Merge remote-tracking branch 'dspace/main' into accessibility-settings-main

2025-10-07 01:54:15 +00:00 · 2025-05-06 09:33:03 +02:00
parent b9e2ec15ed 0180b633e2
commit 3a419b733a
231 changed files with 3525 additions and 3823 deletions
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
    "eslint-plugin-rxjs",
    "eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort",
    "eslint-plugin-import-newlines",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsonc",
    "dspace-angular-ts",
    "dspace-angular-html"
  ],
@@ -303,10 +302,13 @@
        "*.json5"
      ],
      "extends": [
-        "plugin:jsonc/recommended-with-jsonc"
+        "plugin:jsonc/recommended-with-json5"
      ],
      "rules": {
-        "no-irregular-whitespace": "error",
+        // The ESLint core no-irregular-whitespace rule doesn't work well in JSON
+        // See: https://ota-meshi.github.io/eslint-plugin-jsonc/rules/no-irregular-whitespace.html
+        "no-irregular-whitespace": "off",
+        "jsonc/no-irregular-whitespace": "error",
        "no-trailing-spaces": "error",
        "jsonc/comma-dangle": [
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--- a/docker/docker-compose-ci.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-ci.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ services:
    volumes:
    # Keep Solr data directory between reboots
    - solr_data:/var/solr/data
-    # Initialize all DSpace Solr cores using the mounted configsets (see above), then start Solr
+    # NOTE: We are not running Solr as "root", but we need root permissions to copy our cores to the mounted
+    # /var/solr/data directory. Then we start Solr as the "solr" user.
+    user: root
+    # Initialize all DSpace Solr cores, then start Solr
    entrypoint:
    - /bin/bash
    - '-c'
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ services:
      cp -r /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/qaevent/* qaevent
      precreate-core suggestion /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/suggestion
      cp -r /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/suggestion/* suggestion
-      exec solr -f
+      chown -R solr:solr /var/solr
+      runuser -u solr -- solr-foreground
 volumes:
  assetstore:
  pgdata:
--- a/docker/docker-compose-rest.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-rest.yml
@@ -97,11 +97,16 @@ services:
    volumes:
    # Keep Solr data directory between reboots
    - solr_data:/var/solr/data
+    # NOTE: We are not running Solr as "root", but we need root permissions to copy our cores to the mounted
+    # /var/solr/data directory. Then we start Solr as the "solr" user.
+    user: root
    # Initialize all DSpace Solr cores using the mounted local configsets (see above), then start Solr
    # * First, run precreate-core to create the core (if it doesn't yet exist). If exists already, this is a no-op
    # * Second, copy configsets to this core:
    #   Updates to Solr configs require the container to be rebuilt/restarted:
    #   `docker compose -p d7 -f docker/docker-compose.yml -f docker/docker-compose-rest.yml up -d --build dspacesolr`
+    # * Third, ensure all new folders are owned by "solr" user
+    # * Finally, start Solr as the "solr" user via the provided solr-foreground script
    entrypoint:
    - /bin/bash
    - '-c'
@@ -119,7 +124,8 @@ services:
      cp -r /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/qaevent/* qaevent
      precreate-core suggestion /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/suggestion
      cp -r /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/suggestion/* suggestion
-      exec solr -f
+      chown -R solr:solr /var/solr
+      runuser -u solr -- solr-foreground
 volumes:
  assetstore:
  pgdata:
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-        "@angular-devkit/schematics": "18.2.18",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.9.0.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-5.3.3.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-5.3.5.tgz",
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      "funding": [
        {
          "type": "github",
@@ -9122,6 +9121,7 @@
          "url": "https://opencollective.com/bootstrap"
        }
      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
      "peerDependencies": {
        "@popperjs/core": "^2.11.8"
      }
@@ -11059,9 +11059,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/detect-libc/-/detect-libc-2.0.3.tgz",
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+      "version": "2.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/detect-libc/-/detect-libc-2.0.4.tgz",
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      "dev": true,
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
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@@ -14730,9 +14730,9 @@
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-      "version": "5.1.26",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isbot/-/isbot-5.1.26.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3wqJEYSIm59dYQjEF7zJ7T42aqaqxbCyJQda5rKCudJykuAnISptCHR/GSGpOnw8UrvU+mGueNLRJS5HXnbsXQ==",
+      "version": "5.1.27",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isbot/-/isbot-5.1.27.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V3W56Hnztt4Wdh3VUlAMbdNicX/tOM38eChW3a2ixP6KEBJAeehxzYzTD59JrU5NCTgBZwRt9lRWr8D7eMZVYQ==",
      "license": "Unlicense",
      "engines": {
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+      "dev": true
    },
    "node_modules/regenerator-transform": {
      "version": "0.15.2",
@@ -20676,9 +20677,9 @@
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    "node_modules/sass": {
-      "version": "1.86.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sass/-/sass-1.86.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iGtg8kus4GrsGLRDLRBRHY9dNVA78ZaS7xr01cWnS7PEMQyFtTqBiyCrfpTYTZXRWM94akzckYjh8oADfFNTzw==",
+      "version": "1.87.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sass/-/sass-1.87.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-d0NoFH4v6SjEK7BoX810Jsrhj7IQSYHAHLi/iSpgqKc7LaIDshFRlSg5LOymf9FqQhxEHs2W5ZQXlvy0KD45Uw==",
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
@@ -20806,10 +20807,11 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/schema-utils": {
-      "version": "4.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-4.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Gf9qqc58SpCA/xdziiHz35F4GNIWYWZrEshUc/G/r5BnLph6xpKuLeoJoQuj5WfBIx/eQLf+hmVPYHaxJu7V2g==",
+      "version": "4.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-4.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Gn/JaSk/Mt9gYubxTtSn/QCV4em9mpAPiR1rqy/Ocu19u/G9J5WWdNoUT4SiV6mFC3y6cxyFcFwdzPM3FgxGAQ==",
      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
        "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.9",
        "ajv": "^8.9.0",
@@ -22770,14 +22772,15 @@
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    "node_modules/webpack": {
-      "version": "5.99.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack/-/webpack-5.99.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-q+vHBa6H9qwBLUlHL4Y7L0L1/LlyBKZtS9FHNCQmtayxjI5RKC9yD8gpvLeqGv5lCQp1Re04yi0MF40pf30Pvg==",
+      "version": "5.99.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack/-/webpack-5.99.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CNqKBRMQjwcmKR0idID5va1qlhrqVUKpovi+Ec79ksW8ux7iS1+A6VqzfZXgVYCFRKl7XL5ap3ZoMpwBJxcg0w==",
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
        "@types/eslint-scope": "^3.7.7",
        "@types/estree": "^1.0.6",
+        "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.15",
        "@webassemblyjs/ast": "^1.14.1",
        "@webassemblyjs/wasm-edit": "^1.14.1",
        "@webassemblyjs/wasm-parser": "^1.14.1",
@@ -22794,7 +22797,7 @@
        "loader-runner": "^4.2.0",
        "mime-types": "^2.1.27",
        "neo-async": "^2.6.2",
-        "schema-utils": "^4.3.0",
+        "schema-utils": "^4.3.2",
        "tapable": "^2.1.1",
        "terser-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.11",
        "watchpack": "^2.4.1",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^18.2.12",
    "@angular/platform-server": "^18.2.12",
    "@angular/router": "^18.2.12",
-    "@angular/ssr": "^18.2.18",
-    "@babel/runtime": "7.27.0",
+    "@angular/ssr": "^18.2.19",
+    "@babel/runtime": "7.27.1",
    "@kolkov/ngx-gallery": "^2.0.1",
    "@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap": "^12.0.0",
    "@ng-dynamic-forms/core": "^16.0.0",
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
    "@terraformer/wkt": "^2.2.1",
    "altcha": "^0.9.0",
    "angulartics2": "^12.2.0",
-    "axios": "^1.8.4",
+    "axios": "^1.9.0",
    "bootstrap": "^5.3",
    "cerialize": "0.1.18",
    "cli-progress": "^3.12.0",
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
    "filesize": "^10.1.6",
    "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.9",
    "http-terminator": "^3.2.0",
-    "isbot": "^5.1.26",
+    "isbot": "^5.1.27",
    "js-cookie": "2.2.1",
    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
    "json5": "^2.2.3",
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-builders/custom-webpack": "~18.0.0",
-    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^18.2.18",
+    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^18.2.19",
    "@angular-eslint/builder": "^18.4.1",
    "@angular-eslint/bundled-angular-compiler": "^18.4.1",
    "@angular-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^18.4.1",
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@
    "@angular-eslint/schematics": "^18.4.1",
    "@angular-eslint/template-parser": "^18.4.1",
    "@angular-eslint/utils": "^18.4.1",
-    "@angular/cli": "^18.2.18",
+    "@angular/cli": "^18.2.19",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^18.2.12",
    "@angular/language-service": "^18.2.12",
    "@cypress/schematic": "^1.5.0",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^6.7.2",
    "@ngrx/store-devtools": "^18.1.1",
-    "@ngtools/webpack": "^18.2.18",
+    "@ngtools/webpack": "^18.2.19",
    "@types/deep-freeze": "0.1.5",
    "@types/ejs": "^3.1.2",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.17",
@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@
    "postcss-loader": "^4.0.3",
    "postcss-preset-env": "^7.4.2",
    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "sass": "~1.86.3",
+    "sass": "~1.87.0",
    "sass-loader": "^12.6.0",
    "sass-resources-loader": "^2.2.5",
    "ts-node": "^8.10.2",
    "typescript": "~5.4.5",
-    "webpack": "5.99.5",
+    "webpack": "5.99.7",
    "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.15.1"
  }
--- a/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
          </div>
        }
        @if (canImpersonate$ | async) {
-          <div between class="btn-group ms-1">
+          <div between class="btn-group">
            @if (!isImpersonated) {
              <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" (click)="impersonate()">
                <i class="fa fa-user-secret"></i> {{'admin.access-control.epeople.actions.impersonate' | translate}}
--- a/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  AsyncPipe,
-  NgClass,
-} from '@angular/common';
+import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common';
 import {
  ChangeDetectorRef,
  Component,
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ import { ValidateEmailNotTaken } from './validators/email-taken.validator';
    FormComponent,
    AsyncPipe,
    TranslateModule,
-    NgClass,
    ThemedLoadingComponent,
    PaginationComponent,
    RouterLink,
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-field-form/metadata-field-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-field-form/metadata-field-form.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@if (registryService.getActiveMetadataField() | async) {
+@if (activeMetadataField$ | async) {
  <h2>{{messagePrefix + '.edit' | translate}}</h2>
 } @else {
  <h2>{{messagePrefix + '.create' | translate}}</h2>
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-field-form/metadata-field-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-field-form/metadata-field-form.component.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
  TranslateModule,
  TranslateService,
 } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';

 import { MetadataField } from '../../../../core/metadata/metadata-field.model';
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ export class MetadataFieldFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   */
  @Output() submitForm: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();

+  activeMetadataField$: Observable<MetadataField>;
+
  constructor(public registryService: RegistryService,
              private formBuilderService: FormBuilderService,
              private translateService: TranslateService) {
@@ -117,15 +119,11 @@ export class MetadataFieldFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  /**
   * Initialize the component, setting up the necessary Models for the dynamic form
   */
-  ngOnInit() {
-    combineLatest([
-      this.translateService.get(`${this.messagePrefix}.element`),
-      this.translateService.get(`${this.messagePrefix}.qualifier`),
-      this.translateService.get(`${this.messagePrefix}.scopenote`),
-    ]).subscribe(([element, qualifier, scopenote]) => {
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.activeMetadataField$ = this.registryService.getActiveMetadataField();
    this.element = new DynamicInputModel({
      id: 'element',
-        label: element,
+      label: this.translateService.instant(`${this.messagePrefix}.element`),
      name: 'element',
      validators: {
        required: null,
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ export class MetadataFieldFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    });
    this.qualifier = new DynamicInputModel({
      id: 'qualifier',
-        label: qualifier,
+      label: this.translateService.instant(`${this.messagePrefix}.qualifier`),
      name: 'qualifier',
      validators: {
        pattern: '^[^. ,]*$',
@@ -154,14 +152,13 @@ export class MetadataFieldFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    });
    this.scopeNote = new DynamicTextAreaModel({
      id: 'scopeNote',
-        label: scopenote,
+      label: this.translateService.instant(`${this.messagePrefix}.scopenote`),
      name: 'scopeNote',
      required: false,
      rows: 5,
    });
    this.formModel = [
-        new DynamicFormGroupModel(
-          {
+      new DynamicFormGroupModel({
        id: 'metadatadatafieldgroup',
        group:[this.element, this.qualifier, this.scopeNote],
      }),
@@ -182,7 +179,6 @@ export class MetadataFieldFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
        this.qualifier.disabled = true;
      }
    });
-    });
  }

  /**
--- a/src/app/app-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routes.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ import { reloadGuard } from './core/reload/reload.guard';
 import { forgotPasswordCheckGuard } from './core/rest-property/forgot-password-check-guard.guard';
 import { ServerCheckGuard } from './core/server-check/server-check.guard';
 import { ThemedForbiddenComponent } from './forbidden/themed-forbidden.component';
+import { homePageResolver } from './home-page/home-page.resolver';
 import { ITEM_MODULE_PATH } from './item-page/item-page-routing-paths';
 import { provideSuggestionNotificationsState } from './notifications/provide-suggestion-notifications-state';
 import { ThemedPageErrorComponent } from './page-error/themed-page-error.component';
 import { ThemedPageInternalServerErrorComponent } from './page-internal-server-error/themed-page-internal-server-error.component';
 import { ThemedPageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/themed-pagenotfound.component';
 import { PROCESS_MODULE_PATH } from './process-page/process-page-routing.paths';
+import { viewTrackerResolver } from './statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.resolver';
 import { provideSubmissionState } from './submission/provide-submission-state';
 import { SUGGESTION_MODULE_PATH } from './suggestions-page/suggestions-page-routing-paths';

@@ -61,9 +63,17 @@ export const APP_ROUTES: Route[] = [
        path: 'home',
        loadChildren: () => import('./home-page/home-page-routes')
          .then((m) => m.ROUTES),
-        data: { showBreadcrumbs: false,  enableRSS: true },
+        data: {
+          showBreadcrumbs: false,
+          enableRSS: true,
+          dsoPath: 'site',
+        },
        providers: [provideSuggestionNotificationsState()],
        canActivate: [endUserAgreementCurrentUserGuard],
+        resolve: {
+          site: homePageResolver,
+          tracking: viewTrackerResolver,
+        },
      },
      {
        path: 'community-list',
@@ -99,14 +109,12 @@ export const APP_ROUTES: Route[] = [
        path: COMMUNITY_MODULE_PATH,
        loadChildren: () => import('./community-page/community-page-routes')
          .then((m) => m.ROUTES),
-        data: { enableRSS: true },
        canActivate: [endUserAgreementCurrentUserGuard],
      },
      {
        path: COLLECTION_MODULE_PATH,
        loadChildren: () => import('./collection-page/collection-page-routes')
          .then((m) => m.ROUTES),
-        data: { enableRSS: true },
        canActivate: [endUserAgreementCurrentUserGuard],
      },
      {
--- a/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component.html
+++ b/src/app/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.component.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  }

