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MongoDB Compass Release Notes for 2020

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Archived release notes

This page lists 2020 releases for historical reference. To see the most recent releases, see MongoDB Compass Release Notes and Changelog.

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.

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.

Released September 3, 2020

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

Released April 28, 2020