Release notes of MongoDB Flex

• Nov 2026

  • deprecated

    STACKIT MongoDB Prometheus Metrics v1 API is deprecated

    Nov 2, 2026

    With the general availability of STACKIT MongoDB Prometheus Metrics API v2, the legacy API version v1 is deprecated. Migrate your workloads before the respective end-of-life (EOL) dates; endpoints stop working afterwards:

    API version	Status	End of life date
    v2	GA	To be determined
    v1	Deprecated	30 November 2027

    Review your scripts, Terraform configurations, CLI usage, CI/CD pipelines, and integrations, and plan your migration well ahead of the deadlines. Visit Scrape MongoDB Flex Observability data with Prometheus to learn, how-to use the new path.

    Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions or require assistance during migration.

• Mar 2026

  • announcement

    Multiple restarts as part of infrastructure maintenance

    Mar 9, 2026

    In the next 14 days you might see multiple restarts as part of infrastructure maintenance.

    If you have questions or notice a disruption of your SLA, let us know with the STACKIT Help Center.

• Oct 2025

  • deprecated

    Deprecation of MongoDB Flex Performance Class Upgrades

    Oct 8, 2025

    We would like to inform you that the performance class upgrade functionality of MongoDB Flex reaches end of life by 1 November 2026. This is due to technical limitations. Our storage team is working on making online performance class changes available until then. In this case the functionality is not deprecated. We keep you informed. Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions.

• Aug 2025

  • announcement

    MongoDB Flex Performance Advisor is available

    Aug 5, 2025

    From 5 August 2025 we can offer you a new service MongoDB Flex Performance Advisor in the STACKIT Portal and also in the STACKIT API.

    The PA is visible after you have entered your data into your instance. Without data in your instance, this feature doesn’t show any results as it needs queries and data to analyze.

    Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions.

• Dec 2024

  • deprecated

    MongoDB Version 6.0 is getting deprecated

    Dec 1, 2024

    The STACKIT MongoDB Flex Version 6.0 reaches end of support on 1 July 2025.

    All existing services with the MongoDB Version 6.0 must be updated to MongoDB Version 7.

    If you need assistance for updating your data to the new version or if there are any questions, our support is always available in the Help Center.

• Jun 2024

  • announcement

    STACKIT MongoDB Flex 7 is now available

    Jun 10, 2024

    We are happy to announce the new MongoDB Flex Version 7 for STACKIT.

    You can find more information about our life cycle here.

    In our Docs you find guides to help you change to the new version. Feel free to contact our Help Center if you need any assistance.

• May 2024

  • deprecated

    MongoDB Version 5.0 is getting deprecated

    May 25, 2024

    The STACKIT MongoDB Flex Version 5.0 reaches end of support on 1 December 2024.

    All existing services with the MongoDB Version 5.0 must be updated to MongoDB Version 6.

  • deprecated

    MongoDB Flavor MongoDB-Flex-1.1-Replica-EU01 is getting deprecated

    May 16, 2024

    The STACKIT MongoDB Flex flavor MongoDB-Flex-1.1-Replica-EU01 reaches end of support on the 1 December 2024.

    All existing services with the flavor MongoDB-Flex-1.1-Replica-EU01 is not affected.

• Nov 2023

  • announcement

    STACKIT MongoDB Flex available on CloudFoundry

    Nov 24, 2023

    We are proud to announce that STACKIT MongoDB Flex is now available on CloudFoundry.

    This feature helps you to use the MongoDB Service in your CloudFoundry environment.

    If there are any questions, our support is always available with the Help Center.

  • deprecated

    STACKIT MongoDB is deprecated

    Nov 24, 2023

    The service STACKIT MongoDB service (not STACKIT MongoDB Flex) reaches end of support on the 31 May 2024.

    Since a while the new STACKIT MongoDB Flex service is for you available. With the new service you have a lot of new features available to create a better database for your application requirements.

