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Release Notes for MongoDB 4.0¶
On this page
- Minor Releases
- Multi-Document Transactions
- Aggregation
- MongoDB Drivers
- Security
- Deprecate MMAPv1
- Replica Set
- Change Streams
- Free Monitoring
- Sharded Clusters
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Installer on Windows- Platform Support
- MongoDB Tools
- General Improvements
- Changes Affecting Compatibility
- Upgrade Procedures
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- Known Issues in 4.0.3
- Known Issues in 4.0.2
- Known Issues in 4.0.1
- Known Issues in 4.0.0
- Report an Issue
Minor Releases¶
4.0.21 - Upcoming¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-26726 Check number of arguments for createIndex() and throw error if more than two arguments
- SERVER-40317 $facet execution has no limit on how much memory it can consume
- SERVER-43233 Add ability to request only specific attribute(s) for the LDAP groups
- SERVER-45803 mongodecrypt needs a ServiceContext
- SERVER-45938 Allow matching O/OU/DC in client x509 cert if clusterMode:keyFile
- SERVER-49990 Alias setSlaveOk() and getSlaveOk() shell helpers
- SERVER-50291 Add query knob to enumerate $or children in a different order
- SERVER-50463 Make PooledLDAPConnection::refresh take self-ownership
- SERVER-50915 [v4.0] fsyncLock must not take a stable checkpoint when majority read concern is off
- SERVER-51120 Find queries with MERGE_SORT incorrectly sort the results when the collation is specified
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.21
- 4.0.21 Changelog
4.0.20 - Aug 21, 2020¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-44051 getShardDistribution() does not report “Collection XYZ is not sharded” on dropped but previously sharded collections
- SERVER-45610 Some reads work while system is RECOVERING
- SERVER-46758 setFCV can be interrupted before an FCV change is majority committed and rollback the FCV without running the setFCV server logicbumping collection’s major version during split
- SERVER-47799 AsyncRequestsSender should update replica set monitor in between retries for InterruptedAtShutdown
- SERVER-49233 Introduce a flag to toggle the logic for bumping collection’s major version during split
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.20
- 4.0.20 Changelog
4.0.19 - Jun 15, 2020¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-42525 Single-node replica sets shouldn’t wait for electable caught up secondaries during shutdown
- SERVER-42862 Prevent shard refreshes in mergeChunks command from joining earlier refreshes
- SERVER-46487 The mongos routing for scatter/gather ops can have unbounded latency
- SERVER-46758 setFCV can be interrupted before an FCV change is majority committed and rollback the FCV without running the setFCV server logic
- SERVER-47233 WriteOp can be left in pending state, leading to erroneous NoProgressMade write error from mongos
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.19
- 4.0.19 Changelog
4.0.18 - Apr 15, 2020¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-44892: getShardDistribution should use $collStats agg stage instead of collStats command
- SERVER-45119: CollectionShardingState::getCurrentShardVersionIfKnown returns collection version instead of shard version
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.18
- 4.0.18 Changelog
4.0.17 - Mar 25, 2020¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-46466: Race with findAndModify retryable write and session migration
- SERVER-46365: getMore command before rs.initiate() can trip invariant
- SERVER-46238: Race between commitTransaction and transaction expiration leads to invariant
- SERVER-44598: Shards do not treat the IGNORED version as “intended sharded”
- SERVER-35050: Don’t abort collection clone due to negative document count
- WT-5395: Fix a bug in the read lock implementation when there is a lot of contention
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.17
- 4.0.17 Changelog
4.0.16 - Feb 5, 2020¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-38794: CollectionOptions can be lost in createCollection if a write conflict exception is thrown
- SERVER-45831: [4.0] Performance regression processing large aggregation commands
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.16
- 4.0.16 Changelog
4.0.15 - Jan 27, 2020¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-42565: Aggregations and find commands sort missing fields differently
- SERVER-44341: Do not choose only first shard of all shards associated with a zone when pre-splitting during shard collection
- SERVER-40435: A clearJumboFlag command to clear the jumbo flag
- SERVER-45309: Ensure bind credentials live longer than LDAP operations
- SERVER-44733: Change stream should throw ChangeStreamFatalError if a single shard cannot be targeted for updateLookup
- SERVER-45396: fix the “me” field in isMaster responses when using splithorizon
- WT-5042: Reduce configuration parsing overhead from checkpoints
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.15
- 4.0.15 Changelog
Note
Fixed issues include those that resolve the following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE):
- CVE-2020-7921 (See SERVER-45472)
4.0.14 - Dec 18, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-31083: Allow passing primary shard to “enableSharding” command for a new
- SERVER-44174: $push and $addToSet should restrict memory usage
- SERVER-44050: Arrays along ‘hashed’ index key path are not correctly rejected
- SERVER-43632: Possible memory leak in 4.0
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.14
- 4.0.14 Changelog
4.0.13 - Oct 19, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-37690: countDocuments throws an error when matching 0 document
- SERVER-41939: Connect to fastest LDAP server first
- WT-4869: Stop adding cache pressure when eviction is falling behind
- WT-4882: Improve checkpoint performance when there are large metadata pages
- WT-4898: Don’t allow the eviction server to reconcile if it’s busy
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.13
- 4.0.13 Changelog
4.0.12 - Aug 12, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-41829: findAndModify ignores filter expressions that are not objects.
