Koha 24.11.08 released

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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 24.11.08

26 Aug 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 24.11.08 can be downloaded from:

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 24.11.08 is a bugfix/maintenance and security release.

It includes 20 enhancements, 180 bugfixes.

System requirements

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

Security bugs

  • 39906 Add bot challenge (in Apache layer)
  • 40538 XSS in hold suspend modal in staff interface

    Fixes XSS vulnerability in suspend hold modal and suspend hold button by refactoring the Javascript that creates the HTML.

  • 40579 CSV formula injection protection

Bugfixes

About

Critical bugs fixed

  • 40370 about.pl should NOT say “Run the following SQL to fix the database”

Other bugs fixed

  • 38988 If JobsNotificationMethod is not STOMP the about page shows as if there was a problem

    This fixes the messages displayed in About Koha “Server information” and “System information” tabs, depending on whether the RabbitMQ service is running and the options for the JobsNotificationMethod system preference. Previously, an error message was shown in the system information tab when the “Polling” option was selected and RabbitMQ was not running, when it shouldn’t have.

    Expected behavour:
    – RabbitMQ running:
    . STOMP option: message broker shows as “Using RabbitMQ”, no warnings in the system information tab
    . Polling option: message broker shows as “Using SQL polling”, no warnings in the system information tab
    – RabbitMQ not running:
    . STOMP option: message broker shows as “Using SQL polling (Fallback, Error connecting to RabbitMQ)”, error message shown in the system information tab
    . Polling option: message broker shows as “Using SQL polling”, no warnings in the system information tab

  • 40022 Release team 25.11

Accessibility

Other bugs fixed

  • 39209 Cookie consent banner should be ‘focused’ on load
  • 40165 Incomplete logic for controlling display of OPAC language footer

    Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

  • 39754 Cannot scroll EANs when clicking ‘Create EDIFACT order’ in a basket
  • 39878 EDIFACT vendor account records sets default port incorrectly for FTP

    This fixes the default upload and download ports when creating an EDI account (Koha administration > Acquisition parameters > EDI accounts > New account).

    If:
    – FTP is selected, it now defaults to port 21 (instead of port 22).
    – SFTP is selected, it defaults to port 22.

Other bugs fixed

  • 39572 Create EDIFACT order button no longer forces librarians to review EAN to select

    This fixes the EDIFACT order confirmation message for a basket so that the EAN information is now included on the confirmation page ([a basket for a vendor] > Create EDIFACT order > [select EAN from dropdown list], with the BasketConfirmations system preference set to ‘always ask for conformation’).

    Previously, the Create EDIFACT order action would take librarians to a page to select the EDI Library EAN. Now, the EANs are included in a dropdown list for the action. This removed the chance to review the selected EAN to confirm it was correct. In addition, some libraries have dozens of Library EANs, making the button dropdown list cumbersome to use.

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Critical bugs fixed

  • 34070 background_jobs_worker.pl floods logs when it gets error frames

Other bugs fixed

  • 37305 Remove C4::Biblio::prepare_marc_host and use Koha::Biblio->generate_marc_host_field in preference

    Sponsored by Open Fifth

  • 38149 Make ESLint config compatible with version 9 and have ESLint and Prettier installed by default

    This fixes the Koha ESLint configuration (used for finding JavaScript errors) so that it is compatible with ESLint v9, changes the packages used so that ESLint and prettier are installed by default, and tidies some files that require updating after the prettier upgrade.

  • 38167 ESLint: migrate config to flat format + cleanup some node dependencies
  • 38546 prettierrc should set tabWidth and useTabs
    This fixes Koha’s Prettier code formatter configuration file (.prettierrc.js) to set the default indentation to four spaces.
  • 38770 Remove @vue/cli-service and babel
    This removes unused dependencies following the move from webpack to Rspack (Bug 37824 – added to Koha 24.11). They were blocking upgrading ESLint and Node.js
  • 38966 Wrong POD in Koha/CoverImages.pm and Koha/Acquisition/Order/Claims.pm
  • 38998 Cannot edit default SMTP server config when not using DB
  • 39213 CGI::param called in list context from cataloguing/moveitem.pl
  • 39214 Mock preferences in t/db_dependent/Koha/Session.t for subtest ‘test session driver’
  • 39392 Atomic update README references wrong file extension
  • 39567 Move form-submit js into js includes files
    This moves form-submit JavaScript from individual template files and adds it to the global JavaScript include files for the staff interface and OPAC.
  • 40003 Warning generated when creating a new bib record
    This removes an unnecessary warning from the logs when creating a new bibliographic record, and updates the tests.
  • 40030 HTML should be escaped when viewing system preferences diff in Log viewer
  • 40079 C4::Scrubber “note” profile should allow for list (ul, ol, li, dl, dt, and dd) HTML tags
    This adds unordered, ordered, and description list tags (

