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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Urgent Need for a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority

WebSphere Application Server users need a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority Category: Security, Auditing, and Compliance Executive Summary: The current WebSphere Application Server design allows users such a...
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Needs more information

"Modify" installs that do not manipulate the albd service should not prompt for albd process credentials.

When performing upgrade or modify installs, Installation Manager requires that the installing user provide the albd credentials. In "modify" cases where -- for example -- the user is adding a Visual Studio or other integration, the installer shoul...
26 days ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Submitted

Update z/OS Logging to support wildcards in message specification e.g. CWKK* or CWKK10%%

For automation we require certain error messages in z/OS Connect (A liberty application) to be routed to the system log. The current specification for hardCopyMessage and wtoMessage as part of the Configuration properties for logging on z/OS see h...
14 days ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Needs more information

Liberty servers should load just once and share the module BBGZSCFM in ECSA

If the authorized services are enabled on the Liberty z/OS server, the module BBGZSCFM must be loaded. The Liberty z/OS code doesn't have a way of determining whether or not the module has already been loaded (or unloaded) by other servers. If 100...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Maintain all the artifacts in embedded jdk that comes with WAS 8.5.5

Per the technote, the Java orb.properties, java.policy, and cacerts files are non-serviceable in WAS v8.5.5 (e.g. they are not updated). The files are serviceable in the Java SDK provided for WAS 9.0 and Liberty. WebSphere Application Server Java ...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Post quantum cryptography for tWAS and IHS

Once quantum computing is used, some current encryptions may no longer be considered as secured. WAS and IHS may need to implement post quantum cryptography to be secured.
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Create additional rules to DevOps Test Embedded Code Review

Rule 1: following operators ( +=, -=, *=, /=, %=, <<=, >>=, &=, ^=, |= ) should never be used.Rules 2: The rules check that open and closing brackets are always the unique non space character on the line.Rule 3: The rule verify tha...
25 days ago in DevOps Automation / Test Embedded 0 Submitted

Add ISPF statistics to datasets deployed through IDD

Users want to be able to see deploy created/changed timestamps when looking at the dataset member on the target libraries. I think this should be provided by the Deploy Dataset plugin step.
14 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Submitted

oidc with Authorization Code flow with PKCE

we are using oidc for SSO in velocity, but it looks like it does not support Authorization Code flow with PKCE in current version of velocity. can you please enable in future releases.
17 days ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 0 Submitted

Support for Buildforge database on AWS RDS

One of our clients wants to migrate BuildForge to AWS with the buildforege database schema from on-prem database to AWS RDS database. But current databases on AWS RDS is not supported.
18 days ago in Heritage / Build Forge 0 Submitted