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Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the two terms are synonymous. Distributed transactions refer to multi-document transactions on sharded clusters and replica sets. Multi-document transactions (whether on sharded clusters or replica sets) are also known as distributed transactions starting in MongoDB 4.2.
In version 4.2, MongoDB introduces distributed transactions. Distributed transactions:
Adds support for multi-document transactions on sharded clusters.
4.2.Incorporates the existing support for transactions on replica sets.
4.2.16MB each) as necessary to encapsulate all write operations in a transaction. In MongoDB 4.0, MongoDB creates a single entry for all write operations in a transaction, thereby imposing a 16MB total size limit for a transaction.For more information, see Transactions.
MongoDB 4.2 removes the deprecated MMAPv1 storage engine.
If your 4.0 deployment uses MMAPv1, you must change the deployment to WiredTiger Storage Engine before upgrading to MongoDB 4.2. For details, see:
MongoDB removes the following MMAPv1 specific configuration options:
| Removed Configuration File Setting | Removed Command-line Option |
|---|---|
storage.mmapv1.journal.commitIntervalMs | |
storage.mmapv1.journal.debugFlags | mongod --journalOptions |
storage.mmapv1.nsSize | mongod --nssize |
storage.mmapv1.preallocDataFiles | mongod --noprealloc |
storage.mmapv1.quota.enforced | mongod --quota |
storage.mmapv1.quota.maxFilesPerDB | mongod --quotaFiles |
storage.mmapv1.smallFiles | mongod --smallfiles |
storage.repairPath | mongod --repairpath |
replication.secondaryIndexPrefetch | mongod --replIndexPrefetch |
Starting in version 4.2, MongoDB processes will not start with these options. Remove any MMAPv1 specific configuration options if using a WiredTiger deployment.
MongoDB removes the following MMAPv1 parameters:
newCollectionsUsePowerOf2SizesreplIndexPrefetchMongoDB removes the MMAPv1 specific touch command.
MongoDB removes the MMAPv1 specific options:
| Removed Command | Removed Method | Notes |
|---|---|---|
group | db.collection.group() | Use db.collection.aggregate() with the $group stage instead.
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eval | The MongoDB 4.2 mongo shell methods db.eval() and db.collection.copyTo() can only be run when connected to MongoDB 4.0 or earlier.
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copydb | The corresponding As an alternative, users can use | |
clone | The corresponding As an alternative, users can use | |
geoNear | Use For more information, see Remove Support for the | |
parallelCollectionScan | ||
repairDatabase | db.repairDatabase() | For more information, see Remove Support for the repairDatabase Command. |
getPrevError | db.getPrevError() |
maxScan OptionMongoDB removes the deprecated option maxScan for the find command and the mongo shell helper cursor.maxScan(). Use either the maxTimeMS option for the find command or the helper cursor.maxTimeMS() instead.
The following drivers are feature compatible [1] with MongoDB 4.2:
| [1] | For a complete list of official 4.2+ compatible drivers with support for Client-Side Field Level Encryption, see Driver Compatibility Table. |
Retryable reads allow MongoDB 4.2+ compatible drivers to automatically retry certain read operations a single time if they encounter certain network or server errors. See Retryable Reads for more information.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can update a document's shard key value unless the shard key field is the immutable _id field. In MongoDB 4.2 and earlier, a document's shard key field value is immutable.
For details on updating the shard key, see Change a Document's Shard Key Value.
mongodump and mongorestorecannot be part of a backup strategy for 4.2+ sharded clusters that have sharded transactions in progress, as backups created with mongodump do not maintain the atomicity guarantees of transactions across shards.
For 4.2+ sharded clusters with in-progress sharded transactions, use one of the following coordinated backup and restore processes which do maintain the atomicity guarantees of transactions across shards:
Starting in MongoDB 4.2:
The balancerStart command and the mongo shell helper methods sh.startBalancer() and sh.setBalancerState(true) also enable auto-splitting for the sharded cluster.
sh.disableAutoSplit().The balancerStop command and the mongo shell helper methods sh.stopBalancer() and sh.setBalancerState(false) also disable auto-splitting for the sharded cluster.
sh.enableAutoSplit().The mongo methods sh.enableBalancing(namespace) and sh.disableBalancing(namespace) have no affect on the auto-splitting.
mongos / mongod Connection PoolStarting in MongoDB 4.2, MongoDB adds the parameter ShardingTaskExecutorPoolReplicaSetMatching. This parameter determines the minimum size of the mongod/mongos instance's connection pool to each member of the sharded cluster. This value can vary during runtime.
mongod and mongos maintain connection pools to each replica set secondary for every replica set in the sharded cluster. By default, these pools have a number of connections that is at least the number of connections to the primary.
