RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 22.11.11

07 Nov 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 22.11.11 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 22.11.11 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 13 enhancements, 77 bugfixes.

System requirements

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

Security bugs

• 34513 Authenticated users can bypass permissions and view some privileged pages

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

• 34645 Add missing fields to MarcItemFieldsToOrder system preference

Other bugs fixed

• 32676 EDI message status uses varying case, breaking EDI status block
• 34917 Fix suggestions.tt table default sort column

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Critical bugs fixed

• 35014 Times should only be set for enable-time flatpickrs

Other bugs fixed

• 34656 CartToShelf should not trigger RealTimeHoldsQueue
• 34786 after_biblio_action hooks: find after delete makes no sense
• 34844 manage_item_editor_templates is missing from userpermissions.sql
• 34885 Improve confusing pref description for OPACHoldsIfAvailableAtPickup
• 34912 Account(s).t tests fail in UTC+1 and higher
• 34916 ArticleRequests.t may fail on wrong borrowernumber
• 34918 Koha/Items.t crashes on missing borrower 42 or 51
• 34930 Fix timezone problem in Koha/Object.t
• 34932 A missing manager (51) failed my patron test
• 34982 Administration currencies table not showing pagination

Cataloging

Other bugs fixed

• 34549 The cataloguing editor allows you to input invalid data

  This fixes entering data when cataloguing so that non-XML characters are removed. Non-XML characters (such as ESC) were causing adding and editing data to fail, with errors similar to: Error: invalid data, cannot decode metadata object parser error : PCDATA invalid Char value 27

• 34689 Add and duplicate item - Error 500
• 34794 Typo in recalls_to_pull.tt

Circulation

Other bugs fixed

• 34302 Checkin and renewal error messages disappear immediately in checkouts table

• 34722 All items display as recalled when an item-level recall is made

  Sponsored by Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology

Command-line Utilities

Critical bugs fixed

• 34764 sip_cli_emulator -fa/--fee_acknowledge does not act as expected

Other bugs fixed

• 34653 Make koha-foreach return the correct status code

ERM

Other bugs fixed

• 34789 Fix typo in erm_eholdings_titles
• 34804 Translation fixes - ERM

Fines and fees

Critical bugs fixed

• 35015 Regression: Charges table no longer filters out paid transactions

I18N/L10N

Other bugs fixed

• 34833 "order number" untranslatable when editing estimated delivery date
• 34870 Unrecognized special characters when writing off an invoice with a note

  This fixes the display of UTF-8 characters for write off notes under a patron's accounting section. Previously, if you added a note when writing off multiple charges ([Patron] > Accounting > Make a payment > Payment note column > + Add note), a note with special characters (for example, éçö) did not display correctly.

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

Other bugs fixed

• 34558 Update custom.sql for it-IT webinstaller

Label/patron card printing

Other bugs fixed

• 34532 Silence warns in Patroncard.pm when layout values are empty

OPAC

Critical bugs fixed

• 34694 OPAC bib record blows up with error 500
• 34768 Can't pay fines on OPAC if patron has a guarantee and they can see their fines
• 34836 OPAC ISBD or MARC view blows up with error 500

  This fixes an error that occurs when viewing the MARC and ISBD views of a record in the OPAC (when not logged in) - the detail pages cannot be viewed and there is an error trace displayed.

Other bugs fixed

• 34613 Remove onclick event attributes from Verovio midiplayer.js
• 34711 Remove use of onclick for opac-privacy.pl
• 34724 Remove use of onclick for opac-imageviewer.pl
• 34725 Remove use of onclick for OPAC cart
• 34730 Add responsive behavior to more tables in the OPAC

• 34760 Prevent error when logging into OPAC after conducting a search

  Sponsored by Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology

• 34923 OPAC hold page flatpickr does not allow direct input of dates
• 34934 Remove the use of event attributes from OPAC lists page
• 34936 Remove the use of event attributes from OPAC detail page
• 34944 Remove the use of event attributes from OPAC full serial issue page
• 34945 Remove the use of event attributes from OPAC clubs tab
• 34961 RSS feed link in OPAC is missing sort parameter

  This fixes two RSS links in the OPAC search results template so that they include the correct parameters, including the descending sort by acquisition date.