      ,

      • ,

      1. ,
        ,

        , and
        ) to the HTML that is allowed in notes fields (for example, course reserves staff and public notes).
      2. 40087 Remove unused C4::Scrubber profiles “tag” and “staff”
        This removes unused “tag” and “staff” scrubber profiles from the code for the scrubber module.
      3. 40242 Typo in Quotes module
        This fixes a typo in the code for the quote of the day tool (there were two =>).
      4. 40261 Tidy build-git-snapshot
      5. 40277 Warn in C4::Koha::GetAuthorisedValues()
        This fixes the cause of an unnecessary warning message[1] in the logs when searching the OPAC when not logged in. (This warning was occurring when the OpacAdvancedSearchTypes system preference was set to something other than “itemtypes”, for example “loc”.)[1] Warning message:
        [WARN] Use of uninitialized value $branch_limit in concatenation (.) or string at …

    Cataloging

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 39848 Users without edit_catalogue permission can delete the record if no items remain from the batch item deletion tool

    Other bugs fixed

    • 19113 Barcode value builder not working with numeric branchcode

      This fixes the generation of item barcodes, where the autoBarcode system preference is set to “generated in the form yymm0001” and the library code is either a number or alphanumeric value. This automatically generated barcode format didn’t work in this case, and the number generated would not automatically increment.

    • 25015 Staff with ‘Edit Iitems’ permission currently can not edit Items attached to a fast add framework
    • 31019 UNIMARC field help link when cataloging – update default URL
      This fixes the default UNIMARC field documentation link for the basic MARC editor – the help link now goes to https://www.ifla.org/g/unimarc-rg/unimarc-updates/. IFLA no longer provides field-level documentation pages for the UNIMARC format (as at December 2024), and the previous default links no longer work.It also:
      – makes minor formatting changes to improve consistency with the
      advanced editor:
      . the help link text is now [?], instead of ?
      . adds hover text for [?] – “Show help for this tag”
      . adds some additional spacing before the indicator fields
      . removes the ‘-‘ before the tag title
      – updates the MarcFieldDocURL system preference description
    • 38895 In advanced editor, the fixed data helpers put ‘#’ instead of space in record content

      Sponsored by Ignatianum University in Cracow

    • 39293 Remove box around subfield tag in basic editor

      Sponsored by Chetco Community Public Library

    • 39544 New / New record generates warnings in log
    • 39570 Add item form includes itemnumber while adding a new item

      Sponsored by Chetco Community Public Library

    • 39871 Clearing item statuses with batch item modification tool does not work correctly

      This fixes a bug with the Batch item modification tool. Previously, if library staff tried to clear the items’ not-for-loan, withdrawn, lost, or damaged status using the Batch item modification tool, the fields would not be cleared correctly. Depending on the database settings, the job might fail completely and the items wouldn’t be modified at all, or else the status would be cleared, but the status date (such as withdrawn_on or itemlost_on) would not be cleared. Now the tool can be used to clear those fields, just like any other non-mandatory field.

    • 40128 StripWhitespaceChars can create empty subfields

    Circulation

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 33284 checkout_renewals table retains checkout history in violation of patron privacy

      With the introduction of more fine-grained renewals tracking in “Checkout renewals should be stored in their own table”, we inadvertently missed applying patron anonymization preferences.

      This bug corrects that by adding logic to ensure we follow a patrons preference for removing this data.

    Other bugs fixed

    • 31167 Only mark due dates in the past red on overdues report

      This fixes the overdues report (Circulation > Overdues > Overdues) so that when the “Show any items currently checked out” filter is selected, the due date is only shown in red for overdue items. Currently, the due date is in red for all items.

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 37334 Cannot filter holdings table by status

      This restores the ability to filter the holdings table by status. This was lost when the holdings table was upgraded to use the REST API (added to Koha 24.05 by bug 33568).

    • 39919 Overdues with fines report has incorrect title, breadcrumbs, etc.

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    Command-line Utilities

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 31124 koha-remove fails to remove long_tasks queue daemon, so koha-create for same user fails

      This development makes koha-remove stop all worker processes before attempting to remove the instance’s UNIX user.

    • 39694 es_indexer_daemon.pl doesn’t use batch_size in DB poll mode

    Other bugs fixed

    • 23883 sip_cli_emulator.pl – typo in parameter name
    • 38760 koha-mysql doesn’t work with encrypted database connection

      Sponsored by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

    • 39250 Add archive_purchase_suggestions.pl to cron.daily commented
    • 39301 pseudonymize_statistics.pl script generates too many background jobs
    • 39961 koha-create doesn’t start all queues

      This fixes the koha-create and koha-disable package commands so that they start and stop all the background job worker queues (including long_tasks).