To modify, see ShardingTaskExecutorPoolReplicaSetMatching.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2,
replaceOne() or update() (when used with a replacement document), will first attempt to target a single shard by using the query filter. If the operation cannot target a single shard by the query filter, it then attempts to target by the replacement document. In earlier versions, these operations only attempt to target using the replacement document.save() method is deprecated: use the insertOne() or replaceOne() method instead. The save() method cannot be used with sharded collections that are not sharded by _id, and attempting to do so will result in an error.upsert: true and is on a sharded collection, the filter must include an equality match on the full shard key.MongoDB 4.2 includes fixes that resolve the following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs):
TLS OptionsMongoDB 4.2 adds TLS options for the mongod, the mongos, and the mongo shell to replace the corresponding SSL options (deprecated in 4.2). The new TLS options provide identical functionality as the deprecated SSL options as MongoDB has always supported TLS 1.0 and later.
mongod and mongos configuration file options, refer to the configuration file page.tls options, refer to the connection string page.SSL OptionsMongoDB 4.2 deprecates the SSL options for the mongod, the mongos, and the mongo shell as well as the corresponding net.ssl Options configuration file options.
Use the new TLS options instead.
tls Parameters| New Parameter | |
|---|---|
tlsWithholdClientCertificate | Available for mongod and mongos, the parameter can be set to true to stop the instance from sending its TLS certificate when initiating intra-cluster communications with other mongod or mongos instances. For details, see tlsWithholdClientCertificate.
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tlsX509ClusterAuthDNOverride | Available for You can use this parameter for a rolling update of certificates to new certificates that contain a new |
tlsClusterCAFile OptionMongoDB 4.2 adds the --tlsClusterCAFile option/net.tls.clusterCAFile for mongod and mongos, which specifies a .pem file for validating the TLS certificate from a client establishing a connection. This lets you use separate Certificate Authorities to verify the client to server and server to client portions of the TLS handshake.
Starting in version 4.2 on Linux:
prime256v1 as the named curve.In earlier versions of MongoDB (3.6.14+ and 4.0.3+), MongoDB enables support for Ephemeral Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDHE) if, during compile time, the Linux platform's OpenSSL supports automatic curve selection of ECDH parameters.
On Windows and macOS, MongoDB's support for ECDHE and DH remain unchanged from earlier versions; that is, support is implicit through the use of the platform's respective native TLS/SSL OS libraries.
For more information, see Forward Secrecy.
passwordPrompt()Starting in version 4.2 of the mongo shell, you can use the passwordPrompt() method in conjunction with various user authentication/management methods/commands to prompt for the password instead of specifying the password directly in the method/command call. However, you can still specify the password directly as you would with earlier versions of the mongo shell.
For example:
db.createUser( {
user:"user123",
pwd: passwordPrompt(), // Instead of specifying the password in cleartext
roles:[ "readWrite" ]
} )
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, keyfiles for internal membership authentication use YAML format to allow for multiple keys in a keyfile. The YAML format accepts content of:
The YAML format is compatible with the existing single-key keyfiles that use the text file format.
The new format allows for rolling upgrade of the keys without downtime. See Rotate Keys for Replica Sets and Rotate Keys for Sharded Clusters.
libldap and libldap_rFor MongoDB 4.2 (and 4.0.9) Enterprise binaries linked against libldap (such as when running on RHEL), access to the libldap is synchronized, incurring some performance/latency costs.
For MongoDB 4.2 (and 4.0.9) Enterprise binaries linked against libldap_r, there is no change in behavior from earlier MongoDB versions.
For encrypted storage engine configured with AES256-GCM cipher:
mongod is running), MongoDB can detect "dirty" keys on startup and automatically rollover the database key to avoid IV (Initialization Vector) reuse.However, if you restore from files taken via "cold" backup (i.e. the mongod is not running), MongoDB cannot detect "dirty" keys on startup, and reuse of IV voids confidentiality and integrity guarantees.
Starting in 4.2, to avoid the reuse of the keys after restoring from a cold filesystem snapshot, MongoDB adds a new command-line option --eseDatabaseKeyRollover. When started with the --eseDatabaseKeyRollover option, the mongod instance rolls over the database keys configured with AES256-GCM cipher and exits.
For more information, see encrypted storage engine and --eseDatabaseKeyRollover.
