Web service response messages are intermittently dropped,even when the response has been validated using a reverse proxy such as the TCP/IP Monitor.


1) Open your current WebSphere Commerce configuration file
    <WCDE_installdir>/workspace/WC/xml/config/wc-server.xml

2) Locate the following OutboundConnector definition:

<OutboundConnector default="true"
enabled="true"
id="-101"
name="HTTP-WS"
retries="3">
<ConnectionSpec
ClassName="com.ibm.commerce.wc.messaging.adapters.jcahttp.JCAHTTPConnectionSpecImpl"
default="true" />
<InteractionSpec
ClassName="com.ibm.commerce.wc.messaging.adapters.jcahttp.JCAHTTPInteractionSpecImpl"
default="true">
<EditableProperty Admin="userName"
display="false"
editable="yes"
name="setBasicAuthenticationName"
value="" />
...
...

3) Add the following EditableProperty definition:

<EditableProperty Admin="bufferResponse"
display="false" editable="yes"
name="setIsBufferResponse" value="true"/>
</InteractionSpec>

4) Save and Re-start the server for the changes to get reflected