- SERVER-42603: Recent service file change may cause cyclic dependencies.
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.12
- 4.0.12 Changelog
4.0.11 - Jul 26, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-39756: Sharding a very large collection can result in a long stall of writes against this collection
- SERVER-40134: Distinct command against a view can return incorrect results when the distinct path is multikey
- SERVER-40535: Possibility to get a non-existent key if using ReadConcern level:local when reading signing keys in ReplicaSet
- SERVER-41361: Do not read at lastApplied while already holding the PBWM lock on secondaries
- SERVER-41869: Reverse mutex acquisition order in CatalogCache::_scheduleCollectionRefresh
- SERVER-42055: Only acquire a collection IX lock to write the lastVote document
- SERVER-42232: Adding a new shard renders all preceding resume tokens invalid
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.11
- 4.0.11 Changelog
Note
Fixed issues include those that resolve the following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs):
- CVE-2019-2389 (See SERVER-40563)
- CVE-2019-2390 (See SERVER-42233)
4.0.10 - May 31, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-37765: Remove Support for Ubuntu 14.04
- SERVER-30356: Improve error report for validate command
- SERVER-38867: Refine handling of system.* collections in listCollections/show collections
- SERVER-39672: Default to
"local"
read concern if unspecified for multi-document transactions - WT-4769: Don’t discard active history for empty pages
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.10
- 4.0.10 Changelog
4.0.9 - Apr 16, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-38949: Incorrect index bounds for {$ne: [“String”]} query
- SERVER-38984: Attach IDs to users
- SERVER-39178: Negotiate SCRAM mechanism in MongoURI::connect()
- SERVER-40333: Only clone collection options once for each shard on shard collection
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.9
- 4.0.9 Changelog
Note
Fixed issues include those that resolve the following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs):
- CVE-2019-2386 (See SERVER-38984)
4.0.8 - Mar 29, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-40355: rs.config that contains an
_id
greater than the number of nodes will crash - SERVER-38994: Step down on SIGTERM. See SIGTERM and Replica Sets.
- SERVER-37722: Quiet mode does not suppress connection end events
- SERVER-37389: Give different messages for different connection failure reasons
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.8
- 4.0.8 Changelog
4.0.7 - Mar 25, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-13779: Allow $not to be applied to $regex (currently only /regex/ syntax is allowed)
- SERVER-35740: Report high-water-mark resume token with each (possibly empty) change stream batch
- TOOLS-2158: mongodump failing on Windows with “error opening system CA store: Access is denied.”
