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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...
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Remove link to CTE Code List Assets from Production Tab in Config Hub

Remove link to CTE Code List Assets from Production Tab in Config Hub as it creates confusion to users (internal and external). Because this link could possibly not reflect the code list entries that are actually currently deployed in CTE.
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Submitted

Connect:Direct for Zos Suports Object Storage

Connect:Direct for Zos does not support send/receiving files from/to Object Storages. Customers are urging that functionality for AWS and Azure.
5 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Submitted

Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
30 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 5 Future consideration

Enable Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) via Active Directory Integration for Sterling B2Bi/SFG

Currently, Sterling B2Bi/SFG relies on local group configurations for role-based access control (RBAC), which creates operational overhead and limits centralized governance. We propose introducing native integration with Active Directory (AD) to m...
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Native Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Support in Sterling B2B Integrator for Enhanced Security

Currently, Sterling B2B Integrator relies on external components (such as SSP) or custom integrations to enforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for internal and privileged users. This creates additional complexity and overhead for organizations...
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Deployment and Rollback Enhancements

We are requesting the IBM Sterling Integrator (B2Bi) development team to implement an enhanced rollback mechanism for non-outage upgrades in environments consisting of multiple clusters. The current rollback strategy relies on restoring a backup s...
16 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Run REORG only when needed

Reduce the time it takes for db-verify to run. Currently it seems that db-verify runs the REORG command more than needed. Our DBA recommends instead to run it only when the result of this query is true: SELECT ( (NUM_REORG_REC_ALTERS > 0) or ('...
3 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Configuring Inventory Snapshot in store local time

Currently we have configured different stores at different time in UTC by converting Local store time to UTC. But during day light savings we are required to reconfigure it again. To prevent reconfiguring the Inventory Snapshot during day light sa...
3 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Submitted

Support for HMAC-signed JWT (JWS using shared secret) in Sterling OMS

Sterling OMS is often integrated to external systems at various touchpoints of order lifecycle. External systems publish asynchronous feedback or order updates through Webhooks to registered systems using multiple security options. Using HMAC sign...
9 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Enhance the EBMS:0006 Polling Response Detail

Currently the B2BAC platform returns the generic EMBS:0006 error response to a polling request with the generic description "There is no message available for pulling from this MPC at this moment' This generic response is returned in three distinc...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 0 Submitted

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