RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 22.11.06

23 May 2023

Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is:

• Koha Community

Koha 22.11.06 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

• Koha Wiki
• OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 22.11.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 8 enhancements, 161 bugfixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Security

• 33702 Patrons should only see their own ILLs in the OPAC

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

• 33262 When an ordered record is deleted, we lose all information on what was ordered
• 33653 Search for late orders can show received order lines

Other bugs fixed

• 32484 Enable framework plugins when UseACQFrameworkForBiblioRecords is set

  This bugfix enables the use of framework plugins when: - UseACQFrameworkForBiblioRecords is enabled, and - entering catalog details when adding items to a basket from a new (empty) record. This requires plugins to be enabled for fields in the ACQ framework.

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Other bugs fixed

• 32990 Possible deadlock in C4::ImportBatch::updatebatch_record_counts
• 32992 Move background worker script to misc/workers
• 33053 Tables item_groups and recalls have a biblio_id column with a default of 0
• 33167 Cleanup staff interface catalog details page
• 33447 Add caching to Biblio->pickup_locations
• 33488 Library transfer limits should have an index on fromBranch
• 33489 The borrowers table should have indexes on default patron search fields
• 33710 Ignore howto files

Cataloging

Critical bugs fixed

• 28328 Editing a record can cause an ISE if data too long for column
• 33445 Regression - Replacing authority via Z39.50 will not search for anything but the value from the existing authority
• 33591 Cannot merge bibliographic records

Other bugs fixed

• 32253 Advanced cataloging editor doesn't load every line initially
• 32817 Clean up cataloguing/value_builder/dateaccessioned.pl
• 32818 Clean up cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_005.pl
• 32865 Clean up cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_146a.pl
• 32866 Clean up cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_146h.pl
• 32867 Clean up cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_146i.pl
• 32868 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_210c_bis.pl
• 32869 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_210c.pl
• 32870 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_225a_bis.pl
• 32871 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_225a.pl
• 32872 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_4XX.pl
• 32873 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_686a.pl
• 32874 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_field_700-4.pl
• 32875 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_leader_authorities.pl
• 32876 Fix cataloguing/value_builder/unimarc_leader.pl
• 33655 z39.50 search no longer shows search in progress

Circulation

Critical bugs fixed

• 33300 Wrong system preference name AutomaticWrongTransfer

Other bugs fixed

• 18398 CHECKIN/CHECKOUT/RENEWAL don't use AutoEmailPrimaryAddress but first valid e-mail

  This enhancement applies the EmailFieldPrimary (formerly AutoEmailPrimaryAddress) system preference choice to the CHECKIN, CHECKOUT, RENEWAL and various RECALL notices.

• 26967 Patron autocomplete does not correctly format addresses
• 32121 Show an alert when adding a checked out item to an item bundle

• 32129 Use patron categorycode of most relevant recall when checking if item can be a waiting recall

  Sponsored by Auckland University of Technology

  This patch uses the patron category of the patron who requested the most relevant recall to check for more specific circulation rules relating to recalls. This ensures that patrons who are allowed to place recalls are able to fill their recalls, especially when recalls are not generally available for all patron categories.

• 33021 Show an alert when adding an item on hold to an item bundle

  When adding an item that is currently on hold to an item bundle, a warning will display, but you can still choose to add the item to the bundle.

• 33577 Buttons on reserve/request.pl are misaligned
• 33613 Claim return doesn't charge when "Ask if a lost fee should be charged" is selected and marked to charge

Command-line Utilities

Critical bugs fixed

• 33108 We need a way to launch the ES indexer automatically
• 33603 misc/maintenance/search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl fails if biblio.biblionumber on control field

Other bugs fixed

• 33626 compare_es_to_db.pl does not work with Search::Elasticsearch 7.0
• 33645 koha-foreach always returns 1 if --chdir not specified
• 33677 Remove --verbose from koha-worker manpage

Database

Other bugs fixed

• 32357 Set borrower_message_preferences.days_in_advance default to NULL

  This fixes the default value in the database for the 'Days in advance' field for patron messaging preferences so that it defaults to NULL instead of 0 (borrower_message_preferences table and the days_in_advance field).