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.7
- 4.0.7 Changelog
4.0.6 - Feb 7, 2019¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-37778: Platform Support: Add Community & Enterprise Ubuntu 18.04 (zSeries)
- SERVER-37777: Platform Support: Add Community SLES12 (zSeries)
- SERVER-37775: Platform Support: Add Community RHEL7 (zSeries)
- SERVER-39180: Wrong initial chunk owner shard can be selected when sharding non-empty collection with pre-created zones
- SERVER-32146: Log slow oplog entry application
- SERVER-38293: Make listDatabases understand collection privileges
- SERVER-38887: Mongo.getDBs() does not correctly inspect privileges
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.6
- 4.0.6 Changelog
4.0.5 - Dec 20, 2018¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-36437: The dbstats command should lock the database in MODE_IS instead of MODE_S
- SERVER-37182: Different values when referencing whole object vs. a field of that object after $arrayToObject
- SERVER-37200: $match stage following $listSessions not working against mongos
- SERVER-37557: Add startup warning about enableMajorityReadConcern and usage of arbiters
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.5
- 4.0.5 Changelog
4.0.4 - Nov 8, 2018¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-26854: LockStats for sub-operations should not include time for previous sub ops
- SERVER-35323: sessionId matching ignores userId part of the lsid
- SERVER-37058: Update with numeric field names inside an array can cause validation to fail
- SERVER-37132: Negation of $in with regex can incorrectly plan from the cache, leading to missing query results
- TOOLS-2069: mongoreplay does not support SCRAM-SHA-256
- TOOLS-2131: mongorestore hang in replaying oplog with –archive and –oplogReplay option
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.4
- 4.0.4 Changelog
4.0.3 - Oct 9, 2018¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-19815: Make repair more robust with the WiredTiger storage engine
- SERVER-35989:
db.collection.countDocuments()
anddb.collection.estimatedDocumentCount()
helpers - SERVER-36982: Reintroduce
enableMajorityReadConcern:false
server parameter - All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.3
- 4.0.3 Changelog
4.0.2 - Aug 29, 2018¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-35720: Allow zones to be created on non-existent collection
- SERVER-35441: drop/dropDatabase does not cleanup config.tags
- SERVER-36102: Create initial chunks on appropriate shards for zoned sharding
- SERVER-36070: Aggregation with $out results in error when Auditing is enabled
- SERVER-34846: Covered index with collated field returns incorrect result when collation not involved in match or sort
- SERVER-34664: Commands that are unsupported in a transaction should error
- All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.2
- 4.0.2 Changelog
4.0.1 - Aug 6, 2018¶
Issues fixed:
- SERVER-33000: Platform Support: add Ubuntu 18.04.
- SERVER-34933: PCRE verb support.
- SERVER-35101: Handle bindIp argument that contains whitespaces.
- SERVER-36027: Enterprise build does not recognize the
--redactClientLogData
flag. - All JIRA issues closed in 4.0.1
- 4.0.1 Changelog
Multi-Document Transactions¶
Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB provides the ability to perform multi-document transactions against replica sets. With multi-document transactions, until a transaction commits, no write operations in the transaction are visible outside the transaction. That is, the multi-document transactions are atomic.
Important
In most cases, multi-document transaction incurs a greater performance cost over single document writes, and the availability of multi-document transactions should not be a replacement for effective schema design. For many scenarios, the denormalized data model (embedded documents and arrays) will continue to be optimal for your data and use cases. That is, for many scenarios, modeling your data appropriately will minimize the need for multi-document transactions.
For additional transactions usage considerations (such as runtime limit and oplog size limit), see also Production Considerations.
Feature Compatibility¶
The featureCompatibilityVersion
of all members of the replica set
must be 4.0
or greater. To check the
featureCompatibilityVersion
for a member, connect to the member and
run the following command:
For more information on the featureCompatibilityVersion
flag, see
setFeatureCompatibilityVersion
.
mongo
Shell Methods¶
Method | Description |
---|---|
Session.startTransaction() |
Starts a multi-statement transaction. |
Session.commitTransaction() |
Commits the transaction. |
Session.abortTransaction() |
Aborts the transaction. |
MongoDB Drivers¶
Clients require MongoDB drivers updated for MongoDB 4.0 to use transactions.
Read Concern snapshot
¶
MongoDB 4.0 introduces a new read concern level
"snapshot"
for multi-document transaction.
For a multi-document transaction, MongoDB
may sometimes substitute a stronger read concern for
"local"
and "majority"
read concern.
For a list of all operations that accept read concerns, see Operations That Support Read Concern.
Read Preference¶
Multi-document transactions that contain
read operations must use read preference primary
. All
operations in a given transaction must route to the same member.
Commands¶
abortTransaction
- Use the corresponding driver method or
mongo
shell helperSession.abortTransaction()
instead.
commitTransaction
- Use the corresponding driver method or
mongo
shell helperSession.commitTransaction()
instead.
