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9.0 Release Notes

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title DSpace 9.0 Release Candidate #1 was released on April 4, 2025
As a "Release Candidate", this release is not production ready. It is an early preview of the upcoming 9.0 release made available for community testing during the 9.0 Testathon (April 7-18). For more information on the expected release timeline for 9.0, see DSpace Release 9.0 Status To try out DSpace 9.0-rc1 immediately, see Try out DSpace 9. To test an upgrade to DSpace 9.0-rc1 from 8.x or any prior version, see Upgrading DSpace To upgrade to 9.0-rc1, you MUST upgrade both the backend and frontend (user interface). To install DSpace 9.0-rc1, see Installing DSpace. Download DSpace 9.0-rc1 Backend: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/tag/dspace-9.0-rc1 Download DSpace 9.0-rc1 User Interface: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/releases/tag/dspace-9.0-rc1

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title 9.0 Documentation is in "DRAFT" status
The final 9.0 Release is not yet complete.  This means all 9.0 Documentation is still a work in progress.  If you have any feedback or notice any typos / flaws, please add comments to the flawed page.  If you have access rights yourself, you are welcome to correct the documentation.  To request a (free) wiki account, email wikihelp@lyrasis.org.  Once you have an account, if you wish to help us improve this documentation, get in touch with Tim Donohue to get access to modify DSpace documentation.

DSpace 9.0 is a major release of the DSpace platform.  It provides new features and improvements, along with bug fixes.  You should be aware that all major releases may provide some "breaking changes" (major changes that may impact your local customizations).

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