The biggest news for June is the on-schedule release of VuFind® 10.0, a major release which sets solid foundations for the project's future in addition to adding several new features and many small enhancements and fixes. You can learn more about what's new in the Press Release or the VuFind® 10.0 - What's New / What's Changed video.

With this major milestone completed, parallel work will now begin on releases 10.0.1 (to fix any bugs or omissions discovered in 10.0), 10.1 (to add new features for the next minor release) and 11.0 (to continue major architectural changes).

The Project Management Committee finished a small project to improve accessibility and modernize styles on the vufind.org site. Work is also ongoing on documentation review and updates; with the 10.0 release behind us, that will become a greater focus of work for the remainder of the year.

Planning continues for both WOLFcon 2024 (in London, September 24-26, with pre-conference workshops on September 23) and the 2024 VuFind® Summit (in Leipzig and online, September 30-October 1).

Please consider participating in either or both of these events!

The following items were completed in the past month and are included in release 10.0:

• Add AuthHashService; refactor code to use it: #3714
• Add convenience methods to replace getUserByField(): #3815
• Add email verification test: VUFIND-1351 / #3816
• Add integration test coverage for ListItems channel provider: #3720
• Add integration test for Email authentication; fix case-sensitivity bug: #3778
• Add markDeleted() to ChangeTrackerService: #3776
• Add missing dependency annotation to BulkTest: #3767
• Add stubs for remaining database services: #3736
• Add support for logging emails to a file: #3729
• Add testing of deleted records to OaiTest: #3721
• Added missing parameters college and major in user entity interface: #3759
• Allow the order of author groups to be configurable: #3750
• Browse Handler: Fix GitHub Actions by updating outdated versions: vufind-browse-handler#50
• Clarify and refactor tag logic related to linking/unlinking: #3793
• Clean up outdated row references in VuFind module: #3805
• DB services: Fix argument names for consistency: #3766
• Deprecate a few more User row methods: #3773
• Deprecate and replace findResource() method: #3727
• Deprecate record driver getComments() method: #3777
• Deprecate record driver getContainingLists() method: #3730
• Deprecate record driver getTags method; improve TagService; fix minor bugs: #3771
• Deprecate several obsolete User row methods: #3728
• Eliminate remaining controller references to getTable(): #3811
• Eliminate tag table calls from InstallController: #3789
• Expand Auth hash entity interface: #3712
• Expand external session entity interface: #3715
• Expand Ratings Entity Interface: #3738 / #3739
• Expand Record entity interface: #3716
• Expand Search entity interface: #3747
• Expand Short links entity interface: #3737
• Expand User resource entity interface: #3743
• Extract Solr directly to the vendor directory: #3817
• Feedback: expand test; improve error handling: #3719
• Finish porting expiration commands to use database services: #3803
• Finish updating SwitchDbHashCommand to use database services: #3806
• Fix: Always retrieve database services by interface: #3781
• Fix docs for ipRanges parameter in RateLimiter.yaml: #3718
• Fix external logout handler to process all sessions: #3798
• Fix facets JS issues: #3685
• Fix favorites multi-select-list storage cleanup after deleting items from lists: #3790
• Fix HTML validation issues: #3770
• Fix incorrect capitalization of DateTime in comments: #3753
• Fix invalid argument in Record Driver test harness: #3726
• Fix issues with search database table and entity interface: #3757
• Fix mobile top menu colors on sandal: VUFIND-1675 / #3745
• Fix outdated comments to use UserEntityInterface: #3733
• Fix UserResource getters: #3756
• Fix width of facet link: VUFIND-1687 / #3746
• FOLIO: Detect inactive location: #3713
• Improve AuthEmailNotVerified exception: #3700
• Improve method names/terminology – use record instead of resource: #3780
• Improve search table cleanup query: #3795
• Improve translation key escaping to improve Lokalise compatibility: #3818
• Increase error tolerance: Wikipedia outage shouldn't break author page: #3779
• Increase use of entity interfaces in unit tests: #3704
• Increase use of UserEntityInterface in MyResearchController: #3702
• Index email and verify_hash fields in user table: #3814
• Introduce and use RecordService: #3735
