v4.8.1

The MongoDB Node.js team is pleased to announce version 4.8.1 of the mongodb package!

Release Highlights

This patch comes with some bug fixes that are listed below as well as a quality of life improvement for nested keys in the UpdateFilter and Filter types. Thanks to @coyotte508 (#3328) for contributing this improvement!

Bug Fixes

• NODE-4423: better type support for nested objects in query & update (#3328) (05e007b)
• NODE-4425: webpack optional import of FLE issue (#3324) (5ab2b05)
• NODE-4444: use Node.js clear timers (#3327) (c5cfe21)

Documentation

• Reference: https://docs.mongodb.com/drivers/node/current/
• API: https://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/4.8
• Changelog: https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/blob/main/HISTORY.md

We invite you to try the mongodb library immediately, and report any issues to the NODE project.