This document is a draft and still subject to change.

The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 9.0:

• Add ability to get cover using multiple ISBNs: #2633
• Add an HTML-friendly JSON encode helper: VUFIND-1593 / #2734
• Add nonce to script-src-elem CSP directive: #2783
• Add support for optional “required by” date for holds: #2740
• Add support for validating HTML after each Mink test: #2606, #2759, #2768
• Aleph: refactor driver code to one-class-per-file for PSR-12 compliance: #2761
• Browse handler: Fix test suite for compatibility with Solr 9.1: vufind-browse-handler#42
• Eliminate private properties/methods: #2752
• Finalize dependencies for 9.0 release: VUFIND-1595 / #2731, #2732
• Fix checkbox underlining for normal OR facets: #2775
• Fix collection search links: #2737
• Fix deprecation in DbUpgrade helper: #2738
• Fix Feedback admin bugs: #2742, #2743
• Fix hierarchical facet markup and improve accessibility: #2774
• Fix HTML validation and JS deprecation issues: #2760
• Fix ltrim parameters order in record linker view helper (and add related tests): #2773, #2777
• FOLIO: Handle empty requiredby date in placeHold function: #2739
• FOLIO: Improve test suite: #2735
• FOLIO: Refactor getHolding into smaller parts: #2730
• FOLIO: support proxy user requests: #2685
• HTTPS support for Wikipedia API Connection: #2733
• Improve button styling in critical fix page: #2741
• Modernize code standard to use PSR-12 instead of PEAR, and improve style: #2745, #2747, #2748, #2749, #2750, #2753, #2754, #2756, #2757, #2764, #2765, #2766, #2767, #2769, #2770, #2776, #2781, #2782, #2784, #2785, #2786, #2787, #2788, #2789, #2790, #2791, #2792, #2793, #2794, #2795, #2796, #2797, #2798, #2799, vufindcode#11, vufindcode#12, vufinddate#8, vufinddate#9, vufindharvest#15, vufindharvest#16, vufindhttp#22, vufindhttp#23, vufind-marc#8, vufind-marc#9
• PSR-12: avoid case clauses without break: #2771
• Remove form-attr-polyfill.js: #2751
• Remove legacy IE support: #2772
• Remove unused folder_id field from search table: #2699
• Standardize account status array processing: #2736
• Translation progress/improvements: #2744, #2746
• Update jsTree and move it to an npm dependency: #2778
• Upgrade tools to align with VuFind 9 release: vufindcode#10, vufinddate#7, vufindharvest#14, vufindhttp#21, vufind-marc#7

The following item was not adopted into the core code but has been saved for future reference in a feature branch:

• Add a post-processor to support <Consume-Whitespace /> tag: #2374

The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:

• Add support for purging loans from history: #2779
• eslint: apply to js/lib/ and more: #2780
• Fix CoverController::getImageParams isbn array check: #2800
• Move autocomplete.js from lib/ to vendor/: #2755
• Replacing <div id=“sidebar”> with <aside id=“sidebar”>: #2762
• SetupThemeResources: Ensure 'Content-Type' is never escaped: #2763

• Allow users to view their proxy relationships: VUFIND-1598
• FOLIO: improve documentation/error handling around permissions: VUFIND-1599
• Improve CSS configuration in themes: VUFIND-1601
• Improve pluralization in translations: VUFIND-1600
• OpenURL generation code includes both rft.title and rft.btitle: VUFIND-1602

The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:

• Add UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) support: #2488
• AJAX status standardization/modernization: #2447
• Announce number of search results in title: #2688
• Component: confirmation menu: #2723
• Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine: VUFIND-1480 / #2233
• Update language translation files for release 9.0: VUFIND-1567