z/OS Connect 3.0.88 is now available with support for z/OS Connect to run within a CICS Liberty JVM Server for OpenAPI 3 APIs (zosConnect-3.0), upgrades to the z/OS Connect Gradle plug-ins, support for Gradle 8.11.1 and APAR fixes. For more information, see PH64142: z/OS Connect V3.0.87. If you’re new to IBM z/OS Connect, find out more here.
New
z/OS Connect can now be run within a CICS Liberty JVM Server. z/OS Connect has also been updated to include a JCICS connection that is configured using the new zosconnect_cicsJcicsConnection element. A CICS IPIC connection is not required to access transactions within the same CICS region. When using the JCICS connection and configuring the target CICS application with Concurrency(Threadsafe), z/OS Connect will have a quicker request response time than when using an IPIC connection. For more information, see Running a z/OS Connect native server within CICS.
Enhancements
- The version of the API provider Gradle plug-in is upgraded to 1.4.7.
- The version of the API requester Gradle plug-in is upgraded to 1.2.1
- From 3.0.88, z/OS Connect supports Gradle 8.11.1.
Fixes
- PH64003 - skipHostnameVerificationForHosts does not effect IBM z/OS Connect IPIC connections to CICS. For more information, see Configuring IPIC High Availability.
- PH64148 - A java.lang.NullPointerException is reported when an attempt is made to invoke an ARA that is not installed.
- PH61028 - z/OS Connect Designer incorrectly caches mapping file contents which are invalid after the OpenAPI document or z/OS Asset is updated. For more information, see Common errors encountered when an OpenAPI document is updated.
- PH62141 - When using an incorrectly described composite type results in message DFHPI9729E being written.
- PH62470 - The copybook indentation is incorrect when a one-character field name is specified in the openapi.yaml document.
- PH63865 - An empty array is treated as a failure in a successful OpenAPI 3 API provider scenario.
- PH63937 - Specifying SBAQLIB1 on a z/OS API requester job results in an abends0C1.
- PH64070 - Updating to V3.0.81.0 or later, causes existing API providers to fail with message BAQR1778E, “PLI” is not valid.
- PH64211 - Parameters in headers, with the same root specified, are not found in the request mapping file.
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