    • 40144 sip_cli_emulator.pl warnings

    Course reserves

    Other bugs fixed

    • 39078 Incorrect variable checks in course reserve details template

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    Database

    Other bugs fixed

    • 40109 Path to fix_invalid_dates.pl is incorrect in fix_invalid_dates.pl and search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl

      This fixes a path in a hint in the search for data inconsistencies script (search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl) – misc/cronjobs/fix_invalid_dates.pl should be misc/maintenance/fix_invalid_dates.pl.

    ERM

    Other bugs fixed

    • 38794 AggregatedFullText description should be Aggregated full text

      This fixes the authorized value description for AggregatedFullText in the ERM_PACKAGE_CONTENT_TYPE category. It updates the description from “Aggregated full” to “Aggregated full text”.

    • 39346 Only 20 additional fields can be added to an agreement
      This fixes adding a new agreement in the ERM module, where there are more than 20 additional fields. All additional fields are now listed, not just the first 20.

    Hold requests

    Other bugs fixed

    • 37650 Fix warn and remove FIXME in circ/returns.pl
    • 39912 RealTimeHoldsQueue should be rebuilt when a holds pickup location is changed
    • 40118 Regression – ‘Holds to pull’ library filters don’t work
    • 40122 ‘Holds to pull’ library filters don’t work if library name contains parenthesis

      This fixes the holds to pull page so that the dropdown library filter works if the library name contains parenthesis (Circulation > Holds and bookings > Holds to pull).

    I18N/L10N

    Other bugs fixed

    • 38823 The word ‘Reports’ in ERM menu is not translatable
    • 38900 Translation script explodes without a meaningful error when an “incorrect” structure is found

      This fixes the translation script so that it now provides a more meaningful error when updating a language that has incorrect strings. It now identifies exactly where the problem comes from, making it easier to fix the problem.

      An example of the updated error message:

      gulp po:update –lang LANG
      ..
      Incorrect structure found at ./koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/branches.tt:230: ‘line 65…

    • 39032 “Items selected” in item search untranslatable
      This fixes a syntax error that prevented the string “Items selected” for the item search from being picked up by the translation tool (the text is shown when items in the item search results are selected).

    ILL

    Other bugs fixed

    • 39050 Duplicate “type” attributes in ill-batch-modal.inc
    • 39446 OPAC ILL request status_alias is not displayed

    Label/patron card printing

    Other bugs fixed

    • 34157 Exporting labels as a barcode range can cause a 500 error

      This fixes the “Error 500…” message generated when printing barcode ranges using the label creator, where the layout type selected is “Bibliographic data precedes barcode” (Cataloging > Tools > Label creator).

    Lists

    Other bugs fixed

    • 33440 A public list can be transferred to a staff member without list permissions

      This fixes the transfer of public lists to staff patrons that do not have list permissions – when attempting to transfer the list, and the staff member doesn’t have list permissions, an error message is now shown. Previously, the list could be transferred and then be edited by the staff patron without list permissions.

    MARC Authority data support

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 40092 Clicking save doesn’t fill auto-populated fields in authority and biblio editor

      This fixes a regression between Koha 24.11, and 25.05 and main. When adding a new authority or bibliographic record, clicking save (without filling in any fields) now restores filling in the auto-populated fields such as 000, 003, and 008.

    Other bugs fixed

    • 38987 Cannot link authorities with other authorities

      This fixes adding (or editing) authority terms to authority records (for example, 500$a)- choosing a term using the authority finder was not adding the selected term to the authority record (it was staying on authority finder pop up window, and generated a JavaScript error).

    • 40119 Merge should not leave empty 6XX subfield $2 (MARC 21)

      Sponsored by Ignatianum University in Cracow

    MARC Bibliographic data support

    Other bugs fixed

    • 39012 Koha fails to import default MARC bibliographic framework

    Notices

    Other bugs fixed

    • 36008 SendAlerts should use notice_email_address instead of email
    • 39089 Delivery note in patron notice table is confusing when the delivery method is print

      This patch fixes a problem where a patron’s email address is shown in the ‘Delivery note’ column when the message transport type is print.

    • 39596 Missing labels in OPAC and staff interface when a record has a void second indicator for MARC 780/785

    OPAC

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 38102 Checkout history in OPAC displaying more than 50 items
    • 38974 Error when submitting patron update from the OPAC Can’t call method “dateofbirthrequired” on an undefined value

      This fixes updating personal details in the OPAC. A 500 error was shown if the “Patron category (categorycode)” was selected in the PatronSelfModificationBorrowerUnwantedField system preference and the date of birth field was changed or previously empty.

    • 39680 The navigation item “Clear” in search history doesn’t delete searches

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    Other bugs fixed

    • 22458 PatronSelfRegistrationEmailMustBeUnique disallows self modification requests if multiple accounts share an email address
    • 38963 Deletion of bibliographic record can cause search errors in OPAC

      This fixes searching in the OPAC when the OPACLocalCoverImages system preference is enabled. In some circumstances an error is generated (Can’t call method “cover_images” on an undefined value…) when a record is deleted, a search is made, but the search index is not yet updated.

    • 39088 If OPACURLOpenInNewWindow is enabled, URLs without http are broken in OPAC results
    • 39124 In lists dropdown, the option “view all” is always displayed
    • 39144 OPAC virtual card page is missing custom CSS from OPACUserCSS
    • 39148 Lists are incorrectly sorted in UNIMARC (OPAC follow-up)
    • 39223 The OPAC browse search (opac-browse.pl) is broken since 24.11
      This fixes the OPAC browse search feature (OpacBrowseSearch system preference, Elasticsearch only). Expanding and collapsing the search results to show the details now works, instead of nothing happening.
    • 40080 Course reserves details search appears offscreen
      This fixes the alignment of the OPAC course reserves search box – it is now on the left above the table, instead of offscreen on the right-hand side.

    Packaging

    Other bugs fixed

    • 40039 Add production enhancements to build-git-snapshot tool

    Patrons

    Other bugs fixed

    • 34776 Patron messaging preferences are lost when an error occurs during new account creation

      This fixes creating a new patron – the messaging preferences are now remembered if there is an error when creating a new patron. Before this, if there was an error when creating a patron (for example, the wrong age for the patron category), the messaging preferences (either the default or changes made) were emptied and needed to be re-added.

      Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

    • 39021 Badly formatted dropdown on patron account transactions page

      This fixes the misaligned “Email” item on the “Receipt” action dropdown menu for a patron’s accounting transactions page in the staff interface (when UseEmailReceipts is set to “Send”). (This is related to the OPAC and staff interface Bootstrap 5 upgrade in Koha 24.11.)

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 39038 CollapseFieldsPatronAddForm – Collapsing “Non-patron guarantor” section also collapses the “Patron guarantor” section

      This fixes the add patron form when using the CollapseFieldsPatronAddForm system preference to collapse sections of the form. If the “Non-patron guarantor” option was selected it was also collapsing the “Patron guarantor” section.

    • 39226 [WARN] DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::insert(): Missing value for primary key column ‘borrowernumber’ on BorrowerModification
    • 39467 Fix patron “View restrictions” link in messages

      This patch fixes a problem where the ‘View restrictions’ buttons was not properly opening the ‘Restrictions’ tab when clicked.

      Sponsored by Gothenburg University Library

    • 40116 Extra popup notice when saving a patron with patron guarantor ends in error

      This patch changes existing guarantors elements in the patron add form to use classes “guarantor_id” and “guarantor_relationship” to prevent an unnecessary pop-up if the form throws an error.

      Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

    Point of Sale

    Other bugs fixed

    • 39040 Incorrect row striping in POS transaction sales table

    REST API

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 39932 Koha::Item->_status should return an array

    Other bugs fixed

    • 35246 Bad data erorrs should provide better logs for api/v1/biblios
    • 39260 Typo in acquisitions baskets API documentation

    Reports

    Other bugs fixed

    • 39298 Runtime parameters don’t work with report templates on first run
    • 39534 Saved report subgroup filter not hidden correctly

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    SIP2

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 39911 Fatal errors from SIP server are not logged

      This restores the logging of fatal SIP errors to both the SIP logs and standard output from the command line.

    Other bugs fixed

    • 29410 Dates compared arithmetically in MsgType.pm (warns: Argument isn’t numeric in numeric ne)
    • 32934 SIP checkouts using “no block” flag have a calculated due rather than the specified due date
    • 38658 SIP not marking patrons expired unless NotifyBorrowerDeparture has a positive value

    Searching – Zebra

    Other bugs fixed

    • 40304 Zebrasrv config doesn’t consider non-AMD64 CPUs

    Self checkout

    Other bugs fixed

    • 40108 Self-checkout print receipt option not working

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    Serials

    Other bugs fixed

    • 34971 Closing a subscription should require edit_subscription permission

      This fixes the serials receiving (receive_serials) permission – staff that only have this permission can now only receive serials, and can no longer (incorrectly) close a subscription. Previously, the “Close” action was incorrectly shown on the subscription details page and this allowed staff to close (but not reopen) a subscription (Serials > Search > [select a serial from the results] > Subscriptions detail page for a serial).

    • 38515 Generate next serial deletes the notes from the expected serial and ignores preference PreserveSerialNotes in the new serial
      This fixes the generation of the next serial and keeping the issue notes, when PreserveSerialNotes is set to “Do”. If a serial with the status “Expected” had notes and the next issue was generated (the “Generate next” button), the serial status changed to “Late” and the notes were not copied over – as expected. However, if PreserveSerialNotes was set to “Do”, it wasn’t keeping the note for the next issue.
    • 38528 Additional fields are not properly fetched in serial subscription details
    • 39997 List of closed serials: reopening requires the syspref “RoutingSerials”

    Staff interface

    Critical bugs fixed

    • 40002 Cannot filter patrons by “Browse by last name”
    • 40127 JS error on biblio detail page when there are no items

      This fixes a JavaScript error on bibliographic record pages in the staff interface, where the record has no items.

    Other bugs fixed

    • 34681 Last returned by and last/previous borrower doesn’t display if patron’s cardnumber is empty

      This fixes a bug where the ‘Last borrower’ and ‘Previous borrower’ links did not appear when the borrower lacked a cardnumber. This patch makes it fall back to borrowernumber in those cases.

    • 38773 SMTP server is not showing on the library detail page
      This fixes the library detail page (Administration > Libraries > [view a library]) so that the SMTP server information is now shown (where it exists). Previously, the SMTP server was showing in the list of libraries, but not on the library’s individual detail page.
    • 39000 “Encoding errors” block on detail page hurt the eyes
    • 39011 Unable to search the holdings table (except home/holding libraries and barcode)
      This fixes and improves searching the holdings table for columns that use an authorized or coded value. You can now use either the codes or the description when searching for item type, current library, home library, and collection columns. For example, searching for BK or Books now works as expected.
    • 39022 Last patron is replaced by current patron on page load
    • 39035 CookieConsentBar message prints on slip when cookies aren’t accepted
      This patch fixes a bug where CookieConsent information would show up on printed material in the staff interface.
    • 39186 ‘Cancel marked holds’ button on patron holds tab styling is inconsistent
    • 39258 Remove extra delete button in report preview modal
      This removes an extra “Delete” button when previewing the SQL for the report from the list of saved reports page. (The duplicate button didn’t do anything.)
    • 39903 Catalog details page emits error if librarian cannot moderate comments on the record
    • 40166 Syspref description for ILS-DI:AuthorizedIPs is incorrect
      This fixes a typo in the ILS-DI:AuthorizedIPs system preference, correcting the example for allowing all IPs

    System Administration

    Other bugs fixed

    • 32949 Smart-rules prefills junk date on page load
    • 37439 ChildNeedsGuarantor description misleading

      This updates the description for the ChildNeedsGuarantor system preference as it was misleading, as it not longer just applies to children (historically it did – but now it can be any patron type that can have a guarantor).

      The updated description:

      Any patron of a patron type than can have a guarantor [does not require|requires] a guarantor be set when adding the patron.
      WARNING: Setting this preference to ‘requires’ will cause errors for any pre-existing patrons that would now require a guarantor and do not have one.

    • 38874 Typo in UpdateItemLocationOnCheckout and UpdateItemLocationOnCheckin example
    • 39300 Quick edit a subfield not selecting the correct tab
    • 39827 Wrong framework in edit framework button
      This fixes editing bibliographic framework descriptions. In Koha administration > Catalog > MARC bibliographic framework, the Actions > Edit framework option for any framework was always showing the edit form for the default framework description, instead of the actual framework selected.
    • 40088 Do not show edit button for default framework
      This fixes MARC structure page for the default bibliographic framework. It removes the ‘Edit framework’ button at the top of the page, as you can’t actually edit the default framework description (Koha administration > Catalog > MARC bibliographic framework, for the default framework select Actions > MARC structure.)

    Templates

    Other bugs fixed

    • 38294 Checkbox/label for search filters incorrectly aligned

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 38968 Identity providers “More” controls broken after Bootstrap 5 upgrade

      This fixes the identity providers add and modify form so that the “More” buttons now correctly expand and show hidden help text. (This is related to the OPAC and staff interface Bootstrap 5 upgrade in Koha 24.11.)

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 39051 Cash register statistics form submit button styled incorrectly

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 39053 Add page-section div to reports results pages

      This fixes several report result pages so that they have a “page-section” div – they now have a white background, instead of the light grey background.

