Users encounter the following abend in their external file tailoring task (e.g. CMNADSP) attempting to promote a package after upgrading a ZMF system from 8.2 Patch 7 to the 8.3 GA release and when the CMNEX023 exit is active:

IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT  143                                      
SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C1  REASON CODE=00000001                      
 TIME=07.42.52  SEQ=01448  CPU=0000  ASID=00C8                        
 PSW AT TIME OF ERROR  078D1000   9780530E  ILC 2  INTC 01            
   ACTIVE MODULE           ADDRESS=00000000_17805250  OFFSET=000000BE 
   NAME=CMNEX023                                                      
   DATA AT PSW  17805308 - F1F9F940  0000000B  00000008               
   GR 0: 00041120   1: 00040338                                       
      2: 00000001   3: F0000000                                       
      4: 17805284   5: 97727B5C                                       
      6: 00041000   7: 1772A660                                       
      8: 17729660   9: 1772E000                                       
      A: 17727A8C   B: 1772D000                                       
      C: 00040000   D: 1772D028                                       
      E: 97727B46   F: 17805284                                       
 END OF SYMPTOM DUMP                                                  
£HASP395 SERSTAD3 ENDED - RC=0990                                     

Component build, audit, X file build, etc. file tailoring tasks are unaffected by the problem.

Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000015649