This page documents production updates to Firestore with MongoDB compatibility. You can periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.
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## November 09, 2026

Feature Firestore with MongoDB compatibility offers conversational analytics, which lets you query
operational data using natural language. This feature is powered by the
[Conversational Analytics API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/data-agents/conversational-analytics-api/overview.md.txt).
This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
For more information, see [Conversational analytics for Firestore with MongoDB compatibility](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/data-agents/conversational-analytics/firestore-mongodb-compatibility.md.txt).

## November 06, 2026

Feature Support for the [`drop()` command](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/bulk-delete.md.txt)
is generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).

## October 19, 2026

Feature [Text search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/text-query)
and [Geospatial search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/geo-query.md.txt)
are generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).

## October 12, 2026

Feature Firestore with MongoDB compatibility now supports QueryData, which you can use to build
data agents that interact with the data in your database using conversational
language. For more information, see [QueryData overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/data-agents/querydata/firestore-mongodb-compatibility/data-agent-overview.md.txt).

This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## June 01, 2026

Feature Support for searching for and managing your Firestore resources
using Knowledge Catalog, which is a platform for
storing, managing, and accessing your metadata. To learn more, see
[View Knowledge Catalog insights](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/knowledge-catalog.md.txt).

## April 20, 2026

Feature The maximum document size has been
increased to 16 MiB. To learn more, see [Behavior differences](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/behavior-differences.md.txt#documents).
Feature Support for text and geospatial search. You
can create text indexes, perform text and geospatial search queries using
the `$text` and `$near` operators, handle language settings, and calculate
relevance scores. To learn more, see [Text search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/text-query)
and [Geospatial search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/geo-query.md.txt).

These features are available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
Feature `$lookup` now supports `let` and `pipeline`.
Feature Support for [Change Streams](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/change-streams.md.txt).
Change streams let applications access real-time changes (inserts, updates, and deletes) made to a
collection or to an entire database.

This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
Feature Support for the `drop()` command to delete entire collections.

This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## April 09, 2026

Feature You can now use
Gemini Code Assist to get AI-powered assistance in Firestore
to [generate MQL queries using natural language prompts](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/write-mql-gemini.md.txt).
This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## March 16, 2026

Feature Support for [managing TTL indexes](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/ttl#create_ttl_index) in the MongoDB API.

## February 02, 2026

Feature The Firestore databases page in the Google Cloud console now includes
a status column. Possible statuses include:

- Ready
- Cloning is in progress
- Restoring from backup is in progress
- Deleted
- Failed

For the cloning and restore statuses, the status column updates upon completion.

## November 21, 2025

Feature Support for Object as document `_id` identifier.

## October 27, 2025

Feature
The [database clone
feature](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/create-databases#clone-database) is now
supported at the General Availability ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) level.

## October 08, 2025

Feature You can [create, save, and manage queries](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/create-manage-saved-queries) in Firestore Studio. This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## September 17, 2025

Feature The `$lookup` operator now supports the following fields:

- `from`
- `localField`
- `foreignField`
- `as`


For the full list of supported operators see [Supported features](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/supported-features-80.md.txt).

## September 05, 2025

Feature Support for the following query features. For the full list of supported operators see [Supported features](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/supported-features-80).

- `$facet`
- `$unionWith`
- `$minN`
- `$firstN`
- `$lastN`
- `$toString`
- `$median`
- `$percentile`

## September 02, 2025

Feature
Use [Query insights](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/query-insights.md.txt)
to view query performance metrics for your database. This feature is now
generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).

## August 26, 2025

Feature Support for [Private Google Access](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/configure-private-google-access).
Feature General Availability (GA) release of [Firestore with MongoDB compatibility](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/overview).
Feature Support for Firebase interfaces, including console, CLIs, and documentation.
Feature Support for [Firestore Triggers (Events)](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/eventarc) with Firestore with MongoDB compatibility databases.
Feature Support for [explaining queries](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/query-explain#use_query_explain) and [managing indexes](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/indexing#create_an_index) in the MongoDB API.
Feature Support for `int32`, binary, and double types as document `_id` identifier.
Feature Support for [Point-In-Time-Recovery](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/pitr) features, including reading data at a specific snapshot through the MongoDB APIs.
Feature Support for [unique indexes](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/index-overview#unique_indexes).
Feature New [billing metrics](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/use-monitoring-dashboard#billing_metrics) which allow customers to easily attribute Firestore Enterprise costs to database and RPC methods in Cloud Monitoring.
Feature Support for [managed bulk delete](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/bulk-delete) and [import and export](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/export-import).
Feature A range of performance improvements to support more performant queries on arrays and larger bulk operations with fewer transient errors.
Feature Support for the following query features. For the full list of supported operators see [Supported features](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/supported-features-80).

