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    Type:Task 
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    Resolution: Won't Fix
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    Priority:Major - P3 
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Drivers are inconsistent in their handling of a "ns not found" error returned by the server. We should codify this behavior in a specification, and ensure that all drivers conform.
Description of Linked Ticket
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37136204/mongoerror-ns-not-found-when-try-to-drop-collection
Mongo should say WHICH collection was not found.
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                    CDRIVER-3392 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    CSHARP-2791 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    CXX-1847 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    MOTOR-426 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    NODE-2252 Ignore "ns not found" error -         
- Closed
 
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                    PHPC-1455 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    PHPLIB-488 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    PYTHON-2010 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    RUBY-1963 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    GODRIVER-1630 Specify how drivers handle "ns not found" errors -         
- Closed
 
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                    JAVA-3462 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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                    RUST-451 Specify how drivers handle "ns not found" errors -         
- Closed
 
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                    SERVER-41365 Improve unhelpful error "ns not found" -         
- Closed
 
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- related to
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                    DRIVERS-1253 Make dropIndexes abort in-progress index builds -         
- Closed
 
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