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MongoDB Compass Release Notes for 2024

Note

Archived release notes

This page lists 2024 releases for historical reference. To see the most recent releases, see MongoDB Compass Release Notes and Changelog.

Released December 4, 2024

Bug Fixes:

  • Disables UTF8 validation when retrieving Compass metadata (COMPASS-8517)

Full Changelog available on Github

Released November 20, 2024

New Features:

  • Adds an expandable json editor

  • Adds a connect button to connections in the sidebar (COMPASS-8381)

  • Adds an active connections toggle in the sidebar (COMPASS-8114)

  • Adds a connections filter popover in the sidebar (COMPASS-8503)

Bug Fixes:

Full Changelog available on Github

Released October 31, 2024

Full Changelog available on Github

Released October 14, 2024

New Features:

  • Add polling for regular indexes (COMPASS-8214)

  • Allow editing name, color, and favorite checkbox of connected connections (COMPASS-8160)

  • When Protect Connection String Secrets is enabled, display banner on the connection form (COMPASS-8264)

  • Add a Save & Connect button (COMPASS-8360)

Bug Fixes:

  • Expired certificates in the CA list cause connections to fail (COMPASS-8322)

  • Use ditto instead of zip to package on MacOS (COMPASS-7737)

  • Show friendly error when proxy config is not supported (COMPASS-8345)

  • Bump mongosh, driver, and bson to the latest versions

Full Changelog available on Github

Released September 18, 2024

New Features:

  • Support for multiple KMS options from the same provider (COMPASS-8082).

Bug Fixes:

  • Remove outdated "toggle shell" keyboard shortcut (COMPASS-8259).

  • Use executionStats verbosity for explain plans (COMPASS-8263).

  • Trim whitespaces when creating or editing a namespace (COMPASS-8123).

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released September 5, 2024

New Features:

  • When selecting a query history item from autocomplete, automatically move the cursor to the end of the editor.

  • Compass supports Queryable Encryption range queries on encrypted fields (COMPASS-7066).

Bug Fixes:

  • Update query history autocompletion to be more selective (COMPASS-8241).

  • Fix nextPage availability logic (COMPASS-8239).

  • Check for Vector Search support when showing edit templates (COMPASS-8235).

  • Handle special characters in SSH URL correctly (COMPASS-8254).

  • Remove certificates without issuer from system CA list (COMPASS-8252).

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released September 3, 2024

New Features:

  • Support for users working with data stored on different connections stored in the Compass connections window (COMPASS-6410).

  • Adds per-connection proxy settings (COMPASS-8142).

  • Enables proxy support feature flag (COMPASS-8167).

Bug Fixes:

  • Stream import errors to the log file with proper back pressure (COMPASS-7820).

  • In the bulk update preview, convert array indexes from strings to numbers (COMPASS-8218).

  • Bump shell-bson-parser to 1.1.2 (MONGOSH-1859).

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released August 23, 2024

New Features:

  • Release query history autocompletion (COMPASS-8096).

  • Adds ability to load more documents per page in Documents view (COMPASS-6903).

  • Remove useSystemCA by making it default (COMPASS-8077).

  • Add option to prefer ID token over access token (COMPASS-8107).

Bug Fixes:

  • Work around long paths issue on windows when building native dependencies to make sure use system ca option works (COMPASS-8051).

  • Fix indexes ux issues (COMPASS-7084 and COMPASS-4744).

  • New tab design (COMPASS-8122).

  • Restore Isolated and Readonly special behavior in packaged application (COMPASS-8129).

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released July 31, 2024

New Features:

  • A warning toast message now displays when Compass cannot access credential storage (COMPASS-7819).

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed a bug when closing the Performance telemetry screen caused a crash (COMPASS-8056).

  • Fixed a bug when sidebar search displayed only database names when both database and other object names matched the search criteria (COMPASS-8026).

  • Fixed a bug that prevented adding nested fields on object-type fields (COMPASS-7929).

  • Fixed a bug that caused EJSON data types to export incorrectly when export to JSON (COMPASS-8099).

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released July 1, 2024

Bug Fixes:

  • Prevents application from hanging when selecting ranges too quickly on the Schema tab (COMPASS-8048).

  • Updates Electron to version 29.4.2, which includes various security fixes.

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released June 27, 2024

New Features:

  • Prevents modified tabs from being closed by accident (COMPASS-5022).

