8.9.0 / 2024-12-13

• feat: upgrade mongodb -> 6.12
• feat: add int32 schematype #15054 aditi-khare-mongoDB
• feat: add double schematype #15061 aditi-khare-mongoDB
• feat: allow specifying error message override for duplicate key errors unique: true #15059 #12844
• feat(connection): add support for Connection.prototype.bulkWrite() with MongoDB server 8.0 #15058 #15028
• feat: add forceRepopulate option for populate() to allow avoiding repopulating already populated docs #15044 #14979
• fix(connection): remove heartbeat check in load balanced mode #15089 #15042
• fix(query): clone PopulateOptions when setting _localModel to avoid state leaking between subpopulate instances #15082 #15026
• types: add splice() to DocumentArray to allow adding partial objects with splice() #15085 #15041
• types(aggregate): add $firstN, $lastN, $bottom, $bottomN, $minN and $maxN operators #15087 mlomnicki
• docs: Remove merge conflict markers #15090 sponrad