  <ng-template #breadcrumb let-text="text" let-url="url">
-    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><div class="breadcrumb-item-limiter"><a [routerLink]="url" class="text-truncate" [ngbTooltip]="text | translate" placement="bottom" >{{text | translate}}</a></div></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><div class="breadcrumb-item-limiter"><a [routerLink]="url" class="text-truncate" [ngbTooltip]="text | translate" placement="bottom" role="link" tabindex="0">{{text | translate}}</a></div></li>
  </ng-template>

  <ng-template #activeBreadcrumb let-text="text">
--- a/src/app/browse-by/browse-by-taxonomy/browse-by-taxonomy.component.html
+++ b/src/app/browse-by/browse-by-taxonomy/browse-by-taxonomy.component.html
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  <a class="btn btn-primary"
    [routerLink]="['/search']"
    [queryParams]="queryParams"
-    [queryParamsHandling]="'merge'">
+    [queryParamsHandling]="'merge'"
+    role="link"
+    tabindex="0">
  {{ 'browse.taxonomy.button' | translate }}</a>
 </section>
--- a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routes.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { i18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
 import { ComcolBrowseByComponent } from '../shared/comcol/sections/comcol-browse-by/comcol-browse-by.component';
 import { ComcolSearchSectionComponent } from '../shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component';
 import { MenuRoute } from '../shared/menu/menu-route.model';
+import { viewTrackerResolver } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.resolver';
 import { collectionPageResolver } from './collection-page.resolver';
 import { collectionPageAdministratorGuard } from './collection-page-administrator.guard';
 import {
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
            data: {
              breadcrumbKey: 'collection.search',
              menuRoute: MenuRoute.COLLECTION_PAGE,
+              enableRSS: true,
            },
          },
          {
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
            },
          },
        ],
+        resolve: {
+          tracking: viewTrackerResolver,
+        },
      },
    ],
  },
--- a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
      <div @fadeInOut>
        @if (collectionRD?.payload; as collection) {
          <div>
-            <ds-view-tracker [object]="collection"></ds-view-tracker>
            <div class="d-flex flex-row border-bottom mb-4 pb-4">
              <header class="comcol-header me-auto">
                <!-- Collection Name -->
--- a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import { ThemedLoadingComponent } from '../shared/loading/themed-loading.compone
 import { ObjectCollectionComponent } from '../shared/object-collection/object-collection.component';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { VarDirective } from '../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { getCollectionPageRoute } from './collection-page-routing-paths';

@Component({
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ import { getCollectionPageRoute } from './collection-page-routing-paths';
    ErrorComponent,
    ThemedLoadingComponent,
    TranslateModule,
-    ViewTrackerComponent,
    VarDirective,
    AsyncPipe,
    ComcolPageHeaderComponent,
--- a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
      <div class="align-middle my-auto">
        @if ((dataSource.loading$ | async) !== true) {
          <button (click)="getNextPage(node)"
-            class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm" role="button">
+            class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm" role="button" tabindex="0">
            <i class="fas fa-angle-down"></i> {{ 'communityList.showMore' | translate }}
          </button>
        }
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-transparent" cdkTreeNodeToggle
          [attr.aria-label]="(node.isExpanded ? 'communityList.collapse' : 'communityList.expand') | translate:{ name: dsoNameService.getName(node.payload) }"
          (click)="toggleExpanded(node)"
-          data-test="expand-button">
+          (keyup.enter)="toggleExpanded(node)"
+          (keyup.space)="toggleExpanded(node)"
+          data-test="expand-button"
+          role="button"
+          tabindex="0">
          <span class="{{node.isExpanded ? 'fa fa-chevron-down' : 'fa fa-chevron-right'}}"
          aria-hidden="true"></span>
          <span class="sr-only">{{ (node.isExpanded ? 'communityList.collapse' : 'communityList.expand') | translate:{ name: dsoNameService.getName(node.payload) } }}</span>
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@
      }
      <div class="d-flex flex-row">
        <span class="d-flex align-middle my-auto">
-          <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead">{{ dsoNameService.getName(node.payload) }}</a>
+          <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ dsoNameService.getName(node.payload) }}</a>
          <span class="pe-2">&nbsp;</span>
          @if (node.payload.archivedItemsCount >= 0) {
            <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary align-top archived-items-lead my-auto ps-2 pe-2">{{node.payload.archivedItemsCount}}</span>
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@
        <span class="fa fa-chevron-right"></span>
      </span>
      <h6 class="align-middle my-auto">
-        <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead">{{ dsoNameService.getName(node.payload) }}</a>
+        <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ dsoNameService.getName(node.payload) }}</a>
      </h6>
    </div>
    <ds-truncatable [id]="node.id">
--- a/src/app/community-page/community-page-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/community-page/community-page-routes.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { i18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
 import { ComcolBrowseByComponent } from '../shared/comcol/sections/comcol-browse-by/comcol-browse-by.component';
 import { ComcolSearchSectionComponent } from '../shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component';
 import { MenuRoute } from '../shared/menu/menu-route.model';
+import { viewTrackerResolver } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.resolver';
 import { communityPageResolver } from './community-page.resolver';
 import { communityPageAdministratorGuard } from './community-page-administrator.guard';
 import {
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
        data: {
          menuRoute: MenuRoute.COMMUNITY_PAGE,
        },
+        resolve: {
+          tracking: viewTrackerResolver,
+        },
        children: [
          {
            path: '',
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
            data: {
              breadcrumbKey: 'community.search',
              menuRoute: MenuRoute.COMMUNITY_PAGE,
+              enableRSS: true,
            },
          },
          {
--- a/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
    <div class="community-page" @fadeInOut>
      @if (communityRD?.payload; as communityPayload) {
        <div>
-          <ds-view-tracker [object]="communityPayload"></ds-view-tracker>
          <div class="d-flex flex-row border-bottom mb-4 pb-4">
            <header class="comcol-header me-auto">
              <!-- Community name -->
--- a/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/community-page/community-page.component.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { ErrorComponent } from '../shared/error/error.component';
 import { ThemedLoadingComponent } from '../shared/loading/themed-loading.component';
 import { VarDirective } from '../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { getCommunityPageRoute } from './community-page-routing-paths';
 import { ThemedCollectionPageSubCollectionListComponent } from './sections/sub-com-col-section/sub-collection-list/themed-community-page-sub-collection-list.component';
 import { ThemedCommunityPageSubCommunityListComponent } from './sections/sub-com-col-section/sub-community-list/themed-community-page-sub-community-list.component';
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ import { ThemedCommunityPageSubCommunityListComponent } from './sections/sub-com
    ComcolPageLogoComponent,
    ComcolPageHeaderComponent,
    AsyncPipe,
-    ViewTrackerComponent,
    VarDirective,
    RouterOutlet,
    RouterModule,
--- a/src/app/core/data/bitstream-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/bitstream-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import {
 } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import objectContaining = jasmine.objectContaining;
+import { RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
+import { RequestEntry } from './request-entry.model';

 describe('BitstreamDataService', () => {
  let service: BitstreamDataService;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ describe('BitstreamDataService', () => {
  let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
  let bundleDataService: BundleDataService;
  const bitstreamFormatHref = 'rest-api/bitstreamformats';
+  let responseCacheEntry: RequestEntry;

  const bitstream1 = Object.assign(new Bitstream(), {
    id: 'fake-bitstream1',
@@ -71,8 +74,13 @@ describe('BitstreamDataService', () => {
  const url = 'fake-bitstream-url';

  beforeEach(() => {
+    responseCacheEntry = new RequestEntry();
+    responseCacheEntry.request = { href: 'https://rest.api/' } as any;
+    responseCacheEntry.response = new RestResponse(true, 200, 'Success');
+
    objectCache = jasmine.createSpyObj('objectCache', {
      remove: jasmine.createSpy('remove'),
+      getByHref: observableOf(responseCacheEntry),
    });
    requestService = getMockRequestService();
    halService = Object.assign(new HALEndpointServiceStub(url));
--- a/src/app/core/data/bitstream-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/bitstream-data.service.ts
@@ -163,12 +163,25 @@ export class BitstreamDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<Bitstream> imp
      sendRequest(this.requestService),
      take(1),
    ).subscribe(() => {
-      this.requestService.removeByHrefSubstring(bitstream.self + '/format');
+      this.deleteFormatCache(bitstream);
    });
-
    return this.rdbService.buildFromRequestUUID(requestId);
  }

+  private deleteFormatCache(bitstream: Bitstream) {
+    const bitsreamFormatUrl = bitstream.self + '/format';
+    this.requestService.setStaleByHrefSubstring(bitsreamFormatUrl);
+    // Delete also cache by uuid as the format could be cached also there
+    this.objectCache.getByHref(bitsreamFormatUrl).pipe(take(1)).subscribe((cachedRequest) => {
+      if (cachedRequest.requestUUIDs && cachedRequest.requestUUIDs.length > 0){
+        const requestUuid = cachedRequest.requestUUIDs[0];
+        if (this.requestService.hasByUUID(requestUuid)) {
+          this.requestService.setStaleByUUID(requestUuid);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
  /**
   * Returns an observable of {@link RemoteData} of a {@link Bitstream}, based on a handle and an
   * optional sequenceId or filename, with a list of {@link FollowLinkConfig}, to automatically
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 import {
  EPersonMock,
  EPersonMock2,
+  EPersonMockWithNoName,
 } from '../../shared/testing/eperson.mock';
 import { GroupMock } from '../../shared/testing/group-mock';
 import { HALEndpointServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/hal-endpoint-service.stub';
@@ -281,6 +282,37 @@ describe('EPersonDataService', () => {
    });
  });

+  describe('updateEPerson with non existing metadata', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(service, 'findByHref').and.returnValue(createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(EPersonMockWithNoName));
+    });
+    describe('add name that was not previously set', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        const changedEPerson = Object.assign(new EPerson(), {
+          id: EPersonMock.id,
+          metadata: Object.assign(EPersonMock.metadata, {
+            'eperson.firstname': [
+              {
+                language: null,
+                value: 'User',
+              },
+            ],
+          }),
+          email: EPersonMock.email,
+          canLogIn: EPersonMock.canLogIn,
+          requireCertificate: EPersonMock.requireCertificate,
+          _links: EPersonMock._links,
+        });
+        service.updateEPerson(changedEPerson).subscribe();
+      });
+      it('should send PatchRequest with add email operation', () => {
+        const operations = [{ op: 'add', path: '/eperson.firstname', value: [{ language: null, value: 'User' }] }];
+        const expected = new PatchRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), epersonsEndpoint + '/' + EPersonMock.uuid, operations);
+        expect(requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
  describe('clearEPersonRequests', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
      spyOn(halService, 'getEndpoint').and.callFake((linkPath: string) => {
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ export class EPersonDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<EPerson> impleme
   * @param newEPerson
   */
  private generateOperations(oldEPerson: EPerson, newEPerson: EPerson): Operation[] {
-    let operations = this.comparator.diff(oldEPerson, newEPerson).filter((operation: Operation) => operation.op === 'replace');
+    let operations = this.comparator.diff(oldEPerson, newEPerson)
+      .filter((operation: Operation) => ['replace', 'add'].includes(operation.op));
    if (hasValue(oldEPerson.email) && oldEPerson.email !== newEPerson.email) {
      operations = [...operations, {
        op: 'replace', path: '/email', value: newEPerson.email,
--- a/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,26 @@
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import {
-  Router,
-  UrlTree,
-} from '@angular/router';
-import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import { Angulartics2 } from 'angulartics2';
-import {
-  combineLatest as observableCombineLatest,
-  Observable,
-  of as observableOf,
-} from 'rxjs';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';

+import { environment } from '../../../../environments/environment.test';
+import { getMockRemoteDataBuildService } from '../../../shared/mocks/remote-data-build.service.mock';
 import { getMockRequestService } from '../../../shared/mocks/request.service.mock';
-import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { FacetValues } from '../../../shared/search/models/facet-values.model';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../../shared/search/models/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from '../../../shared/search/models/search-filter-config.model';
 import { SearchObjects } from '../../../shared/search/models/search-objects.model';
-import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../../shared/testing/active-router.stub';
+import { HALEndpointServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/hal-endpoint-service.stub';
 import { PaginationServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/pagination-service.stub';
 import { routeServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/route-service.stub';
-import { RouterStub } from '../../../shared/testing/router.stub';
+import { SearchConfigurationServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/search-configuration-service.stub';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
-import { CommunityDataService } from '../../data/community-data.service';
 import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../data/dspace-object-data.service';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 import { RequestService } from '../../data/request.service';
-import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request-entry.model';
+import { RequestEntryState } from '../../data/request-entry-state.model';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../pagination/pagination.service';
 import { RouteService } from '../../services/route.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../hal-endpoint.service';
@@ -36,7 +28,8 @@ import { ViewMode } from '../view-mode.model';
 import { SearchService } from './search.service';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from './search-configuration.service';
 import anything = jasmine.anything;
-
+import SpyObj = jasmine.SpyObj;
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  template: '',
@@ -47,94 +40,38 @@ class DummyComponent {
 }