The official MongoDB 4.2+ compatible drivers provide a client-side field level encryption framework. Applications can encrypt fields in documents prior to transmitting data over the wire to the server. Only applications with access to the correct encryption keys can decrypt and read the protected data. Deleting an encryption key renders all data encrypted with that key as permanently unreadable.
For a complete list of official 4.2+ compatible drivers with support for client-side field level encryption, see Driver Compatibility Table.
For an end-to-end procedure for configuring field level encryption using select MongoDB 4.2+ compatible drivers, see the Client Side Field Level Encryption Guide.
Official MongoDB 4.2+ compatible drivers and the MongoDB 4.2 or later mongo shell support explicitly encrypting or decrypting fields with a specific data encryption key and encryption algorithm.
Applications must modify any code associated with constructing read and write operations to include encryption/decryption logic via the driver encryption library. Applications are responsible for selecting the appropriate data encryption key for encryption/decryption on a per-operation basis.
For more information, see Explicit (Manual) Client-Side Field Level Encryption.
The automatic feature of field level encryption is only available in MongoDB Enterprise 4.2 or later, and MongoDB Atlas 4.2 or later clusters.
Official MongoDB 4.2+ compatible drivers and the MongoDB 4.2 or later mongo shell support automatically encrypting fields in read and write operations.
Applications must create a database connection object (e.g. MongoClient) with the automatic encryption configuration settings. The configuration settings must include automatic encryption encryption rules using a strict subset of the JSON Schema Draft 4 standard syntax and encryption-specific schema keywords. Applications do not have to modify code associated with constructing the read/write operation. See Automatic Encryption Rules for complete documentation on automatic encryption rules.
For more information, see Automatic Client-Side Field Level Encryption.
For complete documentation on client-side field level encryption, see Client-Side Field Level Encryption.
serverStatus to the backup built-in role.To connect a client over TLS/SSL connection, MongoDB 4.2 supports matching by IP addresses as well as DNS for Subject Alternative Name (SAN) matching.
For example, a mongod instance's x.509 certificate has the following SAN:
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
DNS:hostname.example.com, DNS:localhost, IP Address:127.0.0.1
Then, to connect a mongo shell to the instance, you can specify the host of 127.0.0.1 or the DNS names:
mongo "mongodb:\\127.0.0.1:27017\test" --tls --tlsCAFile /etc/ssl/ca.pem ...
mongo "mongodb:\\hostname.example.com:27017\test" --tls --tlsCAFile /etc/ssl/ca.pem ...
mongo "mongodb:\\localhost:27017\test" --tls --tlsCAFile /etc/ssl/ca.pem ...
In previous versions, MongoDB only supported DNS entries for SAN matching.
mongo "mongodb:\\hostname.example.com:27017\test" --tls --tlsCAFile /etc/ssl/ca.pem ...
mongo "mongodb:\\localhost:27017\test" --tls --tlsCAFile /etc/ssl/ca.pem ...
{PROVIDED_USER} TokenStarting in version 4.2, MongoDB Enterprise adds a new token {PROVIDED_USER} that can be used in security.ldap.authz.queryTemplate. When used in the template, MongoDB substitutes the supplied username, i.e. before either authentication or LDAP transformation.
$merge Stage)MongoDB 4.2 adds the $merge aggregation stage.
With the new stage you can:
The new stage allows users to create on-demand materialized views, where the content of the output collection can be incrementally updated each time the pipeline is run.
MongoDB 4.2 adds new trigonometry expressions for use in aggregation pipelines.
Trigonometry expressions perform trigonometric operations on numbers. Values that represent angles are always input or output in radians. Use $degreesToRadians and $radiansToDegrees to convert between degree and radian measurements.
$sin | Returns the sine of a value that is measured in radians. |
$cos | Returns the cosine of a value that is measured in radians. |
$tan | Returns the tangent of a value that is measured in radians. |
$asin | Returns the inverse sin (arc sine) of a value in radians. |
$acos | Returns the inverse cosine (arc cosine) of a value in radians. |
$atan | Returns the inverse tangent (arc tangent) of a value in radians. |
$atan2 | Returns the inverse tangent (arc tangent) of y / x in radians, where y and x are the first and second values passed to the expression respectively.
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$asinh | Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine (hyperbolic arc sine) of a value in radians. |
$acosh | Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine (hyperbolic arc cosine) of a value in radians. |
$atanh | Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent (hyperbolic arc tangent) of a value in radians. |
$sinh | Returns the hyperbolic sine of a value that is measured in radians. |
$cosh | Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a value that is measured in radians. |
$tanh | Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a value that is measured in radians. |
$degreesToRadians | Converts a value from degrees to radians. |
$radiansToDegrees | Converts a value from radians to degrees. |
MongoDB 4.2 adds the $round aggregation expression. Use $round to round numerical values to a specific digit or decimal place.
MongoDB 4.2 adds expanded functionality and new syntax to $trunc. Use $trunc with the new syntax to truncate numerical values to a specific digit or decimal place.
MongoDB 4.2 adds the following regular expression (regex) pattern matching operators for use in the aggregation pipeline:
$regexFind | Applies a regular expression (regex) to a string and returns information on the first matched substring. |
$regexFindAll | Applies a regular expression (regex) to a string and returns information on all matched substrings. |
$regexMatch | Applies a regular expression (regex) to a string and returns true if a match is found and false if a match is not found.
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Prior to MongoDB 4.2, aggregation pipeline can only use the query operator $regex in the $match stage.
MongoDB 4.2 adds the following new aggregation pipeline stages:
| New Stage | |
|---|---|
$merge | Writes the aggregation results to a collection. The $merge stage can incorporate results (merge documents, replace documents, keep existing documents, fail the operation, process documents with an custom update pipeline)
into an existing collection.
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$planCacheStats | Provides plan cache information for a collection. The
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$replaceWith | Replaces the input document with the specified document. The operation replaces all existing fields in the input document, including the _id field. The new $replaceWith stage is an alias to the $replaceRoot stage.
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$set | Adds new fields to documents. The stage outputs documents that contains all existing fields from the input documents as well as the newly added fields. The new $set stage is an alias to the $addFields stage.
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$unset | Excludes fields from documents. The new $unset stage is an alias to the $project stage that excludes fields.
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MongoDB 4.2 adds the following new aggregation pipeline variables:
| Variable | |
|---|---|
NOW | Returns the current datetime value. |
CLUSTER_TIME | Returns the current timestamp value. Only available on replica sets and sharded clusters. |
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can use the aggregation pipeline for updates in:
| Command | mongosh Methods |
|---|---|
findAndModify | |
update |
For the updates, the pipeline can consist of the following stages:
$addFields and its alias $set$project and its alias $unset$replaceRoot and its alias $replaceWith.Using the aggregation pipeline allows for a more expressive update statement, such as expressing conditional updates based on current field values or updating one field using the value of another field(s).
See the individual reference pages for details and examples.
startAfter Option for Change StreamsMongoDB 4.2 adds startAfter as an option for Change Streams, which starts a new change stream after the event indicated by a resume token. With this option, you can start a change stream from an invalidate event, thereby guaranteeing no missed notifications after the previous stream was invalidated.
MongoDB 4.2 uses the version 1 (i.e. v1) change streams resume tokens, introduced in version 4.0.7.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, change streams will throw an exception if the change stream aggregation pipeline modifies an event's _id field.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, change streams are available regardless of the "majority" read concern support; that is, read concern majority support can be either enabled (default) or disabled to use change streams.
In MongoDB 4.0 and earlier, change streams are available only if "majority" read concern support is enabled (default).
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can use additional stages in the change stream aggregation pipeline to modify the change stream output (i.e. the event documents):
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, change streams will throw an exception if the change stream aggregation pipeline modifies an event's _id field.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can use the aggregation pipeline for updates in:
| Command | mongosh Methods |
|---|---|
findAndModify | |
update |
For the updates, the pipeline can consist of the following stages:
$addFields and its alias $set$project and its alias $unset$replaceRoot and its alias $replaceWith.Using the aggregation pipeline allows for a more expressive update statement, such as expressing conditional updates based on current field values or updating one field using the value of another field(s).
See the individual reference pages for details and examples.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the update command and the associated mongo shell method db.collection.update() can accept a hint argument to specify the index to use. See:
Starting in MongoDB 4.2,
replaceOne() or update() (when used with a replacement document), will first attempt to target a single shard by using the query filter. If the operation cannot target a single shard by the query filter, it then attempts to target by the replacement document. In earlier versions, these operations only attempt to target using the replacement document.save() method is deprecated: use the insertOne() or replaceOne() method instead. The save() method cannot be used with sharded collections that are not sharded by _id, and attempting to do so will result in an error.upsert: true and is on a sharded collection, the filter must include an equality match on the full shard key.MongoDB 4.2 introduces wildcard indexes for supporting queries against fields whose names are unknown or arbitrary.
Consider an application that captures user-defined data under the userMetadata field and supports querying against that data:
{ "userMetadata" : { "likes" : [ "dogs", "cats" ] } }
{ "userMetadata" : { "dislikes" : "pickles" } }
{ "userMetadata" : { "age" : 45 } }
{ "userMetadata" : "inactive" }
Administrators want to create indexes to support queries on any subfield of userMetadata.
