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Debug for z/OS

Support large screen sizes. Ideally, provide DATA and MAX options in a manner similar to ISPF.

A 24x80 screen does not hold enough context.
15 days ago in Debug for z/OS Submitted

Implement missing eclipse functions in z Open Debug VSCode

We'd like to see similar missing features as in eclipse in VSCode debugger extension. Ex: Skip to location Conditional breakpoint Set entry breakpoint in included module from navigation tree
23 days ago in Debug for z/OS Submitted

Support debugging specific steps inside a PROC

Given the "Debug as" feature, the debug configuration fails to detect inherited steps when the JCL under test uses a PROC. Only the steps in the main JCL are provided for selection. I suggest to analyse or pre-process the JCL by the debug launch c...
over 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS Not under consideration

Cross debugging

There are some scenarios where the user who is intended to debug some program isn't the one who submits the JCL. Among other situations, this happens when the job is launched from ControlM. In this case, the principal is a service user instead of ...
about 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS Future consideration

Login integration between Debug Profile Manager and Remote Debug Deamon service, ccaas application (code coverage reporting service)

Current setup requires first login in the ccaas application to basic authentication, before it then internally switches to jwt.Problems:- Unnessary security risk to have multible (unnessary) logins.- Complicates MFA (Multi Factor Authentication" u...
6 months ago in Debug for z/OS Future consideration

Debug a Cobol program (6.3) using LangX side file

With Cobol 6, we cannot debug programs using LANGX side files. We would like to continue using this feature as we were able to do with Cobol 4 programs
almost 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS Not under consideration

Add timeout for active and parked debug sessions in IBM Z Open Debug in VS Code

It is common that developers leave active debug sessions open, leaving for lunch or afternoon tea. Even more common that multiple sessions are parked without ever being connected to. It would be VERY helpful if these sessions could timeout. We wou...
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS Future consideration

Expand HLASM macro display by command

For a debugging session of an HLASM module, we currently have to decide whether to expand all macros (i.e. show the code they generate) or only show the macro call itself. The first option renders the display nearly useless, because of the sheer n...
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS Future consideration

Allow Single Sign-on for Debug Profile Management when IDz integrated

The Debug Profile Management web ui, which is part of the Debug Profile Server (Liberty) requires an extra login with userid/password in order to get issues the first JWT token.This login could/should be avoided. As the EQAPROF stc currently is in...
6 months ago in Debug for z/OS Future consideration

Debugger clean-up job should stop all debugger message regions that are waiting for input

We are using Debug for Z/OS in our test regions. We have scheduled the clean-up job to run every night. This job executes the Program EQANIPSB. It has 2 steps - the first step stops all the debugger message regions and the next step deregisters al...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS Future consideration

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