 describe('SearchService', () => {
-  describe('By default', () => {
-    let searchService: SearchService;
-    const router = new RouterStub();
-    const route = new ActivatedRouteStub();
-    const searchConfigService = { paginationID: 'page-id' };
+  let service: SearchService;
+
+  let halService: HALEndpointServiceStub;
+  let paginationService: PaginationServiceStub;
+  let remoteDataBuildService: RemoteDataBuildService;
+  let requestService: SpyObj<RequestService>;
+  let routeService: RouteService;
+  let searchConfigService: SearchConfigurationServiceStub;
+
+  let testScheduler: TestScheduler;
+  let msToLive: number;
+  let remoteDataTimestamp: number;
+
  beforeEach(() => {
+    halService = new HALEndpointServiceStub(environment.rest.baseUrl);
+    paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub();
+    remoteDataBuildService = getMockRemoteDataBuildService();
+    requestService = getMockRequestService();
+    searchConfigService = new SearchConfigurationServiceStub();
+
+    initTestData();
+
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: [
        CommonModule,
-          RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([
-            { path: 'search', component: DummyComponent, pathMatch: 'full' },
-          ]),
-          DummyComponent,
+        RouterModule.forRoot([]),
      ],
      providers: [
-          { provide: Router, useValue: router },
-          { provide: RouteService, useValue: routeServiceStub },
-          { provide: RequestService, useValue: getMockRequestService() },
-          { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: {} },
-          { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: {} },
-          { provide: CommunityDataService, useValue: {} },
-          { provide: DSpaceObjectDataService, useValue: {} },
-          { provide: PaginationService, useValue: {} },
-          { provide: SearchConfigurationService, useValue: searchConfigService },
-          { provide: Angulartics2, useValue: {} },
-          SearchService,
-        ],
-      });
-      searchService = TestBed.inject(SearchService);
-    });
-
-    it('should return list view mode', () => {
-      searchService.getViewMode().subscribe((viewMode) => {
-        expect(viewMode).toBe(ViewMode.ListElement);
-      });
-    });
-  });
-  describe('', () => {
-    let searchService: SearchService;
-    const router = new RouterStub();
-    let routeService;
-
-    const halService = {
-      /* eslint-disable no-empty,@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
-      getEndpoint: () => {
-      },
-      /* eslint-enable no-empty,@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
-
-    };
-
-    const remoteDataBuildService = {
-      toRemoteDataObservable: (requestEntryObs: Observable<RequestEntry>, payloadObs: Observable<any>) => {
-        return observableCombineLatest([requestEntryObs, payloadObs]).pipe(
-          map(([req, pay]) => {
-            return { req, pay };
-          }),
-        );
-      },
-      aggregate: (input: Observable<RemoteData<any>>[]): Observable<RemoteData<any[]>> => {
-        return createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$([]);
-      },
-      buildFromHref: (href: string): Observable<RemoteData<any>> => {
-        return createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(Object.assign(new SearchObjects(), {
-          page: [],
-        }));
-      },
-    };
-
-    const paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub();
-    const searchConfigService = { paginationID: 'page-id' };
-    const requestService = getMockRequestService();
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-        imports: [
-          CommonModule,
-          RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([
-            { path: 'search', component: DummyComponent, pathMatch: 'full' },
-          ]),
-          DummyComponent,
-        ],
-        providers: [
-          { provide: Router, useValue: router },
        { provide: RouteService, useValue: routeServiceStub },
        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestService },
        { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: remoteDataBuildService },
        { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: halService },
-          { provide: CommunityDataService, useValue: {} },
        { provide: DSpaceObjectDataService, useValue: {} },
        { provide: PaginationService, useValue: paginationService },
        { provide: SearchConfigurationService, useValue: searchConfigService },
@@ -142,84 +79,263 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
        SearchService,
      ],
    });
-      searchService = TestBed.inject(SearchService);
+    service = TestBed.inject(SearchService);
    routeService = TestBed.inject(RouteService);
-      const urlTree = Object.assign(new UrlTree(), { root: { children: { primary: 'search' } } });
-      router.parseUrl.and.returnValue(urlTree);
  });

+  function initTestData(): void {
+    testScheduler = new TestScheduler((actual, expected) => {
+      expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    msToLive = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+    // The response's lastUpdated equals the time of 60 seconds after the test started, ensuring they are not perceived
+    // as cached values.
+    remoteDataTimestamp = new Date().getTime() + 60 * 1000;
+  }
+
+  describe('setViewMode', () => {
    it('should call the navigate method on the Router with view mode list parameter as a parameter when setViewMode is called', () => {
-      searchService.setViewMode(ViewMode.ListElement);
-      expect(paginationService.updateRouteWithUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page-id', ['/search'], { page: 1 }, { view: ViewMode.ListElement },
-      );
+      service.setViewMode(ViewMode.ListElement);
+
+      expect(paginationService.updateRouteWithUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test-id', ['/search'], { page: 1 }, { view: ViewMode.ListElement });
    });

    it('should call the navigate method on the Router with view mode grid parameter as a parameter when setViewMode is called', () => {
-      searchService.setViewMode(ViewMode.GridElement);
-      expect(paginationService.updateRouteWithUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page-id', ['/search'], { page: 1 }, { view: ViewMode.GridElement },
-      );
+      service.setViewMode(ViewMode.GridElement);
+
+      expect(paginationService.updateRouteWithUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test-id', ['/search'], { page: 1 }, { view: ViewMode.GridElement });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getViewMode', () => {
+    it('should return list view mode', () => {
+      testScheduler.run(({ expectObservable }) => {
+        expectObservable(service.getViewMode()).toBe('(a|)', {
+          a: ViewMode.ListElement,
+        });
+      });
    });

    it('should return ViewMode.List when the viewMode is set to ViewMode.List in the ActivatedRoute', () => {
-      let viewMode = ViewMode.GridElement;
+      testScheduler.run(({ expectObservable }) => {
        spyOn(routeService, 'getQueryParamMap').and.returnValue(observableOf(new Map([
          ['view', ViewMode.ListElement],
        ])));

-      searchService.getViewMode().subscribe((mode) => viewMode = mode);
-      expect(viewMode).toEqual(ViewMode.ListElement);
+        expectObservable(service.getViewMode()).toBe('(a|)', {
+          a: ViewMode.ListElement,
+        });
+      });
    });

    it('should return ViewMode.Grid when the viewMode is set to ViewMode.Grid in the ActivatedRoute', () => {
-      let viewMode = ViewMode.ListElement;
+      testScheduler.run(({ expectObservable }) => {
        spyOn(routeService, 'getQueryParamMap').and.returnValue(observableOf(new Map([
          ['view', ViewMode.GridElement],
        ])));
-      searchService.getViewMode().subscribe((mode) => viewMode = mode);
-      expect(viewMode).toEqual(ViewMode.GridElement);
+
+        expectObservable(service.getViewMode()).toBe('(a|)', {
+          a: ViewMode.GridElement,
+        });
+      });
+    });
  });

-    describe('when search is called', () => {
-      const endPoint = 'http://endpoint.com/test/test';
-      const searchOptions = new PaginatedSearchOptions({});
+  describe('search', () => {
+    let remoteDataMocks: Record<string, RemoteData<SearchObjects<any>>>;
+
    beforeEach(() => {
-        spyOn((searchService as any).halService, 'getEndpoint').and.returnValue(observableOf(endPoint));
-        spyOn((searchService as any).rdb, 'buildFromHref').and.callThrough();
-        /* eslint-disable no-empty,@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
-        searchService.search(searchOptions).subscribe((t) => {
-        }); // subscribe to make sure all methods are called
-        /* eslint-enable no-empty,@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
+      remoteDataMocks = {
+        RequestPending: new RemoteData(undefined, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.RequestPending, undefined, undefined, undefined),
+        ResponsePending: new RemoteData(undefined, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.ResponsePending, undefined, undefined, undefined),
+        Success: new RemoteData(remoteDataTimestamp, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.Success, undefined, new SearchObjects(), 200),
+        SuccessStale: new RemoteData(remoteDataTimestamp, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.SuccessStale, undefined, new SearchObjects(), 200),
+      };
+    });
+
+    describe('when useCachedVersionIfAvailable is true', () => {
+      it(`should emit a cached completed RemoteData immediately, and keep emitting if it gets re-requested`, () => {
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+          spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          }));
+          const expected = 'a-b-c-d-e';
+          const values = {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          };
+
+          expectObservable(service.search(undefined, msToLive, true)).toBe(expected, values);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when useCachedVersionIfAvailable is false', () => {
+      it('should not emit a cached completed RemoteData', () => {
+        // Old cached value from 1 minute before the test started
+        const oldCachedSucceededData: RemoteData<SearchObjects<any>> = Object.assign(new SearchObjects(), remoteDataMocks.Success, {
+          timeCompleted: remoteDataTimestamp - 2 * 60 * 1000,
+          lastUpdated: remoteDataTimestamp - 2 * 60 * 1000,
+        });
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+          spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
+            a: oldCachedSucceededData,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          }));
+          const expected = '--b-c-d-e';
+          const values = {
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          };
+
+          expectObservable(service.search(undefined, msToLive, false)).toBe(expected, values);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should emit the first completed RemoteData since the request was made', () => {
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+          spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.returnValue(cold('a-b', {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          }));
+          const expected = 'a-b';
+          const values = {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          };
+          expectObservable(service.search(undefined, msToLive, false)).toBe(expected, values);
+        });
+      });
    });

    it('should call getEndpoint on the halService', () => {
-        expect((searchService as any).halService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      spyOn(halService, 'getEndpoint').and.callThrough();
+
+      service.search(new PaginatedSearchOptions({})).subscribe();
+
+      expect(halService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should send out the request on the request service', () => {
-        expect((searchService as any).requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      service.search(new PaginatedSearchOptions({})).subscribe();
+
+      expect(requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should call getByHref on the request service with the correct request url', () => {
-        expect((searchService as any).rdb.buildFromHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(endPoint);
+      spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.callThrough();
+
+      service.search(new PaginatedSearchOptions({})).subscribe();
+
+      expect(remoteDataBuildService.buildFromHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(environment.rest.baseUrl + '/discover/search/objects');
    });
  });

-    describe('when getFacetValuesFor is called with a filterQuery', () => {
-      it('should add the encoded filterQuery to the args list', () => {
-        jasmine.getEnv().allowRespy(true);
-        const spyRequest = spyOn((searchService as any), 'request').and.stub();
-        spyOn(requestService, 'send').and.returnValue(true);
-        const searchFilterConfig = new SearchFilterConfig();
-        searchFilterConfig._links = {
+  describe('getFacetValuesFor', () => {
+    let remoteDataMocks: Record<string, RemoteData<FacetValues>>;
+    let filterConfig: SearchFilterConfig;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      remoteDataMocks = {
+        RequestPending: new RemoteData(undefined, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.RequestPending, undefined, undefined, undefined),
+        ResponsePending: new RemoteData(undefined, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.ResponsePending, undefined, undefined, undefined),
+        Success: new RemoteData(remoteDataTimestamp, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.Success, undefined, new FacetValues(), 200),
+        SuccessStale: new RemoteData(remoteDataTimestamp, msToLive, remoteDataTimestamp, RequestEntryState.SuccessStale, undefined, new FacetValues(), 200),
+      };
+      filterConfig = new SearchFilterConfig();
+      filterConfig._links = {
        self: {
-            href: 'https://demo.dspace.org/',
+          href: environment.rest.baseUrl,
        },
      };
-
-        searchService.getFacetValuesFor(searchFilterConfig, 1, undefined, 'filter&Query');
-
-        expect(spyRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(anything(), 'https://demo.dspace.org?page=0&size=5&prefix=filter%26Query');
    });
+
+    describe('when useCachedVersionIfAvailable is true', () => {
+      it(`should emit a cached completed RemoteData immediately, and keep emitting if it gets re-requested`, () => {
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+          spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          }));
+          const expected = 'a-b-c-d-e';
+          const values = {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          };
+
+          expectObservable(service.getFacetValuesFor(filterConfig, 1, undefined, undefined, true)).toBe(expected, values);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when useCachedVersionIfAvailable is false', () => {
+      it('should not emit a cached completed RemoteData', () => {
+        // Old cached value from 1 minute before the test started
+        const oldCachedSucceededData: RemoteData<FacetValues> = Object.assign(new FacetValues(), remoteDataMocks.Success, {
+          timeCompleted: remoteDataTimestamp - 2 * 60 * 1000,
+          lastUpdated: remoteDataTimestamp - 2 * 60 * 1000,
+        });
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+          spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.returnValue(cold('a-b-c-d-e', {
+            a: oldCachedSucceededData,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          }));
+          const expected = '--b-c-d-e';
+          const values = {
+            b: remoteDataMocks.RequestPending,
+            c: remoteDataMocks.ResponsePending,
+            d: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            e: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          };
+
+          expectObservable(service.getFacetValuesFor(filterConfig, 1, undefined, undefined, false)).toBe(expected, values);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should emit the first completed RemoteData since the request was made', () => {
+        testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+          spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'buildFromHref').and.returnValue(cold('a-b', {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          }));
+          const expected = 'a-b';
+          const values = {
+            a: remoteDataMocks.Success,
+            b: remoteDataMocks.SuccessStale,
+          };
+          expectObservable(service.getFacetValuesFor(filterConfig, 1, undefined, undefined, false)).toBe(expected, values);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should encode the filterQuery', () => {
+      spyOn((service as any), 'request').and.callThrough();
+
+      service.getFacetValuesFor(filterConfig, 1, undefined, 'filter&Query');
+
+      expect((service as any).request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(anything(), environment.rest.baseUrl + '?page=0&size=5&prefix=filter%26Query');
    });
  });
 });
--- a/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import {
  distinctUntilChanged,
  map,
+  skipWhile,
  switchMap,
  take,
  tap,
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ export class SearchService {
  search<T extends DSpaceObject>(searchOptions?: PaginatedSearchOptions, responseMsToLive?: number, useCachedVersionIfAvailable = true, reRequestOnStale = true, ...linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<T>[]): Observable<RemoteData<SearchObjects<T>>> {
    const href$ = this.getEndpoint(searchOptions);

+    let startTime: number;
    href$.pipe(
      take(1),
      map((href: string) => {
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ export class SearchService {
        searchOptions: searchOptions,
      });

+      startTime = new Date().getTime();
      this.requestService.send(request, useCachedVersionIfAvailable);
    });

@@ -198,7 +201,13 @@ export class SearchService {
      switchMap((href: string) => this.rdb.buildFromHref<SearchObjects<T>>(href)),
    );

-    return this.directlyAttachIndexableObjects(sqr$, useCachedVersionIfAvailable, reRequestOnStale, ...linksToFollow);
+    return this.directlyAttachIndexableObjects(sqr$, useCachedVersionIfAvailable, reRequestOnStale, ...linksToFollow).pipe(
+      // This skip ensures that if a stale object is present in the cache when you do a
+      // call it isn't immediately returned, but we wait until the remote data for the new request
+      // is created. If useCachedVersionIfAvailable is false it also ensures you don't get a
+      // cached completed object
+      skipWhile((rd: RemoteData<SearchObjects<T>>) => rd.isStale || (!useCachedVersionIfAvailable && rd.lastUpdated < startTime)),
+    );
  }

