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This version, released on February 20th 2026, provides alignment with DSpace 9.2 tag.

Improvements to existing features

• Switched to ROR v2 API
• Added a configuration setting to disable the standard email+password login method
• Introduced tracking of correlation ID in logs on log4j for EKS
• Improved the hint text of the search bar in the Browse section in English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian
• Updated to AWS SDK v2 for the S3 bitstore service and switched to the CRT client
• Introduced a new default cris-layout tool
• Upgraded citeproc-java to latest version 3.3.0 and add full support to APA v. 7
• Improved the performance of metadata-importprocess by bringing bulkedit.change.commit.count limit to 20 items
• Improved Dockerfile and related docker-compose
• Added AAA comodo certificate inside the keytool
• Improved the e2e test for the header
• Refactoring of the standard-login - co-funded by UNZA

Bug fixes

• Patch for CVE-2025-66516 / CVE-2025-54988 in Apache Tika (critical severity). All versions of Apache Tika prior to version 3.2.2 contain a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.  This XXE vulnerability may be possible to exploit in DSpace if an attacker has submitter privileges. See #11678 for more details
• Fixed Audit Logs feature inside the item-page
• Fixed SiteServiceInitializer failures during flyway migrations.
• Fixed failing tests
• Fixed search issues related to the upgrade with DSpace-9.2
• Changed header text to DSpace-CRIS 9
• Fixed wrongly shown results inside the search page ( removed Collections and Communities )
• Fixed an issue with accessibility settings not being saved when logged off
• Fixed missing statistics dropdown options, fixed missing community and collections admin menu voice
• Fixed qualdrop, which now has the correct icon lookup circle inside the text area
• Fixed bulk-item-export process failures during exports from myDSpace page
• Removed duplicated buttons from the accordion in item page and submission form
• Fixed issues in search pages
• In the statistics, if the categories tabs has no data to display we show a “no data available” box
• Fixed NEW → Collection menu for administrators
• Fixed missing menus in admin-bar:
  • Import
  • Export
  • Admin Search
• Fixed progressbar in file upload, which was not showing
• Fixed missing label for detect-duplicate step ( submission.sections.submit.progressbar.detect-duplicate )
• Fixed the Accessibility settings, which were resetting to old values when saving
• Fixed the edit cms metadata dropdown to have the correct width
• Fixed missing navbar explore pages translated labels
• Fixed missing navbar rendering for community and collection labels
• Fixed admin sidebar logic to enable external links
• Fixed navbar options
• Removed unnecessary ORCID initialization that caused startup logs to show cookie warnings; application now starts cleanly without irrelevant messages
• Added a pipeline step to check for e2e runners to be up before running e2e tests
• Fixed solr configuration of each core with updateLog details
• Fixed google scholar redirect
• Added API to generate presigned S3 URLs for bitstreams, enabling faster downloads via direct S3 access; includes configurable expiration and security checks
• Fixed duplicated notification on end user agreement page
• Fixed duplicated version notice badge on item page
• Fixes grouping issue with DocumentCrosswalk for apa-cv.csl configuration
• Added support for authority in SAF import using UUID or provider IDs. Invalid authorities are logged as errors without stopping the process
• Fixed REST pipeline failure caused by an integration test checking DSpace demo availability
• Fixed the visibility of Request a correction feature in the dropdown item menu
• Fixed import and admin search for community / collection administrators
• Fixed issue with ovlerapping UI components
• Fixed “Show more” button on search result elements
• Fixed file upload issue with symbolic links in assetstore
• Resolved an issue causing inconsistent rendering of bitstream attachments due to external caching behavior
• Fixed the positioning of facet checkboxes when the facet description spans on multiple lines
• Fixed the issue preventing registered DOIs from being updated
• Porting of the DSpace community to make Shibboleth, ORCID, and OIDC authentication to support special groups. Pull Request #11633 by vins01-4science · DSpace/DSpace
• Fixed an issue where the Import from External Sources dropdown in the MyDSpace page displayed entity types that did not have any configured external sources available for import. The dropdown now correctly lists only entities associated with at least one valid external provider, ensuring a consistent and accurate import workflow
• Language dropdowns now appear for each group in nested fields (e.g., author and affiliation) instead of a single dropdown for the entire nested structure. Language values are correctly saved in all nested metadata

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