- `$` projection operator
- Update array operators:
  - `$`
  - `$[]`
  - `$[<identifier>]`
  - `$addToSet`
  - `$pop`
  - `$pullAll`
- Update modifiers:
  - `$each`
  - `$position`
  - `$slice`
  - `$sort`
- `$addToSet` aggregation pipeline accumulator expression
- Aggregation pipeline arithmetic operators:
  - `$exp`
  - `$ln`
  - `$log`
  - `$log10`
  - `$pow`
  - `$sqrt`
  - `$trunc `
- Aggregation pipeline array operators
  - `$filter`
  - `$firstN`
  - `$in`
  - `$indexOfArray`
  - `$lastN`
  - `$maxN`
  - `$minN`
  - `$objectToArray`
  - `$range`
  - `$reduce`
  - `$sortArray`
  - `$zip`
- `$binarySize` and `$bsonSize` aggregation pipeline data size operators
- `$dateTrunc` aggregation pipeline date operator
- Aggregation pipeline operators:
  - `$mergeObjects`
  - `$natural` (ascending)
- Aggregation pipeline set operators:
  - `$allElementsTrue`
  - `$anyElementsTrue`
  - `$anyElementTrue`
  - `$setDifference`
  - `$setEquals`
  - `$setIntersection`
  - `$setIsSubset`
  - `$setIntersection`
  - `$setIsSubset`
  - `$setUnion `
- `$bucket` aggregation pipeline stage operator
- Aggregation pipeline type conversion operators:
  - `$convert`
  - `$toDate`
  - `$toDecimal`
  - `$toDouble`
  - `$toInt`
  - `$toLong`
  - `$toObjectId`
  - `$toString`
  - `$type`
- `$let` and `$map` aggregation pipeline variable operators
- `$lookup` aggregation pipeline stage operator, limited to `_id` in the `foreignField`
Feature You can [clone an existing database](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/create-databases#clone-database) at a selected timestamp into a new database. This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
Feature Usage dashboard in the Google Cloud console.
Feature New JSON results viewer and JSON export tool in the Google Cloud console.

## August 01, 2025

Feature You can [clone an existing database](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/create-databases#clone-database) at a selected timestamp into a new database. This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## July 31, 2025

Feature Support for [`explain()`](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/query-explain.md.txt#use_query_explain) in the Firestore with MongoDB compatibility API is now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages). You can now use `explain()` in tools such as MongoDB Shell and Compass.

## July 21, 2025

Feature [Managed import and export](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/export-import.md.txt) for Firestore with MongoDB compatibility is now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
Feature [Cloud Monitoring billing metrics for Firestore with MongoDB compatibility](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/use-monitoring-dashboard.md.txt#billing_metrics) databases are now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages). Limitations: These metrics don't reflect admin operations like import, export, bulk delete, indexing, and restore.
Feature [Point-in-time recovery](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/pitr.md.txt) and snapshot reads for Firestore with MongoDB compatibility are now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
Feature [Bulk delete](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/bulk-delete.md.txt) for Firestore with MongoDB compatibility is now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## July 10, 2025

Feature Array update operators `$push` and `$pull` are now available in Preview.
Feature Performance improvements:

- Performance improvements on disjunction `$in` queries and keys only index scans due to query optimizer tuning is now available in Preview.
- Performance improvements on bulk insertions is now available in Preview.
- Performance improvements on `$elemMatch` queries with indexes due to query optimizer tuning is now available in Preview.

## April 09, 2025

Feature Preview release of [Firestore with MongoDB compatibility](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/overview.md.txt).