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 39185 Holds priority drop-down contains extraneous 0’s if there are found holds
    • 39409 Duplicate modifybiblio ids in cataloguing toolbar

      Sponsored by Chetco Community Public Library

    • 39441 Some templates have div.container instead of div.container-fluid

      This updates a few templates so that div.container is replaced with div.container-fluid. div.container has a fixed maximum width that isn’t consistent with the rest of Koha. An example where this caused display issues – the staff interface cart: the action icons were bunched up to the left, instead of being spread evenly across the pop-up window width.

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 39473 Drop-down filters on item holdings table should match codes exactly

      This fixes the dropdown filters for the holdings table in the staff interface. The filters now use an exact match.

      Example: Items with an item type of BK (Books) and BKA (Other type of book) would both be shown if either was selected in the dropdown list, instead of just the items for the specific item type.

    • 39499 Add some padding to the Save button in the sticky bar in cataloging

      This fixes a regression in the style of the floating toolbar on
      the basic MARC editor page – it adds more padding before the ‘Save’ button in the sticky toolbar and is now aligned correctly with other page elements. Before this, it was aligned to the left without any padding before it.

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 39954 Cataloging search results incorrect menu markup

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 40111 Fix title sorting on two reports

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    • 40244 Typo in branchoverdues.tt

      Fixes text in overdues with fines “Overdues at with fines {library}” into “Overdues with fines at {library}”

    • 40249 “Copy settings” should be “Copy permissions”

      This bug changes the phrase “Copy settings” to read as “Copy permissions”.

      Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

    Test Suite

    Other bugs fixed

    • 18772 t/ImportBatch.t generates warnings
    • 39286 BackgroundJob.t should mock_config
    • 39315 Missing tests for KohaTable search on coded value’s description
    • 40018 Remove warning from Koha/Template/Plugin/Koha.t
    • 40019 Koha/Auth/Client.t produces warnings
    • 40020 Koha/AdditionalContents.t produces warnings
    • 40021 Koha/Plugins/Recall_hooks.t produces warnings
    • 40043 Agreements_spec.ts is failing randomly (2)
    • 40168 afterEach not called in KohaTable cypress tests
    • 40169 Cypress tests – mockData should not replace “_id” fields if passed
    • 40316 selenium/regressions.t generates warnings
    • 40317 Auth_with_shibboleth.t generates warnings
    • 40344 KohaTable_spec.ts is failing
    • 40347 Koha/Hold.t generates diag
    • 40348 api/v1/two_factor_auth.t generates warnings
    • 40350 t/db_dependent/Holds.t generates warnings
    • 40351 Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.t generates a warning
    • 40353 Koha/Patron.t generates warnings
    • 40372 api/v1/holds.t generates a warning
    • 40373 Reserves.t generates a warning
    • 40374 Koha/Booking.t generates warnings
    • 40376 AuthorisedValues.t generates a warning
    • 40377 HoldsQueue/TransportCostOptimizations.t generates warnings
    • 40378 api/v1/biblios.t generates warnings
    • 40380 Koha/Patrons/Import.t generates warnings
    • 40381 Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/ExportConfig.t generates warnings
    • 40384 Koha/Plugins/Patron.t generates warnings
    • 40385 Reserves/CancelExpiredReserves.t generates a warning
    • 40388 t/Labels.t generates a warning
    • 40389 t/dummy.t is useless
    • 40390 t/db_dependent/Biblio.t generates warnings
    • 40402 xt/find-license-problems.t is failing
    • 40403 Circulation_holdsqueue.t generates warnings
    • 40404 t/Test/Mock/Logger.t generates warnings
    • 40406 selenium/basic_workflow.t generates warnings
    • 40409 t/db_dependent/Overdues.t generates warnings
    • 40410 Letters.t generates a warning
    • 40411 Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch.t generates warnings
    • 40419 xt/find-license-problems.t isn’t catching all instances of 51 Franklin St/Street
    • 40429 Koha/Patron/Modifications.t generates warnings
    • 40437 Koha/Installer.t generates a warning
    • 40438 Koha/Old/Hold.t generates warnings

    Tools

    Other bugs fixed

    • 40332 Tools menu sidebar category not shown for users with batch_extend_due_dates only

    Enhancements

    Circulation

    Enhancements

    • 37832 Rental discount is should be decimal like other similar fields in circulation rules

      This adds validation to the rental discount field in the circulation rules table.

    • 39881 Add patron card number to the ‘On hold for’ column on the transfers to receive page
      This enhancement adds the patron’s card number to the transfers to receive page for patrons shown in the ‘on hold for’ column, for item-level holds (Circulation > Transfers > Transfers to receive).

