https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29189 Bug ID: 29189 Summary: Expired serial subscriptions still automatically generate issues Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: master Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 - low Component: Serials Assignee: koha-bugs@lists.koha-community.org Reporter: caroline.cyr-la-rose@inlibro.com QA Contact: testopia@bugs.koha-community.org I know this is like a Pandora's box, But I just can't get my head around why expired subscriptions would still generate issues even after the expiry date. To replicate : Create a subscription that would end in the past 1. Search for a record in the staff interface 2. Click on the title to go to the record details page 3. Click on New > New subscription 4. Click Next 5. Fill in the second part of the new subscription form - First issue publication date : enter a date in the past, e.g. 2020-01-01 - Frequency : choose a frequency, e.g. 1/3month - Subscription length : enter a number of issues for the subscription, e.g. 4 - Subscription start date : enter a date on or before your first issue publication date, e.g. 2020-01-01 - Numbering pattern : choose a numbering pattern, e.g. Number - Begins with : enter a number, e.g. 42 6. Click on Test prediction pattern 7. Click Save subscription Receive one issue for this subscription 8. Click Receive 9. Change the status to Arrived 10. Change the Expected on date to something close(r) to the Published on date, e.g. 2020-01-01 11. Click Save Make one issue late 12. Click Generate next Receive the rest of the issues normally 13. Repeat steps 8-11 for all remaining issues -- Once you have received all issues in the subscription, it should say "Subscription expired" in the Serial collection page. -- Note that the next issue was automatically generated even though it's not supposed to be in the subscription Like Katrin said in the chat, I don't think receiving should be completely forbidden in expired subscriptions as there can be late issues that you might receive in the future. And the act of "receiving" is actually editing the issues, so if I need to mark one as "Missing" in the future, I need to be able to do that even when the subscription is expired. But, I don't think additional issues should be generated after the prescribed number of issues/weeks/months in the subscription or after the subscription end date. My problem is rally with the automatic creation of issues. Although I must say, I don't work in a library, so maybe what I'm saying doesn't make sense in a day-to-day serial workflow. But I did receive a question from a client asking why issues were still being generated even after the subscription is expired and I can't find a logical explanation. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.