Mongoose 6.X MongoDB Server 7.0 Support

[pritchardtw]

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Mongoose version

6.13.8

Node.js version

14.X

MongoDB version

6.X

Operating system

None

Operating system version (i.e. 20.04, 11.3, 10)

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Issue

Hi,

Our Mongoose installation is working with MongoDB Node Driver 4.17.2.

I see the node driver legacy documentation says 4.17.2 supports MongoDB 7.0 just no new 7.0 functionality, which is fine for our application.

Mongoose does not have a "support but no new features" concept in the compatibility matrix which the Node Driver does.

If we are not planning to use new features of MongoDB Server 7.0 should it be okay to upgrade to MongoDB Server 7.0 on Mongoose 6.13.8 with MongoDB Node Driver 4.17.2?

Thank you for the consideration.

[vkarpov15]

Can you please link to the node driver legacy documentation you're looking at? Current Node driver documentation doesn't include MongoDB Node driver 4 because it looks like support for that version line is deprecated.

In general, if MongoDB Node driver supports a version, Mongoose also supports it, even with the "no new features" caveat.

Also worth mentioning: Mongoose v6 is no longer officially supported as of Jan 1 2025: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/version-support.html

[pritchardtw]

Can you please link to the node driver legacy documentation you're looking at? Current Node driver documentation doesn't include MongoDB Node driver 4 because it looks like support for that version line is deprecated.

In general, if MongoDB Node driver supports a version, Mongoose also supports it, even with the "no new features" caveat.

Also worth mentioning: Mongoose v6 is no longer officially supported as of Jan 1 2025: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/version-support.html

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/node/v4.17/compatibility/

Thank you for the consideration.

[vkarpov15]

Strange, that link https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/node/v4.17/compatibility/ gives me a 404:

[pritchardtw]

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/node/v4.17/

Sorry - what about this one? (you will need to click 'compatibility' in the left nav bar to get to the same location as the other link)

[vkarpov15]

That link works, thank you. I will add a note to Mongoose 6.x compatibility docs that ^6.5.0 works with MongoDB server 7.x.

However, I still recommend upgrading to Mongoose 7.

[vkarpov15]

Fixed by #15434