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aleisha 2022-01-31 03:27:42 UTC Assignee koha-bugs aleisha
Sponsorship status --- Sponsored
Status NEW ASSIGNED
aleisha 2022-01-31 04:19:58 UTC Status ASSIGNED Needs Signoff
aleisha 2022-01-31 04:20:39 UTC Text to go in the release notes , or have the option to bypass the ISBN check and save anyway. This will work for both 10-digit and 13-digit ISBNs.

This patch also cleans up some bad indentation in
cataloguing/addbiblio.pl. This enhancement adds a new system preference ValidateISBN. When enabled, Koha will apply a valid checksum algorithm to ISBN fields (020$a for MARC21 and 010$a for UNIMARC) to validate the ISBN when cataloguing bibliographic records. The user will be prompted to fix their invalid ISBN
shi-yao.wang 2022-03-10 21:47:15 UTC CC shi-yao.wang
aleisha 2022-03-10 22:25:45 UTC Status Needs Signoff Failed QA
aleisha 2022-03-10 23:07:14 UTC Status Failed QA Needs Signoff
david 2022-04-30 04:09:30 UTC Status Needs Signoff Signed Off
david 2022-04-30 04:09:35 UTC Attachment #129984 Attachment is obsolete 0 1
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david 2022-04-30 04:32:21 UTC CC david
victor 2022-04-30 17:26:54 UTC Patch complexity --- Small patch
m.de.rooy 2022-05-03 12:18:15 UTC Status Signed Off Failed QA
m.de.rooy 2022-05-03 12:18:23 UTC QA Contact testopia m.de.rooy
arthur.suzuki 2025-09-03 08:19:22 UTC CC arthur.suzuki
arthur.suzuki 2025-09-08 15:29:59 UTC Status Failed QA Needs Signoff
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dcook 2025-09-18 00:15:17 UTC CC dcook
reuter 2025-10-08 14:53:02 UTC Status Needs Signoff Signed Off
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domm 2025-10-08 15:19:15 UTC Status Signed Off Passed QA
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lucas 2025-10-09 21:01:10 UTC Version(s) released in 25.11.00
Status Passed QA Pushed to main
lucas 2025-10-09 22:48:09 UTC CC lucas
arthur.suzuki 2025-10-21 08:54:18 UTC See Also https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=41060
david 2025-10-25 10:30:33 UTC Attachment #134434 Attachment is obsolete 0 1
david 2025-10-25 10:49:38 UTC Text to go in the release notes , or have the option to bypass the ISBN check and save anyway. This will work for both 10-digit and 13-digit ISBNs.

This patch also cleans up some bad indentation in
cataloguing/addbiblio.pl. This enhancement adds a new system preference ValidateISBN. When enabled, Koha will apply a valid checksum algorithm to ISBN fields (020$a for MARC21 and 010$a for UNIMARC) to validate the ISBN when cataloguing bibliographic records. The user will be prompted to fix their invalid ISBN
, update your frameworks manually. This enhancement adds a new cataloging plugin (value builder) for validating ISBNs. If you save a record with an invalid ISB, a browser pop-up window warns that the ISBN is invalid, but you can still ignore this and save the record.

For new installations, the validate_isbn.pl plugin is added to the bibliographic frameworks by default for 020$a (MARC21) or 010$a (UNIMARC).

For existing installations
david 2025-10-25 11:00:00 UTC Text to go in the release notes , update your frameworks manually. This enhancement adds a new cataloging plugin (value builder) for validating ISBNs. If you save a record with an invalid ISB, a browser pop-up window warns that the ISBN is invalid, but you can still ignore this and save the record.

For new installations, the validate_isbn.pl plugin is added to the bibliographic frameworks by default for 020$a (MARC21) or 010$a (UNIMARC).

For existing installations
, the validate_isbn.pl plugin is added to the bibliographic frameworks by default for 020$a (MARC21) or 010$a (UNIMARC).

For existing installations, update your frameworks manually. This enhancement adds a new cataloging plugin (value builder) for validating ISBNs. If you enter an invalid ISBN, a browser pop-up window warns that the ISBN is invalid, but you can ignore this (the field is highlighted in yellow) and still save the record.

For new installations
katrin.fischer 2025-12-10 20:16:14 UTC Blocks 41428
nick 2026-01-05 15:50:59 UTC Blocks 41524
Laura.escamilla 2026-01-05 17:32:04 UTC Status Pushed to main Needs documenting
CC Laura.escamilla
mspinney 2026-01-05 18:19:51 UTC CC mspinney

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