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PINNED OpenAPI schema validation including headers
Currently to schema validate a REST based API in DataPower you have to extract the JSON schema from the OpenAPI file and then code manually code the individual header checks defined in the OpenAPI file Would be a vast improvement to be able to j...
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PINNED Add a "Maximum persistent reuse" parameter for the backside of an MPGW or WSP
On an MPGW or a WSP, I want to be able to configure that the persistent backside connection should be closed after X amount of requests have been sent through that connection. I can already do this for the frontside by setting the "Maximum persist...
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    KAKFA nodes support for OAUTHBEARER Security mechanism

    We are evaluating the ACE 11 (11.0.0.11) Kafka nodes to connect our internal Kafka broker and we are finding technical limitation with the security mechanism. Basically, our internal practice is to use OAUTHBEARER with SASL_SSL for all the Kafka c...
    over 5 years ago in App Connect 1 Future consideration

    Add some colour to webmethods integration flow service editor

    The current UI for flow service editing is not pleasing on the eye especially when navigating larger flow services. I propose adding the option to add some colour to core flow service controls to more easily identify steps. This could be done by a...
    5 months ago in webMethods Integration SaaS 0 Planned for future release

    It should be possible to invoke SMTP service in a DAF service (edge service)

    As of webMethods.io Integration 11.0.7, a Deploy Anywhere Flow Service (DAF service, edge service) can only invoke one pub.client service (under BUILT-IN SERVICES -> Client): http. It should also be possible to invoke the following SMTP service...
    over 1 year ago in webMethods Integration SaaS 1 Planned for future release

    ESQL SELECT Function - Add ORDER BY

    It would be great if the ESQL SELECT function supported ORDER BY. We've needed this functionality a number of times, and it's kind of a pain, although straightforward, to manually implement.
    over 1 year ago in App Connect 1 Future consideration

    MQ Appliance LDAP login should support MFA

    To be more secure, MQ Appliance LDAP login should support MFA Multi-Factor Authentication. Interestingly, using Radius, MFA is supported on the DataPower appliance, which is the foundation for the MQ Appliance… But the MQ Appliance does not suppor...
    over 5 years ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 1 Future consideration

    SharePoint connector will fail after ACS retirement — request for certificate / client_assertion support in ACE Azure connector

    The IBM App Connect Enterprise SharePoint connector depends on ACS for OAuth token management. With the retirement of Azure Access Control Service (ACS) for SharePoint Online on 2April 2026 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-i...
    5 months ago in App Connect 0 Under review

    Ability to remove MFT historical data from Postgres database

    Hello, We would like the ability to delete historical data from the MFT database. Currently, MFT version 11.1 only offers archiving functionality (not deletion) to an archive database. Thanks. Regards, Houssam
    5 months ago in webMethods Managed File Transfer / SaaS 0 Under review

    Configuration objects to specify use of PVC in an ACE pod, auto injection of Istio proxy, etc. deploying using ACE Operator

    Configuration objects available for use with the ACE Operator for deployment lack the following capabilities: 1. PVC specification for use by File Input/Output nodes. Customer uses these nodes heavily for their application to access files on an NF...
    about 6 years ago in App Connect 1 Future consideration

    Please add functionality to use ACE REST nodes to call REST based backend services, using separate application keystore instead of broker keystore.

    We want to segregate the application related certs from Infrastructure certs for Message level encryption. As PolicySets and PolicySetBindings are applicable for only SOAP nodes. We have JSON based REST service at the backend, so we need to use ei...
    about 5 years ago in App Connect 1 Future consideration

    It should be possible to configure Cloud Runtime and self-hosted runtimes for debug and trace

    In webMethods.io Integration DAF services (edge services) as well as package services, the pub.flow:debugLog service allows for setting a log level (Fatal, Error, Warn, Info, Debug, Trace). Currently, there is no way to configure which log entries...
    over 1 year ago in webMethods Integration SaaS 0 Planned for future release

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