23 Feb 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 19.11.15 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.11.15 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.
It includes 2 security fixes, 1 new features, 9 enhancements, 30 bugfixes.
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
[14004] Add ability to temporarily disable added CSS and Javascript in OPAC and interface
This allows to temporarily disable any of OPACUserCSS, OPACUserJS, OpacAdditionalStylesheet, opaclayoutstylesheet, IntranetUserCSS, IntranetUserJS, intranetcolorstylesheet, and intranetstylesheet system preference via an URL parameter.
Alter the URL in OPAC or staff interface by adding an additional parameter DISABLE_SYSPREF_
=1. Example: /cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl?DISABLE_SYSPREF_IntranetUserCSS=1
[24254] Add Koha::Items->filter_by_visible_in_opac
This patch introduces an efficient way of filtering Koha::Items result sets, to hide items that that shouldn't be exposed on public interfaces.
Filtering is governed by the following system preferences. A helper method is added to handle lost items:
- hidelostitems: Koha::Items->filter_out_lost is added to handle this.
Some patrons have exceptions so OpacHiddenItems is not enforced on them. That's why the new method [1] has an optional parameter that expects the logged in patron to be passed in the call.
[1] Koha::Items->filter_by_visible_in_opac
[27422] HTML5Media is http by default but Youtube is https only
Sponsored by Banco Central de la República Argentina
[24272] Add a command line script to compare the syspref cache to the database
This script checks the value of the system preferences in the database against those in the cache. Generally differences will only exist if changes have been made directly to the DB or the cache has become corrupted.
[26713] Add pagination to bottom of saved SQL reports table
This enhancement adds a second pagination menu to the bottom of saved SQL reports tables.
[27395] Add warning to PatronSelfRegistrationDefaultCategory to avoid accidental patron deletion
This patch adds a warning to the PatronSelfRegistrationDefaultCategory system preference to not use a regular patron category for self registration.
If a regular patron category code is used and the cleanup_database cronjob is setup to delete unverified and unfinished OPAC self registrations, it permanently and and unrecoverably deletes all patrons that have registered more than PatronSelfRegistrationExpireTemporaryAccountsDelay days ago.
It also removes unnecessary apostrophes at the end of two self registration and modification system preference descriptions.
[27586] Import patrons script has a confirm switch that doesn't do anything
This fixes the misc/import_patrons.pl script so that patrons are not imported unless the --confirm option is used. Currently, if the script is run without "--confirm" option it reports that it is "Running in dry-run mode, provide --confirm to apply the changes", however it imports the patrons anyway.
[27179] Misspelling of Method in REST API files
This fixes the misspelling of Method (Mehtod to Method) in REST API files.
[27011] Warnings in returns.pl
This patch removes a variable ($name) that is no longer used in Circulation > Check in (/cgi-bin/koha/circ/returns.pl), and the resulting warnings (..[WARN] Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at..) that were recorded in the error log.
[27548] Warnings "use of uninitialized value" on branchoverdues.pl
This fixes the cause of unnecessary "use of uninitialized value" warnings in the log files generated by Circulation > Overdues with fines (/cgi-bin/koha/circ/branchoverdues.pl).
This was caused by not taking into account that the "location" parameter for this form is initially empty.
[27549] Warning "use of uninitialized value" on renew.pl
This fixes the cause of unnecessary "use of uninitialized value" warnings in the log files generated by Circulation > Renew (/cgi-bin/koha/circ/renew.pl).
This was caused by not taking into account that the "barcode" parameter for this form is initially empty.
This fixes the HTML
[24810] French SQL files for "news" contain "Welcome into Koha 3!"
This removes the Koha version number from the sample news items for the French language installer files (fr-FR and fr-CA).
[24811] French SQL files for "news" contain broken link to the wiki
This fixes a broken link in the sample news items for the French language installer files (fr-FR and fr-CA).
[27299] Zebra phrase register is incorrectly tokenized when using ICU
Previously, Zebra indexing in ICU mode was incorrectly tokenizing text for the "p" register. This meant that particular phrase searches were not working as expected. With this change, phrase searching works the same in ICU and CHR modes.
[20238] Show description of ITEMTYPECAT instead of code in itemtypes summary table
This enhancement changes the item types page (Koha administration > Basic parameters > Item types) so that the search category column displays the ITEMTYPECAT authorized value's description, instead of the authorized value code. (This makes it consistent with the edit form where it displays the descriptions for authorized values.)
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available:
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 19.11.15 is
Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Managers:
Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Release Maintainers:
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 19.11.15:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.15.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.15
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-patches@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 23 Feb 2021 21:16:25.