Patrons

Other bugs fixed

• 33395 Patron search results shows only overdues if patron has overdues
• 34728 HTML notices should not be pre-formatted
• 34743 Incorrect POD in import_patrons.pl
• 34883 Regression in Patron Import dateexpiry function

REST API

Other bugs fixed

• 32942 Suggestion API doesn't support custom statuses

Reports

Other bugs fixed

• 34859 reports-home.pl has unnecessary syspref template parameters

SIP2

Critical bugs fixed

• 34767 SIP2 fee acknowledgement flag on renewals is passed, but not used

Other bugs fixed

• 22873 C4::SIP::ILS::Transation::FeePayment->pay $disallow_overpayment does nothing

Searching - Elasticsearch

Other bugs fixed

• 33406 Searching for authority with hyphen surrounded by spaces causes error 500 (with ES)
• 34740 Sort option are wrong in search engine configuration (Elasticsearch)

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

• 34921 Tabs on Additional Content page need space above

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

• 34748 Wrong column name basket_number in table settings for basket

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 33734 Using custom search filters breaks diacritics characters in search term
• 34443 Spelling: Patron search pop-up Sort1: should be Sort 1:
• 34781 Add a span tag around GDPR text in opac-memberentry
• 34835 Highlight logged-in library in patron searches does not work anymore in new staff interface
• 34942 Typo: brower

  This fixes a typo in a message used in the advanced cataloguing editor when macros are converted from being stored in the browser to being stored in the database - 'brower' to 'browser'.

• 35010 In record checkout history should not show anonymous patron link

Test Suite

Critical bugs fixed

• 34911 Test suite no longer run test critic

Other bugs fixed

• 34489 Koha/Patrons.t: Subtests get_age and is_valid_age do not pass in another timezone
• 34843 Koha/Database/Commenter.t is failing if the DB has been upgraded
• 34846 SIP/ILS.t is failing if the DB has been upgraded
• 34847 Search.t is failing if the DB has been upgraded
• 34848 SIP/Message.t is failing if the DB has been upgraded
• 34967 Move Prices.t to t/db_dependent
• 34968 t/Search.t does not do anything with Test::DBIx::Class
• 34969 t/Search/buildQuery.t does not do anything with Test::DBIx::Class
• 34970 t/SuggestionEngine_AuthorityFile.t does not do anything with Test::DBIx::Class

Tools

Other bugs fixed

• 32048 Calendar adding holidays repeated
• 34732 Barcode image generator doesn't generate correct Code39 barcode
• 34822 BatchUpdateBiblioHoldsQueue should be called once per import batch when using RealTimeHoldsQueue
• 34939 When manually entering dates in flatPickr the hour and minute get set to 00:00 not 23:59

Web services

Other bugs fixed

• 34467 OAI GetRecord bad encoding for UNIMARC

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Enhancements

• 34787 Typo gorup
• 34825 Move Letters.t to t/db_dependent
• 34887 Merge Patron.t into t/db/Koha/Patron.t

Authentication

Enhancements

• 30843 TOTP expiration delay should be configurable

Circulation

Enhancements

• 33876 item-note-nonpublic and item-note-public are difficult to customize in the checkout table

OPAC

Enhancements

• 33819 Accessibility: More description required in OPAC search breadcrumbs

Patrons

Enhancements

• 34511 Typo in manage_staged_records permission description

  This patch corrects a typo in the description of the manage_staged_records permission.

• 34719 Middle name doesn't show on autocomplete

REST API

Enhancements

• 34054 Allow to embed biblio on GET /items

  Sponsored by Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC)

• 34333 Add cancellation request information embed option to the holds endpoint

Templates

Enhancements

• 34446 Typo: Can be guarantee
• 34679 Description for RELTERMS authorized value category is wrong

  This patch changes the description of the RELTERMS authorized value category to "List of relator codes and terms".

Tools

Enhancements

• 34716 Typo in tools/stockrotation.tt

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 22.11.11 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
  • Andrii Nugged
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Petro Vashchuk

• Topic Experts:

  • UI Design -- Owen Leonard
  • Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
  • REST API -- Martin Renvoize
  • ERM -- Pedro Amorim
  • ILL -- Pedro Amorim

• Bug Wranglers:

  • Aleisha Amohia

• Packaging Manager: Mason James

• Documentation Manager: Aude Charillon

• Documentation Team:

  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey

• Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel

• Wiki curators:

  • Thomas Dukleth
  • Katrin Fischer

• Release Maintainers:

  • 23.05 -- Fridolin Somers
  • 22.11 -- PTFS Europe (Matt Blenkinsop, Pedro Amorim)
  • 22.05 -- Lucas Gass
  • 21.11 -- Danyon Sewell

• Release Maintainer assistants:

  • 21.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 22.11.11

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 22.11.11

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 22.11.11

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 07 Nov 2023 11:42:54.