:green_book: Links

• Spring Data MongoDB 4.2 Reference documentation
• Spring Data MongoDB 4.2 Javadoc

:star: New Features

• Support Limit parameter in query methods #4397
• Provide an optional way to convert from BsonUndefined to null [DATAMONGO-1439] #2350
• Support provided GridFSBucket in GridFsTemplate #1627

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• ClassCastException when reading (decrypting) using @ExplicitEncrypted on custom type instead of simple type #4432
• Update path not correctly mapped when last segment is multi digit number #4426
• Keyset positionFunction does not retain directional state #4413
• InIgnoreCase queries match on substrings #4404
• Filter doesn't support expression as input #4394
• Date saved incorrectly with java.time codecs enabled #4390
• $slice access to @DBRef field throw exception [DATAMONGO-1272] #2191

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Incorrect code snippet for change streams documentation #4376
• Please correct instructions on how to test and build spring-data-mongodb locally #4372

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to MongoDB driver 4.10.2 #4445
• Upgrade to MongoDB driver 4.10.1 #4441
• Upgrade mongodb-crypt to 1.8.0 #4440
• Upgrade to Maven Wrapper 3.9.3 #4436
• Upgrade to Maven Wrapper 3.9.2 #4410

:heart: Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @juzq