ERM

Critical bugs fixed

• 32782 Add UNIMARC support to the ERM module
• 33482 Errors from EBSCO's ws are not reported to the UI
• 33483 Cannot link EBSCO's package with local agreement
• 33623 getAll not encoding URL params

Other bugs fixed

• 33354 Error 400 Bad Request when submitting form in ERM
• 33355 ERM UI and markup has some issues

• 33408 Fetch sysprefs from svc/config/systempreferences

  Sponsored by Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC)

• 33490 Agreements - Filter by expired results in error
• 33491 EBSCO Packages - Add new agreement UI has some issues
• 33648 Errors when enabling ERM in 22.11

Hold requests

Critical bugs fixed

• 30687 Unable to override hold policy if no pickup locations are available
• 33611 Holds being placed in the future if DefaultHoldExpirationdate is set

Other bugs fixed

• 32627 Reprinting holds slips should not reset the expiration date
• 32993 Holds priority changed incorrectly with dropdown selector
• 33210 (Bug 31963 follow-up) No hold fee message on OPAC should be displayed when there is no fee
• 33302 Placing item level holds in OPAC allows to pick forbidden pick-up locations, but then places no hold
• 33672 Item group features shows when placing holds if EnableItemGroupHolds is disabled

I18N/L10N

Critical bugs fixed

• 30352 "Not for loan" in result list doesn't translate in OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 26403 Move debit and credit types to YAML files and fix other related translation issues

  With this patch the descriptions of system internal credit and debit types will be translated into the selected language at installation time. This will only affect new installations and SQL reporting. If you are building your own SQL reports, you'll be able to pull the descriptions from the tables.

  It also makes sure, that all system internal debit and credit types appear translated in the GUI. This now also includes the administration pages for managing credit and debit types. Some descriptions for discount, payout, purchase, and void were missing. These have now also been added.

• 32931 ERM - (is perpetual) Yes / No options untranslatable
• 33533 Translatability: Do not separate "Patron" or "Organization" and "identity" in memberentrygen.tt

ILL

Other bugs fixed

• 22440 Improve ILL page performance by moving to server side filtering

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

Critical bugs fixed

• 28267 Older databases fail to upgrade due to having a row format other than "DYNAMIC"

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

Other bugs fixed

• 33671 Database update 22.06.00.048 breaks update process

MARC Authority data support

Critical bugs fixed

• 32250 link_bibs_to_authorities generates too many background jobs
• 33277 Correctly handle linking subfields with no defined thesaurus
• 33557 Add a system preference to disable/enable thesaurus checking during authority linking

MARC Bibliographic data support

Other bugs fixed

• 31432 MARC21: Make 245 n and p subfields visible in frameworks by default
• 32766 Update plugin unimarc_field_116.pl fields

  This updates the labels for some values so that they match with the definitions in UNIMARC Bibliographic (3rd ed.) Updates, and to help with translation:

  • Specific material designation: i- print (no change in display) m- master -> m- mould

  • Techniques (drawings, paintings) 1, 2, and 3: crayon -> charcoal

  • Technique (prints) 1,2, and 3: Label for dropdown list changed to Techniques (print) 1, 2, and 3 camaiu -> cameo computer graphics -> infography

  • Functional designation ab- item cover -> ab- resource cover ag- chart -> ag- diagram

  • 33419 Make home library and holding library in items mandatory by default This will make the home library and holding library on the item form manatory for new installations. It's recommended to also manually make these changes for existing installations as Koha won't function properly if any of these fields are missing.

