RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 24.11.11

04 Dec 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 24.11.11 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 24.11.11 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 76 bugfixes (1 security).

System requirements

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

Security bugs

• 40524 Stored XSS run by DataTables Print button in staff interface

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Other bugs fixed

• 38516 Closed group basket not able to open pdf file with adobe The root object is missing or invalid
• 40988 Subfunds in acqui-home.pl and aqbudgets.pl are not collapsible beyond 20th line
• 41100 EDI vendor account port numbers no longer editable

  This fixes editing EDI account port numbers in Koha 25.05.x. When editing the port numbers for an account (Administration > Acquisition parameters > EDI accounts), the changes were not saved.

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Other bugs fixed

• 40041 Update mailmap for 25.11.x
• 40265 t/db_dependent/OAI/Server.t is failing randomly
• 40559 Fix a noisy warn in catalogue/MARCdetail
• 40820 STOMP errors even when JobsNotificationMethod=’polling’
• 40978 t/db_dependent/Budgets.t fails on Debian 13 due to warnings
• 41024 Inconsistent spelling of Borrower(s)Log
• 41032 Open Fifth missing in plugin repos config

  This updates the template used when creating Koha instances – it changes the plugin repository details for Open Fifth (previously PTFS-Europe), so that you can search and install plugins using the staff interface.

  To update existing Koha instances (where uploading and installing plugins from Git repositories is enabled) change the PTFS-Europe details to Open Fifth in the /etc/koha/sites//koha-conf.xml:

  
  Open Fifth
  openfifth
  github
  

• 41044 Fix argument isn’t numeric in addition in Koha::Item::find_booking
• 41104 Samesite HTTP response header being set in C4::Auth::checkauth()
• 41123 Remove useless dbh statement from Patron

Cataloging

Critical bugs fixed

• 40997 Javascript error prevents saving when an instance of an ‘important’ or ‘required’ field is deleted

Other bugs fixed

• 40897 Uneven field lengths in additem.tt
• 41205 Error in Advanced Cataloging editor when z39 source returns undef / empty records

Circulation

Critical bugs fixed

• 40205 “Default checkout, hold and return policy” cannot be unset

Other bugs fixed

• 40899 When placing multiple holds at once the individual “Pickup location:” dropdowns do not update when changing the top level “Pickup at:” dropdown”

  This fixes a problem where the item specific branch choice was not being set correctly when placing a hold on multiple items at the same time in the staff interface.

• 41149 Spinner/loader does not disappear when a renewal fails with AllowRenewalOnHoldOverride set to dont allow
• 41298 Filtering holdings table with status In transit considers every item ever transferred to be “In transit”

Command-line Utilities

Critical bugs fixed

• 40953 marc_ordering_process.pl broken due to accidental newline

Other bugs fixed

• 35700 Holds reminder cronjob –triggered switch does not work as intended if the day to send notice hits concurrent holidays

  This bugfix adds a check to the hold reminders cronjob so the job will skip if today is a holiday when the –holiday flag is used.

  This will prevent the notice from repeating reminders that would send on a usually closed day again on the next open day.

• 40785 Cronjob cleanup_database.pl usage is outdated
• 41008 bulkmarcimport.pl -d broken for authorities

Developer documentation

Other bugs fixed

• 40027 Use GitHub workflow to automatically close PRs opened on the Koha repo there

ERM

Critical bugs fixed

• 37622 “location” header is set for non-POST routes

Hold requests

Other bugs fixed

• 40929 Can’t call method “borrowernumber” on an undefined value at opac-modrequest.pl
• 40985 Clarify POD of Holds->filter_by_found

ILL

Other bugs fixed

• 40171 ILL Patron Has No Email Address on File message upon “Send Notice To Patron”

  Staff members now receive clear feedback when attempting to send ILL notices to patrons who have no email address on file or haven’t configured their messaging preferences for interlibrary loan notifications.

  Previously, when clicking “Send notice to patron” for an ILL request, staff received no indication whether the notice was successfully queued for delivery. If the patron had no email address or hadn’t opted in to ILL messaging preferences, the notice would silently fail to send, leaving staff unaware that the patron wasn’t notified.

