmod 660 "$STATE_FILE"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/post-install.sh b/scripts/rpm/post-install.sh
index a6f05754a883c..bd88343b5b192 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm/post-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/rpm/post-install.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ test -d "$STATE_DIR" || {
 STATE_FILE="$STATE_DIR/statefile"
 test -f "$STATE_FILE" || {
     touch "$STATE_FILE"
+    echo {} > "$STATE_FILE"
     chown root:telegraf "$STATE_FILE"
     chmod 660 "$STATE_FILE"
 }