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Asynchronous requests connect Mother transaction with Child transaction in RACF to allow Mother Trans to run Child

We use asynchronous requests to enhance existing SOA architecture solutions to introduce API calls to Cloud. Often an API call will be added to a number of existing CICS transactions (Mothers). Today we have to identify all run users of Mother CIC...
8 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

Remove DFHSI8443 message after DFHMQ0320I

As indicated in the TS019799368 case, when a message similar to .... +DFHMQ0320I 22/06/2025 05:16:05 J1M1PA01 The CICS-MQ Adapter cannot find MQNAME MQP0. The CICS will never connect when the QMGR start (a CEMT SET MQC CONNECT command is required)...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2

Allow TAZ to capture calls that get the current date for replay

There are programs that perform logic based on the current date. For example, transaction processing. The way to handle the transaction could vary based on when the transaction was received. When capturing the original test case, the recording cap...
about 1 month ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Submitted

Configurable PURGE for unresponsive CICS tasks on IPIC timeout to z/OS Connect EE

This enhancement proposes adding a new configuration option within the CICS region or connection definition to allow customers to control the task termination behaviour when a CICS task attached via z/OS Connect EE over an IPIC session fails to re...
24 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Update CESL do allow for 128-byte passphrases.

This will make passphrases more secure with the additional 28 bytes. It looks to be a common maximum passphrass size.
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4+ - Compilation directive to inform the compiler of the end of sequential code execution (call to exit / abend routine)

Hi, We have observed that compiler optimization, particularly PERFORM inlining, can be disrupted by certain constructs in the COBOL source code: EXEC CICS RETURN EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND LABEL CALL to subprogram without expected return, (abend...
17 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

When allocation/open fails DFHFC0500, display conflict information somewhere

Right now, when this situation occurs, it is sometimes difficult and labor intensive to figure out why this happened. Sometimees requiring scanning SMF data, looking at dumps, etc. Would be helpful to display the conflict information (usually zOS ...
2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Support for PL/I

Unit Testing currently has support for Cobol, but not for PL/I at the moment yet there is a huge number of clients using PL/I
about 1 year ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 1 Future consideration

IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4+ - Review of SQL coding rules when using the Db2 coprocessor integrated into the compiler

Hi, Based on our tests, when using the Db2 coprocessor integrated into the COBOL compiler, it is possible to declare an SQL cursor that uses host variables before those host variables are declared . This restriction should only apply to the use of...
19 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Cics should support HTTP/2

there is many vulnerabilities in HTTP/1.1 and it will be nice if CICS do support HTTP/2
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration