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MongoDB 8.3 Not Yet Available
MongoDB 8.3 release candidates are not yet available. This version of the manual is for an upcoming release and is currently a work in progress.
Sharding
findShardsOnConfigTimeoutMS Parameter
MongoDB 8.3 adds the findShardsOnConfigTimeoutMS parameter which sets the timeout in milliseconds for find operations against the config.shards namespace. For details, see findShardsOnConfigTimeoutMS.