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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...
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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Audit Trail for in app changes

We are looking for a way to be able to log anytime any changes are made ANYWHERE in SEAS with an entry showing what the previous setting was vs the new setting and who made the change. Currently no matter what amout of debug logging is turned on t...
over 2 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 2 Planned for future release

Implementation of Agentic AI in Order Service

We request an enhancement for implementation of an Agentic AI framework within the Order Service module of IBM Sterling OMS. The Order Service holds a vast amount of structured and unstructured order-related data, including customer behavior, orde...
2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

SSP FIPS mode enable should work with HSM device

Sterling Secure proxy communication failing with SSL error when we enable FIFS mode and SSL certs are stored under HSM device. below is the SSL error: Short Text => TLS/SSL handshake failure, reason=Handshake failure , GSK codes (init/validate)...
2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Under review

Support for Odette protocol (OFTP)

In Brazillian market we have a lot customers that are using file transfer based on OFTP (Odette), so because of that, to have more SSP deployed we need to implement this protocol in the SSP.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Not under consideration

Show actual SFTP error in status report

Sterling 6.0 and up, in some cases, has replaced useful, specific SFTP error messages in the status report with vague ones that require diving into logs to troubleshoot. For example, if the host key is wrong when connecting to a partner, this is w...
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Is a defect

Enhancement Request: Order Service API Audit Logs

Hi IBM Sterling Support Team, We are requesting an enhancement to the Order Service API to provide comprehensive audit logs for API calls. Currently, we lack detailed, accessible audit trails for interactions with the Order Service API. This absen...
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

OOB feature to deactivate an Enterprise/Node as a seller from UI without the need to delete organization configuration

Currently there is no feature available OOB like a check box to enable or disable an enterprise which is a seller or a node which is a seller. Hence it keeps on showing up on the dropdown on UI related to organization. The requirement is to deacti...
8 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Azure Event Hub Native Connectivity & Service Principal Authentication

Request that IBM provide native connectivity to Microsoft Event Hub in B2bi with authentication via Microsoft Entra id service principal. Unlike the current configuration option which supports secret key or account key, the enhancement would suppo...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

accessing specific folder inside a AWS S3 bucket with list action

Currently, Adapater has capability yto list files and folders in bucket, but not in the specific folder. Only get option available, not list. Usually access is restricted to folder, not to bucket.
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Submitted

Avoid creating 0 byte file at destination when mail box document is not present in SFG while reference in database is available

Avoid creating 0 byte file at destination when mail box document is not present in SFG while reference in database is available Case # TS017160795
about 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration