IC70642: MESSAGE HANGED ON FETCH ACTION WHEN THE EXPIRY OF DOCUMENT STATUS IS PENDING.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• WebSphere DataPower Appliance
  Firmware 3.8.1
  
  Problem description :
  The request rule and the error rule both have the fetch action
  to fetch the same document in local filesystem.
  When the message come in the request rule and trigger the error
  rule. The document that fetched by the fetch action will become
  pending in expiry and cause the next message hang on the fetch
  action of request rule.
  
  Reproduce steps:
  1. setup a request rule and error rule, they both have a fetch
  action and fetch the same document in local filesystem.
  The request rule will be match action -> on-error action ->
  fetch action -> ...
  2. Sending a message and this message will trigger the error
  rule.
  3. Check the document status, the expiry of the document became
  pending.
  4. Sending the message again, the message will hand on fetch
  action.
  

Local fix

• Workaround :
  Copy the fetching document into another name in local filesystem
  and setup the fetch action in request rule and error rule to
  fetch different files.
  

Problem summary

• Corrected the message hang when the request rule and
  error rule fetch the same document using the fetch action.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix will be in 3.7.2.14, 3.7.3.13, 3.8.0.7, 3.8.1.5 &
  3.8.2.0
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DATAPOWER

• Fixed component ID

  DP1234567

Applicable component levels

• R372 PSY

     UP

• R373 PSY

     UP

• R380 PSY

     UP

• R381 PSY

     UP