    Command-line Utilities

    Enhancements

    • 38762 compare_es_to_db.pl should provide links to the staff interface

    Developer documentation

    Enhancements

    • 39447 Update mailmap for company name change

      PTFS Europe is no more, Long live Open Fifth

    • 40458 Discharge.pm is missing pod coverage

    Hold requests

    Enhancements

    • 38939 Add reservenote to members/holdshistory.pl

      This enhancement add a ‘Hold note’ column to the patron’s hold history table. It is configurable via administration’s Table settings.

    Lists

    Enhancements

    • 39374 No way to restrict OPAC users from sending lists

      New system preference “OPACDisableSendList” provides libraries the option to disable the ability to send lists from the OPAC, and hides the “Send list” link on the opac-shelves.pl page.

    MARC Bibliographic data support

    Enhancements

    • 38873 Update MARC21 default framework to Update 39 (December 2024)

    Notices

    Enhancements

    • 38095 Custom patron messages should have access to information about the logged-in library they were sent from

      This enhancement allows branch information to be included in predefined notices templates for the Patrons (custom message) module, which defines notices that can be sent to patrons by clicking the “Add Message” button on the patron account. These notices can now use the branch tag to access information about the branch the staff member is logged into at the time they send the message. For example: [% branch.branchname %] – the logged-in branch’s name, [% branch.branchaddress1 %] – the logged-in branch’s address, etc.

    OPAC

    Enhancements

    • 39411 Add card number and patron expiration info to OPAC Virtual Card
    • 39508 Add support for ISNI and Wikidatata identifiers to OPACAuthorIdentifiersAndInformation

      This adds support for ISNI and WIKIDATA ID to ‘Author information’ tab in the OPAC. The feature is configured using the OPACAuthorIdentifiersAndInformation system preference.

    Patrons

    Enhancements

    • 25947 Improve locked account message in brief patron info in staff interface

    Plugin architecture

    Enhancements

    • 36433 Plugin hook elasticsearch_to_document

    Staff interface

    Enhancements

    • 38313 RESTOAuth2ClientCredentials system preference description is confusing

    System Administration

    Enhancements

    • 39565 OPACVirtualCard system preferences should not be in Suggestions section

      This enhancement moves the OPACVirtualCard system preferences (OPACVirtualCard and OPACVirtualCardBarcode) from the OPAC suggestion section to the OPAC features section.

    Test Suite

    Enhancements

    • 38818 Add diag option to t::lib::Mocks::Logger

      Sponsored by Open Fifth

    • 40407 Remove legacy “pre-wrap” versions (was Patron/Borrower_Discharge.t generates warnings)

    Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers

    Enhancements

    • 39303 Add audience index to SRU

    New system preferences

    • OPACDisableSendList

    Documentation

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

    The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

    Translations

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

    – Arabic (ar_ARAB) (95%)
    – Armenian (hy_ARMN) (100%)
    – Bulgarian (bg_CYRL) (100%)
    – Chinese (Simplified Han script) (86%)
    – Chinese (Traditional Han script) (99%)
    – Czech (67%)
    – Dutch (89%)
    – English (100%)
    – English (New Zealand) (63%)
    – English (USA)
    – Finnish (100%)
    – French (100%)
    – French (Canada) (99%)
    – German (100%)
    – Greek (67%)
    – Hindi (97%)
    – Italian (82%)
    – Norwegian Bokmål (74%)
    – Persian (fa_ARAB) (96%)
    – Polish (99%)
    – Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
    – Portuguese (Portugal) (87%)
    – Russian (94%)
    – Slovak (61%)
    – Spanish (99%)
    – Swedish (87%)
    – Telugu (68%)
    – Tetum (52%)
    – Turkish (83%)
    – Ukrainian (73%)
    – Western Armenian (hyw_ARMN) (62%)

    Partial translations are available for various other languages.

    The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

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

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

    Release Team

    The release team for Koha 24.11.08 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 24.11.08

    – Athens County Public Libraries
    – Chetco Community Public Library
    – Gothenburg University Library
    – Ignatianum University in Cracow
    – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    – [Koha-Suomi Oy](https://koha-suomi.fi)
    – [Open Fifth](https://openfifth.co.uk)

