RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 24.11.06

25 Jun 2025

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 24.11.06 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 24.11.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 1 enhancements, 25 bugfixes.

System requirements

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

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

• 38411 When adding multiple items on receive, mandatory fields are not checked

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Critical bugs fixed

• 40033 The background jobs page calls GetPlugins incorrectly, resulting in a 500 error

  This fixes the background jobs page (Koha administration > Jobs > Manage jobs) so that it doesn’t generate a 500 error when a plugin does not have a background task (it currently calls GetPlugins incorrectly).

Other bugs fixed

• 39920 do_check_for_previous_checkout should us ‘IN’ over ‘OR’

Cataloging

Critical bugs fixed

• 39462 (bug 37870 follow-up) Default values from framework are inserted into existing record while editing

  Sponsored by Pontificia Università di San Tommaso d’Aquino (Angelicum)

Other bugs fixed

• 37364 Improve creation of 773 fields for item bundles regarding MARC21 245 and 264

  Sponsored by PTFS Europe

• 39991 Record comparison in vendor file – results no longer side by side

Circulation

Critical bugs fixed

• 38477 Regression: new overdue fine applied incorrectly when using “Refund lost item charge and charge new overdue fine” option in circ rules

  Under certain circumstances, the existence of a lost charge for a patron that previously borrowed an item (which was later found) could lead to creating a new fine for a patron that borrowed and returned the item with no issues – if the item was lost and found again after they had returned it.

  This adds tests to cover this edge case, and fixes this edge case to ensure that a new fine is only charged if the patron charged the lost fine matches the patron who most recently returned the item.

• 39750 Wrong transfer breaking check in when using library transfer limits

Command-line Utilities

Other bugs fixed

• 39887 Improve documentation of overdue_notices.pl

ERM

Critical bugs fixed

• 39823 SUSHI harvest fails to display error if the provider’s response does not contain Severity

Other bugs fixed

• 37934 Extend length of API key, requestor ID and customer ID for data providers

OPAC

Critical bugs fixed

• 38981 Local cover images failing to load in OPAC search results
  

  This patchset fixes a problem where local cover images were not properly loading on the OPAC results page. With this fix local covers now load correctly.

• 39095 Clicking ‘Cancel’ for article requests in the OPAC patron account does not respond

  Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

• 39313 OpacTrustedCheckout self-checkout modal not checking out valid barcode

  Sponsored by Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Other bugs fixed

• 38184 OpacTrustedCheckout module does not show due date

  This fixes the self checkout pop-up window when using the OpacTrustedCheckout system preference – the due date is now shown in the due date column, previously it was not showing the due date.

  Sponsored by Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

• 38892 Patron category ‘can be a guarantee’ means that same category cannot be a guarantor (again)
• 39331 Guarantor relationships not removed when changing patron category from memberentry.pl

  This fixes changing a patron with guarantors from a patron category that allows guarantees to one that doesn’t (for example, from Kid to a Patron). Currently, the guarantor relationships are kept (when they shouldn’t be).

Other bugs fixed

• 38847 Renewing an expired child patron without a guarantor and with ChildNeedsGuarantor set results in an internal server error

  This fixes an internal server error when renewing an expired child patron without a guarantor, when the ChildNeedsGuarantor system preference is set to “must have”. It now displays a standard error message with “This patron could not be renewed: they need a guarantor.”

Reports

Other bugs fixed

• 39955 Report subgroup filter not cleared when changing tabs

  Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

Staff interface

Critical bugs fixed

• 39305 About page must warn if Plack is not running

Other bugs fixed

• 39987 Batch item deletion breadcrumb uses wrong link

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 38127 Missing column headings in ‘Add user’ pop-up modal

  This fixes the “Add user” pop-up window when adding a user to a new order in acquisitions. The table now shows the column headings, such as card, name, category, and library.

  Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

Test Suite

Critical bugs fixed

• 39304 Jenkins not failing when git command fails

Other bugs fixed

• 36625 t/db_dependent/Koha/Biblio.t leaves test data in the database

Tools

Critical bugs fixed

• 39295 Patron card creator infinite loop during line wrapping in template/layout incompatibility

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Enhancements

• 39772 Background jobs page lists unknown job types for jobs implemented by plugins

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:

• English (USA)

• French (73%)
• German (98%)
• Greek (100%)
• Hindi (70%)

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 25.05.01 is

• Release Manager: Lucas Gass

• QA Manager: Martin Renvoize

• QA Team:

  • Andrew Fuerste-Henry
  • Andrii Nugged
  • Baptiste Wojtkowski
  • Brendan Lawlor
  • David Cook
  • Emily Lamancusa
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Julian Maurice
  • Kyle Hall
  • Laura Escamilla
  • Lisette Scheer
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Nick Clemens
  • Paul Derscheid
  • Petro V
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Victor Grousset

• Documentation Manager: David Nind

• Documentation Team:

  • Aude Charillon
  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Donna Bachowski
  • Heather Hernandez
  • Kristi Krueger
  • Philip Orr

• Translation Manager: Jonathan Druart

• Wiki curators:

  • George Williams
  • Thomas Dukleth

• Release Maintainers:

  • 25.05 — Paul Derscheid
  • 24.11 — Fridolin Somers
  • 24.05 — Jesse Maseto
  • 22.11 — Catalyst IT (Wainui, Alex, Aleisha)

• Release Maintainer assistants:

  • 25.05 — Martin Renvoize
  • 24.11 — Baptiste Wojtkowski
  • 24.05 — Laura Escamilla

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 24.11.06

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 24.11.06

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 24.11.06

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 main branch of:

• Koha Git Repository

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is 24.11.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 25 Jun 2025 08:56:02.