  /**
@@ -304,9 +313,15 @@ export class SearchService {
        return FacetValueResponseParsingService;
      },
    });
+    const startTime = new Date().getTime();
    this.requestService.send(request, useCachedVersionIfAvailable);

    return this.rdb.buildFromHref(href).pipe(
+      // This skip ensures that if a stale object is present in the cache when you do a
+      // call it isn't immediately returned, but we wait until the remote data for the new request
+      // is created. If useCachedVersionIfAvailable is false it also ensures you don't get a
+      // cached completed object
+      skipWhile((rd: RemoteData<FacetValues>) => rd.isStale || (!useCachedVersionIfAvailable && rd.lastUpdated < startTime)),
      tap((facetValuesRD: RemoteData<FacetValues>) => {
        if (facetValuesRD.hasSucceeded) {
          const appliedFilters: AppliedFilter[] = (facetValuesRD.payload.appliedFilters ?? [])
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      <a
        [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
        [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate">
+        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate" role="link" tabindex="0">
        <div>
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="false">
          </ds-thumbnail>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
        <div class="text-center">
          <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
            [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
+          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
        </div>
      }
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      <a
        [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
        [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate">
+        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate" role="link" tabindex="0">
        <div>
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="false">
          </ds-thumbnail>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
        <div class="text-center">
          <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
            [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
+          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
        </div>
      }
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal/journal-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal/journal-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      <a
        [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
        [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate">
+        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate" role="link" tabindex="0">
        <div>
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="false">
          </ds-thumbnail>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
        <div class="text-center">
          <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
            [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
+          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
        </div>
      }
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
          </ds-thumbnail>
        </a>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out"
-        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle"></a>
+        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle" role="link" tabindex="0"></a>
      }
      @if (linkType === linkTypes.None) {
        <span
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
          </ds-thumbnail>
        </a>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out"
-        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle"></a>
+        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle" role="link" tabindex="0"></a>
      }
      @if (linkType === linkTypes.None) {
        <span
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal/journal-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal/journal-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    <div class="col-3 col-md-2">
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'" [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
          </ds-thumbnail>
        </a>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'" [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out"
-        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle"></a>
+        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle" role="link" tabindex="0"></a>
      }
      @if (linkType === linkTypes.None) {
        <span
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
      [label]="'journalissue.page.keyword'">
    </ds-generic-item-page-field>
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
        {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
      [label]="'journalvolume.page.description'">
    </ds-generic-item-page-field>
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
        {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
      [label]="'journal.page.description'">
    </ds-generic-item-page-field>
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
        {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/org-unit/org-unit-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/org-unit/org-unit-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      <a
        [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
        [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate">
+        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate" role="link" tabindex="0">
        <div>
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="false">
          </ds-thumbnail>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
        <div class="text-center">
          <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
            [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
+          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
        </div>
      }
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/person/person-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/person/person-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      <a
        [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
        [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate">
+        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate" role="link" tabindex="0">
        <div>
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="false">
          </ds-thumbnail>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
        <div class="text-center">
          <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
            [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
+          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
        </div>
      }
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/project/project-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/project/project-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      <a
        [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
        [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate">
+        class="card-img-top full-width" [attr.title]="'search.results.view-result' | translate" role="link" tabindex="0">
        <div>
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="false">
          </ds-thumbnail>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
        <div class="text-center">
          <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
            [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]"
-          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
+          class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'search.results.view-result' | translate}}</a>
        </div>
      }
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async"
            [defaultImage]="'assets/images/orgunit-placeholder.svg'"
            [alt]="'thumbnail.orgunit.alt'"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead"
-        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle || ('orgunit.listelement.no-title' | translate)"></a>
+        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle || ('orgunit.listelement.no-title' | translate)" role="link" tabindex="0"></a>
      }
      @if (linkType === linkTypes.None) {
        <span
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/person/person-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/person/person-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async"
            [defaultImage]="'assets/images/person-placeholder.svg'"
            [alt]="'thumbnail.person.alt'"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead"
-        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle || ('person.listelement.no-title' | translate)"></a>
+        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle || ('person.listelement.no-title' | translate)" role="link" tabindex="0"></a>
      }
      @if (linkType === linkTypes.None) {
        <span
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/project/project-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/project/project-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async"
            [defaultImage]="'assets/images/project-placeholder.svg'"
            [alt]="'thumbnail.project.alt'"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
        <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
          [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out"
-        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle"></a>
+        [innerHTML]="dsoTitle" role="link" tabindex="0"></a>
      }
      @if (linkType === linkTypes.None) {
        <span
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/org-unit/org-unit.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/org-unit/org-unit.component.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
      [label]="'orgunit.page.description'">
    </ds-generic-item-page-field>
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
        {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/person/person.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/person/person.component.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
      [label]="'person.page.name'">
    </ds-generic-item-page-field>
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
        {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/project/project.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-pages/project/project.component.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
    [label]="'project.page.keyword'">
  </ds-generic-item-page-field>
  <div>
-    <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+    <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
      {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
    </a>
  </div>
--- a/src/app/footer/footer.component.html
+++ b/src/app/footer/footer.component.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
            <h5 class="text-uppercase">Footer Content</h5>
            <ul class="list-unstyled mb-0">
              <li>
-                <a routerLink="./" class="">Suspendisse potenti</a>
+                <a routerLink="./" class="" role="link" tabindex="0">Suspendisse potenti</a>
              </li>
            </ul>
          </div>
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@
    <div class="content-container">
      <p class="m-0">
        <a class="text-white"
-        href="http://www.dspace.org/">{{ 'footer.link.dspace' | translate}}</a>
+        href="http://www.dspace.org/" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'footer.link.dspace' | translate}}</a>
        {{ 'footer.copyright' | translate:{year: dateObj | date:'y'} }}
        <a class="text-white"
-        href="https://www.lyrasis.org/">{{ 'footer.link.lyrasis' | translate}}</a>
+        href="https://www.lyrasis.org/" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'footer.link.lyrasis' | translate}}</a>
      </p>
      <ul class="footer-info list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center mb-0">
        <li>
-          <button class="btn btn-link text-white" type="button" (click)="showCookieSettings()">
+          <button class="btn btn-link text-white" type="button" (click)="showCookieSettings()" role="button" tabindex="0">
            {{ 'footer.link.cookies' | translate}}
          </button>
        </li>
@@ -71,26 +71,26 @@
        @if (showPrivacyPolicy) {
          <li>
            <a class="btn text-white"
-            routerLink="info/privacy">{{ 'footer.link.privacy-policy' | translate}}</a>
+            routerLink="info/privacy" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'footer.link.privacy-policy' | translate}}</a>
          </li>
        }
        @if (showEndUserAgreement) {
          <li>
            <a class="btn text-white"
-            routerLink="info/end-user-agreement">{{ 'footer.link.end-user-agreement' | translate}}</a>
+            routerLink="info/end-user-agreement" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'footer.link.end-user-agreement' | translate}}</a>
          </li>
        }
        @if (showSendFeedback$ | async) {
          <li>
            <a class="btn text-white"
-            routerLink="info/feedback">{{ 'footer.link.feedback' | translate}}</a>
+            routerLink="info/feedback" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ 'footer.link.feedback' | translate}}</a>
          </li>
        }
      </ul>
    </div>
    @if (coarLdnEnabled$ | async) {
      <div class="notify-enabled text-white">
-        <a class="coar-notify-support-route" routerLink="info/coar-notify-support">
+        <a class="coar-notify-support-route" routerLink="info/coar-notify-support" role="link" tabindex="0">
          <img class="n-coar" src="assets/images/n-coar.svg" [attr.alt]="'menu.header.image.logo' | translate" />
          {{ 'footer.link.coar-notify-support' | translate }}
        </a>
--- a/src/app/header/header.component.html
+++ b/src/app/header/header.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <header>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="d-flex flex-row justify-content-between">
-      <a class="navbar-brand my-2" routerLink="/home">
+      <a class="navbar-brand my-2" routerLink="/home" role="button" tabindex="0">
        <img src="assets/images/dspace-logo.svg" [attr.alt]="'menu.header.image.logo' | translate"/>
      </a>

--- a/src/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.html
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="jumbotron py-4 px-2 py-sm-5 px-sm-0 mt-0 mb-4">
+<div class="jumbotron py-4 px-2 py-sm-5 px-sm-0 mt-ncs mb-4">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="d-flex flex-wrap">
      <div>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
      <li>issue permanent urls and trustworthy identifiers, including optional integrations with handle.net and DataCite DOI</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Join an international community of <a href="https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Positioning"
-        target="_blank">leading institutions using DSpace</a>.
+        target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">leading institutions using DSpace</a>.
    </p>
  </div>
 </div>
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page-routes.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Route } from '@angular/router';

 import { LinkMenuItemModel } from '../shared/menu/menu-item/models/link.model';
 import { MenuItemType } from '../shared/menu/menu-item-type.model';
-import { homePageResolver } from './home-page.resolver';
 import { ThemedHomePageComponent } from './themed-home-page.component';

 export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
@@ -26,8 +25,5 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
        }],
      },
    },
-    resolve: {
-      site: homePageResolver,
-    },
  },
 ];
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.html
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 <ds-suggestions-popup></ds-suggestions-popup>

 <ng-template #homeContent>
-  @if ((site$ | async); as site) {
-    <ds-view-tracker [object]="site"></ds-view-tracker>
-  }
  <ds-search-form [inPlaceSearch]="false"
    [searchPlaceholder]="'home.search-form.placeholder' | translate">
  </ds-search-form>
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { SuggestionsPopupComponent } from '../notifications/suggestions/popup/su
 import { ThemedConfigurationSearchPageComponent } from '../search-page/themed-configuration-search-page.component';
 import { ThemedSearchFormComponent } from '../shared/search-form/themed-search-form.component';
 import { PageWithSidebarComponent } from '../shared/sidebar/page-with-sidebar.component';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { HomeCoarComponent } from './home-coar/home-coar.component';
 import { ThemedHomeNewsComponent } from './home-news/themed-home-news.component';
 import { RecentItemListComponent } from './recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component';
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ import { ThemedTopLevelCommunityListComponent } from './top-level-community-list
  styleUrls: ['./home-page.component.scss'],
  templateUrl: './home-page.component.html',
  standalone: true,
-  imports: [ThemedHomeNewsComponent, NgTemplateOutlet, ViewTrackerComponent, ThemedSearchFormComponent, ThemedTopLevelCommunityListComponent, RecentItemListComponent, AsyncPipe, TranslateModule, NgClass, SuggestionsPopupComponent, ThemedConfigurationSearchPageComponent, PageWithSidebarComponent, HomeCoarComponent],
+  imports: [ThemedHomeNewsComponent, NgTemplateOutlet, ThemedSearchFormComponent, ThemedTopLevelCommunityListComponent, RecentItemListComponent, AsyncPipe, TranslateModule, NgClass, SuggestionsPopupComponent, ThemedConfigurationSearchPageComponent, PageWithSidebarComponent, HomeCoarComponent],
 })
 export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {

--- a/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
          </ds-listable-object-component-loader>
        </div>
      }
-      <button (click)="onLoadMore()" class="btn btn-primary search-button mt-4 float-start ng-tns-c290-40"> {{'vocabulary-treeview.load-more' | translate }} ...</button>
+      <button (click)="onLoadMore()" class="btn btn-primary search-button mt-4 float-start ng-tns-c290-40" role="button" tabindex="0"> {{'vocabulary-treeview.load-more' | translate }} ...</button>
    </div>
  }
  @if (itemRD?.hasFailed) {
--- a/src/app/home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
      <ds-viewable-collection
        [config]="config"
        [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
+        [showRSS]="rssSortConfig"
        [objects]="communitiesRD$ | async"
        [hideGear]="true">
      </ds-viewable-collection>
--- a/src/app/home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ export class TopLevelCommunityListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  pageId = 'tl';

  /**
-   * The sorting configuration
+   * The sorting configuration for the community list itself, and the optional RSS feed button
   */
  sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  rssSortConfig: SortOptions;

  /**
   * The subscription to the observable for the current page.
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export class TopLevelCommunityListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    this.config.pageSize = appConfig.homePage.topLevelCommunityList.pageSize;
    this.config.currentPage = 1;
    this.sortConfig = new SortOptions('dc.title', SortDirection.ASC);
+    this.rssSortConfig = new SortOptions('dc.date.accessioned', SortDirection.DESC);
  }

  ngOnInit() {
--- a/src/app/item-page/alerts/item-alerts.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/alerts/item-alerts.component.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
        <div class="d-flex justify-content-between flex-wrap">
          <span class="align-self-center">{{'item.alerts.withdrawn' | translate}}</span>
          <div class="gap-2 d-flex">
-            <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">{{"404.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
+            <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" role="button" tabindex="0">{{"404.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
            @if (showReinstateButton$ | async) {
              <a class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" (click)="openReinstateModal()">{{ 'item.alerts.reinstate-request' | translate}}</a>
            }
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="container">
-  <ds-alert [type]="'alert-info'" [content]="'item.edit.authorizations.heading'"></ds-alert>
-  <ds-resource-policies [resourceType]="'item'" [resourceName]="(getItemName() | async)"
-    [resourceUUID]="(getItemUUID() | async)">
+  <ds-alert [type]="AlertType.Info" [content]="'item.edit.authorizations.heading'"></ds-alert>
+  <ds-resource-policies [resourceType]="'item'" [resourceName]="itemName$ | async"
+    [resourceUUID]="(item$ | async)?.id">
  </ds-resource-policies>
  @for (bundle of (bundles$ | async); track bundle) {
    <ds-resource-policies [resourceType]="'bundle'" [resourceUUID]="bundle.id" [resourceName]="bundle.name">
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.spec.ts
@@ -169,17 +169,9 @@ describe('ItemAuthorizationsComponent test suite', () => {
      }));
    });

-    it('should get the item UUID', () => {
-
-      expect(comp.getItemUUID()).toBeObservable(cold('(a|)', {
-        a: item.id,
-      }));
-
-    });
-
    it('should get the item\'s bundle', () => {

-      expect(comp.getItemBundles()).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
+      expect(comp.bundles$).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
        a: bundles,
      }));

--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
 import {
  catchError,
  filter,
-  first,
  map,
  mergeMap,
  take,
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@ import {
  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataWithNotEmptyPayload,
 } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { AlertComponent } from '../../../shared/alert/alert.component';
+import { AlertType } from '../../../shared/alert/alert-type';
 import {
  hasValue,
  isNotEmpty,
 } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { NgForTrackByIdDirective } from '../../../shared/ng-for-track-by-id.directive';
 import { ResourcePoliciesComponent } from '../../../shared/resource-policies/resource-policies.component';
 import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';

@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ interface BundleBitstreamsMapEntry {
    ResourcePoliciesComponent,
    NgbCollapseModule,
    TranslateModule,
-    NgForTrackByIdDirective,
    AsyncPipe,
    AlertComponent,
  ],
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ export class ItemAuthorizationsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   * The target editing item
   * @type {Observable<Item>}
   */
-  private item$: Observable<Item>;
+  item$: Observable<Item>;

  /**
   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
@@ -127,16 +125,13 @@ export class ItemAuthorizationsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   */
  private bitstreamPageSize = 4;

