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Upgrade from any past version of DSpace!

Installing DSpace provides an overview of the DSpace installation process and all prerequisite software.  You should review this before attempting an upgrade, in order to ensure you are running the required versions of Java, Node, etc.

Upgrading DSpace provides a guide for upgrading from any old version of DSpace.  As in the past, your data migrates automatically, no matter which older version you are running.

Migrating DSpace to a new server provides an alternative way to upgrade by installing the new version of DSpace and migrating your existing data over.

11.0 Release Notes

The documentation on this page is in draft state & may be inaccurate. DSpace 11.0 is unreleased and is due in mid-2027. For the latest status, please see DSpace Release 11.0 Status.

DSpace 11.0 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).

Security Fixes

  • To be added

New User Features

  • Features ported to DSpace from DSpace-CRIS via the ongoing merger.
    • Bulk import from Excel file. It is now possible to perform a bulk import using an Excel file to describe metadata and link to files available via a remote URL (HTTP/FTP) or a path on the server (in a secure folder). See #11968 and #5135 (Donated by 4Science)
  • To be added

Breaking Changes

The following major changes may negatively impact or "break" your local customizations to prior versions of DSpace.  Please be aware of them before upgrading.

  • Restored dynamic component decorators. During the Angular standalone migration the dynamically generated decorator maps were replaced with static ones. The functionality to dynamically generate these maps has now been restored, and the decorators on the components were restored as well. #4528

Major Updates and Improvements

  • General user enhancements and fixes
    • To be added
  • Submission / Workflow enhancements and fixes
    • To be added
  • Integration fixes
    • Fixed an issue with XML encoding in the OAI-PMH interface. #12409 (Donated by Atmire)
    • Fixed "Unknown metadata format" errors occurring on OAI-PMH interface due to hard-coded oai_dc prefix. #9770, #10106 (Donated by Acervos Digitais)
    • Fixed bug where DOI was not mapped into DSpace when importing from Pubmed records. #11961 (Donated by D-Consultores)
  • Administrative enhancements and fixes
    • Fixed bug where “New collection” menu option was not visible to Community Admins. #5856 (Donated by Toni Prieto)
  • Command-line script fixes
    • Fixed several errors that occurred when running the healthcheck command. #10805 (Donated by Nicholas Woodward)
  • Authentication enhancements and fixes
    • To be added
  • Accessibility improvements
    • To be added
  • Usability improvements and fixes
    • To be added
  • Performance and stability improvements:
    • To be added
  • Browse and search fixes
    • To be added
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Health actuator would return DOWN status for missing SEO configuration. #12672 (Donated by 4Science)
  • Statistics enhancements and fixes
    • To be added
  • REST API fixes
    • Improved the external sources REST endpoints by restricting them to authenticated users only. #12660
  • Fixed a large number of other small bugs.  See Changes in 11.x for a list of all changes.
  • Major dependency updates: (To be added)

New/Updated Language support

  • To be added


11.0 Acknowledgments

  • To be added

Frontend / User Interface Acknowledgments


Backend / REST API Acknowledgments


Reviewer Acknowledgments

Testathon Acknowledgements

Additional Thanks


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