Locks¶
By default, multi-document transactions
wait 5
milliseconds to acquire locks required by the operations in
the transaction. If the transaction cannot acquire its required locks
with the 5
milliseconds, the transaction aborts.
You can use the maxTransactionLockRequestTimeoutMillis
parameter to adjust how long transactions wait to acquire locks.
Transactions release all locks upon abort or commit.
$currentOp
¶
The aggregation pipeline stage $currentOp
(and the
currentOp
command and mongo
shell helper
db.currentOp()
method) return information on inactive sessions
which are holding locks as part of a transaction.
Parameters¶
transactionLifetimeLimitSeconds
to specify the lifetime for a multi-document transaction after which the transaction is considered expired and will be aborted when the periodic cleanup process next runs.maxTransactionLockRequestTimeoutMillis
to specify how long multi-document transactions should wait to aquire locks required by the operations in the transaction.
Aggregation¶
New Type Conversion Operators¶
MongoDB 4.0 adds the following new aggregation operators for type conversion:
Operator | Description |
---|---|
$convert |
Convert value to specified type. |
$toBool |
Convert value to boolean. |
$toDate |
Convert value to Date. |
$toDecimal |
Convert value to Decimal128. |
$toDouble |
Convert value to Double. |
$toInt |
Convert value to integer. |
$toLong |
Convert value to long. |
$toObjectId |
Convert value to ObjectId. |
$toString |
Convert value to string. |
New String Operators¶
MongoDB 4.0 adds the following new aggregation string operators:
Operator | Description |
---|---|
$ltrim |
Removes whitespace or the specified characters from the beginning of a string. |
$rtrim |
Removes whitespace or the specified characters from the end of a string. |
$trim |
Removes whitespace or the specified characters from the beginning and end of a string. |
Additional Improvements¶
$bucket
¶
The $bucket
stage no longer requires boundaries
document arguments to be wrapped in $literal
.
$dateToString
¶
The $dateToString
aggregation operator has the following
option changes:
Note
Requires featureCompatibilityVersion
(fcv) set to "4.0"
or greater.
- A new option
onNull
specifies the value to return if thedate
is null or missing. - The option
format
is now optional.
$dateFromParts
¶
If the value specified for fields other than year
, isoYear
, and
timezone
is outside the valid range, $dateFromParts
carries or subtracts the difference from other date parts to calculate
the date. For more information, see Value Range.
$dateFromString
¶
The $dateFromString
aggregation operator takes an
optional format
field.
$currentOp
¶
The aggregation pipeline stage $currentOp
supports the
following new options:
idleSessions
option to return information on inactive sessions which are holding locks as part of a transaction.localOps
option to report operations that are running locally on the currentmongos
instance, rather than reporting operations that are running on the shards.
MongoDB Drivers¶
The following drivers are feature compatible with MongoDB 4.0:
|
|
|
Security¶
Add Support for SCRAM-SHA-256
¶
Note
To use SCRAM-SHA-256, the
featureCompatibilityVersion
must be set to 4.0
. For more
information on featureCompatibilityVersion, see View FeatureCompatibilityVersion and
setFeatureCompatibilityVersion
.
MongoDB adds support for SCRAM authentication
mechanism SCRAM-SHA-256, which uses the SHA-256
hash function. To modify the iteration count for SCRAM-SHA-256
,
MongoDB adds a new parameter scramSHA256IterationCount
.
New Option for Create and Update User Operations¶
When creating or updating a SCRAM user, you can indicate the specific
SCRAM mechanism or mechanisms to use for the user credentials.
Specifically, MongoDB 4.0 adds the mechanisms
option to the
following commands and mongo
shell helpers:
Command | Method |
---|---|
createUser |
db.createUser() |
updateUser |
db.updateUser() |
When using SCRAM-SHA-256
, MongoDB (i.e. the server) requires
undigested password. Starting in MongoDB 4.0, the default value of
digestPassword
is true
for createUser
, and the
default value of passwordDigestor
is "server"
. In earlier
MongoDB versions, digestPassword
is false
and client
respectively.
New Option for isMaster
Command¶
Starting in MongoDB 4.0, the isMaster
command accepts an
optional field saslSupportedMechs: <db.user>
to return an
additional field isMaster.saslSupportedMechs
in its result.
isMaster.saslSupportedMechs
is an array of SASL mechanisms used
to create the specified user’s credentials.
