Atlas App Services Changelog

Improved user caching for authentication provider user metadata. For more information, refer to notes in Authentication Provider Metadata.

There are now three types of private endpoints: general, sync, and legacy. Legacy endpoints must migrate to either general or sync. For more information, refer to Use a VPC Private Endpoint.

For the CLI, added a prompt to pick from available app users when using the --user flag.

Updated C++ SDK Model generation to support sets and remove experimental namespace.

New applications now use the $changeStreamSplitLargeEvent stage for large events that exceed 16 MB in a change stream.

UI Improvements

• Added a schema version selector to the Sync Models page for SDK object models in the UI.

• Improved the App Services UI function editor with new features such as dark mode and auto-formatting.

• Fixed Google Cloud Provider us-central1 label to read "Iowa" instead of "Ohio" in App Services Deployment Region settings.

Apps on the App Services UI homepage can now be sorted in alphabetical order.

The Service Name for a data source now defaults to the Cluster Name in the CLI. The prompt to choose a Service Name has been removed in the CLI.

Increased limit for length of a JWT token from 2048 to 4096 characters.

Created a new CLI command,``users count``, to display the total number of users for an app.

Fixed error where scheduled triggers would occassionally stop working without error.

In the UI, fixed how enabling automatic deployment for an empty repository from the Deployment Configuration page can erase changes made.

Updated authentication subscription function template by making the function async and awaiting results.

Updated ErrOperationCanceled error message to be more descriptive where appropriate.

Edge Server now respects client reset message from Cloud Sync Servers.

Created a new endpoint to link multiple data sources to an existing App.

Updated the timeout variable, maxTimeMS, to accept float64 for db.aggregate and db.coll.aggregate commands.

Added a check to ensure custom user data is not enabled before deleting a datasource. If custom user data is enabled, the user will get a 400 error.

If Sync is paused or terminated, schema version information will still be shown in App Services UI.

Fixed error where an empty App would sometimes fails if mutation custom resolvers were pushed to the App.

Fixed error to allow custom user data changes to be parsed when pushing or pulling an app even if custom user data is disabled.

Configured custom error handlers for Database Triggers sending events to AWS EventBridge.

Created new trigger error handler log type in support of new AWS EventBridge custom error handling for Database Triggers.

Atlas Data Services log pages now use your timezone of preference.

Added support for dictionaries in Dart object model generation.

Fixed error where Apps linked to serverless datasources were incorrectly able to enable Device Sync.

Timestamps displayed in the App Services UI (e.g. log messages, deployment histories) now include the timezone.

GET methods for the App Services Admin API now return full endpoints instead of partial endpoints.

Raised the default websocket read limit from 16 MB to 20 MB. Added an app-level config setting to raise the read limit if needed.

Added an App Services Admin API endpoint to trigger a client reset.

Added Edge Server support for multi-architecture builds for Raspberry Pi.

Increased max refresh token expiration for user sessions from 180 days to 5 years. For information about configuring refresh token expiration, refer to Configure Refresh Token Expiration.

Released the new services.cloud.mongodb.com domain. App Services UI web visits, Admin API requests, and Client API requests through the Atlas Device SDKs can now begin migrating from realm.mongodb.com to the new domain. For more information, refer to Domain Migration.

Requests authenticated through the Custom JWT provider now update the user's profile data (e.g. context.user.data) based on information from the JWT.

Updated App Services schema UI to display the difference between a 64-bit long and 32-bit integer.

Disallowed creating schemas with invalid database or collection names, such as names including spaces.

MongoDB aggregation operations no longer specify a default value for allowDiskUse.

Added integer as a supported type for indexed queryable fields.

Device Sync permissions now properly union a read filter set to false with its corresponding write filter.

Included a prepended forward slash (/) for endpoint routes in the App Services "Create HTTPS Endpoint" UI.

Added support for writing functions to nested folders using the App Services CLI.

Released Dark Mode for the App Services UI. To enable Dark Mode, open your Atlas user preferences and set the Appearance to Dark Mode.

Added a link to the UI to download the App Services CLI.

Disabled the Partion-Based Sync UI for new Apps. Existing Apps will continue to see both Partition-Based Sync and Flexible Sync configuration screens until the Partition-Based Sync deprecation date.

Fixed syntax highlighting for C++ generated models.

Added an exponential backoff to AWS EventBridge retry requests.

Updated product UI and documentation to use the new appservices CLI instead of realm-cli.

Added support for triggers that watch all collections in a database and deployment.

