How it works

Serial items can currently have an issue.received_date field even when their issue.status is not RECEIVED. This is inconsistent data.

When an issue becomes late, it is created by the system through the receive_regular_issue function which adds a received_date. Then, the status is changed to LATE but the issue.received_date field is kept.

Improvement suggestion

• Fix the behavior for issue management by the system so that it never saves a not received item with a received_date
• Add data validation if necessary
• Add tests