-  /**
-   * Initialize instance variables
-   *
-   * @param {LinkService} linkService
-   * @param {ActivatedRoute} route
-   * @param nameService
-   */
+  itemName$: Observable<string>;
+
+  readonly AlertType = AlertType;
+
  constructor(
-    private linkService: LinkService,
-    private route: ActivatedRoute,
+    protected linkService: LinkService,
+    protected route: ActivatedRoute,
    public nameService: DSONameService,
  ) {
  }
@@ -146,36 +141,18 @@ export class ItemAuthorizationsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   */
  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.getBundlesPerItem();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the item's UUID
-   */
-  getItemUUID(): Observable<string> {
-    return this.item$.pipe(
-      map((item: Item) => item.id),
-      first((UUID: string) => isNotEmpty(UUID)),
-    );
+    this.itemName$ = this.getItemName();
  }

  /**
   * Return the item's name
   */
-  getItemName(): Observable<string> {
+  private getItemName(): Observable<string> {
    return this.item$.pipe(
      map((item: Item) => this.nameService.getName(item)),
    );
  }

-  /**
-   * Return all item's bundles
-   *
-   * @return an observable that emits all item's bundles
-   */
-  getItemBundles(): Observable<Bundle[]> {
-    return this.bundles$.asObservable();
-  }
-
  /**
   * Get all bundles per item
   * and all the bitstreams per bundle
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import {
  map,
  switchMap,
  take,
-  tap,
 } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { AlertComponent } from 'src/app/shared/alert/alert.component';
 import { AlertType } from 'src/app/shared/alert/alert-type';
@@ -239,15 +238,28 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
    this.itemService.getBundles(this.item.id, new PaginatedSearchOptions({ pagination: this.bundlesOptions })).pipe(
      getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
      getRemoteDataPayload(),
-      tap((bundlesPL: PaginatedList<Bundle>) =>
-        this.showLoadMoreLink$.next(bundlesPL.pageInfo.currentPage < bundlesPL.pageInfo.totalPages),
-      ),
-      map((bundlePage: PaginatedList<Bundle>) => bundlePage.page),
-    ).subscribe((bundles: Bundle[]) => {
-      this.bundlesSubject.next([...this.bundlesSubject.getValue(), ...bundles]);
+    ).subscribe((bundles: PaginatedList<Bundle>) => {
+      this.updateBundles(bundles);
    });
  }

+  /**
+   * Update the subject containing the bundles with the provided bundles.
+   * Also updates the showLoadMoreLink observable so it does not show up when it is no longer necessary.
+   */
+  updateBundles(newBundlesPL: PaginatedList<Bundle>) {
+    const currentBundles = this.bundlesSubject.getValue();
+
+    // Only add bundles to the bundle subject if they are not present yet
+    const bundlesToAdd = newBundlesPL.page
+      .filter(bundleToAdd => !currentBundles.some(currentBundle => currentBundle.id === bundleToAdd.id));
+
+    const updatedBundles = [...currentBundles, ...bundlesToAdd];
+
+    this.showLoadMoreLink$.next(updatedBundles.length < newBundlesPL.totalElements);
+    this.bundlesSubject.next(updatedBundles);
+  }
+

  /**
   * Submit the current changes
--- a/src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="label | translate">
  <div class="collections">
    @for (collection of (this.collections$ | async); track collection; let last = $last) {
-      <a [routerLink]="['/collections', collection.id]">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/collections', collection.id]" role="button" tabindex="0">
        <span>{{ dsoNameService.getName(collection) }}</span>@if (!last) {
        <span [innerHTML]="separator"></span>
      }
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
    class="load-more-btn btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary"
    role="button"
    href="javascript:void(0);"
+    role="button"
+    tabindex="0"
    >
    {{'item.page.collections.load-more' | translate}}
  </a>
--- a/src/app/item-page/field-components/metadata-uri-values/metadata-uri-values.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/field-components/metadata-uri-values/metadata-uri-values.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="label | translate">
  @for (mdValue of mdValues; track mdValue; let last = $last) {
-    <a class="dont-break-out" [href]="mdValue.value" [target]="hasInternalLink(mdValue.value) ? '_self' : '_blank'">
+    <a class="dont-break-out" [href]="mdValue.value" [target]="hasInternalLink(mdValue.value) ? '_self' : '_blank'" role="link" tabindex="0">
      {{ linktext || mdValue.value }}@if (!last) {
      <span [innerHTML]="separator"></span>
    }
--- a/src/app/item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.html
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
  <a class="dont-break-out ds-simple-metadata-link"
    [href]="value"
    [attr.target]="getLinkAttributes(value).target"
-    [attr.rel]="getLinkAttributes(value).rel">
+    [attr.rel]="getLinkAttributes(value).rel" role="link" tabindex="0">
    {{value}}
  </a>
 </ng-template>

 <!-- Render value as a link with icon -->
 <ng-template #linkImg let-img="img" let-value="value">
-  <a [href]="value" class="link-anchor dont-break-out ds-simple-metadata-link" target="_blank">
+  <a [href]="value" class="link-anchor dont-break-out ds-simple-metadata-link" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">
    <img class="link-logo"
      [alt]="img.alt | translate"
      [style.height]="'var(' + img.heightVar + ', --ds-item-page-img-field-default-inline-height)'"
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@
 <ng-template #browselink let-value="value">
  <a class="dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks ds-browse-link"
    [routerLink]="['/browse', browseDefinition.id]"
-  [queryParams]="getQueryParams(value)">{{value}}</a>
+  [queryParams]="getQueryParams(value)" role="link" tabindex="0">{{value}}</a>
 </ng-template>
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
        <div>
          <ds-item-alerts [item]="item"></ds-item-alerts>
          <ds-item-versions-notice [item]="item"></ds-item-versions-notice>
-          <ds-view-tracker [object]="item"></ds-view-tracker>
          @if (!item.isWithdrawn || (isAdmin$|async)) {
            <div class="full-item-info">
              <div class="d-flex flex-row">
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import { createPaginatedList } from '../../shared/testing/utils.test';
 import { ThemeService } from '../../shared/theme-support/theme.service';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../shared/utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { ThemedItemAlertsComponent } from '../alerts/themed-item-alerts.component';
 import { CollectionsComponent } from '../field-components/collections/collections.component';
 import { ThemedItemPageTitleFieldComponent } from '../simple/field-components/specific-field/title/themed-item-page-field.component';
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
            ThemedLoadingComponent,
            ThemedItemPageTitleFieldComponent,
            DsoEditMenuComponent,
-            ViewTrackerComponent,
            ThemedItemAlertsComponent,
            CollectionsComponent,
            ThemedFullFileSectionComponent,
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ErrorComponent } from '../../shared/error/error.component';
 import { ThemedLoadingComponent } from '../../shared/loading/themed-loading.component';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { ThemedItemAlertsComponent } from '../alerts/themed-item-alerts.component';
 import { CollectionsComponent } from '../field-components/collections/collections.component';
 import { ThemedItemPageTitleFieldComponent } from '../simple/field-components/specific-field/title/themed-item-page-field.component';
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ import { ThemedFullFileSectionComponent } from './field-components/file-section/
    ThemedItemPageTitleFieldComponent,
    DsoEditMenuComponent,
    ItemVersionsNoticeComponent,
-    ViewTrackerComponent,
    ThemedItemAlertsComponent,
    VarDirective,
  ],
--- a/src/app/item-page/item-page-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/item-page-routes.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { accessTokenResolver } from '../core/auth/access-token.resolver';
 import { authenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
 import { itemBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver';
 import { MenuRoute } from '../shared/menu/menu-route.model';
+import { viewTrackerResolver } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.resolver';
 import { BitstreamRequestACopyPageComponent } from './bitstreams/request-a-copy/bitstream-request-a-copy-page.component';
 import { UploadBitstreamComponent } from './bitstreams/upload/upload-bitstream.component';
 import { ThemedFullItemPageComponent } from './full/themed-full-item-page.component';
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
        data: {
          menuRoute: MenuRoute.ITEM_PAGE,
        },
-
+        resolve: {
+          tracking: viewTrackerResolver,
+        },
      },
      {
        path: 'full',
@@ -46,7 +49,9 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
        data: {
          menuRoute: MenuRoute.ITEM_PAGE,
        },
-
+        resolve: {
+          tracking: viewTrackerResolver,
+        },
      },
      {
        path: ITEM_EDIT_PATH,
--- a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-auth/orcid-auth.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-auth/orcid-auth.component.html
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <div class="container mb-5">
  <h1>{{'person.orcid.registry.auth' | translate}}</h1>
-  @if ((isLinkedToOrcid() | async)) {
+  @if ((isOrcidLinked$ | async)) {
    <div data-test="orcidLinked">
      <div class="row">
-        @if ((hasOrcidAuthorizations() | async)) {
+        @if ((hasOrcidAuthorizations$ | async)) {
          <div class="col-sm-6 mb-3" data-test="hasOrcidAuthorizations">
            <div class="card h-100">
              <div class="card-header">{{ 'person.page.orcid.granted-authorizations'| translate }}</div>
              <div class="card-body">
                <div class="container p-0">
                  <ul>
-                    @for (auth of (getOrcidAuthorizations() | async); track auth) {
+                    @for (auth of (profileAuthorizationScopes$ | async); track auth) {
                      <li data-test="orcidAuthorization">
                        {{getAuthorizationDescription(auth) | translate}}
                      </li>
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
            <div class="card-header">{{ 'person.page.orcid.missing-authorizations'| translate }}</div>
            <div class="card-body">
              <div class="container">
-                @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async) !== true) {
-                  <ds-alert [type]="'alert-success'" data-test="noMissingOrcidAuthorizations">
+                @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations$ | async) !== true) {
+                  <ds-alert [type]="AlertType.Success" data-test="noMissingOrcidAuthorizations">
                    {{'person.page.orcid.no-missing-authorizations-message' | translate}}
                  </ds-alert>
                }
-                @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async)) {
-                  <ds-alert [type]="'alert-warning'" data-test="missingOrcidAuthorizations">
+                @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations$ | async)) {
+                  <ds-alert [type]="AlertType.Warning" data-test="missingOrcidAuthorizations">
                    {{'person.page.orcid.missing-authorizations-message' | translate}}
                    <ul>
-                      @for (auth of (getMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async); track auth) {
+                      @for (auth of (profileAuthorizationScopes$ | async); track auth) {
                        <li data-test="missingOrcidAuthorization">
                          {{getAuthorizationDescription(auth) | translate }}
                        </li>
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
-      @if ((onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid() | async) && (ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid() | async) !== true) {
+      @if ((onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$ | async) && (ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$ | async) !== true) {
        <ds-alert
-          [type]="'alert-warning'" data-test="unlinkOnlyAdmin">
+          [type]="AlertType.Warning" data-test="unlinkOnlyAdmin">
          {{ 'person.page.orcid.remove-orcid-message' | translate}}
        </ds-alert>
      }
-      @if ((ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid() | async)) {
+      @if ((ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$ | async)) {
        <div class="row" data-test="unlinkOwner">
          <div class="col">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger float-end" (click)="unlinkOrcid()"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'person.page.orcid.unlink.processing' | translate}}</span>
              }
            </button>
-            @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async)) {
+            @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations$ | async)) {
              <button type="submit"
                class="btn btn-primary float-end" (click)="linkOrcid()">
                <span><i class="fas fa-check"></i> {{ 'person.page.orcid.grant-authorizations' | translate }}</span>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-2"><img alt="orcid-logo" src="../../../../assets/images/orcid.logo.icon.svg"/></div>
        <div class="col">
-          <ds-alert [type]="'alert-info'">{{ getOrcidNotLinkedMessage() | async }}</ds-alert>
+          <ds-alert [type]="AlertType.Info">{{ getOrcidNotLinkedMessage() }}</ds-alert>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="row">
@@ -97,103 +97,3 @@
    </div>
  }
 </div>
-
-<ng-template #orcidLinked>
-  <div data-test="orcidLinked">
-    <div class="row">
-      @if ((hasOrcidAuthorizations() | async)) {
-        <div class="col-sm-6 mb-3" data-test="hasOrcidAuthorizations">
-          <div class="card h-100">
-            <div class="card-header">{{ 'person.page.orcid.granted-authorizations'| translate }}</div>
-            <div class="card-body">
-              <div class="container p-0">
-                <ul>
-                  @for (auth of (getOrcidAuthorizations() | async); track auth) {
-                    <li data-test="orcidAuthorization">
-                      {{getAuthorizationDescription(auth) | translate}}
-                    </li>
-                  }
-                </ul>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      }
-      <div class="col-sm-6 mb-3">
-        <div class="card h-100">
-          <div class="card-header">{{ 'person.page.orcid.missing-authorizations'| translate }}</div>
-          <div class="card-body">
-            <div class="container">
-              @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async) !== true) {
-                <ds-alert [type]="'alert-success'" data-test="noMissingOrcidAuthorizations">
-                  {{'person.page.orcid.no-missing-authorizations-message' | translate}}
-                </ds-alert>
-              }
-              @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async)) {
-                <ds-alert [type]="'alert-warning'" data-test="missingOrcidAuthorizations">
-                  {{'person.page.orcid.missing-authorizations-message' | translate}}
-                  <ul>
-                    @for (auth of (getMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async); track auth) {
-                      <li data-test="missingOrcidAuthorization">
-                        {{getAuthorizationDescription(auth) | translate }}
-                      </li>
-                    }
-                  </ul>
-                </ds-alert>
-              }
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    @if ((onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid() | async) && (ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid() | async) !== true) {
-      <ds-alert
-        [type]="'alert-warning'" data-test="unlinkOnlyAdmin">
-        {{ 'person.page.orcid.remove-orcid-message' | translate}}
-      </ds-alert>
-    }
-    @if ((ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid() | async)) {
-      <div class="row" data-test="unlinkOwner">
-        <div class="col">
-          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger float-end" (click)="unlinkOrcid()"
-            [dsBtnDisabled]="(unlinkProcessing | async)">
-            @if ((unlinkProcessing | async) !== true) {
-              <span><i
-              class="fas fa-unlink"></i> {{ 'person.page.orcid.unlink' | translate }}</span>
-            }
-            @if ((unlinkProcessing | async)) {
-              <span><i
-              class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'person.page.orcid.unlink.processing' | translate}}</span>
-            }
-          </button>
-          @if ((hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations() | async)) {
-            <button type="submit"
-              class="btn btn-primary float-end" (click)="linkOrcid()">
-              <span><i class="fas fa-check"></i> {{ 'person.page.orcid.grant-authorizations' | translate }}</span>
-            </button>
-          }
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    }
-  </div>
-</ng-template>
-
-<ng-template #orcidNotLinked>
-  <div data-test="orcidNotLinked">
-    <div class="row">
-      <div class="col-2"><img alt="orcid-logo" src="../../../../assets/images/orcid.logo.icon.svg"/></div>
-      <div class="col">
-        <ds-alert [type]="'alert-info'">{{ getOrcidNotLinkedMessage() | async }}</ds-alert>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="row">
-      <div class="col">
-        <button class="btn btn-primary float-end" (click)="linkOrcid()">
-          <i class="fas fa-link"></i>
-          {{'person.page.orcid.link' | translate}}
-        </button>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</ng-template>
-
--- a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-auth/orcid-auth.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-auth/orcid-auth.component.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { AlertComponent } from '../../../shared/alert/alert.component';
+import { AlertType } from '../../../shared/alert/alert-type';
 import { BtnDisabledDirective } from '../../../shared/btn-disabled.directive';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { createFailedRemoteDataObjectFromError$ } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
@@ -56,43 +57,49 @@ export class OrcidAuthComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
  /**
   * The list of exposed orcid authorization scopes for the orcid profile
   */
-  profileAuthorizationScopes: BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject<string[]>([]);
+  profileAuthorizationScopes$: BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject([]);
+
+  hasOrcidAuthorizations$: Observable<boolean>;

