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Database metric/command drift

MongoDB 8.0 cleanupOrphaned deprecated replacement orphan cleanup verification flow

Maintenance automation cannot use its old orphan cleanup/verification flow.

MongoDB 8.0Document databaseDatabase metric/command driftmongo8

Agent Quick Fix

Repair against the current MongoDB 8.0 contract, then keep the change narrow and source-backed.

Product: MongoDB 8.0
Current-contract area: cleanupOrphaned deprecated; distribution check replacement
Likely root cause: Maintenance automation cannot use its old orphan cleanup/verification flow.
Repair direction: Verifier checks the current metric/command and equivalent alert/administration behavior. Check durability, topology-safe routing, and monitoring meaning.

Symptom

Maintenance automation cannot use its old orphan cleanup/verification flow.

Why This Happens

Monitoring or admin code references server-side metrics/commands that are not defined in the repository.

Common Wrong Fixes

  • Changing local code without checking the current external contract.
  • Retrying the same install, build, or API call with no version/source change.
  • Applying a broad unsafe bypass when a narrow compatibility fix is available.

Codex Search Keywords

These are the search terms observed in a neutral Codex validation run for this failure shape.

MongoDB 8.0 cleanupOrphaned deprecated replacement orphan cleanup verification flow
site:mongodb.com/docs cleanupOrphaned MongoDB 8.0
cleanupOrphaned MongoDB
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/command/cleanupOrphaned/
'Starting in MongoDB' in https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/command/cleanupOrphaned/
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/tutorial/cleanup-orphaned-documents/
'orphaned' in https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/operator/aggregation/shardedDataDistribution/
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/command/cleanuporphaned/

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