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Fix list for IBM z/OS Debugger

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Abstract

This document contains a complete listing of IBM z/OS Debugger fixes with the most recent fix at the top.

Content

IBM z/OS Debugger is delivered in many products.  For more information, see Products that include IBM z/OS Debugger.      
To get started installing and configuring IBM z/OS Debugger, see the IBM Host Configuration Assistant for Z Development.

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Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.3.2

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH69020IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.3.2 Host - English
PH69021IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.3.2 Host - Japanese
This PTF provides fixes for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.4.0. See Release Notes for more details.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.3.1

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH68729IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.3.1 Host - English
PH68730IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.3.1 Host - Japanese
This PTF provides fixes for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.3.0. See Release Notes for more details.

17.0.3 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH67127Launch configurations cannot be created from a JCL when the file extension is in uppercase.
PH64634Code Coverage reports rely on runtime engine file paths, which may be different from paths used in source management systems or build tools. This results in inaccurate mapping of coverage data to source files when exporting results to SonarQube.      

This APAR also requires z/OS Debugger 17.0.3 host, which introduces support for alternate source lookup paths during code coverage collection.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.3

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH66884IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.3 Host - English
PH66885IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.3 Host - Japanese
This PTF provides features and fixes for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.2.0. See Release Notes for more details.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.2.2

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH68000IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.2.2 Host - English
PH68001IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.2.2 Host - Japanese
This PTF provides features and fixes for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.1.0. See Release Notes for more details.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.2.1

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH66880IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.2.1 Host - English
PH66881IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.2.1 Host - Japanese
This PTF also provides features and fixes for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.0.0. See Release Notes for more details.

17.0.2 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH66667The z/OS Debugger data set option in the JCL Generation preference page or the z/OS Batch Application using existing JCL dialog fails to locate an existing MVS library.
PH65122Code coverage collection using Remote Debug Service takes a few minutes to complete.
PH64910IMS Isolation Debug Profile Editor does not update the relevant fields when the user logs into a new connection.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.2

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH65178IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.2 Host - English
PH65179IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.2 Host - Japanese

17.0.1 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH65594Debug profile editor blocks changes when the connection is not established beforehand, requiring the editor to be closed and reopened to make updates.
PH64608Launch configurations generate an invalid TEST runtime option when using a preferences file in a PDS form.
PH64398Code Coverage PDF report export dialog throws an error when an executable line filter is specified and IncludeSource is set to true.
PH64024Headless Code Coverage collector cleans the output directory when an error is thrown during the collection.
PH64012Launching a z/OS Batch Application with a local JCL throws an unexpected error.
PH64011Launching a z/OS Batch Application with a local JCL uses an invalid base JCL path.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.1

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH63716IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.1 Host - English
PH63717IBM z/OS Debugger v17.0.1 Host - Japanese

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.0 UI99647 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH64692Debugger authorization errors with EQADTOOL.** generic profiles.

17.0.0 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH63148Code coverage PDF report is empty when a filter is specified in the Export dialog.
PH62761Debug profiles are not restored upon workbench restart after creating an IMS Isolation profile.
PH62750Code coverage report export dialog clears "Result File Name" field when selected.
PH62439Code coverage PDF report with many results shows overlapping texts in the footer.
PH62076Debug console does not display bi-directional variable data correctly.
PH61761Code coverage comparison menu is only visible when starting Eclipse in English.

Host z/OS Debugger 17.0.0

LinkDate ReleasedStatus

For more information, see Installing the IBM Debug for z/OS client.      
 

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16.0.8 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH66667The z/OS Debugger data set option in the JCL Generation preference page or the z/OS Batch Application using existing JCL dialog fails to locate an existing MVS library.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger.

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.8 UO05812, UO05813 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH66442IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.8 Host - English
PH66443IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.8 Host - Japanese
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

16.0.7 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH65594Debug profile editor blocks changes when the connection is not established beforehand, requiring the editor to be closed and reopened to make updates.
PH65122Code coverage collection using Remote Debug Service takes a few minutes to complete.
PH64910IMS Isolation Debug Profile Editor does not update the relevant fields when the user logs into a new connection.
PH64608Launch configurations generate an invalid TEST runtime option when using a preferences file in a PDS form.
PH64398Code Coverage PDF report export dialog throws an error when an executable line filter is specified and IncludeSource is set to true.
PH64024Headless Code Coverage collector cleans the output directory when an error is thrown during the collection.

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.7 UO03076, UO03077 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH64067IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.7 Host - English
PH64068IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.7 Host - Japanese

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.6.2 UO02319, UO02321 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH65234IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.6.2 Host - English
PH65236IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.6.2 Host - Japanese
This PTF also provides features and fixes for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 1.0.2. See Release Notes for more details.

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.6 UI99629 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH64719Debugger authorization errors with EQADTOOL.** generic profiles.

16.0.6 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH56981Japanese characters replaced with "#" in Code Coverage pdf output.
PH63148Code coverage PDF report is empty when a filter is specified in the Export dialog.
PH62761Debug profiles are not restored upon workbench restart after creating an IMS Isolation profile.
PH62750Code coverage report export dialog clears "Result File Name" field when selected.
PH62439Code coverage PDF report with many results shows overlapping texts in the footer.
PH62076Debug console does not display bi-directional variable data correctly.
PH61761Code coverage comparison menu is only visible when starting Eclipse in English.

