RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 23.11.03

29 Feb 2024

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 23.11.03 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 23.11.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.

It includes 7 security bugfixes, 80 other bugfixes and 14 enhancement.

System requirements

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

Security bugs

• 29510 objects.find should call search_limited if present
• 34623 Update jQuery-validate plugin to 1.20.0
• 35890 AutoLocation system preference + setting the library IP field - can still login and unexpected results
• 35918 Incorrect library used when AutoLocation configured using the same IP
• 35941 OPAC user can guess clubs of other users
• 35942 OPAC user can enroll several times to the same club
• 36072 Can request articles even if ArticleRequests is off

Bugfixes

Accessibility

Other bugs fixed

• 34647 name attribute is obsolete in anchor tag
• 35894 Duplicate link in booksellers.tt

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

• 35912 Item prices not populating order form when adding to a basket from a staged file

Other bugs fixed

• 33457 Improve display of fund users when the patron has no firstname
• 34853 Move EDI link to new line in invoice column of acquisition details display
• 35514 New order line form: Total prices not updated when adding multiple items

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Critical bugs fixed

• 35843 No such thing as Koha::Exceptions::Exception

Other bugs fixed

• 34913 Upgrade DataTables from 1.10.18 to 1.13.6
• 35277 Pseudonymization should be done in a background job
• 35701 Cannot use i18n.inc from memberentrygen
• 35833 Fix few noisy warnings from C4/Koha and search
• 35835 Fix shebang for cataloguing/ysearch.pl
• 36092 sessionID not passed to the template on auth.tt

Authentication

Critical bugs fixed

• 36034 cas_ticket is set to serialized patron object in session

Other bugs fixed

• 29930 'cardnumber' overwritten with userid when not mapped (LDAP auth)

Cataloging

Other bugs fixed

• 35695 Remove useless item group code from cataloging_additem.js
• 35774 add_item_to_item_group additem.pl should be $item->itemnumber instead of biblioitemnumber

Circulation

Critical bugs fixed

• 35518 Call to C4::Context->userenv happens before it's gets populated breaks code logic in circulation

Other bugs fixed

• 30230 Search for patrons in checkout should not require edit_borrowers permission
• 35360 Inconsistent use/look of 'Cancel hold(s)' button on circ/waitingreserves.pl
• 35483 Restore item level to record level hold switch in hold table
• 35535 Cancel hold -button does not work in pop-up (Hold found, item is already waiting)

Command-line Utilities

Other bugs fixed

• 30627 koha-run-backups delete the backup files after finished its job without caring days option
• 35373 Remove comment about bug 8000 in gather_print_notices.pl
• 35596 Error in writeoff_debts documentation

Documentation

Other bugs fixed

• 35354 Update emailLibrarianWhenHoldisPlaced system preference description

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

Other bugs fixed

• 34979 System preferences missing from sysprefs.sql

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 35578 Validate "Where" in OPAC Authority search
• 35795 Missing closing tag in OPAC course details template
• 35841 Update text of 'Cancel' hold button on OPAC

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

• 34479 Clear saved patron search selections after certain actions

  This fixes issues with patron search, and remembering the patrons selected after performing an action (such as Add to patron list, Merge selected patrons, Batch patron modification). Remembering selected patrons was introduced in Koha 22.11, bug 29971.

  Previously, the patrons selected after running an action were kept, and this either caused confusion, or could result in data loss if other actions were taken with new searches.

  Now, after performing a search and taking one of the actions available, you are now prompted with "Keep patrons selected for a new operation". When you return to the patron search: - If the patrons are kept: those patrons should still be selected - If the patrons aren't kept: the patron selection history is empty and no patrons are selected

Other bugs fixed

• 35445 OPAC registration verification triggered by email URL scanners
• 35743 The "category" filter is not selected in the column filter dropdown

Plugin architecture

Critical bugs fixed

• 35930 ILL module broken if plugins disabled

REST API

Other bugs fixed

• 35368 "Add a checkout" shows up twice in online documentation

Reports

Other bugs fixed

• 35936 Cannot save existing report with incorrect AV category

SIP2

Other bugs fixed

• 35461 Renew All 66 SIP server response messages produce HASH content in replies

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

• 33464 Report "Orders by fund" is missing page-section class on results
• 34298 Duplicate existing orders is missing page section on order list
• 34872 Cart pop-up is missing page section
• 35300 Add page-section to table of invoice files
• 35396 Replace Datatables' column filters throttling with input timeout
• 35742 Cannot remove new user added to fund
• 35745 Setting suggester on the suggestion edit form does not show library and category
• 35753 Checkbox() function in additional-contents not necessary
• 35800 edit_any_item permission required to see patron name in detail page
• 35865 Missing hint about permissions when adding managers to a basket

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

• 35530 Can't tell if UserCSS and UserJS in libraries are for staff interface or OPAC
• 35831 Move UpdateItemLocationOnCheckout to Checkout policy section

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 35323 Terminology: Add additional elements to the "More Searches" bar...
• 35349 Reindent label item search template
• 35350 Update label creator pop-up windows with consistent footer markup
• 35406 Typo in holds queue viewer template
• 35407 Terminology: Show fewer collection codes
• 35820 Table on Hold ratios page at circ/reserveratios.pl has wrong id
• 35893 Missing closing
in opac.pref
• 35951 We don't need category-out-of-age-limit.inc

