Issues

• set() with a dotted path through a document array element no longer updates nested paths (9.11.4, 8.24.7)

  Automattic/mongoose#16698 · Filter by author clockwork189 opened on Nov 12, 2026 · 9.12.2

• Breaking change: consistently apply defaults when setting a nested path

  backwards-breakingdiscussion
  Automattic/mongoose#16695 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on Nov 12, 2026 · 10.0
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• push() with $each ignores $sort and $slice in memory, and a following push() leaves the document out of sync with the database

  Automattic/mongoose#16687 · Filter by author miteshanshu opened on Nov 10, 2026

• sanitizeFilter for bulkWrite ops

  Automattic/mongoose#16684 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on Nov 7, 2026 · 10.0
  

• insertMany() clears pending document state after command errors with empty writeErrors

  Automattic/mongoose#16648 · Filter by author IbrahimHafez1 opened on Oct 29, 2026

• bulkSave marks documents saved after command-level MongoBulkWriteError with no writeErrors

  Automattic/mongoose#16646 · Filter by author IbrahimHafez1 opened on Oct 29, 2026

• Regression: mongoose.connect() hangs with Mongoose >=9.10.0 and mongodb-memory-server 11.3.0

  Automattic/mongoose#16596 · Filter by author romontei opened on Oct 16, 2026
  3

• Feature request: schema-level default sort for find() and findAndCount()

  Automattic/mongoose#16577 · Filter by author nikzanda opened on Oct 9, 2026 · 9.13
  5

• Remove sift in favor of Mongoose-maintained lib

  backwards-breaking
  Automattic/mongoose#16516 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on Sep 17, 2026 · 10.0
  2

  

• toObject({getters:true}) on projected documents: applyGetters iterates all schema paths and each unselected path triggers an O(projectionKeys) isSelected scan — O(paths x projection) per doc

  performance
  Automattic/mongoose#16373 · Filter by author tsushanth opened on Jul 7, 2026 · Parking Lot
  1

• CI: fix/improve flaky tests

  Automattic/mongoose#16284 · Filter by author AbdelrahmanHafez opened on May 13, 2026
  4

• Support for schema-driven deep population of all referenced paths without requiring explicit path specification

  enhancementnew feature
  Automattic/mongoose#16074 · Filter by author jml6m opened on Mar 6, 2026
  4

• Automatic type inference for Mongoose 10 discussion - the future of Schema.create()

  discussiontypescript
  Automattic/mongoose#16050 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on Feb 27, 2026 · 10.0
  2

  

• Type-safe .populate method

  enhancementnew feature
  Automattic/mongoose#16010 · Filter by author akim-bow opened on Feb 5, 2026
  1

• Pass result to query.post() hooks

  backwards-breakingenhancement
  Automattic/mongoose#15899 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on Dec 15, 2025 · 10.0

• [Suggestion] make limit with populate more reliabe.

  enhancementnew feature
  Automattic/mongoose#15863 · Filter by author AbdelrahmanHafez opened on Dec 4, 2025

• Proposal to Set autoIndex Parameter to false by Default

  backwards-breaking
  Automattic/mongoose#15803 · Filter by author erreina opened on Nov 27, 2025 · 10.0
  2

• Performance: avoid cloning when saving document if minimize: false

  Automattic/mongoose#15694 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on Oct 20, 2025 · Parking Lot
  3

• { enum: true } option for queries or perhaps Model.validate

  enhancementnew feature
  Automattic/mongoose#15581 · Filter by author IslandRhythms opened on Aug 12, 2025
  1

• Document method types are missing methods when queried from statics

  typescript
  Automattic/mongoose#15532 · Filter by author domharrington opened on Jul 14, 2025 · TypeScript backlog
  10

• Add Optional Cascading Delete Support to Mongoose Schemas

  enhancementnew feature
  Automattic/mongoose#15417 · Filter by author 0xEbrahim opened on May 10, 2025
  5

• Deduced type of an array in a schema is plain array instead of mongoose array.

  backwards-breakingtypescript
  Automattic/mongoose#14983 · Filter by author DavidTelenko opened on Oct 24, 2024 · TypeScript backlog
  4

• can not specify zstd compression level

  underlying library issue
  Automattic/mongoose#14807 · Filter by author KhaledMosaad opened on Aug 15, 2024
  4

• mongoose insertMany 30x slower than mongodb insertMany in some cases

  performance
  Automattic/mongoose#14719 · Filter by author benthayer opened on Jul 2, 2024
  1

• Create tool that can introspect collection and turn into mongoose Schema

  plugin
  Automattic/mongoose#14570 · Filter by author vkarpov15 opened on May 5, 2024 · 8.x Unprioritized