[DOCS-14824] Clarify that the random part of ObjectId is generated once at startup Created: 28/Sep/21  Updated: 13/Nov/23  Resolved: 11/Oct/21

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual, Server
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 4.6.0, 4.4, 4.2, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, Server_Docs_20231030, Server_Docs_20231106, Server_Docs_20231105, Server_Docs_20231113

Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Louis Williams Assignee: Naomi Pentrel (Inactive)
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
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related to SERVER-60272 ObjectId 5-byte Random Value Not Working Closed
Participants:
Days since reply: 2 years, 18 weeks ago
Epic Link: DOCSP-15042

 Description   

The page for ObjectId (https://docs.mongodb.com/v4.4/reference/method/ObjectId/) says that there is a 5-byte random value. Clarify that this random value is generated once at startup and is not random for each ObjectId.



 Comments   
Comment by Githook User [ 06/Oct/21 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Naomi Pentrel', 'email': '5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com', 'username': 'npentrel'}

Message: DOCS-14824: Clarify random part of objectId
Branch: v5.0
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/d3751b3b0a9c4ea364de22876fe06d09f7c36409

Comment by Githook User [ 06/Oct/21 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Naomi Pentrel', 'email': '5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com', 'username': 'npentrel'}

Message: DOCS-14824: Clarify random part of objectId
Branch: v4.4
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/a06ac1ce1742f8b1b77df10450c62ee2bf7b853b

Comment by Githook User [ 06/Oct/21 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Naomi Pentrel', 'email': '5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com', 'username': 'npentrel'}

Message: DOCS-14824: Clarify random part of objectId
Branch: v4.2
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/1cac392fd4f915a39942ed5708e66111e037f78f

Comment by Githook User [ 06/Oct/21 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Naomi Pentrel', 'email': '5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com', 'username': 'npentrel'}

Message: DOCS-14824: Clarify random part of objectId
Branch: v4.0
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/3f0d638e812f1ae2a5dfa5770553b79729d5483b

Comment by Githook User [ 05/Oct/21 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Naomi Pentrel', 'email': '5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com', 'username': 'npentrel'}

Message: DOCS-14824: Clarify random part of objectId
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/4c563f11243b7071dd281d6dc2a8b007bde81984

Comment by Louis Williams [ 28/Sep/21 ]

joseph.dougherty, this affects all versions of MongoDB

Comment by Joseph Dougherty [ 28/Sep/21 ]

Thanks for the opening this, louis.williams! I see you reference the v4.4 docs. I see that the v5.0 docs also use the same language.

Does this issue affect only v4.4 or are other versions affected?

Thanks!
Joe Dougherty

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