8.20.0 / 2025-11-17

• feat: cast id parameter based on schema _id type in DocumentArray.id() #15733 #15725 #15724 Lex-Ashu
• fix: pass parent schema to SchemaType constructors in interpretAsType to make implementing custom container types easier #15700
• types(models): default _id type to ObjectId for Document #15688 Catwallon
• docs: add FAQ entry about DivergentArrayError #15743 Mario5T
• docs: update browser.md with Mongoose limitations #15744 YashSharma64
• chore: add benchmark for large nested array documents (related to #9588) #15742 Kundan-CR7