24 Jun 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 21.05.01 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 21.05.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 enhancements, 23 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
[27931] Add GET /items/:item_id/pickup_locations
This development adds routes for fetching an item's valid pickup location list.
[28496] Club holds form broken
This fixes the libraries shown in the 'Pickup at' dropdown list when placing a club hold so that it shows all libraries, instead of just the currently logged in library.
[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.
[28383] Log in via the itemsearch URL leads to Internal Server Error
When trying to access the item search form in the staff interface (/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/itemsearch.pl) when not logged in, an internal server error (error code 500) is received after entering your login details. This fixes the problem so that the item search form is displayed as expected.
[28350] Sort by "circ note" is broken on the patron search result view
This fixes the patron search result page so that the results can be sorted using the 'Circ note' column. Before this fix you could not sort the results by this column.
[28467] Add wording to TrackLastPatronActivity description to tell users that it records SIP authentication
This improves the wording for the TrackLastPatronActivity system preference to reflect that the 'last seen' date updates when a patron logs into the OPAC or connects using SIP.
[28353] Regression: Batch item deletion no longer shows which items were not removed
This restores and improves the messages displayed when batch deleting items (Tools > Catalog > Batch item deletion).
The messages displayed are:
- "Warning, the following barcodes were not found:", followed by a list of barcodes
- "Warning, the following items cannot be deleted:", followed by a list of barcodes
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 21.05.01 is
Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Manager:
Documentation Manager: David Nind
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Release Maintainers:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 21.05.01
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 21.05.01
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 21.05.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 24 Jun 2021 16:41:01.