Bug Fixes:

  • Aggregations use maxTimeMS default on preview documents (COMPASS-7798).

  • Fixes a regression that prevented autoconnect from working properly (COMPASS-8044).

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released June 25, 2024

New Features:

  • Shows tool tip when a query or aggregation is generated without content (COMPASS-7837).

  • Adds a confirmation dialog when quitting Compass (COMPASS-6435).

  • Expands options when applied from a query history that has options.

Bug Fixes:

Full Changelog available on GitHub

Released June 12, 2024

New Features:

  • Added a disabled state to the Generative AI query bar. This state displays while Generative AI is fetching results COMPASS-7902.

  • Updated the close window hotkey to be cmd + shift + w to avoid conflict with close tab cmd + w COMPASS-7301.

  • Added a setting for enabling sample documents. This setting improves Generative AI queries COMPASS-7931.

  • Updated Generative AI input to be resizable text area COMPASS-7940.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with base64 regular expressions COMPASS-7541.

  • Fixed a display issue with the Create collection button when using Compass in readonly mode.

  • Removed the Hackolade banner from the schema tab COMPASS-7974.

  • Fixed an issue when a connection gets saved as favorite from the old sidebar COMPASS-7980.

  • Fixed a display issue for long index names COMPASS-7016.

  • Various user interface message and verbiage improvements.

Full changelog available on GitHub

Released May 02, 2024

New Features

  • Allows users to specify hints (COMPASS-7829)

  • Shows an error message when connecting to Stream Processing (COMPASS-7809)

  • Warns users when generated aggregation contains a write operation (COMPASS-7298)

  • Adds support to notify users for an update on Linux/MSI (COMPASS-7686)

  • Adds gradient while a generate request is in progress (COMPASS-7836)

  • Includes the error count in the import toast (COMPASS-7826)

  • Removes the GenAI "Preview" badge (COMPASS-7890)

  • Disables the query bar controls while GenAI is running (COMPASS-7839)

Bug Fixes

  • Ensures that the confirmation modal always asks for confirmation input (COMPASS-7613)

  • Bumps Electron to 29 and removes support for RHEL7 (COMPASS-7868)

  • Parses AI response correctly (COMPASS-7780)

  • Fixes CPU hikes because of bad useEffect dependency

Full changelog available on GitHub

New Features

  • Queries generated by Natural Language Querying have improved quality and accuracy.

Released April 08, 2024

New Features

Bug Fixes

Full changelog available on GitHub

Note

MongoDB Compass version 1.42.4 was not released.

Released March 20, 2024

New Features

  • Install updates without confirmation in the background by default (COMPASS-7616)

  • Enable rename collection feature flag (COMPASS-7699)

  • Bump OIDC dependencies to latest versions

  • Bump mongosh, driver, and bson to latest versions

Bug Fixes

  • Calculate the maximum line length in a more stack efficient way (COMPASS-7647)

  • Only access defaultSession when app is ready

  • Don't allow the readonly filter to grow in width indefinitely (COMPASS-7728)

Full changelog available on GitHub

Released March 01, 2024

New Features

  • Install updates without confirmation in the background by default (COMPASS-7616)

Bug Fixes

  • Double space not applied from schema or query history (COMPASS-6980)

  • Reset atlas search index on reopen and type change

  • Don't include the version number in process.title because it shows in the menubar in macOS Sonoma (COMPASS-7513)

  • Show the folder through the main process (COMPASS-7671)

Full changelog available on GitHub

Released February 15, 2024

New Features

  • Added vector search index creation to the create search indexes modal (COMPASS-7302).

  • Vector search type indexes now display in the search index table (COMPASS-7509).

Bug Fixes

  • Improved validation of command line arguments (COMPASS-7260).

  • Fixed a display issue that made update and delete labels hidden on narrow windows.

Full changelog available on GitHub

Released January 31, 2024

New Features

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed namespace stats that refresh after document updates.

  • Fixed table card autosizing (COMPASS-7548).

  • Fixed an issue when opening a new collection tab if an existing collection tab with the same name was already open (COMPASS-7556).

  • Fixed an issue where switching tabs would reset vertical scrolling to the top position (COMPASS-7370).

  • Fixed an issue where invalid dates resulted in a blank export page (COMPASS-7515).

Full changelog available on GitHub