Release Notes¶

MongoDB Compass 1.28.4¶

Released August 30, 2021

New Features:

• Enables resizing the preview area for aggregation pipelines.
• Allows hiding the Query History and Export to Language buttons in the query view.
• Bumps mongosh version for the embedded shell to 1.0.4.

Bug Fixes:

• Properly supports all Kerberos options.
• Fixed an issue with geospatial queries being incorrectly merged.

Full changelog available on GitHub.

MongoDB Compass 1.28.1¶

Released July 13, 2021

New Features:

• Adds support for load balancer connections.
• Adds a Granularity option when creating a time series collection.
• Disallows editing schema validation for time series collections.

Bug Fixes:

• Hides the Drop Collection button in readonly Compass.
• Geoqueries no longer populate query bar fields with null.

Full changelog available on GitHub.

MongoDB Compass 1.26.1¶

Released April 9, 2021

New Features:

• Allows functions in the query bar and aggregations.
• When navigating to the Databases view, Compass now clears a previously selected collection from the left navigation.
• Updates the embedded MongoDB Shell to version 0.9.0.

Bug Fixes:

• Compass now displays the expected value when you update fields in the table view.
• Creating a collection or database is now prohibited when form fields are empty.
• Schema tab graphs no longer fail to render when switching tabs.
• SSH tunnel no longer hangs on disconnect.

MongoDB Compass 1.26.0¶

Released March 3, 2021

New Features:

• Adds ability to create text indexes.
• Adds ability to cancel a connection attempt.
• Data is now refreshed when Find is clicked in the query bar.
• Improvements to schema analysis to prevent timeouts with large datasets.

Bug Fixes:

• Improves connection form input and validation.
• MongoDB Compass prevents inserting data via the JSON editor without specifying a document. Previously, Compass would silently error when a document was not specified.
• Saving a favorite connection no longer freezes MongoDB Compass.
• Stylistic fixes.

MongoDB Compass 1.25.0¶

Released January 13, 2021

New Features:

• Updates the embedded MongoDB Shell to version 0.6.1.
• Improvements to connection validation.

Bug Fixes:

• Compass no longer crashes during startup on certain versions of Windows. For more information see COMPASS-4510.
• When connecting to a MongoDB deployment, Compass no longer automatically inserts a value of 27017 for Port when Port is left blank.
• Compass no longer displays the incorrect port number when connecting to MongoDB via SRV record.

MongoDB Compass 1.24.1¶

Released December 9, 2020

New Features:

• Adds support for updates on sharded collections.
• Adds support for the print() method in the embedded MongoDB Shell.
• Updates the embedded MongoDB Shell to version 0.5.2.
• Provides better readonly and view handling.
• Adds support for multi-line string editing in the field-by-field editor.
• Provides a descriptive tooltip when selecting an aggregation stage in the Aggregation Pipeline Builder.

Bug Fixes:

• Non-editable fields can now be deleted in the field-by-field editor.
• Fixes connection URI issues with SCRAM-SHA-256.
• Adds support for $out when connected to a Data Lake.
• Removes broken import and export sidebar actions.
• Improves x.509 authentication. Makes the x.509 username optional in connection validation and improves validation error messages.
• Various other bug fixes and improvements.

MongoDB Compass 1.23¶

Released November 4, 2020

• Notarizes MongoDB Compass for macOS Catalina. You should no longer need to manually allow macOS to trust MongoDB Compass before running.
• Kerberos authentication improvements on RHEL7.
• Importing a text pipeline containing a $out stage no longer crashes MongoDB Compass.
• Various other bug fixes and improvements.

MongoDB Compass 1.22¶

Released September 3, 2020

• Added an embedded MongoDB Shell. You can use MongoDB Shell to test queries and operations in an interactive JavaScript interface.

MongoDB Compass 1.21¶

Released April 28, 2020

• Improved experience for importing and exporting data.

