Gen's Published PTFs - Continuous Delivery of Value

[Kim Peelman]

To help you move towards Continuous Adoption of new PTFs, I will use this thread to provide you with a weekly list of new PTFs delivered for Gen. "Follow" this thread, and enable email notifications in your "Settings".  (We recently published a Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation, so I'm starting a fresh thread.)

Background: 

You may have noticed we've announced a lot of new enhancements for Gen, but we're always talking about the same version: 8.6. This is because Broadcom has moved to a Continuous Delivery model. This means we plan to be on v8.6 for a long time, and will deliver new enhancements frequently, but via PTFs rather than a new install version.  

Continuous Delivery enables us to provide smaller deliverables, with lower risk, and faster realization of business value.

However, this doesn't mean much if you haven't moved to a Continuous Adoption model.  The business case is well proven: Increased security. Continuous support. Accelerated Value. Lower risk. We know this can be a big change for an organization that is used to only applying changes every couple of years.

You can always find Gen's latest PTFs here: 

• Gen 8.6 Solution Downloads (mainframe) 

• Gen 8.6 Solutions & Patches (distributed)

Bonus Info: Would you like to multi-select to download multiple patches for your distributed Gen solutions? Here is an alternate view of your Gen 8.6 Solutions & Patches(distributed) with multi-select download.

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since April 8, 2025. 

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Windows
Complete and Consolidation Releases, Workstation
WKS86400/ LU16296	Windows	126,246,648	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	WKS86300
Toolset
TSN86401/ LU16432	Windows	1,252,680	04/09/25	Call REST; Missing mand assoc with copy; controls not deleted from all modes	WKS86400
UNIX/Linux
AIX - CSE
CSR86400/ LU16300	UNIX	51,766,360	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	CSR86300
AIX - Runtime
RTR86400/ LU16302	UNIX	63,055,936	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	RTR86300
HP on Itanium - CSE
CSI86400/ LU16303	UNIX	39,394,696	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	CSI86300
HP on Itanium - Runtime
RTI86400/ LU16304	UNIX	144,106,408	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	RTI86300
Linux - CSE
CSX86400/ LU16305	UNIX	65,629,40	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	None
Linux - Runtime
RTX86400/ LU16306	UNIX	57,525,392	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	RTX86300
Solaris 11
RTL86400/ LU16307	UNIX	78,259,752	04/08/25	Gen 8.6.4 Consolidation	RTL86300

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Douglas Seaver]

I tried to "Follow" but it doesn't seem to be doing anything that I can see.  Maybe I'm missing something or have forgotten how.
I am logged in, FYI, as by trying to Recommend the post it forced me to log in.

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Doug Seaver
Systems Development Services Specialist
Gen Tool Support
WisDOT
Madison, WI, USA
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[Douglas Seaver]

Never mind, as soon as I submitted my reply, it now indicates I am "Following".  :)

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Doug Seaver
Systems Development Services Specialist
Gen Tool Support
WisDOT
Madison, WI, USA
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[Kim Peelman]

Doug, Oh good! I'm glad it's working... At this moment, I'm also not seeing a "follow" button. I'm not sure what the logic is there. Ultimately, I rely on my email notification. When in the Gen EDGE Community, click "Settings" and "Manage Notifications". I like to set my Gen EDGE email notifications to real time. 

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Lynn Williams]

Hi Doug,
I think the way it works is that as soon as you comment on a thread you are automatically setup to Follow it. I don't think there is a separate "Follow " option.
Similar to Kim's advice, for all Communities you are a member of "Community Notifications" can also be setup from your Profile "My Account".

