Version: v1.26.x LTS
Version 1.26 (December 2021)
Version 1.26 (December 2021)
Welcome to the Version 1.26.0 release of Zowe!
To see a full list of release enhancements and fixes, see New features and enhancements and Bug fixes.
Release demo: Join the Zowe System Demo on January 5, 2022 to see a demo of what's new in this release, and ask the community questions. Check out the Zowe calendar for detailed call-in information.
Download v1.26.0 build: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the v1.26.0 build from Zowe.org.
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New features and enhancements#
Zowe installation and packaging- Updated ZWEWRF03 workflow to be in sync with the installed software.
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Zowe API Mediation Layer#
Zowe Application Framework#
JES Explorer- Added the feature to download all files of a job in a zip format.
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zLUX Editor- Added the feature to update the dataset in the editor.
- Added the check for e-tag while updating the dataset.
- Added feature to open a file in new browser tab.
- Added the ability to view the dataset write conflicts in the diff-viewer.
- Added the ability to overwrite the dataset and accept incoming change inside the diff-viewer.
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ZSS Package- Added support for continuations in the ZIS PARMLIB member.
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Zowe CLIThe following enhancements were added to the core CLI:
- Added new feature to manage zos-logs. z/OSMF version 2.4 or higher is required. Ensure that the z/OSMF Operations Log Support is available via APAR and associated PTFs. #1104
- Added the response-format-json option to the following command:
zowe --available-commands --response-format-json
The following enhancement was added to the Imperative CLI Framework:
- Added the response-format-json option to the following command:
zowe --available-commands --response-format-json
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Zowe Explorer- Added a progress bar for simultaneous deletion of multiple jobs #1583
- Added the note about the deprecation of the associate profile feature to the Associate Profile section of Zowe Docs and to the Zowe Explorer Readme #1575
- Changed the
DataSet uploaded successfully
message type. Now messages are shown in the status bar instead of the notification pop-up #1542 - Updated dependencies for improved security #1591 and #1601
- Updated Theia tests to use the latest Theia version #1566
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Bug fixes#
Zowe API Mediation Layer- The correct key from the keystore by alias is now chosen, rather than the first key certificate pair returned from the keyring (#1939) (6ea7a62), closes #1939
- The Metrics service connection is now released when the stream is changed, thereby stopping leaky connections that fill connection pools and memory (#1931) (5dcf55e), closes #1931
- Removes duplicated hystrix streams in Metrics Service dashboard (#1924) (4dfd4e1), closes #1924
- Fixes transformation of swagger server URLs in API Catalog to be the location of the current browser location (#1934) (1b8844c), closes #1934
- Adds proper icons to Metrics Service (#1912) (517105f), closes #1912
- Disables hystrix timeout (#1906) (7fb1301), closes #1906
- Fixes the GW start script (#1898) (a4363ad), closes #1898
- Removes hardcoded values from the Metrics Service UI, thereby facilitating PoC work (#1902) (bd6f8d2), closes #1902
- The Metrics Service now verifies certificates enabling the service to register to the Discovery Service properly (#1868) (8fcf46c), closes #1868
- The API Catalog now uses the URL from the browser window to access swagger, thereby preventing failure when using a kubernetes environment (#1841) (37cbfbc), closes #1841
- Displays the correct error message when the wrong jwtConfigurationMode is used (#1830) (990426d), closes #1830
- Handles the JWT token expiration correctly (#1836) (90a887d), closes #1836
- SSE no longer adds a trailing slash to an endpoint provided after the Gateway route (#1839) (5f7ba56), closes #1839
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Zowe Application Framework#
zLUX App Manager- Fixed the bug with app tray not scaling well with some localizations.
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USS Explorer- Fixed the bug where opening a file fails when USS path has '/' at the end.
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Zowe CLIThe following bugs were fixed in core Zowe CLI:
- Fixed an issue where plug-in installation and uninstallation did not work with NPM version 8. #683
The following bugs were fixed in the Imperative CLI Framework:
- Fixed an issue where plugin installation and uninstallation did not work with NPM version 8. #683
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Zowe Explorer- Fixed the issue that caused JCL errors in the JOBS tree to be displayed as
undefined:undefined(undefined)
#1584 - Fixed the Theia input box issue that caused entered values to be incorrectly validated #1580
- Fixed the issue that caused the removal of unsaved credentials of a profile in the Jobs tree after deleting a job. Now when you delete a job from the Jobs tree with a profile that does not have the stored credentials, the profile keeps the cached credentials #1524