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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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    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

    Obrowse enhancement

    In z/OS UNIX, the obrowse command should be able to handle acii tagged files (e.g. UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1) in the same way as command oedit does.
    about 5 hours ago in Z Development and Test Environment 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 ...
    18 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 2 Under review

    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...
    14 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Submitted

    Ability to Add New Application Level User Field to Existing AD in Workload Scheduler

    Description:Currently, when using the ADUSF option, IBM Workload Scheduler creates a new Application Description (AD) with the same name instead of adding the User Field to the existing AD. Additionally, ADUSF requires attaching the user field to ...
    3 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

    Enhancements required in DWC’s REST API for IWSz

    1. Why are two separate TWS REST API calls required to retrieve the full job stream details? This approach is not recommended for DevOps practices. For example: Step 1: Execute the following call to retrieve the job stream ID:https://<DWC_Hostn...
    15 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

    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...
    22 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Future consideration
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    TWS High Availability

    We are working with high availability in the customer's datacenter, so tests were done with TWS simulating an lpar outage where TWS was active in a sysplex. The standby controller takes over work correctly for new jobs that are submitted, but jobs...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 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 ...
    22 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Future consideration

    Requirement to have more variables in EQQEMAIL Member - Occurrence Input Arrival Time

    We need an extension in the function „Sending an email when an alert condition occurs " https://help.hcl-Software.com/workloadautomation/v101/zos/src_man/eqqr1sendemail.html In the EQQEMAIL Member, various variables can be used here. Currently I o...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

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