RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 23.05.09

29 Feb 2024

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 23.05.09 can be downloaded from:

Installation instructions can be found at:

Koha 23.05.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 6 security fixes, 2 enhancements, and 40 bugfixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Security bugs

Bugfixes

About

Critical bugs fixed

Accessibility

Other bugs fixed

Acquisitions

Other bugs fixed

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Critical bugs fixed

Other bugs fixed

Authentication

Critical bugs fixed

Other bugs fixed

Cataloging

Other bugs fixed

Circulation

Critical bugs fixed

Other bugs fixed

Command-line Utilities

Other bugs fixed

Documentation

Other bugs fixed

Hold requests

Critical bugs fixed

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

Other bugs fixed

Packaging

Other bugs fixed

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

Other bugs fixed

SIP2

Other bugs fixed

Searching - Elasticsearch

Other bugs fixed

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

Test Suite

Other bugs fixed

Tools

Other bugs fixed

Web services

Critical bugs fixed

Other bugs fixed

Enhancements

OPAC

Enhancements

Templates

Enhancements

Documentation

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

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 23.05.09 is

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 23.05.09

- [Koha-Suomi Oy](https://koha-suomi.fi)

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 23.05.09

- Pedro Amorim (1) - Tomás Cohen Arazi (4) - Matt Blenkinsop (5) - Nick Clemens (8) - Jonathan Druart (16) - Laura Escamilla (1) - Katrin Fischer (7) - Lucas Gass (8) - Victor Grousset (1) - Michael Hafen (2) - Kyle M Hall (7) - Janik Hilser (1) - Andreas Jonsson (2) - Emily Lamancusa (1) - Owen Leonard (7) - Martin Renvoize (13) - Marcel de Rooy (8) - Caroline Cyr La Rose (1) - Emmi Takkinen (2)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 23.05.09

- Athens County Public Libraries (7) - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (7) - ByWater-Solutions (24) - Independant Individuals (3) - Koha Community Developers (17) - Koha-Suomi (2) - Kreablo AB (2) - montgomerycountymd.gov (1) - PTFS-Europe (19) - Rijksmuseum (8) - Solutions inLibro inc (1) - Theke Solutions (4)

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha

- Michael Adamyk (1) - Tomás Cohen Arazi (6) - Matt Blenkinsop (4) - Chris Cormack (1) - Jonathan Druart (17) - Sharon Dugdale (2) - Magnus Enger (3) - Katrin Fischer (62) - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1) - Lucas Gass (82) - Victor Grousset (5) - Kyle M Hall (14) - Emily Lamancusa (2) - Brendan Lawlor (2) - Owen Leonard (6) - lmstrand (1) - Julian Maurice (1) - David Nind (22) - Philip Orr (1) - Martin Renvoize (32) - Marcel de Rooy (13) - Fridolin Somers (64) - Loïc Vassaux--Artur (1) - Alexander Wagner (3) - Anneli Österman (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 23.05.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 29 Feb 2024 15:28:17.