Regards

Lynn

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Lynn Williams
Senior Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom Software
Australia
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since April 22, 2025

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Windows
CSE - Clients & Servers
CSN86401/ LU16598	Windows	5,266,496	05/12/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86401	WKS86400
Generators, Toolset
GEN86401/ LU16591	Windows	4,982,584	05/12/25	Web Generation List Box; Call External; Numeric attribute validation check; ERROR_HANDLING_BY_USER	WKS86400
Toolset
TSN86403/ LU16760	Windows	514,080	05/12/25	A view used in an ASYNC statement may be deleted	WKS86400
Toolset, Japanese
TJN86400/ LU16588	Windows	3,388,104	05/06/25	8.6.4 Japanese Consolidation PTF	WKS86400 TSN86401
UNIX/Linux
AIX - CSE
CSR86401/ LU16600	UNIX	15,878,872	05/12/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86401	CSR86400
HP on Itanium - CSE
CSI86401/ LU16599	UNIX	15,918,968	05/12/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86401	CSI86400
Linux - CSE
CSX86401/ LU16601	LINUX	7,879,112	05/12/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86401	CSX86400

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since May 14, 2025

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Windows
CSE - Clients & Servers
CSN86402/ LU16852	Windows	5,385,008	05/21/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86402	WKS86400 CSN86401
Generators, Toolset
GEN86402/ LU16851	Windows	5,138,248	05/21/25	UPDATE statement may contain wrong Identifier	WKS86400 GEN86401
UNIX/Linux
AIX - CSE
CSR86402/ LU16854	UNIX	10,237,416	05/21/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86402	CSR86400 CSR86401
HP on Itanium - CSE
CSI86402/ LU16853	UNIX	17,163,784	05/21/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86402	CSI86400 CSI86401
Linux - CSE
CSX86402/ LU16855	LINUX	8,454,440	05/21/25	CSE generator PTF equivalent to GEN86402	CSX86400 CSX86401

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

These are the new PTFs published since May 27, 2025. 

Note that there are a few changes to the prefixes used to name Gen 8.6 Distributed PTF IDs.  These changes have been made to make it easier for development to manage the PTFs, as well as make it easier for customers to identify PTFs that they need to download. For example, RTC is the prefix for Runtime, C(Windows) and RTG is the prefix for Runtime, GUI. Previously, these were both using the prefix RTN. The files will now be easier to differentiate. 

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Windows
Runtime, C
RTC86401/ LU16819	Windows	589,317	06/13/25	Remove enforcement of requiring a SOAPAction in WSDL version 1.1	WKS86400
Runtime, GUI
RTG86401/ LU16997	Windows	391,144	06/13/25	OpenTextFile using File_Dialog fails to open selected file	WKS86400
UNIX/Linux
AIX - Runtime
RTR86401/ LU16900	UNIX	1,711,616	06/13/25	Remove enforcement of requiring a SOAPAction in WSDL version 1.1	RTR86400
HP on Itanium - Runtime
RTI86401/ LU16896	UNIX	1,900,832	06/13/25	Remove enforcement of requiring a SOAPAction in WSDL version 1.1	RTI86400
Linux - Runtime
RTX86401/ LU16901	LINUX	916,760	06/13/25	Remove enforcement of requiring a SOAPAction in WSDL version 1.1	RTX86400
Solaris 11 - Runtime
RTL86401/ LU16899	UNIX	1,244,720	06/13/25	Remove enforcement of requiring a SOAPAction in WSDL version 1.1	RTL86400

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Lynn Williams]

Just to add to Kim's comment.
We will soon publishing a knowledge article covering more details of the distributed platform PTF prefix name changes which will also be posted at the top of the Gen 8.6 Solutions & Patches page.

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Lynn Williams
Senior Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom Software
Australia
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[Lynn Williams]

The new knowledge article has been published: Modifications to Gen 8.6 Distributed PTF IDs (prefixes)
On the Gen 8.6 Solutions & Patches  page the sections for Windows and UNIX/Linux also contain a reference link e.g.

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Lynn Williams
Senior Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom Software
Australia
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[Kim Peelman]

Bonus Info: Would you like to multi-select to download multiple patches for your distributed Gen solutions? Here is an alternate view of your Gen 8.6 Solutions & Patches(distributed) with multi-select download.