  Notices

Other bugs fixed

• 32917 Change patron.firstname and patron.surname in password change sample notice
• 33622 Notice content does not show on default tab if TranslateNotices enabled
• 33649 Fix use of cronlogaction

OPAC

Critical bugs fixed

• 33069 File download from list in OPAC gives error

Other bugs fixed

• 32412 OPACShelfBrowser controls add extra Coce images to biblio-cover-slider
• 32701 Self checkout help page lacks required I18N JavaScript
• 32995 Koha agent string not sent for OverDrive fulfillment requests
• 33102 Cart in OPAC and staff interface does no longer display infos from biblioitems table
• 33233 OPAC advanced search inputs stay disabled when using browser's back button

Packaging

Critical bugs fixed

• 33629 allow pbuilder to use network via build-git-snapshot

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

• 19249 Date picker broken in "Quick add new patron" form

Other bugs fixed

• 25379 HTML in circulation notes doesn't show correctly on checkin
• 32232 Koha crashes if dateofbirth is 1947-04-27, 1948-04-25, or 1949-04-24
• 33684 Able to save patron with empty mandatory date fields

Plugin architecture

Other bugs fixed

• 30367 Plugins: Search explodes in error when searching for specific keywords

REST API

Other bugs fixed

• 33328 x-marc-schema should be renamed x-record-schema
• 33329 GET /biblios encoding wrong when UNIMARC
• 33470 Don't calculate overridden values when placing a hold via the REST API

Reports

Other bugs fixed

• 33513 Batch update from report module - no patrons loaded into view

SIP2

Critical bugs fixed

• 33216 SIP fee paid messages explode if payment registers are enabled and the SIP account has no register

Other bugs fixed

• 33580 Bring back ability to mark item as seen via SIP2 item information request

Searching

Other bugs fixed

• 33093 (Bug 27546 follow-up) With ES searching within results does not work for 'Keyword' and 'Keyword as phrase'
• 33506 Series has wrong index name on scan index page and search option selection is not retained
• 33569 Order by relevance may not be visible

Searching - Elasticsearch

Critical bugs fixed

• 32594 Add a dedicated ES indexing background worker

Other bugs fixed

• 33206 Bad title__sort made of multisubfield 245
• 33486 Remove Koha::BackgroundJob::UpdateElasticIndex->process routine

Searching - Zebra

Other bugs fixed

• 32937 Zebra: Ignore copyright symbol when searching

Self checkout

Other bugs fixed

• 32921 SelfCheckTimeout doesn't logout if SelfCheckReceiptPrompt modal is open

Serials

Other bugs fixed

• 33037 [Bugs 32555 and 31313 follow-up] Koha does not display difference between enumchron and serialseq in record detail view (OPAC and intranet)
• 33512 Labels/buttons are confusing on serials-edit page
• 33560 Batch edit link broken if subscriptions are selected using "select all" link

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

• 28315 PopupMARCFieldDoc is defined twice in addbiblio.tt
• 33253 2FA - Form not excluded from autofill
• 33505 Improve styling of scan index page
• 33588 Inventory item list is missing page-section class
• 33590 WRAPPER tab_panel breaks JS on some pages (Select all/Clear all, post-Ajax updates)
• 33596 Merge result page is missing page-section
• 33615 Date picker icon not visible
• 33621 Javascript error when claiming return via circulation.pl
• 33631 results_summary label and content are slightly misaligned in staff interface
• 33642 Typo: No log found .
• 33643 Add page-section to 'scan index' page

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

• 32745 Jobs view breaks when there are jobs with context IS NULL
• 33196 Terminology: rephrase Pseudonymization system preference to be more general
• 33197 Terminology: rename GDPR_Policy system preference
• 33335 MARC overlay rules broken because of "categorycode.categorycode " which contains "-"
• 33549 Patron restriction types - Style missing for dialog messages
• 33586 Library and category are switched in table configuration for patron search results table settings
• 33634 Sidebar navigation links in system preferences not taking user to the clicked section

