MongoDB updated this morning to 7.0.1, now wont restart

Hi there,

Based on the output that you’ve shared it seems that MongoDB was upgraded to a newer version without the featureCompatibilityVersion being upgraded in stages.

When upgrading MongoDB across multiple major versions, it’s recommended to upgrade one major version at a time and update the featureCompatibilityVersion in between.

Here’s what you can do to recover:

Always make sure to backup your data before performing any upgrade operations.

1. Downgrade MongoDB:

First, downgrade your MongoDB to the previous stable version you were using (e.g., 5.0).

As you mentioned that it is a MongoDB pod, I would assume that you are using Kubernetes, you can change the image version in your MongoDB deployment configuration.

For instance:

spec:
  containers:
  - name: mongodb
    image: mongo:5.0

After making the change, apply the updated configuration:

kubectl apply -f your-deployment-file.yaml

Once the pod is running with the downgraded version, verify that you can connect to your MongoDB instance.

2. Set the featureCompatibilityVersion:

Connect to your MongoDB instance and set the featureCompatibilityVersion:

mongo

db.adminCommand({ setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "5.0" });

3. Upgrade Step-by-step:

Now, when you’re ready to upgrade:

1. Upgrade to MongoDB 6.0 and update featureCompatibilityVersion to “6.0”.
2. Then, if needed, upgrade to MongoDB 6.3 and update featureCompatibilityVersion to “6.3”.
3. Finally, upgrade to MongoDB 7.0 and set featureCompatibilityVersion to “7.0”.

Always make sure to backup your data before performing any upgrade operations.

Preventing Automatic Upgrades:

To prevent unexpected upgrades in the future, always pin your MongoDB version in your Kubernetes configurations (or whatever method you use to deploy). For instance, instead of using mongo:latest as your image, use mongo:5.0 or whatever specific version you intend to use.

Let me know how it goes!

Best,

Bobby