  /**
   * The list of all orcid authorization scopes missing in the orcid profile
   */
-  missingAuthorizationScopes: BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject<string[]>([]);
+  missingAuthorizationScopes: BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject([]);
+
+  hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations$: Observable<boolean>;

  /**
   * The list of all orcid authorization scopes available
   */
-  orcidAuthorizationScopes: BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject<string[]>([]);
+  orcidAuthorizationScopes: BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject([]);

  /**
   * A boolean representing if unlink operation is processing
   */
-  unlinkProcessing: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  unlinkProcessing: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);

  /**
   * A boolean representing if orcid profile is linked
   */
-  private isOrcidLinked$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  isOrcidLinked$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);

  /**
   * A boolean representing if only admin can disconnect orcid profile
   */
-  private onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);

  /**
   * A boolean representing if owner can disconnect orcid profile
   */
-  private ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  ownerCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);

  /**
   * An event emitted when orcid profile is unliked successfully
   */
  @Output() unlink: EventEmitter<void> = new EventEmitter<void>();

+  readonly AlertType = AlertType;
+
  constructor(
    private orcidAuthService: OrcidAuthService,
    private translateService: TranslateService,
@@ -106,6 +113,8 @@ export class OrcidAuthComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
      this.orcidAuthorizationScopes.next(scopes);
      this.initOrcidAuthSettings();
    });
+    this.hasOrcidAuthorizations$ = this.hasOrcidAuthorizations();
+    this.hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations$ = this.hasMissingOrcidAuthorizations();
  }

  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
@@ -118,18 +127,11 @@ export class OrcidAuthComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
   * Check if the list of exposed orcid authorization scopes for the orcid profile has values
   */
  hasOrcidAuthorizations(): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.profileAuthorizationScopes.asObservable().pipe(
+    return this.profileAuthorizationScopes$.pipe(
      map((scopes: string[]) => scopes.length > 0),
    );
  }

-  /**
-   * Return the list of exposed orcid authorization scopes for the orcid profile
-   */
-  getOrcidAuthorizations(): Observable<string[]> {
-    return this.profileAuthorizationScopes.asObservable();
-  }
-
  /**
   * Check if the list of exposed orcid authorization scopes for the orcid profile has values
   */
@@ -139,26 +141,12 @@ export class OrcidAuthComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
    );
  }

-  /**
-   * Return the list of exposed orcid authorization scopes for the orcid profile
-   */
-  getMissingOrcidAuthorizations(): Observable<string[]> {
-    return this.profileAuthorizationScopes.asObservable();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a boolean representing if orcid profile is linked
-   */
-  isLinkedToOrcid(): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.isOrcidLinked$.asObservable();
-  }
-
-  getOrcidNotLinkedMessage(): Observable<string> {
+  getOrcidNotLinkedMessage(): string {
    const orcid = this.item.firstMetadataValue('person.identifier.orcid');
    if (orcid) {
-      return this.translateService.get('person.page.orcid.orcid-not-linked-message', { 'orcid': orcid });
+      return this.translateService.instant('person.page.orcid.orcid-not-linked-message', { 'orcid': orcid });
    } else {
-      return this.translateService.get('person.page.orcid.no-orcid-message');
+      return this.translateService.instant('person.page.orcid.no-orcid-message');
    }
  }

@@ -171,13 +159,6 @@ export class OrcidAuthComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
    return 'person.page.orcid.scope.' + scope.substring(1).replace('/', '-');
  }

-  /**
-   * Return a boolean representing if only admin can disconnect orcid profile
-   */
-  onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid(): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.onlyAdminCanDisconnectProfileFromOrcid$.asObservable();
-  }
-
  /**
   * Return a boolean representing if owner can disconnect orcid profile
   */
@@ -243,7 +224,7 @@ export class OrcidAuthComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
  }

  private setOrcidAuthorizationsFromItem(): void {
-    this.profileAuthorizationScopes.next(this.orcidAuthService.getOrcidAuthorizationScopesByItem(this.item));
+    this.profileAuthorizationScopes$.next(this.orcidAuthService.getOrcidAuthorizationScopesByItem(this.item));
  }

 }
--- a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-queue/orcid-queue.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-queue/orcid-queue.component.html
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  <div class="container">
    <h2>{{ 'person.orcid.registry.queue' | translate }}</h2>

-    @if ((processing$ | async) !== true && (getList() | async)?.payload?.totalElements === 0) {
+    @if ((processing$ | async) !== true && (list$ | async)?.payload?.totalElements === 0) {
      <ds-alert
        [type]="AlertTypeEnum.Info">
        {{ 'person.page.orcid.sync-queue.empty-message' | translate}}
      </ds-alert>
    }
-    @if ((processing$ | async) !== true && (getList() | async)?.payload?.totalElements > 0) {
+    @if ((processing$ | async) !== true && (list$ | async)?.payload?.totalElements > 0) {
      <ds-pagination
        [paginationOptions]="paginationOptions"
-        [collectionSize]="(getList() | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
+        [collectionSize]="(list$ | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
        [retainScrollPosition]="false" [hideGear]="true" (paginationChange)="updateList()">
        <div class="table-responsive">
          <table id="groups" class="table table-sm table-striped table-hover table-bordered">
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
-              @for (entry of (getList() | async)?.payload?.page; track entry) {
+              @for (entry of (list$ | async)?.payload?.page; track entry) {
                <tr data-test="orcidQueueElementRow">
                  <td style="width: 15%" class="text-center align-middle">
                    <i [ngClass]="getIconClass(entry)" [ngbTooltip]="getIconTooltip(entry) | translate"
--- a/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-queue/orcid-queue.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/orcid-page/orcid-queue/orcid-queue.component.ts
@@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ export class OrcidQueueComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
  /**
   * A list of orcid queue records
   */
-  private list$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<OrcidQueue>>> = new BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<OrcidQueue>>>({} as any);
+  list$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<OrcidQueue>>> = new BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<OrcidQueue>>>({} as any);

  /**
   * The AlertType enumeration
-   * @type {AlertType}
   */
-  AlertTypeEnum = AlertType;
+  readonly AlertTypeEnum = AlertType;

  /**
   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
@@ -132,13 +131,6 @@ export class OrcidQueueComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
    );
  }

-  /**
-   * Return the list of orcid queue records
-   */
-  getList(): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<OrcidQueue>>> {
-    return this.list$.asObservable();
-  }
-
  /**
   * Return the icon class for the queue object type
   *
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
          <ds-qa-event-notification [item]="item"></ds-qa-event-notification>
          <ds-notify-requests-status [itemUuid]="item.uuid"></ds-notify-requests-status>
          <ds-item-versions-notice [item]="item"></ds-item-versions-notice>
-          <ds-view-tracker [object]="item"></ds-view-tracker>
          @if (!item.isWithdrawn || (isAdmin$|async)) {
            <ds-listable-object-component-loader [object]="item" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-listable-object-component-loader>
          }
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import {
 import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router.stub';
 import { createPaginatedList } from '../../shared/testing/utils.test';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { ThemedItemAlertsComponent } from '../alerts/themed-item-alerts.component';
 import { ItemVersionsComponent } from '../versions/item-versions.component';
 import { ItemVersionsNoticeComponent } from '../versions/notice/item-versions-notice.component';
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ describe('ItemPageComponent', () => {
      remove: { imports: [
        ThemedItemAlertsComponent,
        ItemVersionsNoticeComponent,
-        ViewTrackerComponent,
        ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent,
        ItemVersionsComponent,
        ErrorComponent,
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import { ErrorComponent } from '../../shared/error/error.component';
 import { ThemedLoadingComponent } from '../../shared/loading/themed-loading.component';
 import { ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
 import { ThemedItemAlertsComponent } from '../alerts/themed-item-alerts.component';
 import { getItemPageRoute } from '../item-page-routing-paths';
 import { ItemVersionsComponent } from '../versions/item-versions.component';
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ import { QaEventNotificationComponent } from './qa-event-notification/qa-event-n
    VarDirective,
    ThemedItemAlertsComponent,
    ItemVersionsNoticeComponent,
-    ViewTrackerComponent,
    ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent,
    ItemVersionsComponent,
    ErrorComponent,
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
      </ds-geospatial-item-page-field>
    }
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" role="button" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" role="button" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" tabindex="0">
        <i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i> {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
    <ds-item-page-cc-license-field [item]="object" [variant]="'full'">
    </ds-item-page-cc-license-field>
    <div>
-      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button">
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute + '/full']" role="button" role="button" tabindex="0">
        <i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i> {{"item.page.link.full" | translate}}
      </a>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/lookup-by-id/objectnotfound/objectnotfound.component.html
+++ b/src/app/lookup-by-id/objectnotfound/objectnotfound.component.html
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  <h2><small><em>{{missingItem}}</em></small></h2>
  <br />
  <p class="text-center">
-    <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary">{{"404.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
+    <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary" role="button" tabindex="0">{{"404.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
  </p>
 </div>
--- a/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.html
+++ b/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <nav [ngClass]="{'open': (menuCollapsed | async) !== true}"
-  [@slideMobileNav]="(windowService.isXsOrSm() | async) !== true ? 'default' : ((menuCollapsed | async) ? 'collapsed' : 'expanded')"
+  [@slideMobileNav]="(isMobile$ | async) !== true ? 'default' : ((menuCollapsed | async) ? 'collapsed' : 'expanded')"
  class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-md px-md-0 navbar-container" role="navigation"
  [attr.aria-label]="'nav.main.description' | translate" id="main-navbar">
  <!-- TODO remove navbar-container class when https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/24726 is fixed -->
--- a/src/app/page-error/page-error.component.html
+++ b/src/app/page-error/page-error.component.html
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  <p>{{"error-page." + code | translate}}</p>
  <br/>
  <p class="text-center">
-    <a href="/home" class="btn btn-primary">{{ status + ".link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
+    <a href="/home" class="btn btn-primary" role="link" tabindex="0">{{ status + ".link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
  </p>
 </div>
--- a/src/app/pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component.html
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  <p>{{"404.help" | translate}}</p>
  <br/>
  <p class="text-center">
-    <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary">{{"404.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
+    <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary" role="button" tabindex="0">{{"404.link.home-page" | translate}}</a>
  </p>
 </div>
--- a/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.html
+++ b/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<input [attr.aria-label]="'process.new.parameter.label' | translate" required #integer="ngModel" type="number" step="1" name="integer-value-{{index}}" class="form-control" id="integer-value-{{index}}" [ngModel]="value" (ngModelChange)="setValue($event)"/>
+@if (integer.invalid && (integer.dirty || integer.touched)) {
+  <div
+    class="alert alert-danger validation-error mb-0">
+    @if (integer.errors.required) {
+      <div>
+        {{'process.new.parameter.integer.required' | translate}}
+      </div>
+    }
+  </div>
+}
--- a/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+:host {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: calc(var(--bs-spacer) / 2);
+}
--- a/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import {
+  ComponentFixture,
+  fakeAsync,
+  TestBed,
+  tick,
+  waitForAsync,
+} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {
+  TranslateLoader,
+  TranslateModule,
+} from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { TranslateLoaderMock } from '../../../../../shared/mocks/translate-loader.mock';
+import { IntegerValueInputComponent } from './integer-value-input.component';
+
+describe('IntegerValueInputComponent', () => {
+  let component: IntegerValueInputComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<IntegerValueInputComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        FormsModule,
+        TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: TranslateLoaderMock,
+          },
+        }),
+        IntegerValueInputComponent,
+      ],
+      providers: [],
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(IntegerValueInputComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not show a validation error if the input field was left untouched but left empty', () => {
+    const validationError = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.validation-error'));
+    expect(validationError).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should show a validation error if the input field was touched but left empty', fakeAsync(() => {
+    component.value = undefined;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    tick();
+
+    const input = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('input'));
+    input.triggerEventHandler('blur', null);
+
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const validationError = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.validation-error'));
+    expect(validationError).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
+
+  it('should not show a validation error if the input field was touched but not left empty', fakeAsync(() => {
+    component.value = 1;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    tick();
+
+    const input = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('input'));
+    input.triggerEventHandler('blur', null);
+
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const validationError = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.validation-error'));
+    expect(validationError).toBeFalsy();
+  }));
+});
--- a/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/number-value-input/integer-value-input.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import {
+  Component,
+  Input,
+  OnInit,
+  Optional,
+} from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  ControlContainer,
+  FormsModule,
+  NgForm,
+} from '@angular/forms';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { controlContainerFactory } from '../../../process-form-factory';
+import { ValueInputComponent } from '../value-input.component';
+
+/**
+ * Represents the user-inputted value of an integer parameter
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-integer-value-input',
+  templateUrl: './integer-value-input.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./integer-value-input.component.scss'],
+  viewProviders: [{ provide: ControlContainer,
+    useFactory: controlContainerFactory,
+    deps: [[new Optional(), NgForm]] }],
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [FormsModule, TranslateModule],
+})
+export class IntegerValueInputComponent extends ValueInputComponent<number> implements OnInit {
+  /**
+   * The current value of the integer
+   */
+  value: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Initial value of the field
+   */
+  @Input() initialValue;
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.value = this.initialValue;
+  }
+
+  setValue(value) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.updateValue.emit(value);
+  }
+}
--- a/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/parameter-value-input.component.html
+++ b/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/parameter-value-input.component.html
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
    @case (parameterTypes.STRING) {
      <ds-string-value-input [initialValue]="initialValue" (updateValue)="updateValue.emit($event)" [index]="index"></ds-string-value-input>
    }
+    @case (parameterTypes.INTEGER) {
+      <ds-integer-value-input [initialValue]="initialValue" (updateValue)="updateValue.emit($event)" [index]="index"></ds-integer-value-input>
+    }
    @case (parameterTypes.OUTPUT) {
      <ds-string-value-input [initialValue]="initialValue" (updateValue)="updateValue.emit($event)" [index]="index"></ds-string-value-input>
    }
--- a/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/parameter-value-input.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/process-page/form/process-parameters/parameter-value-input/parameter-value-input.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { controlContainerFactory } from '../../process-form-factory';
 import { BooleanValueInputComponent } from './boolean-value-input/boolean-value-input.component';
 import { DateValueInputComponent } from './date-value-input/date-value-input.component';
 import { FileValueInputComponent } from './file-value-input/file-value-input.component';
+import { IntegerValueInputComponent } from './number-value-input/integer-value-input.component';
 import { StringValueInputComponent } from './string-value-input/string-value-input.component';

