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<h1 id="releasenotesforkoha25.05.07">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 25.05.07</h1>
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<p>28 Jan 2026</p>
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<p>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
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package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
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and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
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website for the Koha project is:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org">Koha Community</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 25.05.07 can be downloaded from:</p>
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<li><a href="https://download.koha-community.org/koha-25.05.07.tar.gz">Download</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Installation instructions can be found at:</p>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">Koha Wiki</a></li>
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<li>OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 25.05.07 is a bugfix/maintenance release.</p>
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<p>It includes 10 enhancements, 8 bugfixes.</p>
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<p><strong>System requirements</strong></p>
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<p>You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the <a href="https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations">community wiki</a>.</p>
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<h4 id="securitybugs">Security bugs</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=41593">41593</a> Authenticated SQL Injection in staff side suggestions</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=41662">41662</a> CSRF-vulnerability in opac-patron-consent.pl.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="bugfixes">Bugfixes</h2>
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<h3 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h3>
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<h4 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h4>
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<p><ul>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39468">39468</a> EDI message status should be case insensitive</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Fix EDI message status display in acquisitions so matching is case-insensitive by converting edi_order.status to lowercase before comparison.</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
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</blockquote>
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<h4 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h4>
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<p><ul>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40163">40163</a> Several http links should be moved to https</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40524">40524</a> Stored XSS run by DataTables Print button in staff interface</p>
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<p>Adds a custom function to ensure cleaner outputs when using DateTable's print button.</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h3 id="database">Database</h3>
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<h4 id="criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed</h4>
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<p><ul>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=41421">41421</a> Bug 35830 DB update must be idempotent</p>
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<p>25.11.00,25.05.06,24.11.11,24.05.16,22.11.33</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h3 id="preservation">Preservation</h3>
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</blockquote>
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<h4 id="criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=41364">41364</a> Error in preservation module breadcrumb</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="staffinterface">Staff interface</h3>
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<h4 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=41217">41217</a> Missing class on body tag for reserve/hold-group.tt</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h2>
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<h3 id="accessibility">Accessibility</h3>
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<h4 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39677">39677</a> Add the role presentation to the vertical divider in the navigation</p>
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<p>Accessibility improvement: Vertical dividers in the OPAC navigation now include role="presentation" to ensure they are correctly identified as decorative elements. This provides clearer semantics for assistive technologies without affecting display or design.</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
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</blockquote>
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<h4 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40527">40527</a> Add SECURITY.md to Koha</p>
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<p>This enhancement adds a markdown file to the Koha project repository to make it clear how to report security issues.</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40919">40919</a> Unnecessary DB access in Koha::Item::Transfer->receive</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h3 id="authentication">Authentication</h3>
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</blockquote>
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<h4 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=34164">34164</a> OAuth2/OIDC should redirect to page that initiated login</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="restapi">REST API</h3>
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<h4 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39830">39830</a> Add order claim object definition</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="staffinterface">Staff interface</h3>
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<h4 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h4>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=36518">36518</a> Add unique IDs to the fieldsets of the item search form to enable customization</p>
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<p>This enhancement adds IDs to the fieldsets on the staff interface search form (Search > Item search), to make CSS customization easier. The fieldset IDs are:
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- Library and location section: librarylocation
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- Item information section: access_and_condition
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- Barcode search section: barcodesearch
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- Call number section: callnumber_checkouts</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=38942">38942</a> Item template toolbar is not like other toolbars
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This enhancement improves the item-template-toolbar in Koha, adding some classes to be consistent with other toolbars in Koha.</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40757">40757</a> Highlight circulation rules on click</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h3 id="templates">Templates</h3>
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</blockquote>
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<h4 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h4>
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<li><p><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16721">16721</a> Add table configuration to serial claims table</p>
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<p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>Athens County Public Libraries</em></p></li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28146">28146</a> E-mail address used on error pages should respect ReplytoDefault</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
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<p>The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
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documentation is</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation</a>
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As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/en/html/">English (USA)</a></p></li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/fr/html/">French</a> (74%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/de/html/">German</a> (90%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/el/html/">Greek</a> (94%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/hi/html/">Hindi</a> (64%)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="translations">Translations</h2>
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<p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
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interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
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<div style="column-count: 2;">
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- Arabic (ar_ARAB) (92%)
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- Armenian (hy_ARMN) (100%)
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- Bulgarian (bg_CYRL) (100%)
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- Chinese (Simplified Han script) (83%)
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- Chinese (Traditional Han script) (97%)
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- Czech (67%)
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- Dutch (86%)
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- English (100%)
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- English (New Zealand) (61%)
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- English (USA)
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- Finnish (99%)
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- French (99%)
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- French (Canada) (99%)
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- German (100%)
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- Greek (65%)
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- Hindi (94%)
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- Italian (80%)
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- Norwegian Bokmål (71%)
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- Persian (fa_ARAB) (93%)
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- Polish (99%)