From your support portal: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/solutionfiles?sellable=GENBAS059&release=8.6&subfamily=GEN

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

Here are Gen's new PTFs, published since June 14, 2025. 

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Published Solution	Component	Updated On
GEN DATE/TIME/TIMESTAMP FORMAT IN CALL REST REQUEST FIX #LU16467 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	July 1, 2025
GEN DATE/TIME/TIMESTAMP FORMAT IN CALL REST REQUEST FIX #LU16555 | for z/OS	CGRTCI	July 1, 2025

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Windows
Build Tool
BTN86401/ LU17128	Windows	40,340,240	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	WKS86400
Other PTFs
DTU86401/ LU17061	Windows	565,872	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	WKS86400
Runtime, C
RTC86403/ LU17144	Windows	4,638,408	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	WKS86400
Toolset
TSN86404/ LU17195	Windows	1,053,792	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	WKS86400
UNIX/Linux
AIX- Build Tool
BTR86401/ LU17131	UNIX	43,696,488	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTR86400
AIX - Runtime
RTR86403/ LU17146	UNIX	4,567,832	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTR86400
HP on Itanium - Build Tool
BTI86401/ LU17129	UNIX	113,504,480	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTI86400
HP on Itanium - Runtime
RTI86403/ LU17145	UNIX	9,196,336	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTI86400
Linux - Build Tool
BTX86401/ LU17132	LINUX	42,070,280	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTX86400
Linux - Runtime
RTX86403/ LU17147	LINUX	3,631,088	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTX86400
Solaris 11 - Build Tool
BTL86401/ LU17130	UNIX	54,404,040	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTL86400
Solaris 11 - Runtime
RTL86403/ LU17148	UNIX	10,621,096	07/08/25	Security Maintenance	RTL86400

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since July 8, 2025. 

Check out Zach's post about our new enhancement: Consuming RESTful services for Gen's C applications

Published Solution	Component	Updated On
RESTRICT CONTENT-TYPE HEADER TO APPLICATION/JSON IN CICS FIX #LU17341 | for z/OS	CGRTCI	July 22, 2025
RESTRICT CONTENT-TYPE HEADER TO APPLICATION/JSON IN CICS FIX #LU17360 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	July 22, 2025