Test Suite

Critical bugs fixed

• 35922 t/db_dependent/www/batch.t is failing

Other bugs fixed

• 35904 C4::Auth::checkauth cannot be tested easily
• 35940 Cypress tests for the Preservation module are failing
• 35962 t/db_dependent/Koha/BackgroundJob.t failing on D10

Tools

Other bugs fixed

• 35817 Wrong hint on patron's category when batch update patron

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Enhancements

• 35490 Remove GetMarcItem from C4::Biblio

Command-line Utilities

Enhancements

• 35479 Nightly cronjob for plugins should log the plugins that are being run

Database

Enhancements

• 26831 Enable librarians to control when unaccepted private list share invites are removed by the cleanup_database.pl cronjob

  The new PurgeListShareInvitesOlderThan system preference enables librarians to control when unaccepted private list share invites are removed from the database.

  Unaccepted private list share invites will now be removed based on the following prioritised options:

  • Priority 1. Use DAYS value when the cleanup_database.pl cronjob is run with a --list-invites DAYS parameter specified.

  • Priority 2. Use the PurgeListShareInvitesOlderThan system preference value.

  • Priority 3. Use a default of 14 days, if the cleanup_database.pl cronjob is run with a --list-invites parameter missing the DAYS value, AND the PurgeListShareInvitesOlderThan system preference is empty.

  • Priority 4. Don't remove any unaccepted private list share invites if the cleanup_database.pl cronjob is run without the --list-invites parameter and the PurgeListShareInvitesOlderThan syspref is empty.

  Sponsored by Catalyst

ILL

Enhancements

• 34282 ILL batches - availability checking has issues

  Sponsored by UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency)

Notices

Enhancements

• 18397 Add recipient/sender information to notices tab in staff interface

  Display from, to and cc addresses under 'Delivery details' in the notices table once the notice has been sent.

• 34854 Add ability to skip Talking Tech Itiva notifications for a patron if a given field matches a given value

OPAC

Enhancements

• 35663 Wording on OPAC privacy page is misleading

Patrons

Enhancements

• 35356 SMS number field shows on moremember.pl even when null

REST API

Enhancements

• 35744 Implement +strings for GET /patrons/:patron_id

Staff interface

Enhancements

• 35389 Hide 'Transfers to send' on circulation home page when stock rotation is disabled

  Currently, Transfers to send (on circulation) is only relevant when you enable StockRotation. To lower confusion, we hide the option if you did not enable that pref.

Templates

Enhancements

• 34862 blocking_errors.inc not included everywhere
• 35260 Review batch checkout page
• 35379 'searchfield' parameter name misleading when translating
• 35419 Update page title for bookings

New system preferences

• AutoApprovePatronProfileSettings
• EmailSMSSendDriverFromAddress
• HidePersonalPatronDetailOnCirculation
• ILLCheckAvailability
• IntranetReadingHistoryHolds
• ManaToken
• OAI-PMH:AutoUpdateSetsEmbedItemData
• OPACDetailQRCode
• OPACPopupAuthorsSearch
• OPACPrivacy
• OPACShibOnly
• OPACSuggestionMandatoryFields
• OverDriveAuthName
• OverDriveWebsiteID
• PurgeListShareInvitesOlderThan
• RecordStaffUserOnCheckout
• ReplytoDefault
• staffShibOnly

Deleted system preferences

• IllCheckAvailability
• OAI-PMH:AutoUpdateSetEmbedItemData
• OpacPrivacy
• ReplyToDefault

Documentation

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

• Koha Documentation As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:

• Chinese (Traditional) (61%)

• English (100%)
• English (USA)
• French (40%)
• German (40%)
• Hindi (75%)

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 23.11.03 is

• Release Manager: Katrin Fischer

• Release Manager assistants:

  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Jonathan Druart

• QA Manager: Marcel de Rooy

• QA Team:

  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Julian Maurice
  • Lucas Gass
  • Victor Grousset
  • Kyle M Hall
  • Nick Clemens
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Emily Lamancusa
  • David Cook
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Pedor Amorim

• Topic Experts:

  • UI Design -- Owen Leonard
  • Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
  • REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • ERM -- Matt Blenkinsop
  • ILL -- Pedro Amorim
  • SIP2 -- Matthias Meusburger
  • CAS -- Matthias Meusburger

• Bug Wranglers:

  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Indranil Das Gupta

• Packaging Managers:

  • Mason James
  • Indranil Das Gupta
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi

• Documentation Manager: Aude Charillon

• Documentation Team:

  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Kelly McElligott
  • Philip Orr
  • Marie-Luce Laflamme
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey

• Translation Manager: Jonathan Druart

• Wiki curators:

  • Thomas Dukleth
  • Katrin Fischer

• Release Maintainers:

  • 23.11 -- Fridolin Somers
  • 23.05 -- Lucas Gass
  • 22.11 -- Frédéric Demians
  • 22.05 -- Danyon Sewell

• Release Maintainer assistants:

  • 22.05 -- Wainui Witika-Park

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 23.11.03

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.03

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.03

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 23.11.x-security.

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 29 Feb 2024 10:23:03.