A wildcard index on userMetadata can support single-field queries on userMetadata, userMetadata.likes, userMetadata.dislikes, and userMetadata.age:
db.userData.createIndex( { "userMetadata.$**" : 1 } )
The index can support the following queries:
db.userData.find({ "userMetadata.likes" : "dogs" })
db.userData.find({ "userMetadata.dislikes" : "pickles" })
db.userData.find({ "userMetadata.age" : { $gt : 30 } })
db.userData.find({ "userMetadata" : "inactive" })
A non-wildcard index on userMetadata can only support queries on values of userMetadata.
Wildcard indexes are not designed to replace workload-based index planning. For more information on creating indexes to support queries, see Create Indexes to Support Your Queries. For complete documentation on wildcard index limitations, see Wildcard Index Restrictions.
The mongodfeatureCompatibilityVersion must be 4.2 to create wildcard indexes. For instructions on setting the fCV, see Set Feature Compatibility Version on MongoDB 5.0 Deployments.
You can create a wildcard index using the createIndexes database command or its shell helpers db.collection.createIndex() and db.collection.createIndexes(). For examples of creating a wildcard index, see Create a Wildcard Index.
See Wildcard Indexes for complete documentation.
MongoDB 4.2 adds support for:
MongoDB 4.2 removes support for:
See Supported Platforms.
Starting in version 4.2, MongoDB removes the --sslFIPSMode option for the following programs:
The programs will use FIPS compliant connections to mongod/mongos if the mongod/mongos instances are configured to use FIPS mode.
--uri OptionStarting in version 4.2,
For the following Database Tools, if the write concern is specified in both the --uri connection string and the --writeConcern option, the --writeConcern option overrides the one in the connection string:
For the following Database Tools, if the read preference is specified in both the --uri connection string and the --readPreference option, the --readPreference option overrides the one in the connection string:
Starting in version 4.2:
| Binary | Changes |
|---|---|
bsondump | Uses Extended JSON v2.0 (Canonical mode) format. |
mongodump | Use Extended JSON v2.0 (Canonical mode) format for the metadata. Requires In general, use corresponding versions of |
mongoexport | Creates output data in Extended JSON v2.0 (Relaxed mode) by default.
Creates output data in Extended JSON v2.0 (Canonical mode) if used with
--jsonFormat. |
mongoimport | Expects import data to be in Extended JSON v2.0 (either Relaxed or Canonical mode) by default.
Can recognize data that is in Extended JSON v1.0 format if the option
--legacy is specified.In general, the versions of |
For details on MongoDB extended JSON v2, see MongoDB Extended JSON (v2).
mongofilesThe mongofiles command get_id and delete_id can accept both ObjectId or non-ObjectId values for the _id.
mongoimport and mongorestoremongoimportStarting in version 4.2:
mongoimport uses maximum batch size of 100,000 to perform bulk insert/upsert operations.mongoimport by default, continues when it encounters duplicate key and document validation errors. To ensure that the program stops on these errors, specify --stopOnError.Specifying --maintainInsertionOrder for mongoimport:
--stopOnError and sets numInsertionWorkers to 1.mongorestoreStarting in version 4.2:
mongorestore by default, continues when it encounters duplicate key and document validation errors. To ensure that the program stops on these errors, specify --stopOnError.Specifying --maintainInsertionOrder for mongorestore:
--stopOnError and sets --numInsertionWorkersPerCollection to 1.Starting with MongoDB 4.2, the following operations take an exclusive collection lock instead of an exclusive database lock:
| Commands | Methods |
|---|---|
create | |
createIndexes | |
drop | db.collection.drop() |
dropIndexes | |
renameCollection | db.collection.renameCollection() |
Prior to MongoDB 4.2, these operations took an exclusive lock on the database, blocking all operations on the database and its collections until the operation completed.
In earlier versions, get_id and delete_id can only accept ObjectId values for the _id.
Starting in version 4.2, the Storage Node Watchdog is available in both the MongoDB Community edition and the MongoDB Enterprise edition.
In earlier versions, the feature is available in the MongoDB Enterprise edition only.
MongoDB 4.2 introduces a flow control mechanism to control the rate at which the primary applies its writes in order to keep the majority committed lag under a specified maximum value.
Flow control is enabled by default.
For flow control to engage, the replica set/sharded cluster must have: featureCompatibilityVersion (FCV) of 4.2 and read concern majority enabled. That is, enabled flow control has no effect if FCV is not 4.2 or if read concern majority is disabled.