 /**
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import { StringValueInputComponent } from './string-value-input/string-value-inp
    useFactory: controlContainerFactory,
    deps: [[new Optional(), NgForm]] }],
  standalone: true,
-  imports: [StringValueInputComponent, DateValueInputComponent, FileValueInputComponent, BooleanValueInputComponent],
+  imports: [StringValueInputComponent, DateValueInputComponent, FileValueInputComponent, BooleanValueInputComponent, IntegerValueInputComponent],
 })
 export class ParameterValueInputComponent {
  @Input() index: number;
--- a/src/app/process-page/overview/process-overview.component.html
+++ b/src/app/process-page/overview/process-overview.component.html
@@ -62,20 +62,20 @@ class="fas fa-plus pe-2"></i>{{'process.overview.new' | translate}}</button>
    </div>

    <div class="modal-body">
-      @if ((processBulkDeleteService.isProcessing$() | async) !== true) {
-        <div>{{'process.overview.delete.body' | translate: {count: processBulkDeleteService.getAmountOfSelectedProcesses()} }}</div>
-      }
-      @if (processBulkDeleteService.isProcessing$() |async) {
+      @let isProcessing = (isProcessing$ | async);
+      @if (isProcessing) {
        <div class="alert alert-info">
          <span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm spinner-button" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></span>
          <span> {{ 'process.overview.delete.processing' | translate: {count: processBulkDeleteService.getAmountOfSelectedProcesses()} }}</span>
        </div>
+      } @else {
+        <div>{{'process.overview.delete.body' | translate: {count: processBulkDeleteService.getAmountOfSelectedProcesses()} }}</div>
      }
      <div class="mt-4">
-        <button class="btn btn-primary me-2" [dsBtnDisabled]="processBulkDeleteService.isProcessing$() |async"
+        <button class="btn btn-primary me-2" [dsBtnDisabled]="isProcessing"
        (click)="closeModal()">{{'process.detail.delete.cancel' | translate}}</button>
        <button id="delete-confirm" class="btn btn-danger"
-          [dsBtnDisabled]="processBulkDeleteService.isProcessing$() |async"
+          [dsBtnDisabled]="isProcessing"
          (click)="deleteSelected()">{{ 'process.overview.delete' | translate: {count: processBulkDeleteService.getAmountOfSelectedProcesses()}  }}
        </button>
      </div>
--- a/src/app/process-page/overview/process-overview.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/process-page/overview/process-overview.component.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import {
 import { RouterLink } from '@angular/router';
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import {
+  Observable,
+  Subscription,
+} from 'rxjs';

 import { BtnDisabledDirective } from '../../shared/btn-disabled.directive';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ export class ProcessOverviewComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {

  isProcessingSub: Subscription;

+  isProcessing$: Observable<boolean>;
+
  constructor(protected processOverviewService: ProcessOverviewService,
              protected modalService: NgbModal,
              public processBulkDeleteService: ProcessBulkDeleteService,
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ export class ProcessOverviewComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.processBulkDeleteService.clearAllProcesses();
+    this.isProcessing$ = this.processBulkDeleteService.isProcessing$();
  }

  ngOnDestroy(): void {
--- a/src/app/process-page/scripts/script-parameter-type.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/process-page/scripts/script-parameter-type.model.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 */
 export enum ScriptParameterType {
  STRING = 'String',
+  INTEGER = 'Integer',
  DATE = 'date',
  BOOLEAN = 'boolean',
  FILE = 'InputStream',
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-researcher-form/profile-page-researcher-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-researcher-form/profile-page-researcher-form.component.html
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
    </div>
  }
  @if (!researcherProfile) {
+    @let processingCreate = (processingCreate$ | async);
    <button class="btn btn-primary me-2"
-      [dsBtnDisabled]="(isProcessingCreate() | async)"
+      [dsBtnDisabled]="processingCreate"
      (click)="createProfile()">
-      @if ((isProcessingCreate() | async)) {
+      @if (processingCreate) {
        <span>
          <i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'researcher.profile.action.processing' | translate}}
        </span>
-      }
-      @if ((isProcessingCreate() | async) !== true) {
+      } @else {
        <span>
          <i class="fas fa-plus"></i> &nbsp;{{'researcher.profile.create.new' | translate}}
        </span>
@@ -37,12 +37,11 @@
      <i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i> {{'researcher.profile.view' | translate}}
    </button>
    <button class="btn btn-danger" [dsBtnDisabled]="!researcherProfile" (click)="deleteProfile(researcherProfile)">
-      @if ((isProcessingDelete() | async)) {
+      @if ((processingDelete$ | async)) {
        <span>
          <i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'researcher.profile.action.processing' | translate}}
        </span>
-      }
-      @if ((isProcessingDelete() | async) !== true) {
+      } @else {
        <span>
          <i class="fas fa-trash-alt"></i> &nbsp;{{'researcher.profile.delete' | translate}}
        </span>
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-researcher-form/profile-page-researcher-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-researcher-form/profile-page-researcher-form.component.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ import {
  TranslateService,
 } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { UiSwitchModule } from 'ngx-ui-switch';
-import {
-  BehaviorSubject,
-  Observable,
-} from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
 import {
  map,
  mergeMap,
@@ -187,24 +184,6 @@ export class ProfilePageResearcherFormComponent implements OnInit {
    });
  }

-  /**
-   * Return a boolean representing if a delete operation is pending.
-   *
-   * @return {Observable<boolean>}
-   */
-  isProcessingDelete(): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.processingDelete$.asObservable();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a boolean representing if a create operation is pending.
-   *
-   * @return {Observable<boolean>}
-   */
-  isProcessingCreate(): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.processingCreate$.asObservable();
-  }
-
  /**
   * Create a new profile related to the current user from scratch.
   */
--- a/src/app/register-email-form/register-email-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/register-email-form/register-email-form.component.html
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@
      </ds-alert>
    }

-    @if (isRecaptchaCookieAccepted() && (googleRecaptchaService.captchaVersion() | async) === 'v2') {
+    @if (isRecaptchaCookieAccepted() && (captchaVersion$ | async) === 'v2') {
      <div class="my-3">
-        <ds-google-recaptcha [captchaMode]="(googleRecaptchaService.captchaMode() | async)"
+        <ds-google-recaptcha [captchaMode]="(captchaMode$ | async)"
          (executeRecaptcha)="register($event)" (checkboxChecked)="onCheckboxChecked($event)"
        (showNotification)="showNotification($event)"></ds-google-recaptcha>
      </div>
    }

-    @if ((!registrationVerification  || ((googleRecaptchaService.captchaVersion() | async) !== 'v2' && (googleRecaptchaService.captchaMode() | async) === 'invisible'))) {
+    @if ((!registrationVerification  || ((captchaVersion$ | async) !== 'v2' && (captchaMode$ | async) === 'invisible'))) {
      <button class="btn btn-primary" [dsBtnDisabled]="form.invalid || registrationVerification && !isRecaptchaCookieAccepted() || disableUntilChecked" (click)="register()">
        {{ MESSAGE_PREFIX + '.submit' | translate }}
      </button>
--- a/src/app/register-email-form/register-email-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/register-email-form/register-email-form.component.ts
@@ -107,13 +107,9 @@ export class RegisterEmailFormComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {

  subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];

-  captchaVersion(): Observable<string> {
-    return this.googleRecaptchaService.captchaVersion();
-  }
+  captchaVersion$: Observable<string>;

-  captchaMode(): Observable<string> {
-    return this.googleRecaptchaService.captchaMode();
-  }
+  captchaMode$: Observable<string>;

  constructor(
    private epersonRegistrationService: EpersonRegistrationService,
@@ -135,6 +131,8 @@ export class RegisterEmailFormComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
  }

  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.captchaVersion$ = this.googleRecaptchaService.captchaVersion();
+    this.captchaMode$ = this.googleRecaptchaService.captchaMode();
    const validators: ValidatorFn[] = [
      Validators.required,
      Validators.email,
@@ -191,7 +189,7 @@ export class RegisterEmailFormComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
  register(tokenV2?) {
    if (!this.form.invalid) {
      if (this.registrationVerification) {
-        this.subscriptions.push(combineLatest([this.captchaVersion(), this.captchaMode()]).pipe(
+        this.subscriptions.push(combineLatest([this.captchaVersion$, this.captchaMode$]).pipe(
          switchMap(([captchaVersion, captchaMode])  => {
            if (captchaVersion === 'v3') {
              return this.googleRecaptchaService.getRecaptchaToken('register_email');
@@ -254,7 +252,7 @@ export class RegisterEmailFormComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
   */
  disableUntilCheckedFcn(): Observable<boolean> {
    const checked$ = this.checkboxCheckedSubject$.asObservable();
-    return combineLatest([this.captchaVersion(), this.captchaMode(), checked$]).pipe(
+    return combineLatest([this.captchaVersion$, this.captchaMode$, checked$]).pipe(
      // disable if checkbox is not checked or if reCaptcha is not in v2 checkbox mode
      switchMap(([captchaVersion, captchaMode, checked])  => captchaVersion === 'v2' && captchaMode === 'checkbox' ? of(!checked) : of(false)),
      startWith(true),
--- a/src/app/request-copy/grant-deny-request-copy/grant-deny-request-copy.component.html
+++ b/src/app/request-copy/grant-deny-request-copy/grant-deny-request-copy.component.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
          <div class="processed-message">
            <p>{{ 'grant-deny-request-copy.processed' | translate }}</p>
            <p class="text-center">
-              <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary">{{ 'grant-deny-request-copy.home-page' | translate }}</a>
+              <a routerLink="/home" class="btn btn-primary" role="button" tabindex="0">{{ 'grant-deny-request-copy.home-page' | translate }}</a>
            </p>
          </div>
        }
--- a/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.html
+++ b/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             [class.display]="searchExpanded ? 'inline-block' : 'none'"
             [tabIndex]="searchExpanded ? 0 : -1"
             [attr.data-test]="'header-search-box' | dsBrowserOnly">
-      <button class="submit-icon btn btn-link btn-link-inline" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.search.button' | translate" type="button" (click)="searchExpanded ? onSubmit(searchForm.value) : expand()" [attr.data-test]="'header-search-icon' | dsBrowserOnly">
+      <button class="submit-icon btn btn-link btn-link-inline" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.search.button' | translate" type="button" (click)="searchExpanded ? onSubmit(searchForm.value) : expand()" [attr.data-test]="'header-search-icon' | dsBrowserOnly" tabindex="0" role="button">
        <em class="fas fa-search fa-lg fa-fw"></em>
      </button>
    </form>
--- a/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
          <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="dropdownLogin px-0.5" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.login' |translate"
            (click)="$event.preventDefault()" [attr.data-test]="'login-menu' | dsBrowserOnly"
            role="menuitem"
+            tabindex="0"
            aria-haspopup="menu"
            aria-controls="loginDropdownMenu"
            [attr.aria-expanded]="loginDrop.isOpen()"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
        <div ngbDropdown #loggedInDrop="ngbDropdown" display="dynamic" placement="bottom-right" class="d-inline-block" @fadeInOut>
          <a href="javascript:void(0);"
            role="menuitem"
+            tabindex="0"
            [attr.aria-label]="'nav.user-profile-menu-and-logout' | translate"
            aria-controls="user-menu-dropdown"
            (click)="$event.preventDefault()" [title]="'nav.user-profile-menu-and-logout' | translate"
@@ -43,12 +45,12 @@
  } @else {
    <div data-test="auth-nav">
      @if ((isAuthenticated | async) !== true) {
-        <a routerLink="/login" routerLinkActive="active" class="loginLink px-0.5" role="button">
+        <a routerLink="/login" routerLinkActive="active" class="loginLink px-0.5" role="button" tabindex="0">
          {{ 'nav.login' | translate }}<span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
        </a>
      }
      @if ((isAuthenticated | async)) {
-        <a role="button" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.logout' |translate" [title]="'nav.logout' | translate" routerLink="/logout" routerLinkActive="active" class="logoutLink px-1">
+        <a role="button" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.logout' |translate" [title]="'nav.logout' | translate" routerLink="/logout" routerLinkActive="active" class="logoutLink px-1" role="button" tabindex="0">
          <i class="fas fa-sign-out-alt fa-lg fa-fw"></i>
          <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
        </a>
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.html
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
            role="tab"
            [routerLink]="option.routerLink"
            [queryParams]="option.params"
-            [class.active]="(currentOption$ | async)?.id === option.id">
+            [class.active]="(currentOption$ | async)?.id === option.id"
+            role="tab"
+            tabindex="0">
            {{ option.label | translate }}
          </a>
        }
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-handle/comcol-page-handle.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-handle/comcol-page-handle.component.html
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
    @if (title) {
      <span class="mb-0">{{ title | translate }}</span>
    }
-    <a [href]="getHandle()">{{getHandle()}}</a>
+    <a [href]="getHandle()" role="link" tabindex="0">{{getHandle()}}</a>
  </p>
 }
--- a/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-orejime.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-orejime.service.spec.ts
@@ -433,4 +433,31 @@ describe('BrowserOrejimeService', () => {
      expect(service.orejimeConfig.apps).not.toContain(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: googleAnalytics }));
    });
  });
+
+  describe('applyUpdateSettingsCallbackToApps', () => {
+    let user2: EPerson;
+    let mockApp1, mockApp2;
+    let updateSettingsSpy;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      user2 = Object.assign(new EPerson(), { uuid: 'test-user' });
+      mockApp1 = { name: 'app1', callback: jasmine.createSpy('originalCallback1') };
+      mockApp2 = { name: 'app2', callback: jasmine.createSpy('originalCallback2') };
+      service.orejimeConfig.apps = [mockApp1, mockApp2];
+      updateSettingsSpy = spyOn(service, 'updateSettingsForUsers');
+    });
+
+    it('calls updateSettingsForUsers in a debounced manner when a callback is triggered', (done) => {
+      service.applyUpdateSettingsCallbackToApps(user2);
+
+      mockApp1.callback(true);
+      mockApp2.callback(false);
+
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(updateSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(updateSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(user2);
+        done();
+      }, 400);
+    });
+  });
 });
--- a/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-orejime.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/cookies/browser-orejime.service.ts
@@ -192,12 +192,39 @@ export class BrowserOrejimeService extends OrejimeService {
        this.translateConfiguration();

        this.orejimeConfig.apps = this.filterConfigApps(appsToHide);
-        this.lazyOrejime.then(({ init }) => {
+
+        this.applyUpdateSettingsCallbackToApps(user);
+
+        void this.lazyOrejime.then(({ init }) => {
          this.orejimeInstance = init(this.orejimeConfig);
        });
      });
  }

