22 Dec 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 22.05.08 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 22.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 5 enhancements, 50 bugfixes.
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here.
[27265] process_message_queue.pl cron should be able to take multiple types as a parameter
This patch adds the ability to specify several types or letter codes when running the process_message_queue script. This allows libraries to consolidate calls when some message types or letter codes are scheduled differently than others
[30944] Fix single cancel recall button in recalls tab in staff interface and correctly handle cancellations with branch transfers
Sponsored by Catalyst
This fixes the 'cancel' recall button in several places so that it now works as expected (including the recalls tab in a patron's details section, the recalls section for a record, and the circulation recalls queue and recalls to pull pages). It also ensures a correct cancellation reason is logged when cancelling a recall in transit.
[31587] Basket not accessible from ACQORDER notice
This makes sure that the basket object is passed to the ACQORDER notice in order to allow adding information about the basket and the order lines within it.
[31682] Silence warn when using automatic linker in biblio editor
Sponsored by Catalyst
[29987] Manual credits are not recorded for a register
This fixes the recording of manual credits for patrons so that these transactions are now included in the cash summary report for a library. When adding a manual credit, there are now fields for choosing the transaction type and cash register.
[31739] Password reset from staff fails if previous expired reset-entry exists
Sponsored by Lund University Library, Sweden
[29561] Remove blank facet for languages
This removes blank facets from search results when using Elasticsearch. Currently, this only seems to affect language fields, but could affect any facetable field that contains blank values.
[31619] Cannot select title when setting non-default value for OPACSuggestionMandatoryFields
This fixes the OPACSuggestionMandatoryFields system preference so that the title field is visible and marked as mandatory (in red).
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 22.05.08 is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Manager:
Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
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 22.05.08
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 22.05.08
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 22.05.08
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 security-22.05.x-security.
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 22 Dec 2022 18:15:12.