IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 26

August 3, 2026 Doug Bidwell

It is a relatively quiet week in IBM i PTF Land, which is a bit of a relief after all the stuff that was going on last week with s slew of updates and patches as well as the release of the summer batch of Technology Refreshes for the IBM i platform.

To begin with, the latest System Planning Tool, version 6.26.212.0, is now available for download at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/632531. So have at it and have fun configuring up those new Power11 machines. . . .

We also have a new security vulnerability in the IBM i stack. Check it out at Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerability in Electronic Service Agent [CVE-2026-54399], which you can learn more about at this link. The affected products are IBM i 7.5 and IBM i 7.6. The remediation/fixes are as follows:

IBM i Release	5770-SS1 Option 3 	PTF Number(s)
7.6					SJ10661
7.5					SJ10676

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

PTF Groups 7.6:

IBM HTTP Server for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.5:

IBM HTTP Server for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.4:

IBM HTTP Server for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.3:

IBM HTTP Server for i
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: IBM is gradually introducing SMS notifications for selected support updates. This feature is being rolled out across additional countries and update types over time. Go to this link to learn more.

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

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

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

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

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New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

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

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

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

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The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 08/01/26. 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	07/06/26	SJ10029	        DT475474	xxxxxxxx (When available)(read the recommendations)
			SJ09530					 Read the cover letter-prerequisites!		
      								 See What’s New Entry above!!
7.5	07/06/26	SJ10030	        DT475474	xxxxxxxx (When available)(read the ecommendations)
			SJ09477	 				 Read the cover letter-prerequisites!                								   										See What’s New Entry above!!
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:

August 1, 2026: Volume 28, Number 26

July 26, 2026: Volume 28, Number 25

July 18, 2026: Volume 28, Number 24

July 11, 2026: Volume 28, Number 23

July 4, 2026: Volume 28, Number 22

June 13, 2026: Volume 28, Number 21

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