PH03153: DFHPI0997 WHEN PROCESSING A GET REQUEST that THE LENGTH OF THE PATH + QUERY STRING REACHES 236 CHARACTERS OR ABOVE.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When processing a GET request that the length of the
  Path + Query String reaches 236 characters or above, the
  DFHWS-URI-QUERY container will be overlaid and message
  DFHPI0997(empty DFHRESPONSE container returned from a handler.)
  will be issued.
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): DFHPI0997, URL length,
  DFHWS-URI-QUERY, KIXREVSJH.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: DFHPI0997 when a web service is called  *
  *                      with a URL longer than 236 characters.  *
  ****************************************************************
  A HTTP GET request containing a query string is sent to a JSON
  web service.  If the total length of the path and query string
  is greater than 236 characters then you may get a DFHPI0997
  error, or corruption of the DFHWS-URIMAPPATH and
  DFHWS-URI-QUERY containers.
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS pipeline processing has been changed to handle URLs up to
  32K in length.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI61350 UI61351 UI61352 UI61353 UI61354 UI61355 UI61356 UI61357
  UI61358

Modules/Macros

• DFHPIA1  DFHPIAD  DFHPIAT  DFHPICA  DFHPICC  DFHPIDM  DFHPIDSH
  DFHPIDUF DFHPIII  DFHPIIW  DFHPIJG  DFHPIJP  DFHPIJP1 DFHPIJS
  DFHPIJW  DFHPILN  DFHPIMM  DFHPIPL  DFHPIPM  DFHPIPM2 DFHPIPS
  DFHPIRE  DFHPIRI  DFHPIRL  DFHPIRM  DFHPIRN  DFHPIRS  DFHPISC
  DFHPISF  DFHPISN  DFHPIST  DFHPITC  DFHPITC1 DFHPITC2 DFHPITC3
  DFHPITE  DFHPITH  DFHPITJ  DFHPITL  DFHPITQ  DFHPITRI DFHPITS
  DFHPIUE  DFHPIWR  DFHPIWT  DFHPIXI  DFHPIXM  DFHPIXO  DFHWBAP
  DFHWSADH DFHWSATR DFJ@H340 DFJ@H432
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R000 PSY UI61356

     UP19/02/23 P F902

• R00D PSY UI61357

     UP19/02/23 P F902

• R100 PSY UI61354

     UP19/02/20 P F902

• R10D PSY UI61355

     UP19/02/20 P F902

• R200 PSY UI61358

     UP19/02/20 P F902

• R800 PSY UI61350

     UP19/02/20 P F902

• R80D PSY UI61351

     UP19/02/20 P F902

• R900 PSY UI61352

     UP19/02/28 P F902

• R90D PSY UI61353

     UP19/02/28 P F902

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