IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 20

June 8, 2026 Doug Bidwell

Welcome to this week, where we are getting closer and closer to both the beginning of summer and the AS/400’s 38^th birthday. There are a bunch of changes that Big Blue is making to various technical support services that customers and partners need to be aware of. And a bug in Java you need to contemplate.

First, let’s start with the Java bug, which is Java 21 (64-bit) Applications Fail After Updating IBM i 7.5 Java Group PTF SF99955 to Levels 19 or 20, which you can read about here. The affected IBM i Java Group PTF Levels are:

IBM i 7.5 – SF99955 level 19 or 20
IBM i 7.6 – Not affected

And the resolving PTF for IBM i 7.5 is:

PTF ID: 5770JV1-SJ09237

Now for the services changes. First, SMS notifications for IBM support are now available in select regions; learn more about this here.

Now, some support services retirement notices. First, we have the Blue Diamond Service Retirement Notification, which you can read about at this link. The Blue Diamond Secure FTP service will be decommissioned and replaced with SecureDrop, IBM’s next-generation secure file transfer solution. The current Secure FTP service will be retired effective June 30, 2026. Also, the Diagnostic Environment will be retired effective June 30, 2026, as well. Specifically, the Blue Diamond Secure Citrix Desktops will be decommissioned and replaced with:

IBMers: Fyre Protected – https://fyre.ibm.com/
Partners: Fyre Protected Partners – https://partners.fyre.ibm.com/

You can find out more about this here.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.6:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
WebSphere Application Server traditional Version
IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.9.13
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.5:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
WebSphere Application Server traditional Version
IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.9.13
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.4:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
WebSphere Application Server traditional Version
IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.9.13
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.3:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
WebSphere Application Server traditional Version
IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.9.13
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: The System Planning Tool, version 6.26.104.0, is now available for download at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/632531.

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Prtr Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

None

New (or Updated) stuff added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the TAPE tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the WAS tab in The Guide this week:

None

The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 06/06/26. Defective PTF rundown – the latest defective for each release. Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the Guide:

	Defect		Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date		PTF				PTF
	--------	--------	---------	-----------------------	
7.6	10/04/26	SJ08676	        DT467722	SJ09203	(When available)(read the recommendations)
								Read the cover letter-prerequisites!		

7.5	10/04/26	SJ08676	        DT467722	SJ09202 (When available)(read the recommendations)
				 				Read the cover letter-prerequisites!                   
						 
7.4	10/04/26	SJ08675	        DT467722	SJ09201	Same as above, Please read the Cover letter - 
								(When available)(read the recommendations)
								Read the cover letter-prerequisites!

7.3	10/04/26	SJ08674	        DT467722	SJ09200 (When available)(read the recommendations)

Be sure to access the link in The Guide for further details.

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

June 6, 2026: Volume 28, Number 20

May 30, 2026: Volume 28, Number 19

May 23, 2026: Volume 28, Number 18

April 25, 2026: Volume 28, Number 17

April 18, 2026: Volume 28, Number 16

April 11, 2026: Volume 28, Number 15

April 4, 2026: Volume 28, Number 14

March 28, 2026: Volume 28, Number 13

March 23, 2026: Volume 28, Number 12

March 14, 2026: Volume 28, Number 11