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z/OS Connect 3.0.93 now available

By Shruthi Krishnan posted Thu May 22, 2025 12:01 AM

z/OS Connect 3.0.93 includes updates to Data Areas for API requester, automatic syncing of z/OS Connect Designer with response.yaml and request.yaml files, and support for monitoring with JCICS connections along with updates to the Gradle plug-ins, the z/OS Connect Operator and maintenance fixes.

For more information, see PH66161.

If you’re new to IBM z/OS Connect, find out more here.

Enhancements

IBM z/OS Connect API requester can now call API endpoints using Data Areas in request payloads. By calling the new BAQPUTN Host API verb, the COBOL or PL/I application can build arrays in the request payload dynamically for each request as required. For more information, see Writing an application that calls the Host API.
IBM z/OS Connect now supports monitoring for JCICS connections. For more information, see Monitoring a z/OS Connect Server and Running a z/OS Connect Server within CICS.

The z/OS Connect Designer will now automatically sync your request.yaml and the response_xxx.yaml files. As part of this sync, the request.yaml file is validated against the z/OS Asset schema and the response_xxx.yaml file is validated against the OpenAPI document.

This sync occurs on load of the z/OS Connect Designer or when you update your existing OpenAPI document. During the sync, the z/OS Connect Designer may add, remove or update the contents of your mapping.
The following image displays z/OS Connect Designer syncing with the mapping files. After the sync is complete, the display text is changed to Saved.
The version of Liberty that is embedded in IBM z/OS Connect is upgraded to 25.0.0.3. For more information, see What is new in this release of Liberty in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty documentation.
The version of the API provider Gradle plug-in is upgraded to 1.4.10.
The version of the API requester Gradle plug-in is upgraded to 1.2.4.
The IBM z/OS Connect Operator is updated to 1.0.11 and the z/OS Connect CASE package bundle file is updated to 1.0.12.
The IBM z/OS Connect build toolkit (zconbt) is updated to 1.20.
The IBM z/OS Connect API toolkit is compatible with 3.3.0.8. and 3.4.0.0.

Fixes

PH63252 - z/OS Connect only retries requests with a new token if a WWW-Authenticate header that contains “invalid_token” is returned.
PH64358 - Message BAQH2001S is reported when the BAQZ-TRACE-VERBOSE parameter is specified.
PH64635 - The z/OS Connect build toolkit generates request copybooks as though additionalProperties: true was set.
PH64565 - The z/OS Connect build toolkit 1.15 (and later) does not produce response copybooks properly.
PH64358 - Message BAQR0688E is reported intermittently with TLS IPIC connections to CICS at 3.0.91.0 and 3.0.92.0.
PH66360 - AbendU4094 reported in an API requester program using policy support.
PH66378 - Loop in z/OS Connect with method com/ibm/jzos/fields/IbmDoubleField.hfp2bfp consuming zIIP CPU.

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