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Windows
CSE - Clients & Servers
CSN86403/ LU16650	Windows	2,001,992	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	WKS86400 CSN86401 COREQ: RTC86402 (if executing C applications on Windows) RTX86402 (if executing C applications on Linux) RTR86402 (if executing C applications on AIX) RTL86402 (if executing C applications on Solaris) BTX86402 (if building C applications on Linux using archive)
CSN86404/ LU17336	Windows	2,311,776	07/16/25	Duplicate Property Value error when specializing a tablespace	WKS86400
Generators, Toolset
GEN86403/ LU16649	Windows	1,920,064	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	WKS86400 GEN86401 GEN86402 COREQ: RTC86402 (if executing C applications on Windows) RTX86402 (if executing C applications on Linux) RTR86402 (if executing C applications on AIX) RTL86402 (if executing C applications on Solaris) BTX86402 (if building C applications on Linux using archive)
Other PTFs
DTU86402/ LU17472	Windows	341,632	07/22/25	Security Maintenance	WKS86400
Runtime, C
RTC86402/ LU16653	Windows	1,134,152	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	WKS86400 RTC86401 COREQ: GEN86403 (if generating code from the toolset) CSN86403 (if generating code using a Windows CSE) CSX86403 (if generating code using a Linux CSE) CSR86403 (if generating code using a AIX CSE)
Runtime, GUI
RTG86403/ LU17089	Windows	697,816	07/28/25	WRSRVRERROR customized error messages not displayed in standard error dialog	WKS86400
Runtime, Java
RTJ86402/ LU16926	Windows	1,008,464	07/30/25	Datetime in Call REST Request and Response	WKS86400
Toolset
TSN86406/ LU17363	Windows	354,624	07/22/25	Remove the Content-Type Header parm from Input Matching Window for Requests	WKS86400 TSN86401
TSN86405/ LU17335	Windows	674,816	07/16/25	Duplicate Property Value error when specializing a tablespace	WKS86400
UNIX/Linux
AIX - CSE
CSR86403/ LU16652	UNIX	3,676,152	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	CSR86400 CSR86401 COREQ: RTC86402 (if executing C applications on Windows) RTX86402 (if executing C applications on Linux) RTR86402 (if executing C applications on AIX) RTL86402 (if executing C applications on Solaris) BTX86402 (if building C applications on Linux using archive)
CSR86404/ LU17338	UNIX	3,737,672	07/16/25	Duplicate Property Value error when specializing a tablespace	CSR86400
AIX - Runtime
RTR86402/ LU16655	UNIX	2,510,752	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	RTR86400 COREQ: GEN86403 (if generating code from the toolset) CSN86403 (if generating code using a Windows CSE) CSX86403 (if generating code using a Linux CSE) CSR86403 (if generating code using a AIX CSE)
HP on Itanium - CSE
CSI86404/ LU17337	UNIX	6,904,296	07/16/25	Duplicate Property Value error when specializing a tablespace	CSI86400
Linux - Build Tool
BTX86402/ LU17197	LINUX	402,200	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	RTX86400 COREQ: GEN86403 (if generating code from the toolset) CSN86403 (if generating code using a Windows CSE) CSX86403 (if generating code using a Linux CSE) CSR86403 (if generating code using a AIX CSE) RTC86402 (if executing C applications on Windows) RTX86402 (if executing C applications on Linux) RTR86402 (if executing C applications on AIX) RTL86402 (if executing C applications on Solaris)
Linux - CSE
CSX86403/ LU16651	LINUX	3,082,576	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	CSX86400 CSX86401 COREQ: RTC86402 (if executing C applications on Windows) RTX86402 (if executing C applications on Linux) RTR86402 (if executing C applications on AIX) RTL86402 (if executing C applications on Solaris) BTX86402 (if building C applications on Linux using archive)
CSX86404/ LU17339	LINUX	3,215,880	07/16/25	Duplicate Property Value error when specializing a tablespace	CSX86400
Linux - Runtime
RTX86402/ LU16654	LINUX	1,489,928	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	RTX86400 COREQ: GEN86403 (if generating code from the toolset) CSN86403 (if generating code using a Windows CSE) CSX86403 (if generating code using a Linux CSE) CSR86403 (if generating code using a AIX CSE) BTX86402 (if building C applications on Linux using archive)
Solaris 11 - Runtime
RTL86402/ LU16656	UNIX	1,946,984	07/30/25	Consuming REST APIs from "C" application	RTL86400 RTL86401 COREQ: GEN86403 (if generating code from the toolset) CSN86403 (if generating code using a Windows CSE) CSX86403 (if generating code using a Linux CSE) CSR86403 (if generating code using a AIX CSE)

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since August 5, 2025. 

PTF Name	Platform	Size (Bytes)	Date Released (MM/DD/YY)	Description	Prerequisites
Build Tool
BTN86402/ LU17426	Windows	355,064	08/06/25	Prevent extraneous class files from being bundled in JAR files	WKS86400
Runtime, GUI
RTG86402/ LU16904	Windows	346,720	08/06/25	STUBDB2N rebuild corrections	WKS86400
Linux - CSE
CSX86405/ LU17518	LINUX	48,845,952	08/12/25	Security Maintenance	CSX86400

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

Gen's product team has had a busy month! Here are all the PTFs published since September 18, 2025

