zowe · Martin-Zeithaml · Sep 17, 2025 · Sep 17, 2025 · Sep 17, 2025 · Sep 17, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 All notable changes to the Zowe Launcher package will be documented in this file.
 This repo is part of the app-server Zowe Component, and the change logs here may appear on Zowe.org in that section.
 
-## 3.3
-- Bugfix: `zowe.sysMessages` feature was ignoring messages where the matching string was after the position of 126 ([#157]https://github.com/zowe/launcher/pull/157)
+## 3.4.0
+- Enhancement: Message `ZWEL0021I` includes the version of launcher ([#167](https://github.com/zowe/launcher/pull/167))
+
+## 3.3.0
+- Bugfix: `zowe.sysMessages` feature was ignoring messages where the matching string was after the position of 126 ([#157](https://github.com/zowe/launcher/pull/157))
 - Enhancement: Launcher can now accept PARMLIB CONFIG entries that have more than one member name ([#146](https://github.com/zowe/launcher/pull/146))
 - Enhancement: Trimming the sys messages to print from the sys-message-id as optional based on the zowe.sysMessageTrim=true/false. (#147)
 - Enhancement: Avoid starting individual apiml components when apiml modulith is enabled ([#160](https://github.com/zowe/launcher/pull/160))
 
-## 3.1
+## 3.1.0
 - Bugfix: HEAPPOOLS and HEAPPOOLS64 no longer need to be set to OFF for launcher (#133)
 
 ## 2.17.0

diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ DEPS_DESTINATION=$(get_destination "${WORKING_DIR}/.." "${PROJECT}")
 # These paths assume that the build is run from /launcher/builds
 
 date_stamp=$(date +%Y%m%d%S)
+launcher_date_stamp=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 
 TMP_DIR="${WORKING_DIR}/tmp-${date_stamp}"
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ mkdir -p "${LAUNCHER}/bin"
 GSKDIR=/usr/lpp/gskssl
 GSKINC="${GSKDIR}/include"
 
-echo "Compiling qascii libyaml and quickjs"
+echo "Compiling qascii libyaml \"${LIBYAML_BRANCH}\" and quickjs \"${QUICKJS_BRANCH}\""
 
 xlclang \
   -c \
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
   exit 8
 fi
 
-echo "Compiling zowe_launcher"
+echo "Compiling zowe_launcher ${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${PATCH}+${launcher_date_stamp}"
 
 xlclang \
   -q64 \
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ xlclang \
   -DNOIBMHTTP=1 \
   -DNEW_CAA_LOCATIONS=1 \
   -DUSE_ZOWE_TLS=1 \
+  -DPRODUCT_MAJOR_VERSION="${MAJOR}" \
+  -DPRODUCT_MINOR_VERSION="${MINOR}" \
+  -DPRODUCT_REVISION="${PATCH}" \
+  -DPRODUCT_VERSION_DATE_STAMP="${launcher_date_stamp}" \
   -I "${LAUNCHER}/src/msg.h" \
   -I "${DEPS_DESTINATION}/${COMMON}/h" \
   -I "${DEPS_DESTINATION}/${COMMON}/platform/posix" \

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ extern char ** environ;
 
 #define YAML_ERROR_MAX 1024
 
+#ifndef PRODUCT_MAJOR_VERSION
+#define PRODUCT_MAJOR_VERSION 0
+#endif
+#ifndef PRODUCT_MINOR_VERSION
+#define PRODUCT_MINOR_VERSION 0
+#endif
+#ifndef PRODUCT_REVISION
+#define PRODUCT_REVISION 0
+#endif
+#ifndef PRODUCT_VERSION_DATE_STAMP
+#define PRODUCT_VERSION_DATE_STAMP 0
+#endif
+char launcherVersion[40];
+
 // Progressive restart internals in seconds
 static int restart_intervals_default[] = {1, 1, 1, 5, 5, 10, 20, 60, 120, 240};
 
@@ -1908,9 +1922,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   }
 
   setenv("_BPXK_AUTOCVT", "ON", 1);
-  INFO(MSG_LAUNCHER_START);
+  sprintf(launcherVersion, "%d.%d.%d+%d", PRODUCT_MAJOR_VERSION, PRODUCT_MINOR_VERSION, PRODUCT_REVISION, PRODUCT_VERSION_DATE_STAMP);
+  INFO(MSG_LAUNCHER_START, launcherVersion);
   INFO(MSG_LINE_LENGTH);
-  printf_wto(MSG_LAUNCHER_START); // Manual sys log print (messages not set here yet)
+  printf_wto(MSG_LAUNCHER_START, launcherVersion); // Manual sys log print (messages not set here yet)
 
   zl_config_t config = read_config(argc, argv);
   zl_context.config = config;

diff --git a/src/msg.h b/src/msg.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define MSG_INST_PREPARED       MSG_PREFIX "0018I" " Zowe instance prepared successfully\n"
 #define MSG_LAUNCHER_STOPING    MSG_PREFIX "0019I" " Zowe Launcher stopping\n"
 #define MSG_LOADING_YAML        MSG_PREFIX "0020I" " loading '%s'\n"
-#define MSG_LAUNCHER_START      MSG_PREFIX "0021I" " Zowe Launcher starting\n"
+#define MSG_LAUNCHER_START      MSG_PREFIX "0021I" " Zowe Launcher starting, version is %s\n"
 #define MSG_LAUNCHER_STOPPED    MSG_PREFIX "0022I" " Zowe Launcher stopped\n"
 #define MSG_YAML_FILE           MSG_PREFIX "0023I" " Zowe YAML config file is \'%s\'\n"
 #define MSG_HA_INST_ID          MSG_PREFIX "0024I" " HA_INSTANCE_ID is '%s'\n"

diff --git a/test/config-syntax.sh b/test/config-syntax.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 print=
 errors=0
 
+# Get the launchers's version
+. ../build/launcher.proj.env
+
 if [ ! -z "${1}" ]; then
     print='1'
 fi
@@ -77,8 +80,8 @@ done <<EOF
 CONFIG | HA-INSTANCE | TEXT-TO-FIND | DESCRIPTION | ZLDEBUG
  | | PANIC! readJson got null pathElement | No config leads to PANIC!
 FILE(${ZOWE_EMPTY}) | | ZWEL0318E - failed to get root node in YAML | Empty config leads to ZWEL0318E
-${ABS_ZOWE} | | ZWEL0021I Zowe Launcher starting | Check the basic message ZWEL0021I
-${ZOWE} | | INFO ZWEL0023I Zowe YAML config file is 'FILE(${ZOWE})' | ZWEL0023I wrapped by FILE()
+${ABS_ZOWE} | | ZWEL0021I Zowe Launcher starting, version is ${VERSION}+ | Check the basic message ZWEL0021I
+${ZOWE} | | INFO ZWEL0023I Zowe YAML config file is '${ZOWE}' | ZWEL0023I
 FILE(${ZOWE}) | | INFO ZWEL0023I Zowe YAML config file is 'FILE(${ZOWE})' | Same as previous test
 ${ABS_ZOWE} | | INFO ZWEL0023I Zowe YAML config file is 'FILE(${ABS_ZOWE})' | ZWEL0023I wrapped by FILE()
 ${ABS_ZOWE2} | | INFO ZWEL0023I Zowe YAML config file is 'FILE(${ABS_ZOWE2})' | Should be able to read the file