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.

v1.16.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added the refresh data set member names option. You can now retrieve a new list of members from the mainframe #1343. Thanks @rudyflores
• Added the best practice documentation for error handling #1335. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Added the developer guide for adding commands to core Zowe Explorer menus #1332. Thanks @lauren-li
• Standardized context group names #1340. Thanks @lauren-li
• Fixed the error message that popped up when accessing a profile from Favorites #1344. Thanks @rudyflores
• Fixed the issue that prevented the Allocate Like feature from working correctly #1322. Thanks @katelynienaber

Zowe Explorer FTP Extension

• Added the function that closes the connection at the end of each FTP operation. Thanks @tiantn

v1.15.1

Zowe Explorer

• Fixed the issue that required the vscode module to be imported in the API package #1318. Thanks @JillieBeanSim

v1.15.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added the secure credentials support for Extenders API #1306. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Improved Zowe Explorer extenders. Zowe Explorer extenders can now utilize Extender API to have profile folder and meta file created upon initialization #1282. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Improved the Command Palette by adding "Zowe Explorer:" before all commands that are related to the extension. Removed some commands from the palette that caused issues #1308. Thanks @lauren-li
• Updated Theia Tests. Now you need to have Zowe CLI 6.30.0 and the latest .vsix file in the theia/plugins folder to run Theia tests #1268. Thanks @deepali-hub
• Fixed the issue that prevented the issue STOP command function from executing correctly #1304. Thanks
  @nickImbirev
• Fixed the issue that caused the Add Profile icon to disappear #1307. Thanks @lauren-li
• Fixed the vulnerability in NPM Audit #1309. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Fixed the issue that doubled the occurrence of the port prompt #1298. Thanks @katelynienaber
• Fixed the issue that triggered the Delete Job command even outside Zowe Explorer views #1310. @crawr
• Fixed the trailing slash issue that caused issues with USS search #1313. Thanks @katelynienaber

Zowe Explorer FTP extension

• Removed the installation pre-requisite of @zowe/zos-ftp-for-zowe-cli for the FTP Extension for Zowe Explorer

v1.14.0

Zowe Explorer

• Added the Issue TSO Commands feature #1245. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Fixed the issue that caused the USS tree to collapse after renaming a folder #1259. Thanks @lauren-li
• Fixed the issue that prevented jobs with an octothorpe (#) in the name from opening #1253. Thanks @katelynienaber

Zowe Explorer FTP extension

• Added a range of jobs functionalities with zFTP profiles, including submit job, list job by jobID, list spool files, view spool file content, download spool files, and delete job.
• Added support for listing jobs with prefix * and owner *.

v1.13.1

Zowe Explorer

• Updated the dialog text for issuing MVS commands. Now the text of the function is Zowe: Issue MVS Command #1230. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Added the prompt for credentials when issuing MVS commands, using the right click action, against profiles with missing credentials #1231. Thanks @JillieBeanSim
• Added Open VSX to the deployment pipeline #1240. Thanks @zFernand0

Zowe Explorer FTP extension

• Added the Prerequisites section to the Zowe Explorer Extension for FTP ReadMe #1246. Thanks @lauren-li