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Updated On
RUNTIME SUPPORT FOR CONSUMING RESTFUL APIS IN IMS FIX #LU17896 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	October 7, 2025
RUNTIME SUPPORT FOR CONSUMING RESTFUL APIS IN IMS FIX #LU17897 | for z/OS	CGRTCI	October 7, 2025
RUNTIME SUPPORT FOR CONSUMING RESTFUL APIS IN IMS FIX #LU17898 | for z/OS	CGRTIM	October 7, 2025
UPGRADE PL/I, DB2 AND HLASM FOR HOST ENCYCLOPEDIA FIX #LU17133 | for z/OS	CGHE	September 23, 2025
UPGRADE PL/I, DB2 AND HLASM FOR HOST ENCYCLOPEDIA FIX #LU17134 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	September 23, 2025
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
CONFIGURATION ITEM TCPIP STACK FOR CALL REST FIX #LU17850 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.27 KB	Gen Workstation Toolset	10/07/2025
Add Support for Liberty Application Server (Phase 2) FIX #LU18044 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.38 MB	Gen Generator, Proxy	10/06/2025
Add Support for Liberty Application Server (Phase 2) FIX #LU18047 | for IBM AIX 4.22 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	10/06/2025
Add Support for Liberty Application Server (Phase 2) FIX #LU18048 | for LINUX -ALL 1.87 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	10/06/2025
Add Support for Liberty Application Server (Phase 2) FIX #LU18046 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.42 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	10/06/2025
Add Support for Liberty Application Server (Phase 2) FIX #LU18049 | for WINDOWS-ALL 340.81 KB	Gen Build Tool	10/06/2025
Add Support for Liberty Application Server (Phase 2) FIX #LU17321 | for WINDOWS-ALL 3.53 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	10/06/2025
Cannot resize blockmode application in Windows FIX #LU18112 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.22 KB	Gen Run Time, Blockmode	09/22/2025
Security Maintenance FIX #LU18172 | for WINDOWS-ALL 36.36 MB	Gen Build Tool	09/18/2025

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since October 8, 2025:

Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Read fails for Oracle when using literal timestamp FIX #LU18403 | for IBM AIX 3.46 MB	Gen Generator, Common	10/27/2025
Read fails for Oracle when using literal timestamp FIX #LU18404 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.91 MB	Gen Generator, Common	10/27/2025
Read fails for Oracle when using literal timestamp FIX #LU18400 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.83 MB	Gen Generator, Common	10/27/2025
Application abends when dialect name is 8 characters FIX #LU18405 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.16 KB	Gen Run Time, GUI	10/27/2025
Read fails for Oracle when using literal timestamp FIX #LU18402 | for LINUX -ALL 2.91 MB	Gen Generator, Common	10/27/2025
Toolset Abend due to long qualifier in READ EACH FIX #LU18492 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.73 KB	Gen Workstation Toolset	10/20/2025

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Kim Peelman
[e-mail]
Product Owner, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since October 29, 2025: 

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Updated On
FEATURE REGISTRATION SERVICE FOR CONSUMING REST APIS IN CICS FIX #LU18852 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	December 10, 2025
FEATURE REGISTRATION SERVICE FOR CONSUMING REST APIS IN CICS FIX #LU18853 | for z/OS	CGRTCI	December 10, 2025
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Add capability to include Custom HTTP Header for Web Services cooperative flow FIX #LU17644 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.73 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	12/3/2025
Add capability to include Custom HTTP Header for Web Services cooperative flow FIX #LU18594 | for IBM AIX 1.12 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	12/03/2025
Add capability to include Custom HTTP Header for Web Services cooperative flow FIX #LU17645 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.09 KB	Gen Run Time, GUI	12/03/2025

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since December 23, 2025

(Sorry for the delayed post - January got away from me! ) 