For more information, see Replication Lag and Flow Control.
INITSYNC component to log messages.ELECTION component to log messages.D [1-5]). For example, if verbosity level is 2, MongoDB logs D2. In previous versions, MongoDB log messages only specified D for Debug level.When logging to syslog, the format of the message text includes the component. For example:
... ACCESS [repl writer worker 5] Unsupported modification to roles collection ...
Previously, the syslog message text did not include the component. For example:
... [repl writer worker 1] Unsupported modification to roles collection ...
usedDisk indicator to the profiler log messages and diagnostic log messages for the aggregate operation. The usedDisk indicates whether any stages of an aggregate operation wrote data to temporary files due to memory restrictions. For more information on aggregation memory restrictions, see Memory Restrictions.Starting in version 4.2 (also available starting in 4.0.6), secondary members of a replica set now log oplog entries that take longer than the slow operation threshold to apply. These messages are logged for the secondaries under the REPL component with the text applied op: <oplog entry> took <num>ms.
2018-11-16T12:31:35.886-0500 I REPL [repl writer worker 13] applied op: command { ... }, took 112ms
The slow oplog application logging on secondaries are:
slowOpSampleRate; i.e. all slow oplog entries are logged by the secondary.logLevel/systemLog.verbosity level (or the systemLog.component.replication.verbosity level); i.e. for oplog entries, the secondary logs only the slow oplog entries. Increasing the verbosity level does not log all oplog entries.For more information on setting the slow operation threshold, see
mongod --slowmsslowOpThresholdMsprofile command or db.setProfilingLevel() shell helper method.getLog command truncates any event that contains more than 1024 characters. In earlier versions, getLog truncates after 512 characters.storage information.Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the profiler entries and the diagnostic log messages (i.e. mongod/mongos log messages) for read/write operations include:
queryHash to help identify slow queries with the same query shape.planCacheKey to provide more insight into the query plan cache for slow queries.currentOpMongoDB 4.2 adds a new option idleCursors to the $currentOp aggregation stage in order to return information on idle cursors.
In addition, MongoDB 4.2 adds the following new fields to the documents returned from the $currentOp aggregation stage, currentOp command, and db.currentOp() helper:
$currentOp | currentOp/db.currentOp() | |
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$currentOp.type | currentOp.type | Specifies whether the reported operation is an op, idleSession, or idleCursor.
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$currentOp.cursor | currentOp.cursor | Specifies cursor details. Available when returning getmore operations or idleCursor information.
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$currentOp.effectiveUsers | currentOp.effectiveUsers | Specifies users associated with the operation. |
$currentOp.prepareReadConflicts | currentOp.prepareReadConflicts | Specifies the number of times the current operation had to wait for a prepared transaction with a write to commit or abort. |
$currentOp.runBy | currentOp.runBy | Specifies users that are impersonating the effective users for the operation. |
$currentOp.writeConflicts | currentOp.writeConflicts | Specifies the number of times the current operation conflicted with another write operation. |
See also 4.2 current op compatibility changes
serverStatus MetricsStarting in MongoDB 4.2, the serverStatus command and the mongo shell method db.serverStatus() include the following output changes:
| Updates to | Changes |
|---|---|
shardingStatistics | Added new fields: |
metrics.repl.network: | Added new fields: |
metrics.repl | Added new |
transactions | |
logicalSessionRecordCache | Added new field logicalSessionRecordCache.sessionCatalogSize |
locks | Separate Add |
Starting in version MongoDB 4.2, replSetGetStatus and its mongo shell helper rs.status() return:
replSetGetStatus.members[n].ip for the replica set members.ISODate-formatted date string fields that correspond to the various replSetGetStatus.optimes.
| New ISODate-Formatted Date String Field | Corresponding Optime Field |
|---|---|
lastCommittedWallTime | lastCommittedOpTime |
readConcernMajorityWallTime | readConcernMajorityOpTime |
lastAppliedWallTime | appliedOpTime |
lastDurableWallTime | durableOpTime |
MongoDB 4.2 deprecates the field lastStableCheckpointTimestamp.
Starting in version 4.2, MongoDB reports on ReplicationStateTransition lock information.
In addition, MongoDB 4.2 separates ParallelBatchWriterMode lock information from Global lock information. Earlier MongoDB versions report ParallelBatchWriterMode lock information as part of Global locks.
