CSI baseline CSI-CARD-2026-10-22 · 22 October 2026. Limited to the registered source set. Application execution and proposed tests were not run; source findings do not establish runtime behaviour.

CardDemo: deprecation and support assessment

Assessment baseline: 22 October 2026. No applicable deprecation notice or end-of-support date has been established. The evidence identifies technologies and source dependencies, but not the installed product releases, maintenance levels or support arrangements needed to assign a lifecycle deadline. CARD-SRC-05 CARD-SRC-06

Current lifecycle position

CARD-FIND-03 records an inventory gap. It does not state that CardDemo or any installed dependency is unsupported. A sample application's technology choices and project badge cannot establish the lifecycle status of a particular installation. CARD-SRC-01 CARD-SRC-05 CARD-SRC-06

Product identities still needed

The inspected artefacts do not establish installed versions or service levels for MQ, CICS, IMS, Db2, the COBOL compiler or z/OS. The optional authorisation extension is documented as dependent on the base application and additional technologies; its deployment in any particular environment is unverified. CARD-SRC-05 CARD-SRC-06

CARD-TEST-04 requests these facts before any notice is applied. Record the date and provenance of each value. An unverified field should remain unknown rather than inheriting a version from a README badge or a documentation URL.

Vendor documentation is semantic context

The IBM references used in this assessment describe MQ no-syncpoint behaviour, CICS rollback and FILE recovery configuration. Their URL versions identify the documentation consulted. They do not establish an installed MQ 9.4.x or CICS 6.x runtime, and they are not lifecycle findings. CARD-SRC-10 CARD-SRC-11 CARD-SRC-12 CARD-SRC-13

The distinction matters because the source supports an application-impact question independently of whether a support deadline exists. A reviewer can already identify what would need checking after a relevant runtime or configuration change, while leaving the reason and timing of that change unresolved.

Behaviour to preserve during a relevant change

For the optional authorisation path, preserve the meaning and correlation of the approval/decline reply and examine its relationship to durable authorisation state. The retained handler sends its reply before the later IMS write. Candidate C13-13 provides a starting point for observing this boundary if an applicable MQ, IMS or CICS change is planned. CARD-TEST-01 remains not run. CARD-SRC-02 CARD-SRC-08 CARD-SRC-09

For account maintenance, preserve validated paired updates, unchanged-field behaviour and stale-update handling. A change to CICS recovery, file definitions or catalog settings should direct review to the effective recoverability of ACCTDAT and CUSTDAT. The rollback statement and sample RECOVERY(NONE) settings do not by themselves establish the actual recovery outcome. CARD-TEST-02 and CARD-TEST-03 remain not run. CARD-SRC-03 CARD-SRC-04 CARD-SRC-09 CARD-SRC-12 CARD-SRC-13

These are conditional change-review implications, not evidence that a change has occurred or is required.

When a lifecycle finding can be added

A reviewer can add a dated lifecycle finding once the installed identity and support arrangement are bound, the official notice is retained with its conditions, and the application-to-runtime relationship is established. The finding should distinguish a vendor deadline from a proposed application change date, and should explain which of the recovered paths the notice affects.

Before adopting an expected result for a change test, complete CARD-TEST-05. The retained source archive and public PDF edition remain separate baselines. No older retained specification is automatically authoritative for the selected executable. CARD-SRC-01 CARD-SRC-07 CARD-SRC-09 CARD-SRC-14

At this baseline, the action is to collect the missing inventory and support evidence, then evaluate a specific notice. The report supplies no invented retirement date, support commitment or migration deadline.