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Updated On
FEATURE REGISTRATION SERVICE FOR CONSUMING REST APIS IN IMS FIX #LU19044 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	January 12, 2026
FEATURE REGISTRATION SERVICE FOR CONSUMING REST APIS IN IMS FIX #LU19045 | for z/OS	CGRTIM	January 12, 2026
TSOAE INCORRECTLY PROCESSES 8-CHARACTER USER IDS FIX #LU19033 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	December 23, 2025
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
External Debuggers may receive a memory check with GUI applications FIX #LU19233 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.27 KB	Gen Run Time, GUI	01/29/2026
Add Support for JBoss EAP 8 Application Server FIX #LU19259 | for LINUX -ALL 1.8 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	01/28/2026
Add Support for JBoss EAP 8 Application Server FIX #LU19257 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.38 MB	Gen Generator, Proxy	01/28/2026
Add Support for JBoss EAP 8 Application Server FIX #LU19251 | for WINDOWS-ALL 136.03 MB	Gen Build Tool	01/28/2026
Add Support for JBoss EAP 8 Application Server FIX #LU19256 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.42 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	01/28/2026
Add Support for JBoss EAP 8 Application Server FIX #LU19258 | for IBM AIX 4.22 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	01/28/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since January 29, 2026

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Published On
UPGRADE COBOL FOR Z/OS IMPLEMENTATION TOOLSET FIX #LU19145 | for z/OS	CGMVSI	February 10, 2026
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Unnecessary exceptions impact application performance FIX #LU18943 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.21 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	02/09/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since February 13, 2026. 

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Published On
FEATURE REGISTRATION SERVICE FOR REST APIS IN BATCH AND TSO FIX #LU19531 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	February 25, 2026
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19504 | for LINUX -ALL 1.36 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	02/25/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19507 | for WINDOWS-ALL 2.25 MB	Gen Diagram Trace	02/25/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19505 | for SUN-SOLARIS 1.36 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	02/25/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19508 | for WINDOWS-ALL 2.25 MB	ECLIPSE GEN STUDIO	02/25/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19503 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.68 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	02/25/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19506 | for IBM AIX 1.35 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	02/25/2026
GUI C Client Crashes on Server-Side Exception with JAVA RMI COOP FLOW FIX #LU19229 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.14 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	02/13/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since March 17, 2026. 

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Published On
Z/OS IT UNPRINTABLE CHARS IN DSNULI ON TARGET DEFINITION PNL FIX #LU19657 | for z/OS	CGMVSI	March 18, 2026
TISRVMSL GENERATES EXCESSIVE MSGS ON PING/HEALTH CHECKS FIX #LU19283 | for z/OS	CGTCPC	March 16, 2026
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Call REST Query Parameters FIX #LU19680 | for SUN-SOLARIS 1.11 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	03/17/2026
Call REST Query Parameters FIX #LU19675 | for LINUX -ALL 1.11 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	03/17/2026
Call REST Query Parameters FIX #LU19679 | for IBM AIX 1.12 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	03/17/2026
Call REST Query Parameters FIX #LU19364 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.19 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	03/17/2026
Provide Support for Java 17, 21 and 25 FIX #LU19622 | for WINDOWS-ALL 7.2 MB	Gen Build Tool	03/17/2026
Call REST Query Parameters FIX #LU19370 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.17 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	03/17/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since March 24, 2026: 

Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19855 | for IBM AIX 1.31 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	04/01/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19854 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.45 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	04/01/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19856 | for LINUX -ALL 1.32 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	04/01/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19816 | for SUN-SOLARIS 1.32 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	04/01/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19726 | for LINUX -ALL 438.65 KB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	03/24/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19723 | for WINDOWS-ALL 376.7 KB	Gen Generator, Common	03/24/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19724 | for WINDOWS-ALL 376.75 KB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	03/24/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU19725 | for IBM AIX 435.76 KB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	03/24/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since April 13, 2026

Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Correct OPT.HTMLHELPCOMPILER token FIX #LU19421 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.09 MB	Gen Build Tool	04/15/2026
Fix Inline Code statement tiny font and Delete Command protection violation FIX #LU19708 | for WINDOWS-ALL 2.1 KB	Gen Workstation Toolset	04/13/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[STACY PICKETT]

Kim ........  For the HTML Help Compiler fix, did development / engineering have an alternative help compiler that they used to test with which works as seemlessly as HHC.exe ?

