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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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REST API to manage the authentication tokens

We have been exploring automation solutions to manage the renewal of UrbanCode authentication tokens via REST APIs. However, we have encountered a limitation as the current REST API offerings do not fully support our requirements. At present, the ...
about 1 month ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

UCD Settings - Mainframe Pipeline Admin - Server Configuration - possibility to set different settings in Manage Security, like viewing the settings set. Now you are able to change them ALL!

We as Pipeline Admins as well as our Security department is interested in limiting the risk of people having to many privileges in UrbanCode Deploy. Today you see this if you toggle the Manage security setting on/off:Manage Security - gives you th...
5 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Under review

Be able to fill Secure Values with properties and make them visible

There are some step fields asigned as Secure Values, so when we fill them we just see dots and they are seen as * when exporting the process. For example the Download Artifacts for ZOS External Repo, values Repository Password and Artifactory api ...
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review

Enforcing logoff regardless of user activity after a duration

We need an automatic logoff after 12h, in order to enforce our security policies, that makes more efficient our sec policies.
about 1 month ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

Step to retrieve/read version status

Need a capability to retrieve/read the Component version status. Currently only Add/Remove version status steps exist. However there the no way to access this status programmatically by using a property or plugin step. The status gets used in Envi...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Under review

Separate build messages for multiple TC builds

Make it possible to build several TCs in parallel and report build messages in a way so it can be understood to which TC build each message belongs, both while the builds are running and after they have finished.
about 2 months ago in DevOps Model & Code / Model RealTime 0 Under review

organize sources should support non-capsule transformations

for capsule components it presumable builds a dependency tree based on relationships from the top capsule non-capsule components don't have a 'top capsule', but some way of designating the 'main-class' should be able to work similarly
about 2 months ago in DevOps Model & Code / Model RealTime 0 Under review

WebSphere OpenID Connect Relying Party - Could you please add client_assertion as an authentication method?

Current Situation: We are using the IBM supplied replying party plugin with Microsoft Entra: Component name: OpenID Connect Relying Party TAI TAI class name: com.ibm.ws.security.oidc.client.RelyingParty Version: 9.0 f5192405.01 This combination al...
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

Manual Approvals, customize pannels

At the pannel for the Manual Approval of Requests, if the Approval Process has aditional properties, I would like to be able to see these properties, or some of them, here at this pannel, to help me as approver to decide if I Approve or Reject the...
about 2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 5 Under review

Ability to create Snapshot without environment via Jenkins UCD plugin

We want to create a snapshot that only includes the components we are deploying, we don't want to include the components which are already deployed in the environment. Its helpful since now developers has to manually remove the unwanted components...
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review