IT36643: TRADING PARTNER APIS TRUNCATING CUSTOM PROTOCOL EXTENSIONS' VALUES IF COLON SYMBOL IS PART OF EXTENSION VALUE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When making the Put/POST/PATCH to "/tradingpartners/" the
  Custom Protocol Extension field supplied was:
  "profileID:123:def" but got truncated to profileID:123.
  

Local fix

• Code fix is provided to resolve the issue. While updating the
  partners using TradingPartner API, if the customProtocol
  Extension contains a colon inside value, fix is done to ensure
  that that value is not truncated and updates the correct value
  as expected.
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  All
  Problem Description:
  Trading Partner APIs are truncating the value of Custom Protocol
  Extensions if colon symbol is part of the extension value. Issue
  persists for updates (PUT) and partial updates (PATCH). This
  corrupts the partner configuration, rendering the partner
  unusable until the configuration is corrected via the UI.
  
  Platforms Affected
  
  All
  

Problem conclusion

• Resolution Summary:
  A code fix is provided.
  
  Provided code fix for the issue, so that the values are not
  truncated when PUT/PATCH operation is done.
  Delivered in:
  6000305
  
  All future Fix Packs can be found in the Release Timeline
  Matrix:  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6194265
  

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

  STR B2B INTEGRA

• Fixed component ID

  5725D0600

Applicable component levels