Remove Support for MONGODB-CR
¶
Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB removes support for the deprecated
MongoDB Challenge-Response (MONGODB-CR
) authentication mechanism.
Since version 3.0, MongoDB has not supported the creation of
MONGODB-CR
users unless the deployment had been upgraded from a 2.6
or earlier deployment that already had MONGODB-CR
users and had not
upgraded the authentication schema.
If your deployment has user credentials stored in MONGODB-CR
schema, you must upgrade to Salted Challenge Response
Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM) before you
upgrade to version 4.0. For information on upgrading to SCRAM
, see
Upgrade to SCRAM.
usersInfo
Enhancement¶
The usersInfo
command can return information across all databases
by specifying:
The usersInfo
and the mongo
shell helpers
db.getUser()
and db.getUsers()
method accept a new
optional filter
document. The filter document specifies
$match
stage conditions to return information only for
users that match the conditions.
The usersInfo
command and the mongo
shell helpers
db.getUser()
and db.getUsers()
method return the
mechanisms
field for the user.
TLS/SSL¶
Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB uses the native TLS/SSL OS libraries:
Windows | Secure Channel (Schannel) |
Linux/BSD | OpenSSL |
macOS | Secure Transport |
Associated with this change, the parameter
opensslCipherConfig
is supported for Linux/BSD and no
longer supported in Windows and macOS.
TLS 1.2 Support¶
MongoDB 4.0 binaries for macOS support TLS 1.2.
Disable TLS 1.0¶
MongoDB binaries (mongod
, mongos
, and
mongo
) disables support for TLS 1.0 encryption on
systems where TLS 1.1+ is available.
If you need to support TLS 1.0:
For
mongod
instances, you can specifynone
tonet.ssl.disabledProtocols
or--sslDisabledProtocols none
.For
mongos
instances, you can specifynone
tonet.ssl.disabledProtocols
or--sslDisabledProtocols none
.For the
mongo
shell, you can specify--sslDisabledProtocols none
.The
--sslDisabledProtocols
option is available for themongo
shell in:- MongoDB version 4.0+
- MongoDB version 3.6.5+
- MongoDB version 3.4.15+
On macOS, to connect mongo
shell version 3.6.4 or
earlier to a MongoDB 4.0+ deployment requires explicit enabling of TLS
1.0.
AES-GCM¶
MongoDB Enterprise on Windows no longer supports AES256-GCM
. This
cipher is now available only on Linux.
New Privilege Actions¶
To support free Cloud monitoring, MongoDB
adds the following privilege actions available for the cluster
resource:
MongoDB modifies the clusterMonitor
role to include these
privileges.
x.509 Authentication Certificate Restrictions¶
Starting in MongoDB 4.0, if you specify
--sslAllowInvalidCertificates
or
net.ssl.allowInvalidCertificates: true
(or in MongoDB 4.2, the
alias --tlsAllowInvalidateCertificates
or
net.tls.allowInvalidCertificates: true
) when using x.509
authentication, an invalid certificate is only sufficient to
establish a TLS/SSL connection but is insufficient for
authentication.
If you are using invalid certificates to perform x.509 authentication,
update your certificates to valid certificates. For example, you may
sign your existing certificates with a trusted CA, or if using a custom
CA, specify that CA using net.ssl.CAFile
.
Enable System Store for TLS/SSL on Windows and macOS¶
The --sslCertificateSelector
option (certificateSelector
setting) allows
mongod
, mongo
shell and
mongos
to use system SSL certificate stores for Windows
and macOS.
The --sslClusterCertificateSelector
option
(clusterCertificateSelector
setting) allows
mongod
and
mongos
to use system TLS/SSL certificate stores for Windows
and macOS for internal TLS/SSL communication within a cluster.
The option --kmipClientCertificateSelector
(security.kmip.clientCertificateSelector
) allows
mongod
and mongos
to use system TLS/SSL
certificate stores for Windows and macOS when using TLS/SSL connection to the
KMIP server.
Deprecate MMAPv1¶
Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB deprecates the MMAPv1 storage Engine and will remove MMAPv1 in a future release.
To change your MMAPv1 storage engine deployment to WiredTiger Storage Engine, see:
Replica Set¶
Remove pv0
for Replica Sets¶
MongoDB 4.0 removes the deprecated replica set protocol version 0
pv0
.
