I reverted the hosts.xml file changes and changed the function getHostNameAttribute to: function getHostNameAttribute(hostNode) { var hostNameAttribute = "^" + hostNode.getAttribute("name") + "$" return hostNameAttribute; } Which now results in the following "test4_hosts_nodes" tests to fail: 11, 12, 15, 16, 21 - 29 ---- Removing the begin and end markers results in the following "test4_hosts_nodes" tests to fail: 10, 20-23, 25-27 ---- The conclusion is, that the additional check, using the begin and end markers, must be included to have all tests succeed without the need to change the hosts.xml files. This should make sure the legacy "spongy" host matching behavior is duplicated. --- Stefan |