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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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Java - Support AES key from ICSF for encryption

We aim for an encryption with an AES key stored in CKDS dataset, hence protected with ICSF. The targeted flow would be as follows: 1. Create an AES key in CKDS2. Create a Java application that can read the key and perform encryption and decryption...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

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/...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

add new TCJS type to support batch build of EXE TC's via pre-requisite mechanisms

when you need to build sub-sets of TCs split across multiple model projects and sub-directories of transforms, the only eclipse mechanism (multi-select range, alt/click to add/remove selections) is cumbersome. can you add some new TC type (batch/b...
2 months ago in Heritage / Model RealTime 0 Submitted

Continuing where left off after a crash or broken out of scan

Large environments may have tens or hundreds of applications, which may take hours or days to scan. If a crash or for some reason the process of scanning was interrupted it would be good to continue where the scan left off. This way the past work ...
4 months ago in App Runtime Tooling 0 Not under consideration

add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 very useful for the client to unlock the queue

is it possible to add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 like this: Increase BO counter +/-5 and Decrease BO counter+/-5? our client is asking for it. for now, the only option is to change the default value. but in case of blocke...
about 4 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 2 Not under consideration

MISRA C 2025 Compliance for static analysis checks

MISRA C 2025 is now available. A standard out-of-the-box configuration would make it easier to adopt these coding guidelines.https://misra.org.uk/product/misra-c2025/
9 months ago in DevOps Automation / Test Embedded 0 Submitted

Azure Keyvault Support

Azure keyvault support in uDeploy as a lot of our applications use it
2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Under review

Secrets Stored in uDeploy

We need a way to use secrets stored in uDeploy as secured properties to be used post deployment. Right now uDeploy is not able to decalre enviornment variable etc that can be accesed post deployment.
2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Needs more information

Specific Component Versions to be Exempt from Approval

We have a few master versions for multiple components. These versions need to be exempt from Archival/Deletion. Right now, either all versions are archived based on settings or none. We need a way to mark a version to never be automatically deleted.
2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Planned for future release

Display the Keyring in the JOBLOG for Liberty servers running on z/OS

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Liberty servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the Liberty server files.
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration