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AI Extension to different models like Copilot, Gemini

Need to have the AI extension for Devops Deploy to other models like Copilot and Gemini. We use Copilot inside organization and this will help us explore the feature and benefits integrated. Thanks
15 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review

Instana for z/OS (zAPM) Tracing support for WOLA on Liberty

We are currently using WebSphere z/OS with WOLA (OTMA CI) to access IMS transactions and this is our major way into IMS. We are considering migrating to WebSphere Liberty z/OS. We have Instana Distributed as an observability solution and are inter...
17 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

Terminate the Liberty server when a stop server request is received while MDB application has been running longer than the configured timeout value.

Backgrounds Customer is migrating from WAS for z/OS traditional to WAS for z/OS Liberty. During the migration, many incompatibilities have been identified between WAS for z/OS traditional and WAS for z/OS Liberty. We understand that WAS for z/OS t...
19 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

Implement a function to detect hanging MDB applications and interrupt their execution.

Backgrounds Customer is migrating from WAS for z/OS traditional to WAS for z/OS Liberty. During the migration, many incompatibilities have been identified between WAS for z/OS traditional and WAS for z/OS Liberty. We understand that WAS for z/OS t...
19 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

One-Click Configuration Backup & Restore for Devops deploy tool

What We Need Add a button in IBM Devops Deploy tool that exports ALL configurations (components, applications, resources, templates, settings, etc.) into one file. Then be able to import that file to restore everything. Why We Need It Problem ...
22 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review

API for creating LTPA keys file

Liberty docs recommend to place the same ltpa.keys file to any liberty node reachable by your loadbalancer. For automated deployments, creation via Java API (liberty feature) is feasible. Please provide a feature (or extend PasswordUtilityies-1.0 ...
23 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

Increase the read limit on ClearQuest multiline strings through OSLC

IBM ClearQuest truncates multiline text fields retrieved by OSLC to 2000 characters by default. This size can be changed on the server. My understanding is that OSLC does not enforce a hard limit even though implementations like ClearQuest can tru...
25 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

Add support for Personal Access Tokens to authenticate with the OSLC REST API

It is very common for applications with REST APIs to support Personal Access Tokens (PATs). They act as a secure, user-level alternative to standard passwords for authenticating scripts, CLI tools, and integrations. PATs allow users to connect ext...
25 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

MDB requests can be displayed by MODIFY [jobname.]identifier,DISPLAY,WORK command in WAS Liberty

Backgrounds The customer is migrating from WAS for z/OS Traditional to WAS for z/OS Liberty. During the migration, many incompatibilities have been identified between WAS for z/OS Traditional and WAS for z/OS Liberty. We understand that WAS for z/...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

Allow Snapshot Creation from Actual Current Inventory During Active Deployment Execution

Currently, when a snapshot is created during an Application Process using APIs such as: /cli/snapshot/createSnapshotOfEnvironment the generated snapshot reflects the deployment's target inventory ("Versions to Deploy") rather than the actual versi...
about 1 month ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review