25.11 Bug Roundup

25.11 Bug Roundup


Koha partners were upgraded to Koha v. 25.11.02-19 during the week of April 20, 2026. Please visit the Upgrade Hub to read the release notes, register for webinars, catch up on Monday Minutes, read featured blog posts, and more! This page will be updated as more information becomes available.

Many thanks to our Early Adopters:
  1. California College of the Arts
  2. Grove City College
  3. Grapevine Public Library
  4. Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
  5. Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County
  6. Round Rock Public Library
  7. Santa Barbara Public Library
  8. Southern Utah University, Gerald R. Sherratt Library
  9. Tarlton Law Library
  10. Uintah County Library
  11. Utah Valley University
Alert
*** If you use EDI, you'll need to update your EDI plugins immediately after your upgrade to 25.11.02-19. Click here to learn how to update plugins in Koha. *** 

🪲 Bugs Identified in Koha 25.11.05:


We're working on it
Notes
Bug 34000 - Don't allow auto-generated cardnumbers to be re-used, it may give access of services to the next patron created
Present in 25.11.04 +
Symptom: Card numbers for self-registered patrons are too long.

Solution: Update the value in AutoMemberNumValue (Administration > System preferences > Local Use tab > AutoMemberNumValue)

Also, run the following report to find and fix your too-long cardnumbers:
SELECT cardnumber,length(cardnumber), CONCAT('<a href=\"/cgi-bin/koha/members/memberentry.pl?op=modify&borrowernumber=', borrowernumber, '&step=3\">', borrowernumber, '</a>' ) AS borrowernumber, borrowers.userid
FROM borrowers WHERE cardnumber regexp '^\\d+$'
ORDER BY length(cardnumber) desc, cardnumber desc
LIMIT 500
Bug 37024 - Scrolling glitch on holdings table
Patch submitted
Resolved duplicate of bug 42003 - Pushed to main (26.05)

In the meantime, add the following to IntranetUserCSS:

.dataTable thead {
    position: sticky !important;
    top: 0 !important;
}

Bug 40853 - ElasticsearchBoostFieldMatch - needs to boost results more

Patch submitted
Needs documenting (Pushed to main, 26.05)
Bug 41251 - Ability to edit linked serials when editing items needs to be optional
Patch submitted
Signed Off
Bug 41358 - action logs info column should always store JSON
Patch submitted
Passed QA

Here's a Monday Minutes video with more info.
Bug 41795 - UNIMARC: a Zebra search for Corporate Body Name authorities will also return Collective Titles

Pushed to stable (25.11.05)

If you are on Zebra and are having some authority trouble after June 22 (such as authority searches coming up empty, or authorities are no longer linked), please send us a ticket so we can reindex them to the new mappings.
Bug 41840 - Number in patron's Holds tab doesn't update for new groups until page is reloaded
X
New
Bug 41879 - Holds that move to a new bib can be unfillable
Patch submitted
Signed Off
Bug 42054 - Group holds and real time holds queue: multiple titles show at once
X
New
Bug 42055 - Real time holds queue doesn't rebuild when hold from group hold is filled
X
New
Bug 42112 - Add option when changing a patron's category: allow choosing what to do for the expiry date and messaging preferences
Patch submitted
Passed QA
Bug 42256 - Ungrouping holds can leave patron with more holds than they should have
X
New
Bug 42462 - Claim counts aren't updating when claims are resolved via checkin
X
New
Bug 42487 - holds-table configuration is off when DisplayAddHoldGroups is enabled
X
New

Symptom: the Priority column is hidden on the patron's Holds tab.

Workaround: Click "Configure" to go to the holds-table settings, deselect the box(es) in the Notes row, and save.
📚 Bug 42712 - Error when making a suggestion with only the suggestions_create permission
X
New

Error: "Something went wrong when loading the table. 200: OK"
Bug 42751 - Circulation log viewer no longer displays item barcode in Info column
X
New
📚 Bug 42779 - Editing suggestion Fund defaults to None when field previously set
Patch submitted
Signed Off
Bug 42916 - Cannot modify hold expiration date with only place_holds permission
Patch submitted
Failed QA
📚 Bug 42919 - Suggestion duplicate warning erases suggestion info
Patch submitted
Signed Off
Bug 42920 - Looking up authority records in Advanced editor appends 20 extra spaces
Patch submitted
Passed QA
Bug 42930 - Overdues report incorrectly shows bibliographic record title in patron column instead of the patron's title (salutation)
Patch submitted
Signed Off
Bug 42972 - [25.11.x] Cannot add, edit, or delete MARC overlay rules
Patch submitted
Resolved. Will be patched in 25.11.07 (August 18-20)
Bug 42973 - Additional contents ordering ignores "Appear in position" when sorting news
Patch submitted
Signed Off
⭐️ Bug 43072 - Hold policies display incorrectly in circ rules page
Patch submitted
Needs Signoff

tl;dr - don’t touch the new column (“Fill other record level holds on record at checkout”) in the default hold policies in Circ/Fine Rules until 43072 is patched
⭐️ - Newly added this week (07/13/26)
📚 - purchase suggestion bugs present in 25.11.04+, resulting from bug 39721

🔜 Bugs That Will be Patched in BWS 25.11.06:

Bug 42701 - Ability to click anywhere in item row for edit and delete options is missing
⭐️ - Newly added this week (07/13/26)

✅ Bugs That Were Patched in BWS 25.11.05:

Bug 42394 - Session_id lost when a job is enqueued (403 errors when editing/adding items)
Bug 41849 - Cancelling filled hold from group does not cancel remaining pending holds from group or indicate that it's a hyperhold
Bug 41882 - Batch hold modification tool updates pickup locations to disallowed libraries
Bug 41954 - Staff interface: Patron hold history table should show hyperhold/hold group information
Bug 41997 - Default suggester is not passed by the suggestion creation form
Bug 41999 - Suggestions table in staff interface no longer searches all data following title in Suggestion column
Bug 42169 - Unify patron category change popups
Bug 42255 - Grouped holds counted inconsistently for circ rules
Bug 42547 - SIP performance is terrible if sip2_resource_last_modified is missing from memcached
Bug 42710 - Purchase suggestion creation form (staff interface) no longer defaults to logged-in library
Bug 42723 - Purchase suggestion 500 when EmailPurchaseSuggestions is set to BranchEmailAddress
Bug 42740 - Suggestion status is not kept when editing a suggestion
Bug 42750 - Purchase suggestions made from members/purchase-suggestions.pl no longer redirect back
Bug 42757 - Suggester is not passed by purchase-suggestions.pl
Bug 42357 - Holds table is missing patron name - patched for all partners as of July 2, 2026  ⭐️

🥳 Bugs Identified by Early Adopters and patched in 25.11.02-19. Thank you, Early Adopters!

 Bug 39522 - Add hooks to allow 'Valuebuilder' plugins to be installable
 Bug 41431 - Circulation rule notes dropping when editing rule
 Bug 41880 - Logs for moved holds don't indicate original bib number/item number
 Bug 41883 - Modifications using batch hold modification tool aren't logged
 Bug 42020 - (Bug 39482 follow-up) Library info link shown in OPAC without OpacLibraryInfo and library URL
 Bug 42053 - Bug 37893 DBUpdate does not always add the new userflags/permissions
 Bug 42062 - Patron column missing from checkout history on biblio record
 Bug 42068 - Update on bug 26993 breaks items deletions with a corrupted foreign key
 Bug 42098 - EDIFACT edi_cron.pl runs disabled plugins due to bug in Koha::Plugins::Handler::run



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