Before upgrading to MongoDB 4.0, you must upgrade to pv1
.
To upgrade to pv1
, connect a mongo
shell to the
replica set primary and perform the following sequence of operations:
You can use catchUpTimeoutMillis
to prioritize
between faster failovers and preservation of w:1
writes.
For more information on pv1
, see
Replica Set Protocol Version.
Remove Master-Slave Replication¶
MongoDB 4.0 removes support for the deprecated master-slave replication. Before you can upgrade to MongoDB 4.0, if your deployment uses master-slave replication, you must upgrade to a replica set.
To convert from master-slave replication to a replica set, see Convert a Master-Slave Deployment to a Replica Set.
Journaling and Replica Sets¶
Starting in MongoDB 4.0, you cannot specify --nojournal
option or storage.journal.enabled:
false
for replica set members that use the
WiredTiger storage engine.
rollbackTimeLimitSecs
Parameter Available¶
Starting in MongoDB 4.0, a new rollbackTimeLimitSecs
parameter allows for the setting of the time limit in seconds between
the common point and the last oplog write entry for the member
indicated for rollback. The default rollback time limit is 1 day.
Wait for Background Index Builds¶
Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB waits for any in-progress background index builds to finish before starting a rollback.
Rollback Files¶
MongoDB adds the parameter createRollbackDataFiles
that
determines whether during a rollback, MongoDB creates rollback files
that contains documents affected during the rollback.
replSetGetStatus
Output Changes¶
The replSetGetStatus
returns the following new fields:
The following fields returned from replSetGetStatus
are
deprecated:
Oplog Size¶
Starting in MongoDB 4.0, the oplog can grow past its configured size
limit to avoid deleting the majority commit point
.
Change Streams¶
Database and Deployment Change Streams¶
MongoDB adds the ability to:
- Open a change stream cursor for a single
database (excluding
admin
,local
, andconfig
database) to watch for changes to all its non-system
collections. - Open a change stream cursor for a deployment
to watch for changes to all non-
system
collections across all databases except foradmin
,local
, andconfig
.
Note
Requires featureCompatibilityVersion
(fcv) set to "4.0"
or greater.
Start Time Option¶
MongoDB adds the ability to specify a start time
(startAtOperationTime
option) for a change stream.
Change Event Document Changes¶
The change event documents include the new fields:
- the
clusterTime
which corresponds to timestamp from the oplog entry for the event. - the
txnNumber
and thelsid
if the operation is part of a multi-document transaction.
Resume Token Data Type Change¶
MongoDB 4.0 introduces new hex-encoded string change streams resume tokens:
The resume token _data
type depends on the MongoDB versions and,
in some cases, the feature compatibility version (fcv) at the time
of the change stream’s opening/resumption (i.e. a change in fcv
value does not affect the resume tokens for already opened change
streams):
MongoDB Version | Feature Compatibility Version | Resume Token _data Type |
---|---|---|
MongoDB 4.0.7 and later | “4.0” or “3.6” | Hex-encoded string (v1 ) |
MongoDB 4.0.6 and earlier | “4.0” | Hex-encoded string (v0 ) |
MongoDB 4.0.6 and earlier | “3.6” | BinData |
MongoDB 3.6 | “3.6” | BinData |
With hex-encoded string resume tokens, you can compare and sort the resume tokens.
Regardless of the fcv value, a 4.0 deployment can use either BinData resume tokens or hex string resume tokens to resume a change stream. As such, a 4.0 deployment can use a resume token from a change stream opened on a collection from a 3.6 deployment.
New resume token formats introduced in a MongoDB version cannot be consumed by earlier MongoDB versions.
A 3.6 deployment can, however, use the BinData resume token returned
from a change stream opened against a collection from a deployment
with fcv 3.6
. However, a 3.6 deployment cannot use the
hex-encoded string resume tokens.
mongo
Shell Methods¶
Method | Description |
---|---|
db.watch() |
Opens a change stream cursor for a single database
(excluding For the corresponding MongoDB driver method, refer to your driver documentation. |
Mongo.watch() |
Opens a change stream cursor for a
deployment to watch for changes to all non- For the corresponding MongoDB driver method, refer to your driver documentation. New in version 4.0. |
Free Monitoring¶
MongoDB 4.0 (Community Edition) offers free Cloud monitoring for standalone or replica sets.