  With this enhancement:
  – A warning message now displays if the notice cannot be queued: “The requested notice was NOT queued for delivery by email, SMS”
  – A success message displays when the notice is successfully queued
  – Staff can immediately see when they need to contact the patron through alternative means (such as telephone)

  For staff: If you see the warning message, check the patron’s record to ensure:
  1. They have a valid email address on file
  2. They have enabled ILL messaging preferences (Interlibrary loan ready / Interlibrary loan unavailable) in their patron messaging preferences

• 41057 OPAC ILL visiting a URL directly does not respect ILLOpacbackends
• 41257 ILL “List requests”/”Refresh” wording doesn’t work

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

Critical bugs fixed

• 41167 Rewrite Rules missing in etc/koha-httpd.conf

Label/patron card printing

Other bugs fixed

• 40473 X scale for Code39 barcodes is calculated incorrectly when generating barcode labels

MARC Bibliographic data support

Other bugs fixed

• 40959 LOC classification display broken

  This fixes the display logic for the Library of Congress classification field (050) in the staff interface for MARC21. The separator was being shown between subfields $a and $b, instead of between additional 050 entries.

  Example:

  For an 050 with two entries:

  050 4 $aE337.5 $b.O54 2025
  050 4 $aE415.7 $b.A44 2025

  This was incorrectly shown in the staff interface as:

  LOC classification: E337.5 | .O54 2025 E415.7 | .A44 2025

  It should have been shown as:

  LOC classification: E337.5 O54 2025 | E415.7 A44 2025

Notices

Other bugs fixed

• 39985 items.onloan field is not updated when an item is recalled

  Sponsored by Auckland University of Technology

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 38080 Sorting options for holdings table are incorrect

  This fixes the default sort order for the OPAC holdings table, so that the default table sorting setting is used. Previously, it was not correctly using this setting (for example, setting the shelving location as the default sort order did not work).

• 40836 Credit and debit types are not shown in patron account on OPAC
• 40873 AV dropdowns in OPAC don’t use lib_opac values
  This fixes the value displayed in dropdown lists for authorized values in the OPAC. The value entered in the ‘Description (OPAC)’ field is now shown for authorized value dropdown lists. Previously, the value shown was what was in the ‘Description’ field.

  Example: for the SUGGEST_FORMAT authorized value category, the value in ‘Description (OPAC)’ is now shown in the dropdown list for the item type field on the purchase suggestion form in the OPAC.

• 40903 OPAC advanced search applies a location limit of the logged-in library by default

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

• 35830 Add separate permission for Merging Patrons

  Sponsored by Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing

• 41094 search_anonymize_candidates returns too many candidates when FailedLoginAttempts is empty

Other bugs fixed

• 29908 Warning when empty ClaimReturnedWarningThreshold in patron_messages.inc
• 39408 Cannot add patron via API if AutoEmailNewUser and WELCOME content blank
• 40605 Synchronize two sentences about processing personal data
• 40936 Add index for default patron sort order

  This change introduces a new database index to improve the performance of patron searches, especially in large databases. This will prevent slow searches and potential database server issues related to sorting patrons by name and address.

  System Administrator Note:
  Applying this update will add a new index to the borrowers table. On systems with a large number of patrons, this operation can take a significant amount of time and consume considerable server resources (CPU and I/O).

  While modern database systems can often perform this operation without locking the table for the entire duration, a general slowdown of the system is expected. It is strongly recommended to run the upgrade (updatedatabase.pl) during a planned maintenance window to avoid impacting users.

• 41039 Patron search button can be spammed and trigger many API patron searches
  Every click of the “Search” button in patrons searching form
  was triggering another patron search API request.
  This button is now disabled after click until the first searches results are displayed.
• 41212 members/maninvoice.pl debit_types should sort by description not code

Point of Sale

Other bugs fixed

• 40625 Prevent cashup re-submissions on page reload

Reports

Other bugs fixed

• 40470 REPORT_GROUP authorized value cannot be numeric
• 40937 No option to show/hide data menu in report results when including borrowernumber
• 40961 LocalUse Circulation Statistics offering empty results
• 41082 Renaming columns in reports doesn’t work with batch tools
• 41112 Space is missing in report preview

  This fixes the ‘Delete’ button when previewing the SQL for a saved report – there is now a space between the trash can icon and Delete.

