Announcing 1.27.0 of libbson and libmongoc, the libraries constituting the MongoDB C Driver.

libbson

No changes since 1.26.2. Version incremented to match the libmongoc version.

libmongoc

Notes:

• Raise required version of libmongocrypt to 1.10.0 to support In-Use Encryption (corresponds to the CMake option: ENABLE_CLIENT_SIDE_ENCRYPTION).
• A future minor release plans to raise the minimum supported MongoDB Server version from 3.6 to 4.0. This is in accordance with MongoDB Software Lifecycle Schedules.

Fixes:

• Fix possible crash when client is configured with empty password.

New Features:

• Add database name to command events: mongoc_apm_command_failed_get_database_name and mongoc_apm_command_succeeded_get_database_name.
• Support delegated KMIP protocol for In-Use Encryption.
• Enable setting socket timeout per client.

Links:

• All the issues resolved in 1.27.0
• Documentation

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

• Kevin Albertson
• Adrian Dole
• Ezra Chung
• Roberto C. Sánchez
• Scott Hunt