RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 22.05.09
25 Jan 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 22.05.09 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
- Koha Wiki
- OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
Koha 22.05.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 enhancements, 29 bugfixes.
System requirements
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here.
Enhancements
Self checkout
- [32115] Add ID to check-out default help message dialog to allow customization
Critical bugs fixed
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
- [32481] Rabbit times out when too many jobs are queued and the response takes too long
Other bugs fixed
Acquisitions
- [32016] Fix 'clear filter' button behavior on datatable saving their state
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
Cataloging
- [31881] Link in MARC view does not work
Circulation
- [28975] Holds queue lists can show holds from all libraries even with IndependentBranches
Fines and fees
- [22042] BlockReturnofWithdrawn Items does not block refund generation when item is withdrawn and lost
Hold requests
- [32247] Real time HoldsQueue does not need to check items if there are no holds
Lists
OPAC
- [32597] Article requests not stacking in patron view
Patrons
- [31166] Digest option is not selectable for phone when PhoneNotification is enabled
- [31492] Patron image upload fails on first attempt with CSRF failure
- [32491] Can no longer search patrons in format 'surname, firstname'
- [32505] Cannot search by dateofbirth in specified dateformat
Searching
- [20596] Authority record matching rule causes staging failure when MARC record contains multiple tag values for a match point
Staff interface
- [32355] Add class url to all URL syspref
- [32596] Background jobs viewer not showing finished jobs
System Administration
Templates
- [32348] Library public is missing from columns settings
Test Suite
- [32037] Circulation module in action logs has bad links for deleted items
- [32255] Cannot use file upload in batch record modification
- [32389] Syndetics links are built wrong on the staff results page
- [32456] Date accessioned is now cleared when items are replaced
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 (77.9%)
- Armenian (100%)
- Armenian (Classical) (71.6%)
- Bulgarian (85.6%)
- Chinese (Taiwan) (93.8%)
- Czech (62.4%)
- English (New Zealand) (56.5%)
- English (USA)
- Finnish (94.8%)
- French (97.2%)
- French (Canada) (99.9%)
- German (100%)
- German (Switzerland) (54.1%)
- Greek (55.5%)
- Hindi (100%)
- Italian (100%)
- Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (84.7%)
- Norwegian Bokmål (56%)
- Persian (58.7%)
- Polish (100%)
- Portuguese (85.8%)
- Portuguese (Brazil) (76.8%)
- Russian (78.4%)
- Slovak (63.9%)
- Spanish (100%)
- Swedish (78.6%)
- Telugu (84.6%)
- Turkish (92%)
- Ukrainian (74.2%)
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 22.05.09 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)
- 22.05 -- Lucas Gass
- 21.11 -- Arthur Suzuki
- 21.05 -- Wainui Witika-Park
Credits
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 22.05.09
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 22.05.09
- Nick Clemens (7)
- David Cook (4)
- Jonathan Druart (6)
- Géraud Frappier (1)
- Lucas Gass (5)
- Didier Gautheron (1)
- Thibaud Guillot (2)
- Kyle M Hall (3)
- The Minh Luong (1)
- David Nind (1)
- Mona Panchaud (1)
- Marcel de Rooy (2)
- Fridolin Somers (4)
- Emmi Takkinen (1)
- Koha translators (1)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 22.05.09
- BibLibre (7)
- ByWater-Solutions (15)
- David Nind (1)
- Koha Community Developers (6)
- Koha-Suomi (1)
- mpan.ch (1)
- Prosentient Systems (4)
- Rijksmuseum (2)
- Solutions inLibro inc (2)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha
- Tomás Cohen Arazi (33)
- Matt Blenkinsop (3)
- Nick Clemens (1)
- David Cook (1)
- Jonathan Druart (2)
- Katrin Fischer (11)
- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (3)
- Lucas Gass (36)
- Kyle M Hall (7)
- Evelyn Hartline (1)
- Mason James (1)
- Jan Kissig (2)
- Owen Leonard (3)
- David Nind (10)
- Jacob O'Mara (16)
- Martin Renvoize (22)
- Marcel de Rooy (8)
- Danyon Sewell (1)
- Fridolin Somers (2)
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 rmain2205.
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 25 Jan 2023 21:44:58.