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+(function() {
+"use strict";
+
+const dbName = "test";
+const collName = "foo";
+const ns = dbName + "." + collName;
+
+let st = new ShardingTest({shards: 2});
+
+assert.commandWorked(st.s.adminCommand({enableSharding: dbName}));
+assert.commandWorked(st.s.adminCommand({shardCollection: ns, key: {_id: 'hashed'}}));
+
+var session = st.s.startSession();
+var sessionDb = session.getDatabase(dbName);
+session.startTransaction();
+
+// Note the same occurs with a $merge (e.g. {$merge: {into: 'test.fooOutMerge'}})
+assert.commandFailedWithCode(
+    sessionDb[collName].runCommand("aggregate", {pipeline: [{$out: "fooOut"}], cursor: {}}),
+    [ErrorCodes.OperationNotSupportedInTransaction]
+);
+
+session.abortTransaction();
+
+assert.soon(() => {
+    const idleCursors = st.getDB("admin").aggregate(
+        [{$currentOp: {idleCursors: true}}, {$match: {type: 'idleCursor'}}]).toArray();
+    jsTest.log("XXXX - idleCursors length: " + idleCursors.length);
+    jsTest.log("XXXX - idleCursors: " + tojson(idleCursors));
+    return idleCursors.length === 0;
+
+});
+
+st.stop();
+})();