Enable/Disable¶
By default, you can enable/disable free monitoring during runtime using:
mongo Shell Methods |
Command |
---|---|
setFreeMonitoring |
You can also enable or disable free monitoring at startup using either:
- the configuration file setting
cloud.monitoring.free.state
or - the command-line option
--enableFreeMonitoring
View Status¶
To view the state of your free monitoring, MongoDB provides the following command and shell helper:
mongo Shell Methods |
Command |
---|---|
db.getFreeMonitoringStatus() |
getFreeMonitoringStatus |
The serverStatus
and the helper
db.getServerStatus()
also includes free monitoring statistics
in the freeMonitoring
field.
Access Control¶
To support free Cloud monitoring, MongoDB adds the following privilege
actions available for the cluster
resource:
The built-in role clusterMonitor
includes the new privilege
actions.
Sharded Clusters¶
mongos
uses "majority"
write concern
for the following operations that affect the sharded cluster
metadata:
.msi
Installer on Windows¶
Starting in MongoDB 4.0, you can configure and start MongoDB as a service during the install.
Platform Support¶
- MongoDB 4.0 (Community & Enterprise) adds support for:
- MongoDB 4.0 (Community) adds support for:
- s390x RHEL 6.x
- MongoDB 4.0 does not support SLES 11.
- Support for SLES 11 has also been removed in MongoDB 3.2.20+, 3.4.15+, and 3.6.4+.
- MongoDB 4.0 does not support Ubuntu 12.04.
- Support for Ubuntu 12.04 has also been removed in MongoDB 3.2.20+, 3.4.15+, and 3.6.4+.
- Support for Ubuntu 12.04 has also been removed in MongoDB 3.2.20+, 3.4.15+, and 3.6.4+.
- In future releases, MongoDB will end support for the following
platforms:
- Windows 7/2008R2
- Windows 8/2012
- Windows 8.1/2012R2
- Ubuntu 14.04
Refer to Supported Platforms for the full platform support matrix.
MongoDB Tools¶
mongoreplay play
supports a new MONGOREPLAY_HOST
environment variable that specifies the MongoDB connection string when
running mongoreplay play
. The new environment vairable can be used
instead of the command-line --host
option.
For example, to play back a recording to a mongod
instance running with authentication at mongodb1.example.net:27017
,
you can specify the connection string in:
The
MONGOREPLAY_HOST
environment variable:The
--host
command-line option:
If --host
command-line option is specified, the --host
value
overrides the environment variable.
General Improvements¶
Commands¶
- The command
listCollections
takes Intent Shared lock on the database. In previous versions, the command takes Shared lock on the database. - The command
listCollections
and itsmongo
shell helperdb.getCollectionInfos()
accepts the following option:nameOnly
to return only the collection names and types (which does not require collection locks).authorizedCollections
to allow users without the required privilege to runlistCollections
can run the command, withnameOnly: true, authorizedCollections: true
, to return the the collection(s) to which the user has privileges.
- The command
serverStatus
and itsmongo
shell helperdb.serverStatus()
includesshardingStatistics
in its output. TheshardingStatistics
includes data on metadata refresh on sharded clusters. - The
mongo
shell helperdb.collection.drop()
accepts the write concern option. - For cursors created inside a session, you cannot call
getMore
outside the session. Similarly, for cursors created outside of a session, you cannot callgetMore
inside a session. - The command
dbHash
includes the following fields in its output:capped
field that lists the capped collectionsuuids
field that contains the collections and their corresponding UUIDs.
- The command
killOp
now supports termination of queries that are running on amongos
. When run on themongos
,killOp
can kill queries that are running in more than one shard.
Geospatial Query Improvements¶
- The geospatial query operators
$near
and$nearSphere
now supports querying on sharded collections. - As of MongoDB 4.0, the
$geoNear
aggregation operator andgeoNear
command support using theminDistance
option with 2d indexes. Similarly,$near
and$nearSphere
support the$minDistance
option for 2d indexes. Previously,minDistance
and$minDistance
were only available for 2dsphere indexes. - MongoDB 4.0 adds a
key
option for the$geoNear
aggregation operator andgeoNear
command that enables users to specify which geospatial index to use when querying a collection with multiple geospatial indexes. Previously, to use the$geoNear
aggregation operator orgeoNear
command, the collection could only have one geospatial index.