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 22375 Due dates should be formatted consistently
• 31405 Set focus for cursor to setSpec input when adding a new OAI set
• 31410 Set focus for cursor to Server name when adding a new Z39.50 or SRU server
• 32642 Loading spinner always visible when cover image is short (OPAC)
• 33320 Patron modification requests: options are squashed
• 33336 Use a dedicated column for plugin status in plugins table
• 33388 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Patrons part 4
• 33437 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Reports part 2
• 33438 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Reports part 3
• 33439 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Reports part 4
• 33551 Rogue span in patron restriction types admin page title
• 33555 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Rotating collections
• 33558 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Serials part 1
• 33559 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Serials part 2
• 33564 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Serials part 3
• 33565 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tags
• 33566 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 1
• 33571 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 2
• 33572 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 3
• 33579 Typo: record record
• 33582 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 4
• 33597 Get rid of few SameSite warnings
• 33598 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 5
• 33600 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 7
• 33601 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Tools, part 8
• 33696 Doubled up home icon in budgets page
• 33699 Typo in identity_provider_domains.tt (presedence)

Test Suite

Critical bugs fixed

• 33416 Agreements.ts is failing

Other bugs fixed

• 33402 ERM Cypress tests needs to be moved to their own directory
• 33403 Letters.t: Foreign key exception if you do not have a numberpattern with id=1

Tools

Critical bugs fixed

• 33156 Batch patron modification tool is missing search bar and other attributes
• 33412 (bug 15869 follow-up) Overlay record framework is always setting records to original framework
• 33576 Records are not indexed when imported if using Elasticsearch

Other bugs fixed

• 32041 OPAC and staff client results page do not honor SyndeticsCoverImageSize
• 33637 Batch patron modification broken

Web services

Critical bugs fixed

• 33504 ILS-DI does not record renewer_id for renewals creating issue with renewal history view

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Enhancements

• 33066 We need a KohaTable Vue component

ERM

Enhancements

• 32924 Filter agreements by logged in librarian

• 33064 Add a search option for licenses to top search bar

  Sponsored by PTFS Europe

• 33466 Link vendor name in list of licenses

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

Enhancements

• 33128 Add Polish translations for language descriptions

Templates

Enhancements

• 33127 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Administration part 5
• 33310 Use template wrapper for tabs: Suggestions

Tools

Enhancements

• 32164 Add link to MARC modification templates from batch record modification page

New system preferences

• AutomaticConfirmTransfer
• LinkerConsiderThesaurus
• PrivacyPolicyConsent

Deleted system preferences

• AutomaticWrongTransfer
• GDPR_Policy

Documentation

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is

• Koha Documentation

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

• Koha Git Repository

Translations

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

• Koha Translation Info

For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:

• Koha Translate List

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

• Koha Translation

Release Team

The release team for Koha 22.11.06 is

• Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi

• Release Manager assistants:

  • Jonathan Druart
  • Martin Renvoize

• QA Manager: Katrin Fischer

• QA Team:

  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Nick Clemens
  • David Cook
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Lucas Gass
  • Victor Grousset
  • Kyle M Hall
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Fridolin Somers

• Topic Experts:

  • UI Design -- Owen Leonard
  • Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
  • REST API -- Martin Renvoize

• Bug Wranglers:

  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Indranil Das Gupta

• Packaging Manager: Mason James

• Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose

• Documentation Team:

  • Aude Charillon
  • David Nind
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey

• Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel

• Wiki curators:

  • Thomas Dukleth
  • Katrin Fischer

• Release Maintainers:

  • 22.11 -- PTFS Europe (Martin Renvoize, Matt Blenkinsop, Jacob O'Mara, Pedro Amorim)
  • 22.05 -- Lucas Gass
  • 21.11 -- Arthur Suzuki
  • 21.05 -- Wainui Witika-Park

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 22.11.06

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 22.11.06

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 22.11.06

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha

We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.

Revision control notes

The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:

• Koha Git Repository

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 22.11.x.

Bugs and feature requests

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at:

• Koha Bugzilla

He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 May 2023 08:14:41.