  • Improved CSV parsing when importing data.
  • Added support for importing a subset of fields from CSV.
• Provides guidance to upgrade from Community Edition. Community Edition is now deprecated. To learn more, see Migrate to Compass from Compass Community.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

MongoDB Compass 1.20¶

Released December 5, 2019

• Added the option to include driver syntax when exporting queries to a language.
• New and improved Connection experience with support for all connection options.
• Improved user experience for saving and sharing Favorite Connections.
• Added JSON mode for managing documents. With JSON mode, you can now insert multiple documents at once.
• Added support for querying UUIDs via the Documents query bar or in the Aggregation Pipeline Builder.

• Added support for the following aggregation pipeline operators:

  • $set
  • $unset
  • $replaceWith
• Improved inline documentation for aggregation pipeline arguments.
• Removed $limit ahead of the $count stage in the aggregation pipeline builder to ensure accurate counts on large collections. Prior versions of MongoDB Compass placed a $limit stage before $count stages in the Aggregation Pipeline Builder for large collections, even when sample mode was disabled.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

MongoDB Compass 1.19¶

Released August 11, 2019

• Added support for:

  • Views. You can create views based on results from an aggregation pipeline.
  • Wildcard Indexes.
  • Killing long-running operations from the Performance Tab.
  • Adjusting the maximum timeout for queries executed in the Query Bar.
• New settings available in the aggregation pipeline builder. You can now specify a sample size, number of documents to preview, and a maximum timeout for your pipeline operations.
• Obscures fields encrypted with Field-Level Encryption. These fields cannot be modified by Compass users.
• Compass now warns users who are connected to non-genuine MongoDB servers. For more information, see this entry in the FAQ.

MongoDB Compass 1.18¶

Released May 17, 2019

• Provided fixes to the Compass Windows installer. With the new .msi installer you can:

  • Select the destination of the Compass installation.
  • Install Compass for all users.
  • Script the Compass installation and perform a quiet install.
• Added support for Ubuntu 18.10 and other recent Linux distributions.

• New Schema Validation experience.

  • Added support for JSON schema validation.
  • Includes smart editor with autocomplete.
• For macOS systems, Compass now requires macOS 10.12 or greater.

MongoDB Compass 1.17¶

Released March 4, 2019

• Performance improvements to the Documents and Aggregation tabs, specifically with deeply nested documents.

• Fixed several connection issues.

  • Fixed Kerberos connections where hostname is not the canonical name.
  • Fixed SRV connections with special characters in the password.
  • Compass no longer allows direct connections to secondary databases, which would result in hangs on the loading navigation screen.
  • Fixed connections to M0 Atlas clusters with readonly users.
• Fixed issue where usersInfo command was not available to the data service.
• authSource now correctly defaults to admin when connecting to Atlas.
• Compass now properly forces a disconnect when requested.

MongoDB Compass 1.16¶

Released November 12, 2018

• Added collation support to the following features:

  • Create a Collection
  • Create a Database
  • Create an Index
  • Query Your Data
  • Aggregation Pipeline Builder
• Added the ability to find text within a page using either Ctrl + F or Command + F, depending on your platform.
• Reduced the required permissions to use MongoDB Compass. As of this version of MongoDB Compass, users require the read permission to access a database in Compass.
• Updated dates to display in UTC time.
• Added support for SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication mechanism.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.
• As of this version, you should not provide a Password when using Kerberos as the authentication mechanism.

MongoDB Compass 1.15¶

Released August 23, 2018

• Added support for importing plain text pipelines into the Aggregation Pipeline Builder.

• Added support for exporting aggregation pipelines and exporting queries in the syntax of the following languages:

  • Java
  • Node
  • C#
  • Python 3

MongoDB Compass 1.14¶

Released June 26, 2018

• Added Aggregation Pipeline Builder, which provides the ability to execute aggregation pipelines to gain additional insight into your data.
• Added MongoDB Compass Isolated Edition for highly secure environments. This edition does not initiate any network requests except to the MongoDB server.

