Always reboot the machine after the update completes.
Default
The agent decides if a reboot is necessary by checking signals such as
registry keys on Windows or /var/run/reboot-required on APT based
systems. On RPM based systems, a set of core system package install times
are compared with system boot time.
Never
Never reboot the machine after the update completes.
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