Network Layer Improvements¶
- For the parameter
taskExecutorPoolSize
, change default value to1
. - Add new parameter AsyncRequestsSenderUseBaton to enable
performance optimization on Linux for scatter/gather operations on
mongos
when using a singleTask Executor connection pool
. - Added the following parameters to manage connection pools:
Configuration Options¶
mongos
supports:- Command line options:
slowms
and--slowOpSampleRate
- Configuration file options:
operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs
andoperationProfiling.slowOpSampleRate
- Command line options:
Miscellaneous¶
- The JavaScript engine’s JIT compiler is now disabled by default.
- Upgrades MozJS to ESR 45.9.0.
- Adds
RECOVERY
component to log messages. - MongoDB 4.0 adds support for using the
appName
connection string option for setting a custom app name when connecting from themongo
shell. Previously, only MongoDB drivers supported using theappName
to set a custom value and themongo
shell used the defaultMongoDB Shell
value as the app name. - Adds a
mongo
shell methodconvertShardKeyToHashed
to return the hashed value for a document. - Resolves
localhost
IP address as configured instead of assuming127.0.0.1
. - When using the DNS Seed List Connection Format to connect to the
mongo
shell with authentication, themongo
shell will now prompt the user to provide their password when starting up.
Changes Affecting Compatibility¶
Some changes can affect compatibility and may require user actions. For a detailed list of compatibility changes, see Compatibility Changes in MongoDB 4.0.
Upgrade Procedures¶
Feature Compatibility Version
To upgrade, the 3.6 instances must have
featureCompatibilityVersion
set to 3.6
. To check the version:
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 4.0, MongoDB offers major version upgrade services to help ensure a smooth transition without interruption to your MongoDB application.
Known Issues in 4.0.3¶
- WT-4018:
- MongoDB 4.0 may lose data during unclean shutdowns on macOS 10.12.x and 10.13.x.
- SERVER-35431:
- After a rollback, the ‘dataSize’ field reported in
collStats
anddbStats
output can be inaccurate.
Known Issues in 4.0.2¶
- WT-4018:
MongoDB 4.0 may lose data during unclean shutdowns on macOS 10.12.x and 10.13.x.
- SERVER-35431:
After a rollback, the ‘dataSize’ field reported in
collStats
anddbStats
output can be inaccurate.
- SERVER-35657:
Using multi-document transactions with a single-member replica set may have significant performance impact. Single-member replica sets should only be for testing/development purposes and are not recommended for production use.
Note
Multi-document transactions performance on a single-member replica set are not indicative of performance on a replica set with more than one member.
Known Issues in 4.0.1¶
- WT-4018:
MongoDB 4.0 may lose data during unclean shutdowns on macOS 10.12.x and 10.13.x.
- SERVER-35431:
After a rollback, the ‘dataSize’ field reported in
collStats
anddbStats
output can be inaccurate.
- SERVER-35657:
Using multi-document transactions with a single-member replica set may have significant performance impact. Single-member replica sets should only be for testing/development purposes and are not recommended for production use.
Note
Multi-document transactions performance on a single-member replica set are not indicative of performance on a replica set with more than one member.
Known Issues in 4.0.0¶
- TOOLS-1952:
Users running MongoDB 4.0
mongodump
may experience slower performance compared to previous versions. Runningmongodump
with--forceTableScan
may resolve performance issues.
- TOOLS-2058:
mongoreplay
does not show insert/find commands for MongoDB 4.0.# Fixed in 4.0.1
- WT-4018:
MongoDB 4.0 may lose data during unclean shutdowns on macOS 10.12.x and 10.13.x.
- SERVER-35431:
After a rollback, the ‘dataSize’ field reported in
collStats
anddbStats
output can be inaccurate.
- SERVER-35657:
Using multi-document transactions with a single-member replica set may have significant performance impact. Single-member replica sets should only be for testing/development purposes and are not recommended for production use.
Note
Multi-document transactions performance on a single-member replica set are not indicative of performance on a replica set with more than one member.
- SERVER-35758:
The shell prompt in the
mongo
shell will cause an error if you use the session associated with the globaldb
object to run transactions.# Fixed in 4.0.1
Report an Issue¶
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.