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.6 UI98962, UI98964 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH62817IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.6 Host - English
PH62818IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.6 Host - Japanese

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.5.1 UI98062, UI98063 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH61818IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.5.1 Host - English
PH61819IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.5.1 Host - Japanese

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.5 UI97270, UI97271 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH60292IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.5 Host - English (Pre-REQs PTF UI96037)
PH60293IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.5 Host - Japanese

16.0.5 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH58608Code Coverage results view contains incorrect translation for "line"

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.4 UI96037, UI96038 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH57538IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.4 Host - English
PH57539IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.4 Host - Japanese

16.0.4 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH59830Debug session may hang when variables view is in focus.
PH59431Unable to proceed with debugging due to step selection dialog when using a single step debug jcl.
PH58608Code Coverage results view contains incorrect translation for "line"

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.3 UI93992, UI93993 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH55033IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.3 Host - English
PH55034IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.3 Host - Japanese

16.0.3 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH56981Japanese characters replaced with "#" in Code Coverage pdf output.
PH56715Incorrect user information displayed in IMS ISO profile when using ADFz common components server.

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.2 UI92124, UI92125 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH53166IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.2 Host - English
PH53168IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0.2 Host - Japanese

16.0.2 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH53085German Headless Code Coverage help text is not formatted
PH53931Code Coverage Service puts temporary files in the /tmp directory.
PH53076JAVA.LANG.INDEXOUTOFBOUNDSEXCEPTION error during startup of a remote PL1 or COBOL debug session

16.0.1 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH52930Select Property Group dialog does not show the OK button where there are many property groups.
PH51653Debug Profile Service revokes access when user is enrolled into MFA after successful RSE sign-in.
PH51577Code Coverage Results view creates multiple login windows for remote result locations when the workbench is started up.

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.0.1 UI83050, UI83051 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH50162IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0 Host - English
PH50163IBM z/OS Debugger v16.0 Host - Japanese

Host z/OS Debugger 16.0.0

LinkDate ReleasedStatus

16.0.0 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH49970Code Coverage annotations do not appear in program source with the LPEX editor.
PH49588Code coverage results view status is incorrect when threshold is modified and the Eclipse IDE is restarted.
PH49481Profile Management only displays the first 10 profiles per CICS region.
PH49439CICS Profile form hint is repeated twice.
PH48068Mix of secured RSE and unsecured Debug Manager works in IDz v14, but fails in IDz v15.
PH47054Using non-English special characters in CICS profile terminal id field does not get saved correctly in DTCN.
PH39333Visual Debug fails with PL1 parser errors when lines are concatenated or uses a non-default logical OR character.

For more information, see Installing the IBM Debug for z/OS client.      
 

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Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.9 UI96641, UI96646, UI96647 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH58404IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH58405IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH58406IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.8 UI94608, UI94609, UI94610 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH54517IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English (Pre-REQs UI79592)
PH54518IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH54519IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.8 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH56715Incorrect information displayed in IMS ISO Profile user column when using ADFz Common Components Server.

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.7 UI91717, UI91718, UI91719 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH50796IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English (Pre-REQs UI79592)
PH50797IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH50798IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.6 UI83179, UI83180, UI83181 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH46537IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH46538IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH46539IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.7 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH53085German Headless Code Coverage help text is not formatted
PH53076JAVA.LANG.INDEXOUTOFBOUNDSEXCEPTION error during startup of a remote PL1 or COBOL debug session
PH52387COBOL debugging that uses v16 host z/OS Debugger results in the Debugger Editor, which does not have an outline view and does not tokenize the code.
PH51653Users enrolled into Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) get revoked by sign-ins from the EQAPROF services.
PH51577Code Coverage Results view creates multiple login windows for remote result locations.
PH53931Code Coverage Service puts temporary files in the /tmp directory.

15.0.6 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH49970Code Coverage annotations do not appear in program source in the LPEX editor.
PH49588Code coverage results view status is incorrect when threshold is modified and the Eclipse IDE is restarted.
PH49481Profile Management displays only the first 10 profiles per CICS region.
PH49439CICS Profile form hint is repeated twice.
PH48068Mix of secured RSE and unsecured Debug Manager works in IDz v14, but fails in IDz v15.
PH47054Using non-English special characters in CICS profile terminal id field does not get saved correctly in DTCN.
PH39333Visual Debug fails with PL/I parser errors when lines are concatenated or that uses non-default logical OR character.

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.5 UI80583, UI80584, UI80585 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH44642IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English (Pre-REQs PTF UI79592)
PH44643IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH44644IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.5 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH45787If paragraph or section names use lower case letter, Visual Debug does not display the correct execution flow.
PH44477Eclipse 15.0.3 IDE on linux, does not display the Debug Profile Editor correctly when resized.

