APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
A subscriber is subscribing to a topic containing '/' (e.g. "topic1/topic2"). The IBM MQ V8 Appliance Console Topic Widget is used to publish messages to this topic ("topic1/topic2"). However, the subscriber does not get the messages that are published.
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** USERS AFFECTED: This issue affects users of MQ Appliance who use Appliance Console Widget to publish messages to topics. Platforms affected: MultiPlatform **************************************************************** PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In MQ Appliance V8, when a message was published to a topic containing the '/' character using Appliance Console Widget, the message was not sent to the correct subscriber. This was because the character '/' was encoded incorrectly as '%2F'.
Problem conclusion
The solution to the problem is to avoid the URI encoding of topic string during publishing. subscribing and unsubscribing. This will prevent the '/' character from being encoded as '%2F'. --------------------------------------------------------------- The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs: Version Maintenance Level v8.0 8.0.0.11 v9.1 CD 9.1.1 The latest available maintenance can be obtained from 'WebSphere MQ Recommended Fixes' http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037 If the maintenance level is not yet available information on its planned availability can be found in 'WebSphere MQ Planned Maintenance Release Dates' http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006309 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IT24512
Reported component name
IBM MQ APPL M20
Reported component ID
5725Z0900
Reported release
800
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2018-03-23
Closed date
2018-07-19
Last modified date
2018-07-19
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
IBM MQ APPL M20
Fixed component ID
5725Z0900
Applicable component levels
[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Product":{"code":"SS5K6E","label":"IBM MQ Appliance"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"8.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB36","label":"IBM Automation"}}]
Document Information
Modified date:
19 July 2018