v2.0.0-next.202112161700

What's Changed

• Early access doc by @crawr in #1395
• Update the profile config doc by @IgorCATech in #1437
• Refresh update for external types by @JillieBeanSim in #1532
• Set user and password as secure after prompting by @crawr in #1544
• Remove profile link command by @crawr in #1569

Full Changelog: v1.19.0...v2.0.0-next.202112161700

v1.21.0

Zowe Explorer

• Add a progress bar for the simultaneous deletion of multiple jobs #1583. Thanks @uzuko01
• 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. Thanks @IgorCATech
• Changed the DataSet uploaded successfully message type. Now messages are shown in the status bar instead of the notification pop-up #1542. Thanks @anokhikastiaIBM
• Updated dependencies for improved security #1591 and #1601. Thanks @lauren-li
• Updated Theia tests to use the latest Theia version #1566. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Fixed the issue that caused JCL errors in the JOBS tree to be displayed as undefined:undefined(undefined) #1584. Thanks @roman-kupriyanov
• Fixed the Theia input box issue that caused entered values to be incorrectly validated #1580. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• 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. Thanks @nickImbirev

Zowe Explorer Extension for FTP

• Added unit tests for the FTP USS functionality #1582 and 1596. Thanks @tiantn and @JillieBeanSim
• Standardized the user interface and log messages with severity specifications using the Zowe Explorer API logger functions #1518. Thanks @katelynienaber

v1.20.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added a Github action bot that automates the issue triage #1530. Thanks @crawr
• Updated the @zowe/cli version to 6.33.3 to fix the SSH2 audit failure #1522. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Updated the Jobs Issue Stop and Issue Modify commands so that they can be consumed by Extenders with the issueMvsCommand API #1508. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Use Visual Studio Code's standard confirmation prompt for the Data Sets, USS, and Job trees when clicking on a Favorited profile that does not exist #1506. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Updated the deletion prompt for the USS and Jobs trees #1505. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Updated the placeholder text in the Add Profile entry field #1490. Thanks @anokhikastiaIBM
• Fixed the Not Found issue that resulted from attempts to delete a member whose parent data set was already deleted using multi-delete #1525. Thanks @JillieBeanSim

v2.0.0-next.202110141604

What's Changed

• Update next from v1.17.0 by @crawr #1408 and v1.19.0 by @katelynienaber in #1509
• Refactor ProfilesCache & Update with changes from master branch by @JillieBeanSim in #1435
• Standardize view IDs per upcoming extenders documentation by @lauren-li in #1383
• Extender load on registration by @JillieBeanSim in #1448
• Update the profile config doc by @IgorCATech in #1437 #1516 #1523
• Add support for project level config by @crawr in #1439
• Refactor for SDK compatibility by @crawr in #1471
• Error handling and User/Pass Prompting for Config File Profiles by @JillieBeanSim in #1473
• Add initialization of zowe config json file by @crawr in #1472
• remove random src folder full of json files by @JillieBeanSim in #1519
• Standardize Zowe Explorer configuration property names to make them consistent with VS Code's format by @rudyflores in #1450
• Update Zowe CLI dependency to 7.0.0-next.202109281609 by @lauren-li in #1521

Full Changelog: v1.19.0...2.0.0-next.202110141604

Early Access Documentation

v1.19.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added a check to ensure that a base profile exists before running the function that combines base and service profiles #1500. Thanks @lauren-li
• Added Imperative logger access for extenders #1433. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Added documentation for Imperative logger for extenders #1467. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Implemented separate console windows for TSO and MVS commands #1478. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Fixed the bug that caused the check credentials pop-up to disappear too quickly #1486. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Fixed the bug that kept the command text box while escaping the process of entering a TSO command. Now the command text box does not pop up if you cancel entering a TSO command #1479. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Fixed the bug that caused issues with deleting data set members in Ecplipse Theia or Che #1487. Thanks @phaumer
• Fixed the bug that caused the deletion of selected data sets while removing a single data set member by using the right-click action. #1483. Thanks @JillieBeanSim

Zowe Explorer Extension for FTP

• Added support for the validate profile and credential features #1443. Thanks @tiantn

v1.18.1

Zowe Explorer

• Improved integration tests for greater efficiency #1430. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Added a reminder to the PR template to create a PR from master to next after PR is merged into master branch #1446. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Added @zowe/cli dependency to API #1445. Thanks @phaumer
• Fix for the issue that caused mismatching of GitHub VSIX Zowe Explorer releases #1442. Thanks @katelynienaber

v1.18.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added the ability to register custom profile types in ProfilesCache for extenders #1419. Thanks @phaumer
• Added the ability to pass account and other information from tso profile #1378. Thanks @fswarbrick
• Add profiles cache to extenders #1390. Thanks @phaumer
• Status icons now reset when refreshing the explorer views #1404. Thanks @lauren-li
• Fixed the issue that prevented the expected error message No valid value for z/OS URL. Operation Cancelled from being displayed while escaping the host text box during the creation or update of a profile #1426. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Fixed the issue that invoked profile validation before updating a profile. Now a profile is validated only after the update #1415. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Fixed the issue of Zowe profiles encoding value when opening a USS file in the text editor #1400. Thanks @JillieBeanSim

v1.17.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added the feature that automatically includes a missing profile in the Jobs view when submitting a job #1386. Thanks @nickImbirev
• Added the extender documentation for KeytarApi for Secure Credential Store #1384. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Added a new setting that enables you to hide Zowe Explorer's temporary downloads folder from a workspace #1373. Thanks @crawr
• Added the command to refresh a particular job and get the latest information and content for its spool files #1363. Thanks @nickImbirev
• Added the function that enables you to delete multiple datasets and data set members #1323. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Added the feature that enables you to use multiple VS Code windows for files opened via Zowe Explorer #1347. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Added the command to refresh USS directory file names without the entire tree collapsing #1369. Thanks @rudyflores
• Removed non-functioning code from invalid credentials for Theia #1371. Thanks @lauren-li
• Fixed the issue with USS Search and Update Profile errors for profiles without credentials #1391. Thanks @lauren-li

v2.0.0-next.202107151328

Release 2.0.0-next.202107151328 to next.

This release supports Global Team Configuration created from Zowe CLI version 7.0.0-next.202106012053.

v1.16.1

Zowe Explorer FTP Extension

• Generate the extension.js file for the VS Code Marketplace release.