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[Nickolia Coombs]

Hi Stacy,

Gen did not use an alternative HTML Help Compiler. We used Microsoft's HHC.

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[STACY PICKETT]

Thanks Nickolla ..........   I guess I misunderstood the fix.  I thought it was saying that the fix was to allow the build tool to specify a different Help Compiler other than HHC.exe which is discontinued and no longer maintained by Microsoft.  The security software that scans our machines keeps flagging HHC.exe as a potential security threat since it is no longer updated.   Our security team would like for us to use a different help compiler that is supported and maintained but Gen requires only HHC.  We did work with Gen support a while back and received a potential Build Tool fix to allow other help compilers.  It worked but we weren't able to find a good compiler at the time that worked seamlessly in the background like HHC.exe does.  I thought this PTF might have been the implementation of that temporay fix we received.  If so, I assumed they would have tested with another compiler to verify that the fix not only didn't require HHC but indeed worked with other compilers.............  Thanks again 🙂

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[Nickolia Coombs]

My apologies. I'll clarify. We officially support Microsoft HHC, so we tested with that. We did experiment with a tool from  Free Pascal called chmcmd.exe, and it worked with some additional build tool script changes. We have not fully certified it or any other help compilers. 

BTN86408 enables customers to reference other tools like Free Pascal. They would not be officially certified or supported by Broadcom but can be validated by users. Based on your feedback above, we updated the PTF solution description and created a backlog item to improve how Gen's GUI applications handle Help given the evolving industry standards. If this is important to you, I recommend submitting or voting for the idea in the Community, which influences how we prioritize items in the backlog

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[STACY PICKETT]

Thanks for the clarification

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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs since April 23, 2026

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Published On
TRUNCATED QUERY PARAMETERS IN COBOL CONSUMING REST APIS FIX #LU20124 | for z/OS	CGMCMN	April 23, 2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs, since May 6, 2026. 

Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Security Maintenance FIX #LU20241 | for IBM AIX 1.31 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	05/06/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU20239 | for LINUX -ALL 1.32 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	05/06/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU20240 | for SUN-SOLARIS 1.32 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	05/06/2026
Security Maintenance FIX #LU20238 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.58 KB	Gen Run Time, Distributed	05/06/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

New PTFs for Gen 8.6

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Published On
SECURITY OR INTEGRITY PROBLEM FIX #LU20697 | for z/OS 35.39 KB	GEN COMMON MODULES CICS	06/23/2026
Published Solution (distributed)	Component	Published On
Add ROWLOCK to select for update statements in MSSQL FIX #LU20618 | for LINUX -ALL 2.65 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	06/15/2026
Add ROWLOCK to select for update statements in MSSQL FIX #LU20625 | for IBM AIX 3.46 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	06/15/2026
Add ROWLOCK to select for update statements in MSSQL FIX #LU20624 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.91 MB	Gen Client Server Encyclopedia	06/15/2026
Add ROWLOCK to select for update statements in MSSQL FIX #LU20156 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.83 MB	Gen Generator, Common	06/15/2026
Web Generation listbox text not visible FIX #LU20333 | for WINDOWS-ALL 1.05 KB	Gen Run Time, Internet Client	05/20/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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[Kim Peelman]

Here's a new PTF published today. 

To learn how to sign up for security advisories, check out this thread: "Where to find Broadcom Security Advisories". 

Published Solution (mainframe)	Component	Published On
SECURITY OR INTEGRITY PROBLEM FIX #LU21001 | for z/OS 101.48 KB	GEN TCP/IP DIRECT CONNECT OPTION FOR CICS	07/14/2026

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Kim Peelman
Engineering Manager, Gen
Broadcom
Plano, TX
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