MongoDB Compass 1.13¶

Released May 3, 2018

• Added ability to import and export data in JSON and CSV format.

MongoDB Compass 1.12¶

Released March 5, 2018

• Added MongoDB Compass Readonly Edition which limits certain CRUD operations within your organization.

  The following actions are not permitted in Compass Readonly Edition:

  • Create and drop databases
  • Create and drop collections
  • Create, delete, edit and clone documents
  • Create and drop indexes
  • Create, delete and edit document validation rules

  All other functionality remains the same as in standard MongoDB Compass.

• Added support for connecting to Compass using an SRV record. In the connect dialog, if Compass detects an SRV record URI on the clipboard it auto-completes the dialog based on the SRV record.
• Made various performance and stability inprovements to the documents tab.

MongoDB Compass 1.11¶

Released December 17, 2017

• Added support for plugins that extend the functionality of MongoDB Compass.
• Added support for disconnecting from the active MongoDB instance without restarting MongoDB Compass.
• Added Table View for documents as a method of viewing the contents of a collection in tabular format.

MongoDB Compass 1.10¶

Released Oct 25, 2017

• Now available in two editions, Compass Community and Compass.

  Compass provides the following features not in the Community edition:

  • Kerberos Authentication
  • LDAP Authentication
  • x509 Authentication
  • Schema Analysis
  • Real Time Server Stats
  • Document Validation

MongoDB Compass 1.9¶

Released Oct, 2017

• Added autocomplete functionality to the query bar.

• Query History

  Compass automatically stores up to 20 most recent queries for each collection. From the past queries view for a collection, you can view the recent queries as well as the queries saved as favorites . For more information, see View Past Queries.

• Deployment Awareness

  When a user connects to a MongoDB instance, Compass now displays:

  • The connection name if the connection is a favorite connection or "My Cluster" if it is not.
  • The type of deployment (standalone, replica set, sharded cluster). If the deployment is a replica set and the replica set name is specified in the connection window, the number of replica set members will also be displayed.

  For more information, see Compass Home.

MongoDB Compass 1.8¶

Released Aug 2, 2017

• Documents tab is the default
• Schema sampling only on demand
• Explain executed only on demand
• Improved Document Editing

• Deployment Awareness (and read preference)

  • Added ability to specify replica set name and read preference in connection screen.
  • Added ability to parse MongoDB URI string in the connection screen.
• Allow typing index field names in addition to dropdown
• Use Client Meta Data to identify Compass application name in server logs
• New Loading animation

MongoDB Compass 1.7¶

Released Jun 7, 2017

• Added ability to include options in the query bar.
• Added ability to add or delete database/collection from the left-hand navigation sidebar.
• Added ability to collapse the left-hand navigation sidebar.

MongoDB Compass 1.6¶

Released Mar 1, 2017

• Added support for Linux: Ubuntu 14.04+ and RHEL 7+.
• Added ability to zoom in and zoom out of panels.

MongoDB Compass 1.5¶

Released Nov 29, 2016

• Added ability to create and drop databases.
• Added ability to create and drop collections.
• Added ability to create indexes.
• Added support for document validation.
• Improved security when connecting to Atlas. During Connection setup, MongoDB Compass supports the use of System Certificate Authority for TLS/SSL connections to Atlas Deployment.
• Provides Real Time Performance stats.

MongoDB Compass 1.4¶

Released Nov 1, 2016

• Add support for connecting to Atlas.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

MongoDB Compass 1.3¶

Released Sep 15, 2016

MongoDB Compass 1.2¶

Released Jun 27, 2016

• Beta installs alongside the stable release as a distinct application, with distinct preferences
• Index view
• Explain plan view
• Documents view moved to a separate tab
• Automatic updates

MongoDB Compass 1.1¶

Released Jan 19, 2016

MongoDB Compass 1.0¶

Released Dec 7, 2015

MongoDB Compass 1.0 is now available. It helps users to visually analyze and understand their MongoDB data.