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Document DB IAM Auth doesn't work with @payloadcms/db-mongodb - Mongoose Upgrade Required #12708

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Describe the Bug

"@payloadcms/db-mongodb" currently pins "mongoose": "8.9.5" which pins "mongodb": "~6.12.0", IAM Authentication only works from Version 6.13 as per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/iam-identity-auth.html#iam-identity-drivers

Solution: Update Mongoose to the latest version

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/thewca/worldcubeassociation.org/pull/11716/files#diff-636eb4e387c2f51f264623909ff6a0599929f4618137c146666770f32b56b0ecR24

Reproduction Steps

  1. Follow a guide like this https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-documentdb-samples/tree/master/samples/iam_role_sample_code to add the needed AWS Infrastructure
  2. try to authenticate to DocumentDB using the mongooseAdapter like
return mongooseAdapter({
      url: <<DOCUMENT_DB_URI>>,
        authMechanism: "MONGODB-AWS",
        authSource: "$external",
      },
    });
  1. Get Authentication failed message

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

db-mongodb

Environment Info

Binaries:
  Node: 22.8.0
  npm: 10.8.2
  Yarn: 4.9.1
  pnpm: N/A
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.40.0
  next: 15.3.3
  @payloadcms/db-mongodb: 3.40.0
  @payloadcms/graphql: 3.40.0
  @payloadcms/live-preview: 3.40.0
  @payloadcms/live-preview-react: 3.40.0
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.40.0
  @payloadcms/translations: 3.40.0
  @payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.40.0
  react: 19.1.0
  react-dom: 19.1.0
Operating System:
  Platform: linux
  Arch: x64
  Version: #26~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 17 19:20:47 UTC 2
  Available memory (MB): 32041
  Available CPU cores: 12

But this hasn't changed in Version 3.41

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