RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 22.05.13
23 May 2023
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 22.05.13 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
- Koha Wiki
- OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
Koha 22.05.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 enhancements, 32 bugfixes.
System requirements
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here.
Enhancements
Templates
- [33077] Improve ease of translating template title tags
Critical bugs fixed
Acquisitions
- [33262] When an ordered record is deleted, we lose all information on what was ordered
Cataloging
- [33375] Advanced editor crashes when using MySQL 8 due to reserved rank keyword
Command-line Utilities
- [33603] misc/maintenance/search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl fails if biblio.biblionumber on control field
I18N/L10N
- [30352] "Not for loan" in result list doesn't translate in OPAC
Packaging
- [33629] allow pbuilder to use network via build-git-snapshot
SIP2
- [33216] SIP fee paid messages explode if payment registers are enabled and the SIP account has no register
- [33156] Batch patron modification tool is missing search bar and other attributes
Web services
- [33504] ILS-DI does not record renewer_id for renewals creating issue with renewal history view
Other bugs fixed
Acquisitions
- [33238] Error adding suggestion to basket as non-superlibrarian (Bug 29886 follow-up)
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
Cataloging
- [32253] Advanced cataloging editor doesn't load every line initially
Circulation
Hold requests
- [33210] (Bug 31963 follow-up) No hold fee message on OPAC should be displayed when there is no fee
I18N/L10N
- [33323] Select button in patron search modal is not translatable
MARC Bibliographic data support
- [31432] MARC21: Make 245 n and p subfields visible in frameworks by default
OPAC
- [29311] Do not allow editing of bibliographic information when entering suggestion from existing bibs
Reports
- [27513] Add description to reports page
Searching
- [33506] Series has wrong index name on scan index page and search option selection is not retained
Searching - Elasticsearch
- [31695] Type standard number is missing field ci_raw in field_config.yaml
Self checkout
- [32921] SelfCheckTimeout doesn't logout if SelfCheckReceiptPrompt modal is open
Serials
- [33040] Add "Date published (text)" to serials tab on record view (detail.pl)
Staff interface
- [32301] Show correct defaultSortField in staff interface advanced search
- [33505] Improve styling of scan index page
System Administration
- [33509] Staff search result list shows "other holdings" with AlternateHoldingsField when there are no alternate holdings
- [33634] Sidebar navigation links in system preferences not taking user to the clicked section
Templates
- [32127] Sort patron categories by description in templates
- [32642] Loading spinner always visible when cover image is short (OPAC)
- [33579] Typo: record record
- [33597] Get rid of few SameSite warnings
- [32041] OPAC and staff client results page do not honor SyndeticsCoverImageSize
Documentation
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
Translations
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
- Arabic (77.8%)
- Armenian (100%)
- Armenian (Classical) (69.8%)
- Bulgarian (85.5%)
- Chinese (Taiwan) (95.5%)
- Czech (62.3%)
- English (New Zealand) (68.5%)
- English (USA)
- Finnish (95%)
- French (100%)
- French (Canada) (99.7%)
- German (100%)
- German (Switzerland) (54.1%)
- Greek (55.6%)
- Hindi (100%)
- Italian (100%)
- Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (85.3%)
- Norwegian Bokmål (55.9%)
- Persian (58.7%)
- Polish (100%)
- Portuguese (87.3%)
- Portuguese (Brazil) (77.9%)
- Russian (78.3%)
- Slovak (64%)
- Spanish (100%)
- Swedish (78.4%)
- Telugu (84.5%)
- Turkish (95.3%)
- Ukrainian (74.1%)
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:
Release Team
The release team for Koha 22.05.13 is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi
Release Manager assistants:
- Jonathan Druart
- Martin Renvoize
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
- Aleisha Amohia
- Nick Clemens
- David Cook
- Jonathan Druart
- Lucas Gass
- Victor Grousset
- Kyle M Hall
- Martin Renvoize
- Marcel de Rooy
- Fridolin Somers
Topic Experts:
- UI Design -- Owen Leonard
- Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
- REST API -- Martin Renvoize
Bug Wranglers:
- Aleisha Amohia
- Indranil Das Gupta
Packaging Manager: Mason James
Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
Documentation Team:
- Aude Charillon
- David Nind
- Lucy Vaux-Harvey
Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
Wiki curators:
- Thomas Dukleth
- Katrin Fischer
Release Maintainers:
- 22.11 -- PTFS Europe (Martin Renvoize, Matt Blenkinsop, Jacob O'Mara, Pedro Amorim)
- 22.05 -- Lucas Gass
- 21.11 -- Arthur Suzuki
- 21.05 -- Wainui Witika-Park
Credits
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 22.05.13
- Jérémy Breuillard (1)
- Galen Charlton (1)
- Nick Clemens (3)
- David Cook (1)
- Jonathan Druart (2)
- Magnus Enger (2)
- Katrin Fischer (11)
- Lucas Gass (10)
- Kyle M Hall (2)
- Mason James (1)
- Janusz Kaczmarek (3)
- Owen Leonard (2)
- Philip Orr (1)
- Martin Renvoize (3)
- Marcel de Rooy (7)
- Fridolin Somers (5)
- Koha translators (1)
- Hammat Wele (1)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 22.05.13
- Athens County Public Libraries (2)
- BibLibre (6)
- Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (11)
- ByWater-Solutions (15)
- Equinox Open Library Initiative (1)
- Independant Individuals (3)
- Koha Community Developers (2)
- KohaAloha (1)
- Libriotech (2)
- lmscloud.de (1)
- Prosentient Systems (1)
- PTFS-Europe (3)
- Rijksmuseum (7)
- Solutions inLibro inc (1)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha
- Aleisha Amohia (1)
- Tomás Cohen Arazi (45)
- Matt Blenkinsop (13)
- Kevin Carnes (1)
- Nick Clemens (15)
- Jonathan Druart (6)
- Magnus Enger (1)
- Laura Escamilla (1)
- Katrin Fischer (13)
- Brendan Gallagher (1)
- Lucas Gass (50)
- Victor Grousset (1)
- Kyle M Hall (1)
- Sally Healey (1)
- Barbara Johnson (2)
- Owen Leonard (2)
- Marius Mandrescu (1)
- David Nind (18)
- Jacob O'Mara (15)
- Séverine Queune (1)
- Martin Renvoize (20)
- Phil Ringnalda (1)
- Marcel de Rooy (8)
- Caroline Cyr La Rose (2)
- Michaela Sieber (1)
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 master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is security-22.05.x-security.
Bugs and feature requests
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 May 2023 16:24:35.