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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...
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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Externalizing Token Validation in IBM Sterling Order Service

Currently, IBM Sterling Order Service (OS) supports externalizing token generation; however, token validation is performed internally within OS using the issuer’s static public key. The primary challenge is that this dynamic key rotation makes the...
2 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Allow editing of fields on the item record despite a D or E error.

More and more, IBM MIO is becoming a highly visible data source for our company, and sometimes I would like to change something like lead time, unit price, etc. while NOT exporting parameters. This is not an issue UNLESS the item has a calculation...
2 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Allow manual parameter setting (Define min/max, hold one issue, hold zero issues, etc.) despite an E RO error.

Currently, I am unable to set manual reorder values if an item has an E RO error. Since I do not need the tool's recommendations in these cases, I would rather not have to adjust my settings to clear the error before I set the parameters.
2 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Ability to clear inventory for a DC in SIP to reload

Similar to loadinventoryMismatch, we want the ability to zero out all inventory supplies that we didn't provide during the supply load. This would help us fix any inventory issues quickly rather than having to zero out manually again
2 days ago in Inventory Visibility 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...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7 Planned for future release

API required in CDWS for cfgcheck

Currently, CD UNIX provides the cfgcheck script, which validates the following configuration files: initparm.cfg userfile.cfg netmap.cfg Default_Config.json This script performs validation and reports any configuration issues, including duplicate ...
7 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Future consideration

Sterling Secure Proxy HSM Integration to store TLS certificate encryption key only

Many organizations use SSP for TLS sessions termination and authenticate clients in presentation zone. The volumes would be high in general, with HSM integration and security mandates each TLS connection has to communicate with HSM for TLS offload...
9 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

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.
13 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 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...
27 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

To be able to use same UOM code for multiple UOM Type (Eg: Quantity and Weight)

Currently OMoC is not able to define same UOM code for 2 different purposes. Eg: KGS / LBS for Weight and Quantity. This creates an issue and requires workaround to use different UOMs which would not be in sync with other systems. Hence leading to...
6 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted