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    fasttrack s390(x) architecture support for the remote - ss extension

    s390x support for Visual Studio Code's ssh remote extension has remained open since 2022. VSCodium’s inclusion shows feasibility, yet the upstream VS Code work has not advanced since its assignment in 2024. This is now a blocker for teams moving m...
    8 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Submitted

    Provide expiration time for CTC token in response

    Most industry standard token providers will include an expiration time/duration in the response. This helps applications to automatically refresh the token prior to expiration reducing failed auth attempts. Applications usually cache authenticatio...
    11 days ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Submitted

    Improve Timeout Error messages on VSCode

    While retrieving dataset members, if the operation exceeds the timeout period, the logs displayed in VS Code do show an error. However, they do not clearly indicate that the failure is specifically caused by a timeout. Instead, they only show the ...
    11 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 2 Submitted

    Use local repository folder structure when uploading to USS from a multi-root workspace during User Build in IDz on VS Code

    Currently, during User Build in IDz on VS Code for a multi-root workspace where the program being built in Repo 1 has dependencies on copybooks in Repo 2 in the same workspace, the copybooks from Repo 2 are uploaded to Repo 1’s working folder on U...
    16 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Future consideration

    Automatically clear IBM User Build console output when starting a new user build in IDz on VS Code

    z/OS application developers moving from IDz (Eclipse) to IDz on VS Code are accustomed to the console log for IBM User Build automatically clearing between user build runs. In IDz on VS Code, the developer must now manually click to clear the log ...
    16 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Future consideration

    Reduce the maintenance needed by allowing RACF groups to be used where we currently use userids.

    Currently we use: SET QACCESS NAME(*) - MSGAUTHUSERS and specify a list of users. This lead to many changes as users come and go. It would be much more efficient to either allow MSGAUTHUSERS to take a RACF Group value or create a MSGAUTHGRP keywor...
    22 days ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Submitted

    E3270UI - HUB DISPLAY PANEL needs to show ALL HUBS that are configured in the environment and ability switch between

    Currently we have 2 hubs and 2 teps that we need to be able to switch between for e3270ui Queries... and yet we currently only show the PRIMAY HUB.. No Secondary HUB is displayed and this used to be available in prior releases...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Future consideration

    We would like to see the CEC Serial Number added to the Kafka metadata/header to better identify where the data record is coming from.

    We will be receiving data stream records from multiple CECs to a Kafka cluster. Adding the serial number would be a unique identifier for determining the identity of the CEC/customer. For example, the system name is in the metadata/header portion,...
    about 2 months ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Under review

    Add Opensearch as a ZCDP subscriber

    Currently, OpenSearch cannot be used as a ZCDP subscriber, but we would like this functionality to be implemented in a future ZLDA release.
    about 2 months ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 5 Under review

    Implement a BMS map editor/viewer

    Costumer is interested in have a VS Code based BMS map editor, so they can do the same edits they are able to do on Eclipse. Costumer is moving to VS Code and needs the tool to have at least the same capabilities as Eclipse based IDE.
    2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 10 Under review

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