This page contains information about a bug in mod-circulation introduced in CIRC-1566 (released in Nolana) and fixed in CIRC-1778 (release planned for Poppy).

ACR = actual cost record

Context

"Actual cost record" (ACR) is a back-end term used for automated lost item fees found on this page (Users → Actions → Lost items requiring actual cost):

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Because of CIRC-1778, even ACR created using a Lost Item Fee Policy which DOES NOT have setting "For lost items not charged a fee/fine, close the loan after..." enabled would also have an expirationDate, with its value equal to lossDate. Such ACR would expire soon after the item is lost, while according to Lost Item Fee Policy it should not have had an expiration date in the first place.

Because of another bug in mod-circulation (CIRC-1866, fix also planned for Poppy), when expired ACR is processed, the corresponding loan is not closed as it is supposed to. So loans are not affected by CIRC-1778. The impact is limited to ACRs only.

Workaround

If your library is affected OR is planning to start using actual cost fees, please enable setting "For lost items not charged a fee/fine, close the loan after..." in every Lost Item Fee Policy where actual cost is enabled. This will prevent creation of corrupted actual cost records. If you don't want your ACRs to actually expire anytime soon, you can use an unreasonably large time period for this setting. This setting can be disabled safely once the fix for CIRC-1778 is deployed to your environment.

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