OJS 3.5.0.3 forcing uppercase last name in user profile (PostgreSQL + Nginx)

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Hello everyone,

We are currently using OJS 3.5.0.3 with a PostgreSQL database and Nginx web server.

After upgrading to this version, we noticed that the system is automatically forcing the last name (surname) field of users to be saved/displayed in uppercase in the user profile.

As a result, author names are being stored differently from our editorial standard.

Important notes:

  • The issue occurs specifically in the user profile metadata
  • It affects how names are stored and later exported/displayed
  • This behavior did not occur in previous versions

Questions:

  1. Is this behavior intentional in OJS 3.5?
  2. Is there a configuration option to disable automatic uppercase formatting of surnames?
  3. If not, is there a recommended workaround or patch?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Best regards,
Tarcisio Pereira

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Hi @Tarcisio_Pereira, thanks for the report! This is a bug that has been fixed and will be available in the next release of OJS 3.5.

Here’s the patch in case you want to fix it before the new release is out: https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/pkp/pkp-lib/pull/12380.patch

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