For operations that report on lock information, see:
serverStatus command and db.serverStatus() method.$currentOp aggregation pipeline stage, currentOp command, and db.currentOp() method.collStats ImprovementsStarting in MongoDB 4.2, the $collStats aggregation, the collStats command, and the mongo shell helper db.collection.stats() return information on indexes that are currently being built.
For details, see:
collStats.nindexescollStats.indexDetailscollStats.indexBuildscollStats.totalIndexSizecollStats.indexSizesStarting in MongoDB 4.2, the $collStats aggregation, the collStats command, and the mongo shell helper db.collection.stats() return the scaleFactor used to scale the various size data.
dbStats ImprovementsStarting in MongoDB 4.2, the dbStats command, and the mongo shell helper db.stats() return the scaleFactor used to scale the various size data.
MongoDB supports using expansion directives in configuration files to load externally sourced values. Expansion directives can load values for specific configuration file options or load the entire configuration file.
The following expansion directives are available:
| Expansion Directive | |
|---|---|
__rest | Allows users to specify a REST endpoint as the external source for configuration file options or the full configuration file.
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__exec | Allows users to specify a shell or terminal command as the external source for configuration file options or the full configuration file. |
For complete documentation, see Externally Sourced Configuration File Values.
outputConfig OptionMongoDB 4.2 adds the --outputConfig option for mongod and mongos. The option outputs to stdout the mongod/mongos instance's configuration, in YAML format.
If the configuration uses any Externally Sourced Configuration File Values, the option returns the resolved value for those options.
This may include any configured passwords or secrets previously obfuscated through the external source.
For usage examples, see:
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, for featureCompatibilityVersion set to "4.2" or greater, MongoDB removes the Index Key Limit. For fCV set to "4.0", the limit still applies.
Starting in version 4.2, for featureCompatibilityVersion set to "4.2" or greater, MongoDB removes the Index Name Length limit of 127 byte maximum. In previous versions or MongoDB versions with featureCompatibilityVersion (fCV) set to "4.0", index names must fall within the limit.
dropIndexesStarting in MongoDB 4.2, you can specify multiple indexes to the dropIndexes command and its mongo shell helper db.collection.dropIndexes(). To specify multiple indexes to drop, pass an array of index names to dropIndexes/db.collection.dropIndexes().
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the dropIndexes or its shell helpers dropIndex() and dropIndexes() operation only kills queries that are using the index being dropped. This may include queries considering the index as part of query planning.
Prior to MongoDB 4.2, dropping an index on a collection would kill all open queries on the collection.
zstd AvailabilityStarting in version 4.2, MongoDB supports zstd for:
storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor.storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.journalCompressor.network compression. See net.compression.compressors.
bulkWrite() Error Handling inside TransactionsStarting in MongoDB 4.2, if a db.collection.bulkWrite() operation encounters an error inside a transaction, the method throws a BulkWriteException (same as outside a transaction).
In 4.0, if the bulkWrite operation encounters an error inside a transaction, the error thrown is not wrapped as a BulkWriteException.
Inside a transaction, the first error in a bulk write causes the entire bulk write to fail and aborts the transaction, even if the bulk write is unordered.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the cache entry is associated with a state:
Associating states with entries helps reduce the likelihood that sub-optimal cache entries remain in the cache. For more information, see Query Plans.
queryHash and planCacheKeyqueryHashqueryHash is a hexadecimal string that represents a hash of the query shape and is dependent only on the query shape.planCacheKeyTo provide more insight into the query plan cache, MongoDB 4.2 introduces the planCacheKey.
planCacheKey is a hash of the key for the plan cache entry associated with the query.
Unlike the queryHash, the planCacheKey is a function of both the query shape and the currently available indexes for the shape. That is, if indexes that can support the query shape are added/dropped, the planCacheKey value may change whereas the queryHash value would not change.
The queryHash and planCacheKey are available in:
queryHash and planCacheKey the logged query operations.queryHash and planCacheKeyThe fields are also available in operations that return information about the query plan cache:
$planCacheStats aggregation stage (New in MongoDB 4.2)PlanCache.listQueryShapes() method/planCacheListQueryShapes command (Deprecated in MongoDB 4.2)PlanCache.getPlansByQuery() method/planCacheListPlans command (Deprecated in MongoDB 4.2)$regex and $notStarting in MongoDB 4.2 (and 4.0.7), $not operator can perform logical NOT operation on $regex operator expressions as well as on regular expression objects (i.e. /pattern/).
In 4.0 and earlier versions, you could use $not operator with regular expression objects (i.e. /pattern/) but not with $regex operator expressions.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, users can always kill their own cursors, regardless of whether the users have the privilege to killCursors. As such, the killCursors privilege has no effect starting in MongoDB 4.2.