    We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 24.11.08

    – Pedro Amorim (5)
    – Tomás Cohen Arazi (21)
    – Stefan Berndtsson (1)
    – Alexander Blanchard (1)
    – Nick Clemens (9)
    – David Cook (15)
    – Jake Deery (2)
    – Frédéric Demians (3)
    – Paul Derscheid (1)
    – Jonathan Druart (75)
    – Magnus Enger (1)
    – Laura Escamilla (4)
    – Katrin Fischer (4)
    – Matthias Le Gac (1)
    – Lucas Gass (7)
    – Victor Grousset (4)
    – Kyle M Hall (6)
    – Andrew Fuerste Henry (2)
    – Nicolas Hunstein (3)
    – Mason James (1)
    – Andreas Jonsson (1)
    – Janusz Kaczmarek (8)
    – Lukas Koszyk (1)
    – Emily Lamancusa (10)
    – William Lavoie (4)
    – Owen Leonard (20)
    – Julian Maurice (1)
    – Matthias Meusburger (1)
    – David Nind (2)
    – Andrew Nugged (1)
    – Eric Phetteplace (1)
    – Martin Renvoize (20)
    – Phil Ringnalda (3)
    – Adolfo Rodríguez (1)
    – Marcel de Rooy (13)
    – Caroline Cyr La Rose (3)
    – Andreas Roussos (1)
    – Fridolin Somers (12)
    – Lari Strand (1)
    – Emmi Takkinen (4)
    – Doris Tam (1)
    – Petro Vashchuk (2)
    – Baptiste Wojtkowski (13)

    We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
    patches to Koha 24.11.08

    – Athens County Public Libraries (20)
    – [BibLibre](https://www.biblibre.com) (27)
    – [Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ)](https://bsz-bw.de) (7)
    – [ByWater Solutions](https://bywatersolutions.com) (28)
    – [Catalyst](https://www.catalyst.net.nz/products/library-management-koha) (1)
    – Chetco Community Public Library (3)
    – [Dataly Tech](https://dataly.gr) (1)
    – David Nind (2)
    – Gothenburg University Library (1)
    – Independant Individuals (12)
    – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (1)
    – Koha Community Developers (79)
    – [Koha-Suomi Oy](https://koha-suomi.fi) (5)
    – KohaAloha (1)
    – Kreablo AB (1)
    – [Libriotech](https://libriotech.no) (1)
    – [LMSCloud](https://www.lmscloud.de) (1)
    – [Montgomery County Public Libraries](https://montgomerycountymd.gov) (10)
    – [Open Fifth](https://openfifth.co.uk) (28)
    – [Prosentient Systems](https://www.prosentient.com.au) (15)
    – Rijksmuseum, Netherlands (13)
    – [Solutions inLibro inc](https://inlibro.com) (8)
    – Tamil (3)
    – [Theke Solutions](https://theke.io) (21)
    – [Xercode](https://xebook.es) (1)

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

    – Aleisha Amohia (3)
    – Pedro Amorim (4)
    – Tomás Cohen Arazi (8)
    – Andrew Auld (1)
    – Baptiste (1)
    – Matt Blenkinsop (7)
    – Emmanuel Bétemps (1)
    – Aude Charillon (2)
    – Christopher (1)
    – Nick Clemens (15)
    – David Cook (4)
    – Paul Derscheid (141)
    – Roman Dolny (18)
    – Jonathan Druart (16)
    – Magnus Enger (16)
    – Katrin Fischer (139)
    – David Flater (5)
    – Andrew Fuerste-Henry (3)
    – Brendan Gallagher (3)
    – Lucas Gass (134)
    – Victor Grousset (1)
    – Allax Guillen (1)
    – Bo Gustavsson (1)
    – Kyle M Hall (6)
    – Andrew Fuerste Henry (1)
    – Heather Hernandez (2)
    – Cornelius Hertfelder (1)
    – Barbara Johnson (1)
    – Janusz Kaczmarek (1)
    – Jan Kissig (1)
    – Thomas Klausner (2)
    – Emily Lamancusa (15)
    – William Lavoie (1)
    – Brendan Lawlor (2)
    – Owen Leonard (18)
    – Lin Wei Li (1)
    – Jesse Maseto (2)
    – Julian Maurice (5)
    – Esther Melander (1)
    – David Nind (98)
    – Martin Renvoize (59)
    – Phil Ringnalda (7)
    – Marcel de Rooy (88)
    – Caroline Cyr La Rose (2)
    – Mathieu Saby (1)
    – Lisette Scheer (5)
    – Fridolin Somers (212)
    – Tadeusz „tadzik” Sośnierz (1)
    – Michelle Spinney (2)
    – Emmi Takkinen (1)
    – Imani Thomas (1)
    – Olivier Vezina (1)
    – Shi Yao Wang (2)
    – Wainui Witika-Park (2)
    – Baptiste Wojtkowski (62)
    – Anneli Österman (2)

    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:

    The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
    line is 24.11.x-security.

    Bugs and feature requests

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

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

    Autogenerated release notes updated last on 26 Aug 2025 15:11:12.