• Introduce and use ShortlinksService: #3749
• Introduce ExternalSessionService: #3732
• Introduce RecordIdUpdater service: #3804
• Introduce ResourcePopulator service: #3725
• Introduce UserList service: #3701
• KohaRest: fix bug – incorrect config key (should be ItemTypeRenewalBlockMappings): #3754
• Make tag case-sensitivity a parameter in database service methods: #3797
• Make tag faceting test pass in PostgreSQL as well as MySQL: #3808
• Make unique tag sort unambiguous: #3785
• Migrate more methods to ResourceService: #3708
• Minor dependency updates: #3724, #3762, #3792, #3796, #3800
• Minor improvements to FavoritesService: #3810
• Minor improvements to MockContainerTrait: #3764
• Minor improvements to UpgradeController: #3801
• More UserEntityInterface improvements to AlmaController: #3813
• Move bootstrapper activities to event handlers: #3722
• Move catalog credential saving to ILSAuthenticator: #3752
• Move source renaming to ResourceService: #3794
• OverDrive: Fix incorrect translation string in status-full.phtml: #3799
• OverDrive: Load availability via OverDrive ID: #3691
• OverDrive: Support disabled patron API: #3693
• PHPUnit: turn on displayDetailsOnTestsThatTriggerDeprecations: #3717
• Refactor admin FeedbackController to use FeedbackService: #3709
• Refactor and replace User row's getLists() method: #3763
• Refactor Auth modules to use UserEntityInterface/UserServiceInterface: #3625, #3787
• Refactor BrowseController tag search to TagService: #3788
• Refactor createOrUpdateLink() to UserResourceService: #3784
• Refactor favorite and user list tag unlinking: #3807
• Refactor Favorites search results to use database service: #3783
• Refactor more favorites and list logic into FavoritesService: #3769
• Refactor more methods to the SearchService: #3775
• Refactor ResourceTags createLink method to database service: #3765
• Refactor tag administration to use database services: #3703
• Refactor User and UserList tag methods to FavoritesService: #3772
• Refactor user purging to new UserAccountService: #3774
• Refactor User::updateEmail to UserServiceInterface::updateUserEmail: #3723
• Remove unnecessary timezone from Comments class: #3705
• Rename \VuFind\Tags to \VuFind\Tags\TagsService: #3791
• Replace deprecated method calls in Favorites search Results class: #3802
• Replace getSavedData() with getFavoritesForRecord(): #3751
• Resource tags entity interface: #3741
• Simplify <br> tags in Javascript code: #3742
• Simplify return type of \VuFind\Controller\AbstractBase::getUser(): #3768
• Support root URL path for test instance: #3755
• Update feedback admin template to use FeedbackEntityInterface: #3731
• Update GitHub branch protection rules when creating release-10.0 branch: VUFIND-1659
• Update setupJumpMenus from jQuery to Javascript: #3681
• Upgrade Phing to version 3.0.0: #3809
• Upgrade PHPUnit to 10.5.20; fix deprecation warnings: #3786
• Use database services in ListItems channel provider: #3782
• Use different debug formatting string on console vs. web: #3707
• Use UserEntityInterface in email-related MyResearchController methods: #3734
• Use UserEntityInterface on new password form: #3812

The following items were completed in the last month and will be included in release 10.1:

• Define two example ILL strings in en.ini: #3744
• KohaRest: Show recalled message if a recall is blocking renewal: #3422

These changes impacted the vufind.org website:

• Update website footer (moving some content to about page): #3692

This item was closed as “no longer needed:”

• New DevTool: dump out current user: #3658

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

• Configurable check item status behavior: #3748
• Display status of item locations by status priority: #3758
• Facets allow for multiple selections to be made before reloading page: #3761
• Support extra status information in availability status handling: #3740
• Treat MARC 240 as a uniform title field: #3760

• Enable HTML validation in ListViewsTest after bootstrap3 is dropped: VUFIND-1692
• Update dependencies for release 10.1: VUFIND-1693
• Update dependencies for release 11.0: VUFIND-1694
• Update language translation files for release 10.1: VUFIND-1695
• Update language translation files for release 11.0: VUFIND-1696

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

• Adding the option to make html elements sticky: #3226
• Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine: #2233
• Fetch Koha shelving locations for every Koha item: #3435
• Use Koha REST API endpoint to pull recalls into patron holds page: #3421