In MongoDB 4.0, users required the killCursors privilege in order to kill their own cursors.
MongoDB 4.2 adds the parameter replBatchLimitBytes to configure the maximum oplog application batch size. The parameter is also available starting in MongoDB 4.0.10.
MongoDB 4.2 will retry certain single-document upserts (update with upsert: true and multi: false) that encounter a duplicate key exception. See Duplicate Key Errors on Upsert for conditions.
Prior to MongoDB 4.2, MongoDB would not retry upsert operations that encountered a duplicate key error.
db.dropDatabase() and Write ConcernStarting in MongODB 4.2, the mongo shell method db.dropDatabase() can take an optional write concern document.
dropConnectionsThe dropConnections command drops the mongod/mongos instance's outgoing connections to the specified hosts. The dropConnections must be run against the admin database.
For the following operations, if the issuing client disconnects before the operation completes, MongoDB marks the following operations for termination (e.g. killOp on the operation):
| Command | mongo Shell Method | Notes |
|---|---|---|
aggregate | db.collection.aggregate() | Behavior only applies if the pipeline does not include $out and $merge |
authenticate | db.auth() | |
count | ||
distinct | db.collection.distinct() | |
find | ||
getnonce | ||
isMaster | ||
listCollections | ||
listDatabases | ||
listIndexes | db.collection.getIndexes() |
Starting in version 4.2 (and 4.0.13 and 3.6.14 ), if a replica set member uses the in-memory storage engine(voting or non-voting) but the replica set has writeConcernMajorityJournalDefault set to true, the replica set member logs a startup warning.
mongo ShellStarting in MongoDB 4.2 (and 4.0.13), the mongo shell displays a warning message when connected to non-genuine MongoDB instances as these instances may behave differently from the official MongoDB instances; e.g. missing or incomplete features, different feature behaviors, etc.
Starting in version 4.2, MongoDB deprecates:
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the rollback time limit is calculated between the first operation after the common point and the last point in the oplog for the member to roll back.
In MongoDB 4.0, the rollback time limit is calculated between the common point and the last point in the oplog for the member to roll back.
For more information, see Rollback Elapsed Time Limitations.
isInteractive()MongoDB 4.2 adds a new mongo shell method isInteractive() that returns a boolean indicating whether the mongo shell is running in interactive or script mode.
explain OutputStarting in MongoDB 4.2, the explain output can include a new optimizedPipeline field. For details, refer to optimizedPipeline.
isMaster OutputStarting in MongoDB 4.2, the output for isMaster, and the db.isMaster() helper method, returns the isMaster.connectionId for the mongod/mongos instance's connection to the client.
MongoDB index builds against a populated collection require an exclusive read-write lock against the collection. Operations that require a read or write lock on the collection must wait until the mongod releases the lock. MongoDB uses an optimized build process that only holds the exclusive lock at the beginning and end of the index build. The rest of the build process yields to interleaving read and write operations.
For feature compatibility version (fcv) 4.2, MongoDB 4.2 index builds fully replace the index build processes supported in previous MongoDB versions. MongoDB ignores the background index build option if specified to createIndexes or its shell helpers createIndex() and createIndexes().
For MongoDB clusters upgraded from 4.0 to 4.2, you must set the feature compatibility version (fcv) to 4.2 to enable the optimized build process. For more information on setting the fCV, see setFeatureCompatibilityVersion.
MongoDB 4.2 clusters running with fCV 4.0 only support 4.0 index builds.
For complete documentation on the index build process, see Index Builds on Populated Collections.
Some changes can affect compatibility and may require user actions. For a detailed list of compatibility changes, see Compatibility Changes in MongoDB 4.2.
To upgrade, the 4.0 instances must have featureCompatibilityVersion set to 4.0. To check the version:
db.adminCommand( { getParameter: 1, featureCompatibilityVersion: 1 } )
For specific details on verifying and setting the featureCompatibilityVersion as well as information on other prerequisites/considerations for upgrades, refer to the individual upgrade instructions:
If you need guidance on upgrading to 4.2, MongoDB offers major version upgrade services to help ensure a smooth transition without interruption to your MongoDB application.
To download MongoDB 4.2, go to the MongoDB Download Center
| In Version | Issues | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 4.2.0 | SERVER-43075: Missing storage.journal.commitIntervalMs | Fixed in 4.2.1 |
To report an issue, see https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/wiki/Submit-Bug-Reports for instructions on how to file a JIRA ticket for the MongoDB server or one of the related projects.