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WCA4Z and zOpenDebug plugins do not work well together

If they are both installed in VScode when you create debug profile the WCA4Z registion screen startup getting the focus . Everytime an action in the debug profile view is done. This is very anoying
3 months ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Future consideration

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3 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Integration Test Builder for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Update EXCI to set the return code (R15) at termination

EXCI leaves an unpredictable residual value in Register 15 on exit, which defies all expectations and good coding practices. This behavior is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.5?topic=considerations-setting-return-code-r15-ter...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Tertiary SDF Focal Point option

Addition of Tertiary SDF focal point option under customization dialog NTW > SDF FOCAL POINT as well as under run time environment with new cglobal for example AOFTFP, as well as update of all impacted rexxes to support 3rd focal point, with or...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Not under consideration

Option for overwriting files without confirmation when Configuring Dependency Based Build option.

Currently, if you are starting a user build from the Configure Dependency Based Build option, you have to go through several pop ups to authorize overwriting existing files.Please add an option in global preferences or in the user build configurat...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Add an enhancement to support the use of same named RTEMS and HTEMS procs in Sysplex environment (shared PROCLIB)

Customer has a Sysplex environment. The same PROCLIB is shared between several z/OS systems. Customer's environment is designed to use identical STC names on all z/OS systems in the Sysplex. They need a way to use the same approach with all Omegam...
about 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Future consideration

IDz/CARMA - new package status "Execute Failed"

Would like to see a new Package status of "Execute Failed" in CARMA. When I select IN-APPROVAL and APPROVED, I see Endevor packages that are in those statuses but also see packages that are in exec failed status. Please include a Package status of...
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Future consideration

Bracket matching in COBOL

Bracket matching is a feature in Eclipse that allows you to visually match opening brackets to closing brackets to get an even better overview about what parts of the code to belong to each other. That feature seems to be missing in the COBOL Edit...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

Validation of API Provider requests against the OpenAPI 3 specification

Enable validation of API Provider requests against the OpenAPI 3 specification. Since this will have a performance overhead, it should be fully configurable.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Monitoring Data to include security wait time

We often have short but impactful delays that are recorded in SMF 110 performance records with only "Lock Manager" wait time. There are various reason why a lock manager wait could occur so we can't tell from the SMF data. The instructions from IB...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

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