    Plan your upgrade in advance and contact the MongoDB team through the Help Center.

    If you need assistance for migrating your data to the new service or if there are any questions, our support is always available with the Help Center.

• Oct 2023

  • announcement

    New flavor change feature in STACKIT MongoDB Flex

    Oct 17, 2023

    We are happy to announce that STACKIT MongoDB Flex is able to run upgrade flavor changes in the Portal.

    With the new self-service you are able to scale up your systems by your own according to your requirements.

• Aug 2023

  • announcement

    STACKIT MongoDB version 6 is now available

    Aug 1, 2023

    We are happy to announce that the new version 6 of MongoDB is now available. With the new version we replace the MongoDB version 5 which is no longer available for order in the service STACKIT MongoDB.

    If you have the requirement to use version 5 from your application, you should request the migration to STACKIT MongoDB Flex.

    The STACKIT MongoDB Flex service has several advantages f.e. you have the ability to choose between MongoDB version 5 and 6.

    We highly recommend the migration from the STACKIT MongoDB service to the new STACKIT MongoDB Flex service. This can be also requested with the Help Center.

    For an upgrade of your instances in the service STACKIT MongoDB version 6, you can create a ticket at the Help Center. Our team gets in touch with you.

    At this point we can not provide an automated upgrade but it is available in the fall 2023.

• May 2023

  • announcement

    STACKIT MongoDB Flex is now available

    May 2, 2023

    We are happy to announce the release of our new service STACKIT MongoDB Flex.

    STACKIT MongoDB Flex is the successful continuation of the MongoDB service. The service has already improved on several aspects.

    • Shared clusters can now be ordered in addition to single and replica instances.
    • The storage performance class can be selected as part of the order.
    • The storage size can be flexibly adapted to the requirements of the respective applications.

    The service is already available in the Portal and can be managed simultaneously with the STACKIT API.

• Mar 2023

  • announcement

    STACKIT MongoDB Flex available as Beta

    Mar 8, 2023

    We are pleased to announce the release of our new service STACKIT MongoDB Flex.

    STACKIT MongoDB Flex is the successful continuation of the MongoDB service. The service has already improved on several aspects.

    • Shared clusters can now be ordered in addition to single and replica instances.
    • The storage performance class can be selected as part of the order.
    • The storage size can be flexibly adapted to the requirements of the respective applications.

    The service is already available in the Portal and can be managed simultaneously with the STACKIT API.

• Dec 2022

  • announcement

    MongoDB 5 now available

    Dec 15, 2022

    We would like to inform you that the new MongoDB version 5 is now available.

    MongoDB 4.2 version is reaching the end of the support period and is be deprecated on the 31 March 2023.

    Plan your update in good time and get in contact with the MongoDB team with the Help Center. The team helps you with the update.

• Sep 2022

  • deprecated

    MongoDB 4.2 is getting deprecated

    Sep 30, 2022

    This is to inform you that the MongoDB 4.2 version is reaching the end of the support period and is deprecated at the 30 April 2023. At this moment there is no action required. STACKIT keeps you updated, when the STACKIT MongoDB Flex service (MongoDB 5 version) is released and offer you a migration service.

• Feb 2022

  • changed

    New minor version for MongoDB is available

    Feb 8, 2022

    From Februar 15, 2022 we support MongoDB in the version 4.2.18. The version update is done automatically.

• Nov 2021

  • changed

    New minor version for MongoDB is available

    Nov 22, 2021

    We now support MongoDB in the version 4.2.16. The version update is done automatically.

• Sep 2021

  • feature

    MongoDB databases can now be cloned

    Sep 14, 2021

    With the clone function you can copy your data from one MongoDB instance to another MongoDB instance. This allows you for example, providing data for a testing system or quality assurance system. You can access this feature by opening the MongoDB dashboard in the STACKIT Portal. The feature is located in the Backup section.