Setting node_name/node_name_fact makes reports not include real client hostname...

[Matt W]

In our newer hosts, we are using the standard Puppet node classifier system but we override the node_name/node_name_fact settings on the client so that we can decouple hostnames with hosttypes:

puppet.conf [main] location on clients:
    # Use the fact 'puppet_node' as our node classifier rather than the hostname.
    node_name = facter
    node_name_fact = puppet_node

 

[root@prod-exhibitor1-xyz:~]# facter -p puppet_node
exhibitor_prod

The problem we have with this model right now is that when Puppet runs do fail, we get tagmail reports that aren't very useful:

  https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/reports/tagmail.rb#L140

  Subject: Puppet Report for exhibitor_prod

Is there a setting we're missing somewhere that will fix this and get us the actual hostname of the failed client, or do we need to open a bug to get this fixed?