From caa0cf3a801a6ba94a9df7dbca72791a00f1c4da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Rebhan <36194019+srebhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:16:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(agent): Ignore startup-errors in test mode (#15488)

---
 agent/agent.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 7ebbb82c8..d9c3a6c03 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func (a *Agent) runInputs(
 }
 
 // testStartInputs is a variation of startInputs for use in --test and --once
-// mode.  It differs by logging Start errors and returning only plugins
+// mode. It differs by logging Start errors and returning only plugins
 // successfully started.
 func (a *Agent) testStartInputs(
 	dst chan<- telegraf.Metric,
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ func (a *Agent) testStartInputs(
 
 		if err := input.Start(acc); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("E! [agent] Starting input %s: %v", input.LogName(), err)
+			continue
 		}
 
 		unit.inputs = append(unit.inputs, input)