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Sterling B2B Integration SaaS

Support the new HTTP QUERY method (RFC 10008, June 2026) in the HTTP Client adapter/services for outbound calls and the HTTP Server adapter for inbound requests.

The IETF published RFC 10008 ("The HTTP QUERY Method") in June 2026 as a Proposed Standard. QUERY is a safe, idempotent, cacheable HTTP method that carries a request body — effectively "GET with a body." It replaces two long-standing anti-patterns...
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / API Gateway Submitted

Support for Custom JWT Authentication in IBM Sterling B2Bi SaaS API Gateway

Modern REST APIs increasingly use custom JWT (JSON Web Token) authentication flows where a dedicated authentication endpoint issues a time-limited Bearer token, which must then be dynamically injected into subsequent API calls. This pattern is use...
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / API Gateway Submitted

Create report that searches all the maps for the codelists they use and provide a downloadable report?

Hi Team — as we transition the Map Search Engine to Config Hub, Currently, we can search by individual codelists and get the list of all the maps using that code list. And the Map Test Tool, will give us all the codelists that a particular map use...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub Future consideration

Add Filter to ConfigHub Jobs Screen

Enhance the ConfigHub Jobs screen by introducing filtering and search capabilities with in JOBS screen. The enhancement should allow users to quickly identify and view assets created by a specific individual, specific type of asset, either through...
20 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub Future consideration

Enhance AS2 Failure Notification Emails with Detailed Transaction Information

When an AS2 file transmission fails due to errors such as MDN Failure, Message Undeliverable, System Error, Decryption Error, or Missing Input Format, the client receives a failure notification email.Currently, the notification does not include en...
7 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Commerce-Center Under review

Align Retention of Filter/Search Criteria Functionality Across Code List/Mapping/Transformations/Connections for Consistent Behavior

Currently when using the Search Bar in Code List/Mapping/Transformations, the functionality is inconsistent across all three. Search in Mapping (partial or full name search) then click into any of the maps that come up to review it.  To go ba...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other Under review

Human readable PDF download for PEPPOL & E-Invoicing

3 separate customers have asked me for the ability to download human readable PDF for E-Invoicing and PEPPOL this week. It seems the majority of our competitors have this functionality already and with the current flood of E-Invoicing Mandates thr...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight (beta) Under review

Show the filename in the Job report within Configuration Hub

When troubleshooting or reviewing completed jobs, it would be helpful to see the filename that was used for the job. The "Job specifics report" could show the filename.
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other Planned for future release

Enhance B2Bi SAAS Core components to support Special Characters to accept server responses which contains special characters.

Below are the existing situations: •Currently B2Bi SAAS core components support only UTF-8 encoding. New functionalities to be added: Below new functionalities to be added: •Enable the B2Bi SAAS core components to accept non-English character and ...
15 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight Submitted

Confighub – Business Alias Name Not Displayed in Code Lists and Maps

Currently, we have several customers where identical code lists and maps are deployed across multiple Business Aliases (BAs) under the same customer account. This setup creates confusion for both customers and support teams, as it becomes difficul...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other Planned for future release

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