SIP2

Other bugs fixed

• 40915 SIP message parsing with empty fields edge cases

Staff interface

Critical bugs fixed

• 38072 Regression with modalPrint

  This fixes a regression when printing dialogue boxes in certain Chromium-based browsers, for example, when printing the cashup summary for the point of sale system. Sometimes the print dialog failed to open, and instead you were faced with a flash of white before the new tab automatically closed and didn’t print.

• 41229 Cash registers are not fully reset on library change

Other bugs fixed

• 39712 Query parameters break the manual mappings in vue modules
• 40565 Column filters on the item search do not work

  This patch fixes a problem that made the column search filters not to work when doing an item search.

• 40876 DT – Exact search not applied on second attribute for column filters
• 40907 parenthesis and bracket are breaking filter on item table
• 41074 Last patron links are shuffled and wrong patrons removed

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

• 41092 Some system preferences have target=’blank’ instead of target=’blank’

  This fixes the HTML target attribute for some system preference links that open a pop-up window or external link. The link attribute now uses “blank” instead of “blank”, and opens in a new tab for external links, and the same browser window for pop-up windows (modals).

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 40664 Serial subscription input missing “Required” labels
  

  This fixes the second page of the new serial subscription form – it adds missing “Required” labels next to two mandatory fields
  (‘Frequency’ and ‘Subscription start date’).

• 40720 Misleading title attribute “Remove all items” in Select2 fields

  Improvement: Updated Select2 title text for clarity

  This patch updates the Select2 initialization script to improve accessibility and clarity. The title attribute on the “X” control (used to clear selections in Select2 dropdowns) now reads “Clear selections” instead of “Clear items,” eliminating ambiguity.

  Sponsored by Athens County Public Libraries

• 40760 ‘Edit’ link in item receive table is not formatted as link
• 40857 Dropdown menu for Booking cancellation is hidden in modal

• 41207 Permission description string does match permission name

  Sponsored by Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing

Test Suite

Other bugs fixed

• 38475 InfiniteScrollSelect_spec.ts is failing randomly again
• 40467 t/00-deprecated.t no longer needed
• 40845 t/Koha/Manual.t only passes for 25.05 and 25.06
• 40969 Circulation.t fails if RenewalPeriodBase is set to now ( the current date )
• 41012 ILSDI_Services.t is failing randomly

Tools

Other bugs fixed

• 32950 MARC modification template moving subfield can lose values for repeatable fields

  MARC modification templates now correctly preserve existing values when moving subfields within repeatable fields. Previously, moving subfields could cause data loss or duplication when the source subfield didn’t exist in all instances of the repeatable field.

  The problem:

  When using a MARC modification template to move a subfield within a repeatable field (for example, moving 020$z to 020$a), if some 020 fields had existing $a values but no $z values, those existing $a values would be overwritten or lost.

  Example scenario:

  Given multiple 020 fields:
  – 020$a with existing ISBN
  – 020$a with another existing ISBN
  – 020$z with cancelled ISBN (to be moved to $a)
  – 020$z with another cancelled ISBN (to be moved to $a)

  Previously, when moving 020$z to 020$a, the first two existing 020$a values would be replaced with values from the 020$z fields, causing data loss.

  What’s fixed:

  • Existing subfield values in fields that don’t contain the source subfield are now preserved
  • Source subfield values are only moved to the corresponding target positions in fields that actually contain the source subfield
  • The move operation correctly removes the source subfields after copying their values
  • Field order and other subfields are maintained correctly

  For cataloguers:

  MARC modification template “move” operations now work reliably with repeatable fields. When moving subfields, only the fields that contain the source subfield will be affected, and all other existing values in the repeatable fields will be preserved.

• 40843 On modborrowers.pl patron attributes should sort by the description, not the code
  This patch fixes a problem in the batch patron modification tool where extended patron attributes were sorting based on the code, instead of the description.

Web services

Other bugs fixed

• 40622 Bug 38233 not properly applied to 24.11.x, 25.05.x, and main

  ILS-DI GetRecords will now show the OPAC version of “marcxml”.

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 (75%)
• German (94%)
• Greek (98%)
• Hindi (67%)

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 24.11.11 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 24.11.11

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 24.11.11

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 24.11.11

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 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 04 Dec 2025 15:14:36.