I'm pretty sure suspended holds maintain their place in the line. This was an optional preference in my previous ILS so it is possible I'm confused. But the suspended hold stays in the line and will "travel" up the queue as older requests are filled. When the request begins actually looking for an item, the original request date will still be used to determine the "seniority" of the hold request. On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM Christopher Davis < christopher.davis@lincolncolibrarydist.org> wrote:

Hello Colleagues who utilize Aspen Discovery,

One of our libs just asked me whether or not Aspen puts a patron's hold back in the same priority/place in queue after the patron or staff unfreezes/thaws that hold. In other words, if I freeze a hold when I am 7th in queue for a title, when I thaw that hold, will my hold still be 7th in queue for that title? The Aspen documentation did not specify the priority/in what place in queue the thawed/unsuspended hold would be. When I asked the Aspen Community, they indicated that it depends on the ILS used by Aspen. So, do any of you know what Koha does for suspended holds in this regard?

https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/en/html/circulation.html#suspend-hol... also does not specify the priority/place in queue for a thawed/unsuspended hold. We are running Koha v. 25.05 with Maria DB.

Thank you,

Christopher Davis

Technical Services Specialist

Lincoln County Library District

(541) 264-8141 <5412648141>

christopher.davis@lincolncolibrarydist.org

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