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.4 UI79592, UI79593, UI79595 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
 
APARDescription
PH42583Remote Debug Service (EQARMTD) fails to start (Doc only)
PH41516IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH41517IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH41518IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.4 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH43703Using Eclipse 15.0.3 IDE and opening a specific Java code coverage result from the Code Coverage Results view causes the workbench to hang.
PH41234Setting a fully qualified command data set or preferences data set in a Property Group, launch configuration or the JCL Generation preference page, generates an invalid TEST runtime option because the data set is not prefixed with '-'.
PH43996On Linux, the dialog for setting z/OS Batch Application using existing JCL, table for Step is not visible. Resizing the dialog is needed to make the table visible and display correctly.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.3 UI77924, UI77925, UI77929 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH41774IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH41775IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH41776IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.3 (PE) UI77786, UI77787, UI77788 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH38080IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH38081IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH38082IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.3 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH37923Generating JCL using a property group results in a port of -1 in the TEST runtime option when the Debug Manager is not running, and the Debug Daemon is not listening.
PH38360Remote debugging 64-bit PLI program with standard mode debug engine has performance issue and uses large CPU usage.
PH39352Changing the region of a CICS profile, which is already activated, does not deactivate the profile in the original region.
PH40431The button to activate for code coverage when editing a CICS Profile, is enabled only after opening a non-CICS profile.
PH41418Code coverage results are not generated when PL/I source contains sequence numbers and comments, which span more than one line.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.2 UI75882, UI75884, UI75885 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH34971IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH34973IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH34974IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.2 Eclipse IDE

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH37632Installing IDz's Eclipse IDE P2 installation with IBM Application Performance Analyzer (APA) and Fault Analyzer (FA) results in errors related to com.ibm.pdtools.debutool.bjfd.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.1 UI74527, UI74258, UI74259 PTF

LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH31381IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - English
PH31382IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Japanese
PH31383IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0 Host - Korean
Refer to Summary of changes to view details on the latest host update for IBM z/OS Debugger.

15.0.1 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH30130Activating or deactivating a z/OS Debugger profile does not attempt an unsecured connection when the secured connection fails.
PH30237On the Linux platform, the Step table in the z/OS Batch Application with existing JCL launch configuration does not appear until the dialog is resized.
PH30793The preferences to hide debug messages cannot be shared with push-to-client.
PH31329Running or debugging with "z/OS batch application with existing JCL" causes Null Pointer Exception when JCL has more than one CEEOPTS DD statement after JCL null-statement //.
PH32769Generated code coverage result contains source when run with option savesource=false.
PH32903When starting Eclipse IDE in a language other than English, opening the following dialogs: Add Result Location, Export Result, Import Result results in NullPointerException error.
PH32937Code coverage results are incorrect when a program is called multiple times and the module is loaded and unloaded.
PH33029Result of imported or newly added code coverage result is not correct.
PH33399When prompted for steps on launching a z/OS Batch application with existing JCL, the steps table displays steps after JCL null-statement.
PH33925When setting a stack pattern breakpoint that includes main program node on Visual Debug, the stack pattern breakpoint is not hit.
PH34918Code Coverage results cannot be opened, and the following message is visible instead: The webpage cannot be found.
PH34902When Debug Profile Service's secured port is set to empty or not configured, users are unable to create z/OS Debugger Profiles and the following message appears: Problem occurred: 'Update debug profile API server status' has encountered a problem.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0

Host z/OS Debugger 15.0.0
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0

15.0.0 Eclipse IDE
LinkDate ReleasedStatus
APARDescription
PH24902Source from Code Coverage Report incorrectly displays syntax errors.
PH26069SonarQube report is not generated by headless code coverage when the source is not saved by using the -savesource option, or not found by z/OS Debugger.
PH26194When using the MVS Batch Application launch configurations, the step names do not display national language characters properly and debug sessions cannot be launched.
PH26464Generating JCL for code coverage that uses a property group where more than one source lookup data set is defined, results in a null pointer error and no JCL is generated.
PH26863Property groups incorrectly flag valid VADSCPXXX values for Command data set in the Debug options on the Run tab as an invalid data set.
PH27715During a remote debug session, the Edit Breakpoint dialog does not appear when attempting to modify a breakpoint.
PH28079When running headless code coverage with the SonarQube export option, the SonarQube result is in the main output directory, instead of a subdirectory.
PH29313Creating debug profiles by using the Debug Profile Editor, fail to activate when the password specified is mixed case and the host passwords are case-sensitive.
Refer to Summary of changes to see new function provided in IBM z/OS Debugger v15.0

 
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December 2025 VS Code IDE

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Refer to What's new to see new function provided in IBM Developer for z/OS on VS Code

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August 2025 VS Code IDE

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This version is a pre-requisite for IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.0.0. See Release Notes for more details.

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November 2021 VS Code IDE

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July 2021 VS Code IDE 

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March 2021 VS Code IDE
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PH34335There are no instructions on adding self-signed certificate for connecting to Debug Profile Service without using the Chrome browser.

October 2020 VS Code IDE 
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To find the most currently available PTFs for IBM Debug Tool for z/OS Version 13 Release 1 and earlier, see Latest Debug Tool for z/OS Service Information.


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