Issues

• Patron reports nginx error when adding edition

  Affects: ExperienceModule: ModsecurityNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14064 · Filter by author seabelis opened on Oct 22, 2026
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• Acquisitions: capture the OPDS source-publication (rel="self") link and human-readable feed name

  Module: SolrNeeds: ResponseTheme: Public APIs
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14052 · Filter by author openlibrary-bot opened on Oct 22, 2026
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• Epic: Open Library ADA Pipeline — the autonomous issue → merge development loop

  internetarchive/openlibrary#14051 · Filter by author openlibrary-bot opened on Oct 22, 2026
  

• Metadata import request: QuranOfficial 83-volume Mafatih al-Ghayb English edition (OPDS)

  Bot RequestNeeds: Community DiscussionNeeds: LeadNeeds: TriageType: Question
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14049 · Filter by author tobygreene189j opened on Oct 22, 2026
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• Track on-device AI (Prompt API) availability in Matomo

  Module: JavaScriptNeeds: LeadNeeds: TriageTheme: AnalyticsType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14046 · Filter by author ibnesayeed opened on Oct 21, 2026
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• Load the donation banner script async so it doesn't block page render

  Affects: UIGood First IssueLead: @lokeshModule: JavaScriptNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: Performance
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14045 · Filter by author lokesh opened on Oct 21, 2026
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• One time password does not work for patrons without existing accounts

  Affects: ExperienceLead: @mekarpelesNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: InvestigationNeeds: ResponseNeeds: Staff / InternalNeeds: TriagePriority: 3Type: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14043 · Filter by author seabelis opened on Oct 21, 2026
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• Add make icons to Quick Start guide

  Lead: @lokeshNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14031 · Filter by author marley opened on Oct 19, 2026
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• Lenny: route the post-borrow reader hop through a node session handoff instead of linking straight at /items/{id}/read

  internetarchive/openlibrary#14020 · Filter by author openlibrary-bot opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• Add URL validation for the Book URL field on /books/add

  Needs: BreakdownNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14018 · Filter by author BinduYajman opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• feat: add <ol-like-button> Lit web component for public lists

  Needs: BreakdownNeeds: LeadNeeds: TriageType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14013 · Filter by author JyantiM opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• Prevent legacy statistics retention when FastAPI Server-Timing is disabled

  Affects: ServerModule: FastAPINeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: Performance
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14012 · Filter by author dhruvwarriorr opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• Clean up cache-refresh thread registrations on every worker exit

  Affects: ServerModule: MemcacheNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14011 · Filter by author dhruvwarriorr opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• Bound translation-cache entries for unsupported request locales

  Affects: ServerModule: FastAPINeeds: LeadNeeds: TriageTheme: Internationalization (i18n)Theme: PerformanceType: BugType: Subtask of Epic
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14010 · Filter by author dhruvwarriorr opened on Oct 18, 2026

• Bound the ISO-to-MARC cache for request-provided languages

  Affects: ServerNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: Performance
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14009 · Filter by author dhruvwarriorr opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• /search.json ignores the documented editions.sort parameter

  Affects: ServerGood First IssueModule: SolrNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: Public APIsTheme: Search
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13989 · Filter by author ethan-leonard opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Unknown sort returns 500 on /search.json, /subjects/*.json, /publishers/*.json and /search

  Affects: ServerModule: SolrNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: Public APIsTheme: SearchType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13988 · Filter by author ethan-leonard opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Make FastAPI the front door in production, proxying the rest to web.py

  Affects: ConfigurationLead: @RayBBModule: FastAPINeeds: ResponseNeeds: Staff / InternalPriority: 3Theme: MonitoringType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13986 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Audit FastAPI workers for memory leaks locally

  Affects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: FastAPINeeds: InvestigationNeeds: ResponsePriority: 3Theme: PerformanceType: Refactor/Clean-upType: Subtask of Epic
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13985 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Choose FastAPI's gunicorn --max-requests from data instead of guessing

  Affects: ConfigurationAffects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: DockerModule: FastAPINeeds: InvestigationNeeds: ResponseNeeds: Staff / InternalPriority: 3Theme: PerformanceType: Refactor/Clean-upType: Subtask of Epic
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13984 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Improving our monitoring and alerting

  Lead: @RayBBNeeds: ResponsePriority: 3Theme: MonitoringType: Epic
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13978 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Publisher changes are not reflected in search results

  Module: Solr UpdaterModule: SolrNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: InvestigationNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: Staff / InternalNeeds: TriageTheme: PublishersTheme: SearchType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13974 · Filter by author gorkagiribar opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Reduce Open Library's reliance on Internet Archive and fail gracefully when it's slow or down

  Affects: OperationsAffects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: Borrowing / LendingModule: CarouselsModule: FastAPIPriority: 2Theme: Book AvailabilityTheme: My BooksTheme: PerformanceTheme: SearchType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13970 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Migrate web.ctx.site → site.get(): make the site ContextVar available everywhere first, then convert module by module

  Affects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: FastAPIModule: InfogamiNeeds: ResponsePriority: 3Type: Refactor/Clean-up
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13966 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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• Stop changequery() falling back to web.ctx.path: /partials/SearchFacets.json without path builds /install?... links

  Affects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: FastAPIModule: Search Page(s)Needs: ResponsePriority: 4Type: Refactor/Clean-up
  internetarchive/openlibrary#13965 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 16, 2026
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