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Not supported for the current status
Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Engineering - Workflow Management
Categories Administration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 17, 2025

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Merged idea
This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit ENGCS-I-219 Enable OIDC Group Claim in ELM/JAS for Group Membership Resolution (Independent of LDAP).

Universal OIDC Support for IBM ELM Non-Web Clients and APIs Merged

IBM ELM's non-web clients, such as the Eclipse client, command-line tools, and REST/OSLC APIs, currently lack native support for OIDC/OAuth2 authentication. While workarounds like the Liberty application password feature exist, they do not provide the full benefits of token-based authentication. This leads to reliance on less secure password-based methods, fragmented authentication experiences, and significant administrative overhead. This gap prevents ELM from fully leveraging modern identity and access management solutions, hindering security, compliance, and user experience across all client types.

What is Expected:

IBM ELM must implement full, native OIDC/OAuth2 authentication capabilities for all its non-web clients and APIs. This means enabling these clients to use standard OIDC flows (e.g., Authorization Code with PKCE, Device Code flow) to obtain and manage access tokens, providing a secure, consistent, and seamless authentication experience. The goal is to move beyond password-centric authentication for these clients, aligning ELM with modern enterprise security standards.

Major Benefits:

  • Enhanced Security Standards.
  • True Single Sign-On (SSO).
  • Eliminates Password Management.
  • Ensures Seamless Integration with enterprise Identity Providers
Idea priority Urgent
Needed By Month
  • Guest
    Jan 27, 2026
    As part of the review process, we strive to be transparent about our intentions with each enhancement suggestion. The IBM Engineering team has carefully reviewed this idea, and based on our understanding, it is duplicate of idea https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ENGCS-I-219. Although we are closing this request, it will be kept in IBM's ideas repository.  We value your feedback and thank you for allowing us to partner with you in developing our products.
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