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New Function APARs for CICS products

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Question

You want to find all New Function (NF) APARs for a specific release of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS), CICSPlex SM, and CICS Explorer.

Answer

For new functions and capabilities that have been added to CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) and CICSPlex SM by IBM service, see topic Upgrading between releases with CICS continuous delivery the in the CICS TS documentation. 

According to topic Software maintenance strategy for CICS TS and its embedded components, IBM recommends that you upgrade to the latest release of CICS Explorer to obtain the most recent functionality and service. Old releases of CICS Explorer are not generally updated with new functions, but new CICS Explorer releases are compatible with all earlier versions of CICS TS. For further details, see Latest version of CICS Explorer and CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer. 

Click on the Fixes by version for CICS products document to see Fix lists containing the APARs for each version, release, and modification (VRM) level of currently supported CICS products.

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Product Synonym

CICS/TS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server

Document Information

Modified date:
21 January 2026

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