+  /**
+   * Applies a debounced callback to update user settings for all apps in the Orejime configuration.
+   *
+   * This method modifies the `callback` property of each app in the `orejimeConfig.apps` array.
+   * It ensures that the `updateSettingsForUsers` method is called in a debounced manner whenever
+   * a consent change occurs for any app. Additionally, it preserves and invokes the original
+   * callback for each app if one is defined.
+   *
+   * @param {EPerson} user - The authenticated user whose settings are being updated.
+   */
+  applyUpdateSettingsCallbackToApps(user: EPerson) {
+    const updateSettingsCallback = debounce(() => this.updateSettingsForUsers(user), updateDebounce);
+
+    this.orejimeConfig.apps.forEach((app) => {
+      const originalCallback = app.callback;
+      app.callback = (consent: boolean) => {
+        updateSettingsCallback();
+        if (originalCallback) {
+          originalCallback(consent);
+        }
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
  /**
   * Return saved preferences stored in the orejime cookie
   */
@@ -220,7 +247,6 @@ export class BrowserOrejimeService extends OrejimeService {
   * @param user The authenticated user
   */
  private initializeUser(user: EPerson) {
-    this.orejimeConfig.callback = debounce((consent, app) => this.updateSettingsForUsers(user), updateDebounce);
    this.orejimeConfig.cookieName = this.getStorageName(user.uuid);

    const anonCookie = this.cookieService.get(ANONYMOUS_STORAGE_NAME_OREJIME);
@@ -387,8 +413,10 @@ export class BrowserOrejimeService extends OrejimeService {
   * @param user
   */
  updateSettingsForUsers(user: EPerson) {
+    if (user) {
      this.setSettingsForUser(user, this.cookieService.get(this.getStorageName(user.uuid)));
    }
+  }

  /**
   * Create the storage name for orejime cookies based on the user's identifier
--- a/src/app/shared/eperson-group-list/eperson-group-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/eperson-group-list/eperson-group-list.component.html
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <div class="mt-3" @fadeInOut>
  @if (isListOfEPerson) {
    <ds-eperson-search-box (search)="onSearch($event)"></ds-eperson-search-box>
-  }
-  @if (!isListOfEPerson) {
+  } @else {
    <ds-group-search-box (search)="onSearch($event)"></ds-group-search-box>
  }

-  @if ((getList() | async)?.payload?.totalElements > 0) {
+  @let list = (list$ | async);
+  @if (list && list.totalElements > 0) {
    <ds-pagination
      [paginationOptions]="paginationOptions"
-      [collectionSize]="(getList() | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
+      [collectionSize]="list.totalElements"
      [retainScrollPosition]="true"
      [hideGear]="true">
      <div class="table-responsive">
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
-            @for (entry of (getList() | async)?.payload?.page; track entry) {
-              <tr
-                [class.table-primary]="isSelected(entry) | async">
-                <td>{{entry.id}}</td>
-                <td>{{dsoNameService.getName(entry)}}</td>
+            @for (entry of list.page; track entry) {
+              <tr [class.table-primary]="(entrySelectedId$ | async) === entry.id">
+                <td>{{ entry.id }}</td>
+                <td>{{ dsoNameService.getName(entry) }}</td>
                <td class="text-center">
                  <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" (click)="emitSelect(entry)">
                    {{'resource-policies.form.eperson-group-list.select.btn' | translate}}
--- a/src/app/shared/eperson-group-list/eperson-group-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/eperson-group-list/eperson-group-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import uniqueId from 'lodash/uniqueId';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';

@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ const mockDataServiceMap: LazyDataServicesMap = new Map([
  [GROUP.value, () => import('../../core/eperson/group-data.service').then(m => m.GroupDataService)],
 ]);

-describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
+describe('EpersonGroupListComponent', () => {
  let comp: EpersonGroupListComponent;
  let compAsAny: any;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<EpersonGroupListComponent>;
-  let de;
  let groupService: any;
  let epersonService: any;
-  let paginationService;
+  let paginationService: PaginationServiceStub;

  const paginationOptions: PaginationComponentOptions = new PaginationComponentOptions();
  paginationOptions.id = uniqueId('eperson-group-list-pagination-test');
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
  }));

  describe('', () => {
-    let testComp: TestComponent;
    let testFixture: ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;

    // synchronous beforeEach
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
        <ds-eperson-group-list [isListOfEPerson]="isListOfEPerson" [initSelected]="initSelected"></ds-eperson-group-list>`;

      testFixture = createTestComponent(html, TestComponent) as ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;
-      testComp = testFixture.componentInstance;
    });

    afterEach(() => {
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
    afterEach(() => {
      comp = null;
      compAsAny = null;
-      de = null;
      fixture.destroy();
    });

@@ -181,29 +177,25 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
      });
    }));

-    it('should init entrySelectedId', fakeAsync(() => {
+    it('should init entrySelectedId', fakeAsync(async () => {
      spyOn(comp, 'updateList');
      comp.initSelected = EPersonMock.id;

      fixture.detectChanges();

-      fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
-        expect(compAsAny.entrySelectedId.value).toBe(EPersonMock.id);
-      });
-
+      await fixture.whenStable();
+      expect(comp.entrySelectedId$.value).toBe(EPersonMock.id);
    }));

-    it('should init the list of eperson', fakeAsync(() => {
+    it('should init the list of eperson', fakeAsync(async () => {
      epersonService.searchByScope.and.returnValue(observableOf(epersonPaginatedListRD));

      fixture.detectChanges();

-      fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
-        expect(compAsAny.list$.value).toEqual(epersonPaginatedListRD);
-        expect(comp.getList()).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
-          a: epersonPaginatedListRD,
+      await fixture.whenStable();
+      expect(comp.list$).toBeObservable(hot('(a|)', {
+        a: epersonPaginatedList,
      }));
-      });
    }));

    it('should emit select event', () => {
@@ -211,23 +203,13 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
      comp.emitSelect(EPersonMock);

      expect(comp.select.emit).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      expect(compAsAny.entrySelectedId.value).toBe(EPersonMock.id);
+      expect(comp.entrySelectedId$.value).toBe(EPersonMock.id);
    });

-    it('should return true when entry is selected', () => {
-      compAsAny.entrySelectedId.next(EPersonMock.id);
+    it('should return the entrySelectedId$ value', () => {
+      comp.entrySelectedId$.next(EPersonMock.id);

-      expect(comp.isSelected(EPersonMock)).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
-        a: true,
-      }));
-    });
-
-    it('should return false when entry is not selected', () => {
-      compAsAny.entrySelectedId.next('');
-
-      expect(comp.isSelected(EPersonMock)).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
-        a: false,
-      }));
+      expect(comp.entrySelectedId$.value).toBe(EPersonMock.id);
    });
  });

@@ -245,7 +227,6 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
    afterEach(() => {
      comp = null;
      compAsAny = null;
-      de = null;
      fixture.destroy();
    });

@@ -260,27 +241,24 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {

    }));

-    it('should init entrySelectedId', fakeAsync(() => {
+    it('should init entrySelectedId', fakeAsync(async () => {
      spyOn(comp, 'updateList');
      comp.initSelected = GroupMock.id;

      fixture.detectChanges();

-      fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
-        expect(compAsAny.entrySelectedId.value).toBe(GroupMock.id);
-      });
+      await fixture.whenStable();
+      expect(comp.entrySelectedId$.value).toBe(GroupMock.id);
    }));

-    it('should init the list of group', fakeAsync(() => {
+    it('should init the list of group', fakeAsync(async () => {
      groupService.searchGroups.and.returnValue(observableOf(groupPaginatedListRD));
      fixture.detectChanges();

-      fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
-        expect(compAsAny.list$.value).toEqual(groupPaginatedListRD);
-        expect(comp.getList()).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
-          a: groupPaginatedListRD,
+      await fixture.whenStable();
+      expect(comp.list$).toBeObservable(hot('(a|)', {
+        a: groupPaginatedList,
      }));
-      });
    }));

    it('should emit select event', () => {
@@ -288,27 +266,16 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
      comp.emitSelect(GroupMock);

      expect(comp.select.emit).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      expect(compAsAny.entrySelectedId.value).toBe(GroupMock.id);
+      expect(comp.entrySelectedId$.value).toBe(GroupMock.id);
    });

-    it('should return true when entry is selected', () => {
-      compAsAny.entrySelectedId.next(EPersonMock.id);
+    it('should return the entrySelectedId$ value', () => {
+      comp.entrySelectedId$.next(GroupMock.id);

-      expect(comp.isSelected(EPersonMock)).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
-        a: true,
-      }));
-    });
-
-    it('should return false when entry is not selected', () => {
-      compAsAny.entrySelectedId.next('');
-
-      expect(comp.isSelected(EPersonMock)).toBeObservable(cold('a', {
-        a: false,
-      }));
+      expect(comp.entrySelectedId$.value).toBe(GroupMock.id);
    });

    it('should update list on search triggered', () => {
-      const options: PaginationComponentOptions = comp.paginationOptions;
      const event: SearchEvent = {
        scope: 'metadata',
        query: 'test',
@@ -316,7 +283,7 @@ describe('EpersonGroupListComponent test suite', () => {
      spyOn(comp, 'updateList');
      comp.onSearch(event);

-      expect(compAsAny.updateList).toHaveBeenCalledWith('metadata', 'test');
+      expect(comp.updateList).toHaveBeenCalledWith('metadata', 'test');
    });
  });
 });
--- a/src/app/shared/eperson-group-list/eperson-group-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/eperson-group-list/eperson-group-list.component.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import uniqueId from 'lodash/uniqueId';
 import {
  BehaviorSubject,
  Observable,
-  Subscription,
 } from 'rxjs';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';

 import {
  APP_DATA_SERVICES_MAP,
@@ -25,21 +24,21 @@ import {
 import { DSONameService } from '../../core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service';
 import { FindListOptions } from '../../core/data/find-list-options.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { EPersonDataService } from '../../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
 import { GroupDataService } from '../../core/eperson/group-data.service';
+import { EPerson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
 import { EPERSON } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.resource-type';
+import { Group } from '../../core/eperson/models/group.model';
 import { GROUP } from '../../core/eperson/models/group.resource-type';
 import { lazyDataService } from '../../core/lazy-data-service';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
+import {
+  getFirstCompletedRemoteData,
+  getRemoteDataPayload,
+} from '../../core/shared/operators';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../core/shared/resource-type';
 import { fadeInOut } from '../animations/fade';
-import {
-  hasValue,
-  isNotEmpty,
-} from '../empty.util';
 import { PaginationComponent } from '../pagination/pagination.component';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { SearchEvent } from './eperson-group-list-event-type';
@@ -101,21 +100,13 @@ export class EpersonGroupListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  /**
   * A list of eperson or group
   */
-  private list$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<DSpaceObject>>> = new BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<DSpaceObject>>>({} as any);
+  list$: Observable<PaginatedList<EPerson | Group>>;

  /**
   * The eperson or group's id selected
   * @type {string}
   */
-  private entrySelectedId: BehaviorSubject<string> = new BehaviorSubject<string>('');
-
-  /**
-   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
-   * @type {Array}
-   */
-  private subs: Subscription[] = [];
-
-  private pageConfigSub: Subscription;
+  entrySelectedId$: BehaviorSubject<string> = new BehaviorSubject('');

  /**
   * Initialize instance variables and inject the properly UpdateDataServiceImpl
@@ -143,7 +134,7 @@ export class EpersonGroupListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
      this.paginationOptions.pageSize = 5;

      if (this.initSelected) {
-        this.entrySelectedId.next(this.initSelected);
+        this.entrySelectedId$.next(this.initSelected);
      }

      this.updateList(this.currentSearchScope, this.currentSearchQuery);
@@ -158,28 +149,9 @@ export class EpersonGroupListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   */
  emitSelect(entry: DSpaceObject): void {
    this.select.emit(entry);
-    this.entrySelectedId.next(entry.id);
+    this.entrySelectedId$.next(entry.id);
  }

-  /**
-   * Return the list of eperson or group
-   */
-  getList(): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<DSpaceObject>>> {
-    return this.list$.asObservable();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a boolean representing if a table row is selected
-   *
-   * @return {boolean}
-   */
-  isSelected(entry: DSpaceObject): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.entrySelectedId.asObservable().pipe(
-      map((selectedId) => isNotEmpty(selectedId) && selectedId === entry.id),
-    );
-  }
-
-
  /**
   * Method called on search
   */
@@ -194,38 +166,26 @@ export class EpersonGroupListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   * Retrieve a paginate list of eperson or group
   */
  updateList(scope: string, query: string): void {
-    if (hasValue(this.pageConfigSub)) {
-      this.pageConfigSub.unsubscribe();
-    }
-    this.pageConfigSub = this.paginationService.getCurrentPagination(this.paginationOptions.id, this.paginationOptions)
-      .subscribe((paginationOptions) => {
-        const options: FindListOptions = Object.assign({}, new FindListOptions(), {
+    this.list$ = this.paginationService.getCurrentPagination(this.paginationOptions.id, this.paginationOptions).pipe(
+      switchMap((paginationOptions) => {
+        const options: FindListOptions = Object.assign(new FindListOptions(), {
          elementsPerPage: paginationOptions.pageSize,
          currentPage: paginationOptions.currentPage,
        });

-        const search$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<DSpaceObject>>> = this.isListOfEPerson ?
+        return this.isListOfEPerson ?
          (this.dataService as EPersonDataService).searchByScope(scope, query, options) :
          (this.dataService as GroupDataService).searchGroups(query, options);
-
-        this.subs.push(search$.pipe(getFirstCompletedRemoteData())
-          .subscribe((list: RemoteData<PaginatedList<DSpaceObject>>) => {
-            if (hasValue(this.list$)) {
-              this.list$.next(list);
-            }
      }),
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
    );
-      });
  }

  /**
   * Unsubscribe from all subscriptions
   */
  ngOnDestroy(): void {
-    this.list$ = null;
-    this.subs
-      .filter((subscription) => hasValue(subscription))
-      .forEach((subscription) => subscription.unsubscribe());
    this.paginationService.clearPagination(this.paginationOptions.id);
  }

--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More