MongoDB Compass Release Notes for 2016

Note

This page lists 2016 releases for historical reference. To see the most recent releases, see MongoDB Compass Release Notes and Changelog.

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.

Released Nov 1, 2016

Released Sep 15, 2016

Allow specifying the value of the _id field when inserting new documents.
Set the default field and value sizes to 1 when adding a new key to a document.
Typing ":" in the key input field tabs to the value input field when editing a document.
Only allow addition of one element at a time if the field name in the new element is blank when editing a document.
CRUD documentation now available in the application help menu.
Fix element autofocus on add.

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

Bug: Feature Tour does not show on first launch
Bug: Compass fails to start with JavaScript error in main process: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input
Bug: No error displayed message when an authentication error occurs
Bug: Compass does not handle $indexStats fetch failure on MongoDB 3.2

NEW: Added explain plan view
Added feature tour points of new 1.2 features
Bugfix: After increasing maxTimeMS timeout, query default falls back to 100 docs

Released Jan 19, 2016