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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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Python 3.4 Security Vulnerability

Python 2.7.15 is used within PureApp (FW 2.3.2.0.) currently in production within client. This Python version and versions up to 3.4 show security issues CVE-2013-4238, CVE-2013-1752. Vulnerability has been known since 2015.Pls see description PMR...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 2 Future consideration

Session Timeout returned to default after product upgrade

The web.xml config is replaced everytime a new Devops Deploy version is installed. It would be great to have a customized setting on GUI "Server Settings" to manage the Timeout (by default 30 minutes) instead of going to specific configuration fil...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 8 Needs more information

Allow option to log Context Not Found errors

When a problem/corruption occurs in one instance of a cluster, it is a challenge to identify which Liberty JVM has the problem. In a Case I opened with IBM, I had cluster of 50+ CICS regions with the same Liberty JVM & application running in t...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Needs more information

Mechanism to share values between deployment steps at component level

We have a deployment process that shares information between steps. To share the information between steps we are using application variables and that way of working brokes when multiple component versiones are selected in a deployment execution. ...
about 1 month ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

When multiple versions are selected the deployment process guarantees that no information between version deployments is mixed

We have a deployment process that shares information between steps. To share the information between steps we are using application variables and that way of working brokes when multiple component versions are selected in an application deployment...
about 1 month ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Under review

Delete unused tags

The documentation says that you can't ever delete a tag. Of course this makes sense to not allow a tag to be deleted while still assigned to an agent, app etc. But that they live forever means that the list could be long if we don't implement some...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

Masking specific field values directly at the test level in DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (DTIA)

Currently, DTIA does not support masking the field values directly at the test level. It does support data masking method at both at schema and non-schema levels which can be applied only when you attempt recording traffic. Ie; Currently DTIA supp...
almost 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test Workbench 1 Future consideration

WebSphere Application Server Support for HashiCorp Vault usage

Our organization mandates the use of HashiCorp Vault to store and retrieve passwords. For Applications hosted on WebSphere Application Server, there is no direct support to make use of HashiCorp Vault to store/retrieve database password as part of...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 5 Not under consideration

Improve RHEL 8 lifecycle support on Cloud Pak System

We are not in a position to get a RHEL 8.x minor release rolled out at scale within the 2 years of EUS provided by Red Hat (please also refer to the uploaded diagram: IBM CPS – RHEL 8 lifecycle challenge.pdf): - Red Hat provides 2 years of EUS (ex...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 2 Planned for future release

Manage Security flag should be separated in low level permissions

Hi everyone, This request is related to product IBM Devops Deploy specifically in the Role configuration > Server configuration > Manage Security. We have noticed that only users with this flag active are able to manage the team assignment o...
12 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 13 Under review