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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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SMF123 V2 don't capture info about API Requesters

We tried to replace the auditInterceptor with the new auditinterceptorV2 but this does not capture information from the API Requesters , forcing us to use the auditinterceptorV2 at the global level and the auditinterceptor specifically in zosconne...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Add caching capability for non-JWT style token

We are starting to utilise IMS and CICS as API requesters and we are considering the future performance of our infrastructure. We have a concern about our authentication pattern which we think will add overhead to our API requestor flow. The...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect Logging

Provide a way to log all of the key data values (headers, response time, HTTP status, etc.) to a formal logger such as z/OS logger and/or SPLUNK.
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Improve startup time of build environment groovyz

For builds with a small build lists - such as user builds or feature branch builds, the startup time for the environment of groovyz (including JAVA and the interpretation of the groovy scripts) takes a significant time. While the personal or share...
about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Delivered

Authentication and identity propagation for API Requesters

It's impossible to flow an identity end to end in the case of outbound, while for inbound it's smooth and allows to integrate heterogenous systems (Windows, Siebel, etc.) using standard modern protocols. All currently proposed authentication metho...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

IBM Explorer for z/OS is not compatible with macOS Big Sur

IBM Explorer for z/OS 3.2 which runs on Eclipse Photon v4.8 is not compatible with the new macOS release, Big Sur. more info can be found on : https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6369275
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

Amendment in DFHWB0112I XMEOUT parameters/Message inserts

CICS doesn't really need an additional check (i.e. option 3) for secured SSL connection (HTTPS) while web domain initialization. Instead, this should be checked during HTTP authentication for the requests that are made using EXEC CICS WEB OPEN or ...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

z/OS Connect API -> Transaction Tracing

Objective To be able to identify performance degradation at a single API/transaction level in both CICS and IMS Description The business has an operational requirement to track every z/OS Connect API call which hits CICS / IMS DC (currently offere...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect Gradle and dependecy delivery over SMP/e

We are using the API first scenario and therefore do not require the zOS Connect designer. It means that we will integrate the Gradle copybook build in IDz and the WAR build under DBB. For both purposes we require a delivery of both the Gradle scr...
11 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

JSONGET support for null objects

JSON text includes a JSON object that is sometimes valued and sometimes null. When the object is null, we receive ONCODE 5084. Reference case TS016062055 Given the following structure: Dcl 1 outStruc , 3 name0 char(10) , 3 name1 , 5 first char(10)...
7 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

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