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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...
8 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / API Gateway Submitted

Support ITX on Windows Server 2025

Customer needs to install ITX on Windows Server 2025
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Installation Planned for future release

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

Key Creation During Onboarding

Problem Statement During SSP User onboarding, users and administrators currently need to generate SSH key pairs in the SSH KeyStore before configuring User. This creates additional operational steps. Common challenges include: Manual key generatio...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability Needs more information

Multi-Key Support Per User

Problem Statement Currently, SSP user onboarding and authentication workflows can become operationally challenging when users require multiple SSH keys for different applications, systems, automation tools, or rotation activities. Many enterprise ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability Needs more information

Ensure AS2 MDN Response is Not Affected by HTTP Accept Header

Hi Team, I'd like to submit a feature request regarding AS2 (EDIINT) MDN handling in webMethods Integration Server. Currently, when watt.server.http.useAcceptHeader=true, the Integration Server determines the response format based on the incoming ...
3 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Retain b2biAPI Liberty server.xml customisation during upgrades

During each upgrade of B2Bi (SFG), the b2biAPI package must be reinstalled using the InstallService script. This is typically performed immediately after the core product upgrade. This re-installation of the b2biAPI package reverts some customisat...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Support Optional Basic Authentication for Certificate-Based AS2 Communications in B2B Integration SaaS

Description Currently, B2B Integration SaaS (IWHI SaaS) enforces Basic Authentication as a mandatory requirement for all AS2 communications, even when certificate-based authentication and security mechanisms are already being used. This enhancemen...
10 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Native Asynchronous SAP Integration Support for webMethods.io

Background Many enterprise SAP integrations rely on asynchronous communication patterns to improve scalability, resiliency, and decoupling between systems. While webMethods.io provides SAP connectivity for synchronous request-response interactions...
10 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Sterling Secure Proxy tree structure for SSL configuration

Currently we are finding hard in identifying correct SSL configurations which need to be updated as all SSL configurations are in single page, instead of this if we have tree structure Adapter --> Netmap --> SSL configuration like in previou...