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Specify timeout on the individual WEB CONVERSE commands instead of RTIMOUT on the whole transaction

The RTIMOUT value specified for the transaction that starts the user application indicates the time that the application is prepared to wait to receive the incoming message. (RTIMOUT is specified on the transaction profile definition). However, in...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Make CICS WEB interface threadsafe and optimize throughput and response time in CICS and maybe save a little CPU

IBM has an undocumented fix to the CICS WEB interface that can optimize throughput and response time plus maybe save a little CPU.The fix is very simple, as it is just a change of the definitions of three WEB interface modules which get added the ...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

RUWAPOOL must work for DPLed (Distributed Program Linked) programs

Specifying RUWAPOOL=YES in the SIT gives an installation the chance to reduce the number of CICS GETMAINs and FREEMAINs thus reducing overhead and therefore saving cpu cycles. The “System Initialization Parameter Reference” book states the followi...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Improve security processing for TCPIP-services

In a TCPIPService the authentication method must be specified. Currently there is no support for JSON Web Token (JWT).The TCPIPService definition should be enhanced to support at least JWT or better all types of authentication. And the handling sh...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

CICS/RRS support for batch EXCI/NOSYNCHONRETURN connecting to CICS on a different LPAR

Please add RRS support to CICS for NOSYNCHONRETURN where the batch EXCI job runs on 1 LPAR connecting to CICS on another LPAR.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Support of CICS HTTP error response in application/json

When CISC as an HTTP server receive a web request via TCPIPSERVICE and send an error response (401 basic auth error, 404 no matching urimap definition...), it does so in text/xml, application/soap+xml, or HTML depending on the media type of the re...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Show what url a task is suspended for when it is suspended for RECEIVE reason SOCKET

With API calls being added to existing CICS task we see latency and need to be able to find the URL being called. The task list should include the url or urimap and path for task in suspend for RECEIVE reason SOCKET.
5 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

CICS uses WLMHEALTH on shutdown to gently quiesce a region before commencing shutdown

Although CICS shutdown sets WLMHEALTH to 0 at shutdown, there is still a window where multiple transactions can be started in the region and abend with message DFHAC2007. A more gradual WLMHEALTH shutdown (using the SIT parm) and then a configurab...
7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Bypass DFHH0414 Health Check for a CMAS

In CICS/TS v6.1 section "Setting up a CICSPlex SM address space (CMAS)" the manual : XCMD=NO : For a CMAS you must specify NO for CICS commands. But after the v6.1 CMAS is started, there is a DFHH0414 message in health check IBMCICS/CICS_REGION_CO...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

IPConn negotiated receives count, Indicate in message text

Messages show IPConn autoinstall details, but does not indicate the negotiated sessions. For example CICS IPConn has receive sessions of 150; zCEE (Z/OS Connect) specifies 100. The autoinstalled IPConn picks the lower of 100. Text in message DFHIS...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

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