[Koha] Problem with 24.05.01 windows stalls with "processing" box

[David Nind]

Hi.

The main cause of this issue is problems with your item data. This includes:

1. Items not having a home library and current library (both are required).
2. Item date fields that have 0000-00-00 - these need to be an actual date
or NULL (includes 952$d - Date acquired, 952$w - Price effective from).
3. Invalid entries for any of the item fields that use authorized values -
the values need to match what is in your authorized values lists.

You can still edit items by going to Edit > Edit items.

Ways to fix the incorrect data (open for any suggestions here):
1. Use reports to find incorrect data and then use the item batch
modification tool to fix them up (Cataloging > Batch editing > Batch item
modification).
2. Update items directly in the database using SQL - item data is in the
items table (not recommended unless you know what you are doing - make a
database backup first!).
3. ... please comment if you know other ways.

Why did this happen? Bug 33568 - Use the REST API to display items on the
biblio detail view. This important enhancement in 24.05.00 significantly
improves the display of the holdings table when then are a very large
number of items. However, it is much more "fussy" about all the item data
being valid. Some causes of incorrect data that may have crept in to your
system: imported or migrated data may have been incomplete, or MARC
frameworks that don't make the home and current library mandatory (there
are probably other things as well).

Why did your system automatically upgrade from 23.11(?? - guessing here) to
24.05.01? Check how your package sources list is set up. If you used
codenames (like stable, oldstable), then as soon as a new major version is
released (in this case 24.05 in late May 2024), when you run your update
and upgrade commands, then it will upgrade you to the next major release.
Despite the best efforts of the release team, there can be unexpected
issues with new major releases (the .05 and .11 versions released every six
months). Many Koha libraries often wait until after the first few
maintenance releases to upgrade, as most of the significant issues are
sorted out by then.

In the future, if you don't want to upgrade to the next major release until
you have tested in a test environment (highly recommended!), then update
your package sources to use the version number. I've tried to update the
installation instructions to explain this:
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Debian#Choosing_what_Koha_release_to_follow_-_a_version_number_or_a_codename

My explanation of what you get with the different releases:

   - If you want the *most bug-free* release of Koha at any given time, you
   should track the oldoldstable or oldoldoldstable (long term support) branch.
   - If you want the *most feature rich* release of Koha and don't mind
   dealing with bugs every few months, then track the stable branch.
   - The *happy middle ground* of oldstable will get new features six
   months later than stable, but should be considerably more tried and tested,
   and as such more bug free.

What you can do now:
1. Stay on 24.05 and fix your item date - depending on the number of items
you have, your skills, and the time available, this could take a while
(note that your OPAC will still work OK). (The next maintenance release
(24.05.02) is just around the corner - it fixes other known issues, such as
some forms not working, but won't fix your item data).
2. Restore your system to before your upgrade from your backups/system
images (extreme care required, as always).

David Nind
New Zealand

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 at 04:33, <spazzali at magritte.it> wrote:

> Hi everybody
>
> we have a Koha 23.11 with it_IT language installed and well running on a
> Debian 11 system.
>
> While doing a ordinary system update (sudo apt get update / sudo apt get
> upgrade) I'm asked to change repository for Koha-common from 23 to 24. I
> agreed.
>
> The update seems to reach the end without any error and when I log in the
> version installed is 24.05.01
>
> But trying to open a bibio record from intranet interface a box with the
> word "Processing..." appears and the windows stalls.
>
> I attach a screenshot of the "Processing..." box and the installation log.
>
> Koha logs seem clean.
>
> If you have any idea it will be very helpful.
>
> thanks
> tommaso
>
>
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