22 Jul 2021
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 19.11.20 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.11.20 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 enhancements, 9 bugfixes.
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
[28487] Overdue_notices does not fall back to default language
Previously overdue notices exclusively used the default language, but bug 26420 changed this to the opposite - to exclusively use the language chosen by the patron.
However, if there is no translation for the overdue notice for the language chosen by the patron then no message is sent.
This fixes this so that if there is no translation of the overdue notice for the language chosen by the patron, then the default language notice is used.
[28586] Cannot resolve a claim
This fixes an issue with the 'Returned claims' feature (enabled by setting a value for ClaimReturnedLostValue)- resolving returned claims now works as expected.
Before this fix, an attempt to resolve a claim resulted in the page hanging and the claim not being able to be resolved.
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
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
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.11.20 is
Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Manager: Mason James
Documentation Manager: David Nind
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Wiki curators:
Release Maintainers:
Release Maintainer assistants:
Release Maintainer mentors:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.20
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.20
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.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 19.11.x.
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 22 Jul 2021 11:25:33.