24 Mar 2022
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 21.11.03 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 21.11.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 enhancements, 25 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
[30072] Add more holds hooks
This development adds plugin hooks for several holds actions. The hook is called after_hold_action and has two parameters
- action: containing a string that represents the action, possible values: fill, cancel, suspend and resume.
- payload: A hashref containing a hold key, which points to the Koha::Hold object.
[29220] Minor fixes and improved code readability in circulation.pl
Sponsored by Gothenburg University Library
[28663] One should not be able to apply a discount to a VOID accountline
This removes the display of the 'Apply discount' button for VOID transactions.
[29338] Reprinting holds slip with updated expiration date
This patch adds a "Print hold/transfer" button to request.tt so staff can reprint hold/transfer slips without re-checking an item.
[30153] FindDuplicate ElasticSearch should not use lowercase 'and'
Sponsored by Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek
[30035] Wrong month name in numbering pattern
Sponsored by Orex Digital
Sponsored-by: Orex Digital
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
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 21.11.03 is
Release Manager: Fridolin Somers
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Manager:
Documentation Manager: David Nind
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Wiki curators:
Release Maintainers:
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 21.11.03
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 21.11.03
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 21.11.03
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 21.11.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 24 Mar 2022 18:23:09.