Added Device Sync model generation for the Realm C++ Beta SDK.

Apps with Private Endpoints enabled can now be configured to allow requests that originate from outside of the VPC.

No longer creates a pending user account if a user tries to register a new email/password identity with an invalid email address.

Soft released the new Atlas App Services CLI version 0.1.0.

Added support for Device Sync data ingest in Flutter object models.

App Services now prevents you from deleting a data source that has an active trigger, log forwarder, sync, or other event subscription.

Device Sync now supports geographic queries on GeoJSON Point fields.

Device Sync clients trying to bootstrap with a bundled realm that has become invalidated by a termination are now sent a client reset command.

Device Sync developer mode now gracefully handles breaking schema changes. This only applies to new Apps.

Device Sync performance thresholds now scale with the size of the linked cluster.

Triggers and Device Sync now recover faster from transient issues.

Added support for programmatic informational CLI announcements.

Added support for show dbs and show collections on the Atlas Edge Server.

UI Improvements

• Trigger match and project expressions maintain formatting and are prettified on reload.

• Added support for creating relationships to fields within a list of embedded objects in the UI.

• Fixed a looping UI error state on the schema page.

The schema generator now outputs correct Kotlin SDK models.

Logs for AWS EventBridge triggers now include the document size and ID.

Added support for indexed queryable fields in Device Sync.

Raised the Atlas Function memory limit from 256MB to 350MB.

New Apps are automatically opted into Flexible Sync and cannot enable Partion-Based Sync.

The UI now displays a confirmation dialog when you delete an application. This dialog includes the application name and a warning that the deletion is permanent. This change helps prevent accidental deletions.

You can now disable GraphQL introspection queries in your GraphQL API configuration.

Added Jakarta, Cape Town, Melbourne, Hyderabad, UAE, and Zurich to the supported regions for EventBridge triggers in the Atlas UI.

Added support for multi-lined secrets in the secret input in the UI.

Added support for the maxTimeMS option to aggregation pipelines in Functions.

Added support for functions in nested directories in automatic GitHub deployments.

The following kinds of requests are no longer included in billing usage metrics:

• Flexible sync downloads that contain no changesets

• Requests that fail for transient issues like disconnects

Custom User Data ID fields may now contain string or ObjectId values.

Extended third-party services deprecation date to November 1, 2024.

Substantially increased the speed of static hosting draft creation & deployment.

Renamed "Tiered Device Sync" to "Device Sync Edge Server"

Added "Device Sync" to the left side navigation in the Atlas UI

Added support for the %stringToUuid and %uuidToString operators in rule expressions.

Added support for String.prototype.replaceAll() in Functions.

Increased function execution timeout from 270 seconds to 300 seconds.

Added support for automatically migrating a Device Sync App from Partition-Based Sync to Flexible Sync. To learn more, see Migrate Device Sync Modes.

App cards in the Atlas UI are now ordered by Last Updated time.

Fixed an issue where a Device Sync changeset missing required fields could cause temporary JSON schema errors in the underlying cluster.

Added suport for VPC Private Endpoints with AWS PrivateLink.

Added support for axios@^1.3.6 in Functions.

Increased function execution timeout from 240 seconds to 270 seconds.

Updated the Scheduled Trigger configuration UI to use the timezone and date format specified in the user's Atlas preferences.

Updated the Realm SDK model generator to output C# models based on source generators with nullable type annotations.

Removed the permissions section from the Device Sync configuration UI. Instead, define permissions from the unified Rules screen.

The GraphQL API will now emit a warning if multiple schemas use the same title value.

Renamed "Asymmetric Sync" to "Data Ingest" in the UI

Increased function execution timeout from 210 seconds to 240 seconds.

Remove function_name in endpoint request body when fetching, creating, and modifying HTTPS Endpoints from the Admin API.

Expiration times for user refresh tokens can be configured from the UI.

Change the email address associated with email/password authentication via an Admin API endpoint.

Device Sync is automatically paused if it is inactive for 30 days.

Updated all existing apps using Atlas Device Sync with Flexible Sync to use the same rules and permissions as other services. This update has been rolled out to all existing Apps from 6 March, 2023 through 15 March, 2023.

Add additional currentPasswordValid parameter to password reset function.

Update Atlas Device Sync with Flexible Sync to use the same rules and permissions as other services. This update is currently only applied to newly created Apps. On the week of 26 February, 2023, existing apps will have their Flexible Sync specific-rules migrated to use the same rules and permissions as other services.

