Use Case

Cut the V8 major of the driver and all supporting packages, keeping major versions aligned across the set.

Acceptance Criteria

Implementation Requirements

• Release alpha versions of the following:
• zstd (8.0.0-alpha)
• mongodb-client-encryption (8.0.0-alpha)
• kerberos (8.0.0-alpha)
• mongodb-connection-string-url (8.0.0-alpha)
• bson (8.0.0-alpha)
• Update driver main to use the above alphas
• Let shell and mongoose know which nightly build contains the alphas so that they can begin their testing
• Create release notes for each of zstd, mongodb-client-encryption, kerberos, mongodb-connection-string-url, bson, and the driver
• Wait for shell and mongoose to finish testing alphas
• Release V8 of zstd, mongodb-client-encryption, kerberos, mongodb-connection-string-url, and bson
• Update package.json dependencies and peerDependencies in the driver to use the new major versions above, and update any manual references to alphas in CI files
• Ensure all remaining V8 work in the driver is merged, including the migration guide and compat table updates
• Ensure the release notes are correct
• Release V8 of the driver
• Update releasability threshold references in perf dashboards for Node and BSON

Testing Requirements

• Confirm back compat testing covers the supported peer dependency ranges chosen in the peer dependency ticket. If narrow ranges are used, forward compat testing is not required.

Documentation Requirements

• Migration guide
• Release notes for every package listed above

Follow Up Requirements

• Finalize the peer dependency entries left open for the packages we own