Java Driver 5.0.0 (Mar 1, 2023)

The MongoDB JVM team is pleased to announce version 5.0.0 of the MongoDB Java Driver!

Release announcement: https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-java-driver-5-0-is-released/268913

What's Changed

• [JAVA-5203] Support stored nulls for non-primitive fields in Java records by @bulbfreeman in #1223
• Add explicit automatic module name configuration. by @vbabanin in #1232
• Update logger name to align with naming conventions. by @vbabanin in #1233
• Enable container and Kubernetes awareness for improved telemetry. by @vbabanin in #1235
• Update DatabaseTestCase to Junit 5 by @rozza in #1238
• Preserve error code, code name, and error labels when redacting command monitoring/logging by @stIncMale in #1225
• Add server selection log messages by @stIncMale in #1221
• Remove write and read concern from Atlas Search Index commands. by @vbabanin in #1241
• BatchCursor refactorings by @rozza in #1246
• Merge 5.0 breaking changes into the main line of development by @jyemin in #1268
• ClusterSettings does not compute ClusterConnectionMode consistently by @stIncMale in #1273
• Install legacy shell by @jyemin in #1272
• Pull mongohouse image from ADL ECR repo by @jyemin in #1274
• Remove deprecated methods in WriteConcernError class by @jyemin in #1275
• Support authorizedCollections option for listCollections helpers by @stIncMale in #1270
• Improve BsonNumber support for Decimal128 by @jyemin in #1283
• Accept long instead of int in SocketSettings.Builder.connectTimeout/readTimeout by @stIncMale in #1279
• Remove Filters.eqFull by @stIncMale in #1292
• Don't gossip cluster time from monitoring connections by @jyemin in #1276
• Expose Observable[Unit] instead of Observable[Void] by @stIncMale in #1282
• Make ConnectionId.serverValue/localValue of the Long/long type by @stIncMale in #1280
• Account the time to deliver connection pool events as part of the reported duration by @stIncMale in #1290
• Fix onErrorDropped logged message (#1281) by @rozza in #1291
• Reclaim native memory quicker when using ZlibCompressor by @raelg in #1285
• Handle kotlin / JVM erasure of types by @rozza in #1295
• Simplify customization of bson-kotlinx by @rozza in #1293
• Refactor FaaS support in ClientMetadataHelper by @jyemin in #1300
• Do minor improvements to method docs in ClusterSettings by @stIncMale in #1304
• Add async API (2) by @katcharov in #1258
• Update Atlas search spec tests by @jyemin in #1315
• JAVA-5311 (take two) by @jyemin in #1314

New Contributors

• @bulbfreeman made their first contribution in #1223
• @raelg made their first contribution in #1285

Full Changelog: r4.11.0...r5.0.0