Increase App concurrent request limit from 5,000 to 10,000.

Configure user creation function via the App Services UI.

Change App deployment model from the UI and API.

Authenticate Data API and HTTPS Endpoint requests using Bearer Authentication.

Configure user creation function via the App Services CLI and Admin API.

Raise Atlas Function request timeout from 150 seconds to 180 seconds.

Expiration times for refresh tokens can be configured from the API.

Let users create Apps in AWS region Ohio (us-east-2) from the UI.

Remove maximum number of clients that can concurrently listen to database change streams based on cluster size.

Support App Services deployments in the AWS region Ohio (aws-us-east-2).

Authenticate Atlas Data API requests with the apiKey authentication credential headers for API key authentication.

GraphQL API support for query on relationships nested in relationship arrays.

When creating or configuring your App in the UI, App Services selects the App Services deployment region geographically closest to your selected Atlas data source as the default option.

Support App Services deployments in the AWS region São Paulo (aws-sa-east-1).

Updated Admin API endpoint to fetch Atlas Triggers and Atlas Data API apps.

Function context.app.id returns a string (formerly BSON ObjectId).

Support App Services deployments in the AWS region London (aws-eu-west-2).

Added Admin API endpoint to retrieve App Services metrics.

Added option to auto-resume Database Triggers that were suspended because resume token was lost.

Increased request timeout from 120 seconds to 150 seconds.

Added mongodb.admin() and admin.getDBNames() in Atlas Functions.

Support App Services deployments in the following GCP regions:

• Ohio (us-central1)

• Virginia (us-east4)

• Oregon (us-west1)

• Belgium (europe-west1)

• Mumbai (asia-south1)

Added support for database.getCollectionNames() in Atlas Functions.

Introduced a refreshed UI for Rules.

Introduced ability to configure field-level permissions with the Data API.

Released Flexible Sync as GA.

Released Asymmetric Sync, which optimizes Flexible Sync for write-heavy workloads.

Released Data API as GA.

Introduced Data API for all Apps.

Introduced field-level permissions for Flexible Sync.

Introduced local regions for Azure data sources.

Introduced option to encode HTTPS Endpoint responses as EJSON or JSON.

Added support for serverless Atlas instances as data sources. Serverless instances do not yet support Triggers or Sync.

Introduced ability to accept null values as optional types in Realm Schema.

Added ability to download logs from the UI.

Added Flexible Sync support for queries using BETWEEN and the string operators BEGINSWITH, ENDSWITH, CONTAINS.

Added Flexible Sync support for queries on arrays of primitives.

Performance improvements for Functions, particularly aimed at decreasing the runtime for those dependencies that make external requests.

MongoDB Atlas moved to Let's Encrypt as the new Certificate Authority for TLS certificates for all App Services.

Visually refreshed the Schema UI.

Introduced Log Forwarding, which automatically stores your application's server-side logs in a MongoDB collection or sends them to an external service.

Introduced Flexible Sync (preview), which allows clients to sync data without the need for partition keys.

Added ability to import dependencies from the UI.

Deprecated third party services. Third party services will be fully removed on December 1, 2022.

Renamed "Webhooks" to "HTTPS Endpoints".

Requests blocked by an application's IP Access List no longer count towards billing.

Added the ability to configure an IP Access List.

Increased function execution timeout from 90 seconds to 120 seconds.

Added the ability to create apps with a Template Starter Application.

App Services Events are now available to view on the Atlas Activity Feed. You can configure these events in the Atlas Alert Settings.

Increased request limit from 3000 requests per second to 5000 requests per second.

Allows users to store non-Realm files in the App Services app structure.

Updates to documents that do not match an application's schema can now enable Atlas Device Sync for those documents.

Introduced the ability to export and re-deploy the most recent 25 deploys.

Support the option of sending events using Extended JSON in AWS EventBridge Triggers to support sending additional data types such as Decimal128.

Display the generated data models in SDKs Data Models when Development Mode is enabled for Atlas Device Sync.

Deprecated the Stitch JS SDK.

Released the Trigger Preimages option for GA.

Improved usability of the Admin UI Dashboard.

Released mongodb-realm-cli 2.0.

Added JWT Authentication support for JWTs with multiple audiences.

Introduced support for bi-directional GitHub Autodeploy.

Added the ability to link a Github repository on application create.

Introduced ability to link new data sources via Github Autodeploy.

Improves performance of client requests to app servers.

Fixes an issue where aggregation pipelines did not support the $set operator.

Reduces "Invalid Session" logs.