8.4.4 / 2024-06-25

• perf: avoid unnecesary get() call and use faster approach for converting to string #14673 #14394
• fix(projection): handle projections on arrays in Model.hydrate() projection option #14686 #14680
• fix(document): avoid passing validateModifiedOnly to subdocs so subdocs get fully validating if they're directly modified #14685 #14677
• fix: handle casting primitive array with $elemMatch in bulkWrite() #14687 #14678
• fix(query): cast $pull using embedded discriminator schema when discriminator key is set in filter #14676 #14675
• types(connection): fix return type of withSession() #14690 tt-public
• types: add $documents pipeline stage and fix $unionWith type #14666 nick-statsig
• docs(findoneandupdate): improve example that shows findOneAndUpdate() returning doc before updates were applied #14671 #14670