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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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InstantOn checkpoint.sh supported features validations to make developers life easy when adding to server.xml

InstantOn feature on Openliberty and WebSphere liberty is currently supported from version 23 and above, currently the supported jakarta features, microprofile features are listed per version and there are features which are not supported by insta...
9 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Not under consideration

Add support for Java 21.

Java 21 is available for more than 1,5 year and developers need to use it.
9 months ago in Heritage / Model Architect 0 Under review

UCD Deployment Status for Skipped

Our UCD deployment process has 30 steps and current success/fail status is causing confusion with the deployers knowing which steps run and which did not. We have a number of conditional steps that will run or will not run depending on the switch ...
about 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Not under consideration

To provide a 'relocate' function in Installation Manager

My client has a long history of using Installation Manager (IM) to set up WebSphere application servers (WAS). They take the IM default locations of 'Agent data location' and 'Shared resources directory.' Over the years, these directories have acc...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Clustered EJB Timer service

The integrated EJB Timer service has to be configured for each application server. While providing support to client I discovered that the EJB Timer Service is configured for APPServer1 and APPServer2 separately by going inside path "Servers > ...
9 months ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Functionality already exists

Implement DHE ciphers in IBM HTTP Server to provide Forward Secrecy to clients that do not support ECDHE ciphers

We use IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5 as HTTPS gateway in front of WebSphere Application Server portal system to service a multitude of different, external clients via internet. Those clients are outside our scope of influence, so we cannot dictate securit...
over 10 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

Switch option to finish searching all repositories in the federated repositories right after user is found.

In customer's WAS 8.5.5.x system, many base entries for each CN entries in customer's LDAP are registered to the federated repositories. In current design, search results for user are returned after all repositories are searched. Federated reposit...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Fix Activation Spec status display in Admin Console

The status reported in the Admin Console for Activation Specs is broken - we had a stopped Activation Spec and it showed as "green" (Active). Admin Console should reflect accurate status information to benefit all systems programmers and applicati...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Single Sing-On using SAML in UrbanCode Deploy

to implement Single Sing-On using SAML in UrbanCode Deploy
almost 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Status of node is "Not synchronized" when TAI OIDC enabled on the admin console

Appears that node synchronization is not synchronizing user credentials when WAS ND is used with OIDC. There is a case (TS016344589) that outlines the detail of the issue and what has been done.
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration