RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 24.11.12

20 Jan 2026

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 24.11.12 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 24.11.12 is a bugfix/maintenance release with 1 security patch.

It includes 3 enhancements, 10 bugfixes (2 security).

System requirements

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

Security bugs

• 41593 Authenticated SQL Injection in staff side suggestions
• 41662 CSRF-vulnerability in opac-patron-consent.pl.

Bugfixes

Accessibility

Other bugs fixed

• 39502 Web Usability Accessibility Audit - Decorative Images Don't Need alt Text

Acquisitions

Other bugs fixed

• 39468 EDI message status should be case insensitive

  Fix EDI message status display in acquisitions so matching is case-insensitive by converting edi_order.status to lowercase before comparison.

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Other bugs fixed

• 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

Command-line Utilities

Other bugs fixed

• 41490 Duplicate variable definition warnings in compare_es_to_db.pl

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 40803 Users cannot renew overdue items from 'Overdue' tab in account

Plugin architecture

Other bugs fixed

• 25952 Github search errors make it impossible to install plugins from other repos

  This fixes the error 500 "malformed JSON string" message when something goes wrong searching for plugins using the plugin search in the staff interface (for example, when there is an invalid repository in the Koha configuration).

Preservation

Critical bugs fixed

• 41364 Error in preservation module breadcrumb

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

• 40645 When adding to a list the 'list name' field is cut off

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Enhancements

• 40527 Add SECURITY.md to Koha

  This enhancement adds a markdown file to the Koha project repository to make it clear how to report security issues.

Authentication

Enhancements

• 34164 OAuth2/OIDC should redirect to page that initiated login

Staff interface

Enhancements

• 36518 Add unique IDs to the fieldsets of the item search form to enable customization

  This enhancement adds IDs to the fieldsets on the staff interface search form (Search > Item search), to make CSS customization easier. The fieldset IDs are: - Library and location section: librarylocation - Item information section: access_and_condition - Barcode search section: barcodesearch - Call number section: callnumber_checkouts

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 (74%)
• German (90%)
• Greek (94%)
• Hindi (64%)

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 24.11.12 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 individuals who contributed patches to Koha 24.11.12

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 24.11.12

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 20 Jan 2026 15:47:29.