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- Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
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- Portuguese (Portugal) (87%)
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- Russian (93%)
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- Slovak (58%)
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- Spanish (98%)
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- Swedish (88%)
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- Telugu (65%)
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- Turkish (80%)
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- Ukrainian (74%)
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- Western Armenian (hyw_ARMN) (60%)
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</div>
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<p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
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<p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see</p>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
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list to volunteer:</p>
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<li><a href="https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="releaseteam">Release Team</h2>
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<p>The release team for Koha 25.05.07 is</p>
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<li><p>Release Manager: Lucas Gass</p></li>
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<li><p>QA Manager: Martin Renvoize</p></li>
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<li><p>QA Team:</p>
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<li>Marcel de Rooy</li>
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<li>Martin Renvoize</li>
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<li>Jonathan Druart</li>
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<li>Laura Escamilla</li>
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<li>Lucas Gass</li>
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<li>Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
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<li>Lisette Scheer</li>
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<li>Nick Clemens</li>
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<li>Paul Derscheid</li>
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<li>Emily Lamancusa</li>
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<li>David Cook</li>
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<li>Matt Blenkinsop</li>
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<li>Andrew Fuerste-Henry</li>
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<li>Brendan Lawlor</li>
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<li>Pedro Amorim</li>
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<li>Kyle M Hall</li>
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<li>Aleisha Amohia</li>
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<li>David Nind</li>
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<li>Baptiste Wojtkowski</li>
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<li>Jan Kissig</li>
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<li>Katrin Fischer</li>
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<li>Thomas Klausner</li>
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<li>Julian Maurice</li>
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<li>Owen Leonard</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Documentation Manager: David Nind</p></li>
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<li><p>Documentation Team:</p>
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<li>Philip Orr</li>
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<li>Aude Charillon</li>
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<li>Caroline Cyr La Rose</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Translation Manager: Jonathan Druart</p></li>
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<li><p>Wiki curators: </p>
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<li>George Williams</li>
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<li>Thomas Dukleth</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Release Maintainers:</p>
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<li>25.11 -- Jacob O'Mara</li>
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<li>25.05 -- Laura Escamilla</li>
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<li>24.11 -- Fridolin Somers</li>
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<li>22.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park (Catalyst IT)</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Release Maintainer assistants:</p>
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<li>25.11 -- Chloé Zermatten</li>
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<li>24.11 -- Baptiste Wojtkowski</li>
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<li>22.11 -- Alex Buckley & Aleisha Amohia</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="credits">Credits</h2>
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<p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
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new features in Koha 25.05.07</p>
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- Athens County Public Libraries
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</div>
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<p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 25.05.07</p>
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- Rachel A-M (1)
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- Tomás Cohen Arazi (6)
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- Nick Clemens (1)
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- David Cook (5)
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- Paul Derscheid (2)
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- Jonathan Druart (2)
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- Laura Escamilla (3)
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- Lucas Gass (4)
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- David Gustafsson (1)
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- Brendan Lawlor (1)
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- Owen Leonard (1)
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- Nina Martinez (1)
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- Marcel de Rooy (1)
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- Lisette Scheer (1)
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<p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
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patches to Koha 25.05.07</p>
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- Athens County Public Libraries (1)
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- [BibLibre](https://www.biblibre.com) (1)
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- [ByWater Solutions](https://bywatersolutions.com) (9)
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- [Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing](https://info.clamsnet.org) (1)
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- Göteborgs Universitet (1)
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- Independant Individuals (1)
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- Koha Community Developers (2)
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- [LMSCloud](https://www.lmscloud.de) (2)
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- [Prosentient Systems](https://www.prosentient.com.au) (5)
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- Rijksmuseum, Netherlands (1)
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- [Theke Solutions](https://theke.io) (6)
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</div>
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<p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha</p>
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- Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
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- David Cook (1)
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- Paul Derscheid (1)
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- Jonathan Druart (2)
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- Laura Escamilla (19)
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- Lucas Gass (1)
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- Barbara Johnson (1)
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- Ludovic Julien (1)
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- Lukas Koszyk (1)
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- Brendan Lawlor (4)
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- Owen Leonard (1)
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- David Nind (3)
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- Martin Renvoize (8)
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- Marcel de Rooy (2)
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- Lisette Scheer (3)
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- Michaela Sieber (1)
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- Emmi Takkinen (1)
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- Baptiste Wojtkowski (1)
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</div>
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<p>We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
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please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.</p>
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<h2 id="revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes</h2>
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<p>The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
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version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the main branch of:</p>
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<li><a href="https://git.koha-community.org/koha-community/koha">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
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<p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
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line is 25.05.x-security.</p>
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<h2 id="bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests</h2>
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<p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
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tracker at:</p>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
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(Many hands finish the work)</p>
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<p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on 28 Jan 2026 16:08:09.</p>
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