Release Notes®

These release notes provide information about IBM® z/OS® Connect.
This product contains the following versioned components:
Component Version
IBM z/OS Connect server 3.0.75
z/OS Connect Designer 3.0.75
z/OS Connect Operator 1.0.7
IBM z/OS Connect API provider Gradle plug-in 1.3.0
IBM z/OS Connect API requester Gradle plug-in 1.0.6

What's new

  1. The OCI (Open Container initiative) compliant z/OS Connect Designer image.
  2. The OCI (Open Container initiative) compliant IBM z/OS Connect server image.
  3. The OpenAPI 3 feature in the IBM z/OS Connect native z/OS server.
  4. The IBM z/OS Connect API requester Gradle plug-in feature in the IBM z/OS Connect native z/OS server.
  5. The IBM z/OS Connect API provider Gradle plug-in feature.

Read more in the z/OS Connect enhancements announcement.

Known issues and limitations

OpenAPI 3 support for API provider
z/OS Connect Designer supports most OpenAPI features, but the following features are not currently supported:
  • Response range definitions 1XX, 2XX, 3XX, 4XX, and 5XX as described here: https://swagger.io/docs/specification/describing-responses/.

    OpenAPI documents containing response ranges cannot be imported by using z/OS Connect Designer.

  • Operation definitions for HEAD and TRACE HTTP methods.

    OpenAPI documents containing such operations can be imported by using z/OS Connect Designer. HEAD and TRACE operations are ignored.

  • Remote or URL references as described here: https://swagger.io/docs/specification/using-ref/.

    OpenAPI documents containing references to external definitions cannot be imported by using z/OS Connect Designer.

  • When mapping array items, only the immediate parent array fields are available for mapping.
JSONata
The following functions are not implemented:
Java
  • The IBM_JAVA_ZOS_TDUMP JAVA environment variable is deprecated with Java V8.