8.5.0 (2025-12-01)

Bug Fixes

• GridFSBucketAdapter throws when using some Parse Server specific options in MongoDB database options (#9915) (d3d4003)
• Deprecation warning logged at server launch for nested Parse Server option even if option is explicitly set (#9934) (c22cb0a)
• Parse Server option rateLimit.zone does not use default value ip (#9941) (12beb8f)
• Queries with object field authData.provider.id are incorrectly transformed to _auth_data_provider.id for custom classes (#9932) (7b9fa18)
• Race condition can cause multiple Apollo server initializations under load (#9929) (7d5e9fc)
• Server internal error details leaking in error messages returned to clients (#9937) (50edb5a)

Features

• Add beforePasswordResetRequest hook (#9906) (94cee5b)
• Add MongoDB client event logging via database option logClientEvents (#9914) (b760733)
• Add Parse Server option allowPublicExplain to allow Parse.Query.explain without master key (#9890) (4456b02)
• Add Parse Server option enableSanitizedErrorResponse to remove detailed error messages from responses sent to clients (#9944) (4752197)
• Add support for MongoDB driver options serverSelectionTimeoutMS, maxIdleTimeMS, heartbeatFrequencyMS (#9910) (1b661e9)
• Add support for more MongoDB driver options (#9911) (cff451e)
• Allow option publicServerURL to be set dynamically as asynchronous function (#9803) (460a65c)
• Upgrade to parse 7.1.1 (#9954) (fa57d69)
• Upgrade to parse 7.1.2 (#9955) (5c644a5)

Performance Improvements

• Parse.Query.include now fetches pointers at same level in parallel (#9861) (dafea21)
• Remove unused dependencies (#9943) (d4c6de0)
• Upgrade MongoDB driver to 6.20.0 (#9887) (3c9af48)